Overview
Rayman Origins is a video game that was developed and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. Rayman Origins (2011) is the fourth release of the Rayman franchise. The Rayman franchise was first popularized in the early 2000’s with the releases of Rayman (1995) and Rayman 2 (1999). With the momentum of the Rayman franchise, Ubisoft started the Raving Rabbid series. This series of games included many of the popular characters from the Rayman franchise. Rayman Origins was Ubisoft’s first release back into the Rayman franchise since venturing into the Raving Rabbid series.
Rayman Origins is a 2D side-scroller platform game. The game was originally released for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii game system. Later releases were made available for the Playstation Vita, Nintendo 3Ds, and Windows. For the scope of this analysis, it will be applicable to the game being played on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The Wii version has different input mechanics. This may lend to differences in areas as such as audience and difficulty which will not be covered in this analysis.