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Legends has a huge amount of gameplay in its main levels, and extras like a bunch of levels ported from Origins help extend the replay value. The artwork is still just as detailed and gorgeous, although to my tastes the character art style of the earlier games was preferable to the more recent ones. This ends up being a great deal of fun, with all sorts of surprises to liven things up.

Rayman has always been built around finding secrets, but while the original game emphasized gradual skill acquisition and replaying levels to find previously unreachable parts, the newer games create variety somewhat differently, by varying the types and speeds of the levels themselves.

The latest in a long and distinguished line of platform games, Rayman Legends is a great followup to the previous-generation Rayman Origins. Even if you are not a 2-D platform fan you should play this. Overall, this is AAA quality at a bargain price with tons of content and replay value. I have had very little difficulty finding every collectible in each level and collecting enough lums(think currency) to achieve perfection on the first playthrough. I am finding this to be a much easier game than the previous installment. On one hand it's nice to have full character control from the outset, on the other, it's really nice to earn upgrades and introduce new gameplay elements throughout the game. You start with all the powers you had at the end of the last game. There is no character upgrade progression. Also included are many levels from the previous Origins installment, that have been re-worked to use the new gameplay mechanics. Content - at a $40 price tag this game offers way more content than most $60 retail releases. The music based levels are truly an inspiration in level design. Speed running levels - I always found these fun and challenging. Challenge Modes- Daily and Weekly challenges for best time, distance, or collection goals to compete with on-line competitors.

There are a few minor gamaplay changes that I'm not crazy about, but that amounts more to my personal preference than any flaw in design, and in no way detracts from absolutely loving the gameplay. Everything looks better, is more polished and dynamic and is just an absolute blast to play. If you are familiar at all with the with the previous installment, Rayman Origins, you will feel right at home here. If you are into single player 2-D platforming it really doesn't get better than this.
