Origins brings Rayman back to pure 2D with maniacal level design care and a magnificent Christophe Héral soundtrack. Every screen breathes inspiration, local co-op makes the adventure unforgettable, and the 360 receives here one of its finest invitations to pure platforming.
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Platformer1 player7+
Description
Platform game by Ubisoft Montréal and Ubisoft, November 2011. Rayman and friends battle threatening creatures in hand-drawn watercolour-aesthetic platform levels. Fluid and precise acrobatic platforming, co-op up to four players and visually inventive levels. One of the most beautiful platform games ever created.
Rayman Origins review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Hand-drawn animation of prodigious fluidity, dazzling colours and settings brimming with whimsy: the UbiArt engine works wonders. Every creature and every backdrop seems painted with an infectious joy. This 2D splendour, lively and inventive, remains a dazzlement at every screen.
Mischievous and virtuosic, the music blends jazz, world sonorities and zany choirs in a delightful profusion, right up to the musical levels where everything synchronises. Each track sparkles with inventiveness and matches the game's bouncing whimsy. This unbridled sonic creativity is the whole charm of this festival of colour.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
A return to its roots in hand-painted 2D, it favors a snappy, precise platforming where every jump and every strike answers to a hair's breadth. Four-player co-op quickly tips into joyful chaos. Gorgeous and demanding, this revival keeps a lucid handling and an exuberance that make it a must of the genre.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
The return of the armless hero in a platformer of enchanting animation, where every move breathes fluidity and joy. Bouncing, gliding and punching through fairy-tale settings delivers an instant, contagious joy of movement. Co-op, colourful and overflowing with inventiveness, a sumptuous platformer that reconnects with the magic of the genre, to savour solo or with others.
A 2D rebirth of Rayman by Ubisoft, a platformer of sumptuous UbiArt-engine animation that relaunched the mascot with contagious joy of play. Distributed in the West, its appeal lies in this acclaimed return and a markedly rarer Asian pressing rather than mass distribution. A piece valued by fans of polished platforming and Rayman's universe.
Is Rayman Origins still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2011 on Xbox 360, Ubisoft Montpellier's Rayman Origins marks the series' triumphant return to two dimensional platforming, elevated by the UbiArt engine and a hand drawn art direction of dazzling beauty. The exemplary precision control, the inventiveness of the levels and the lively pace make it a model of the genre. The four player co op, joyful and chaotic, adds a shared pleasure. The difficulty rises sharply toward the end, rewarding mastery. For fans of demanding, luminous platforming and families, this title keeps a strong, intact appeal today, to enjoy solo or together.
