If you haven’t played it, and you own a Switch, this is an obvious purchase. It’s an essential purchase on any console because it’s magnificent, creative, beautiful, lovely, and a hundred more superlatives that all amount to basically me telling you it makes me smile from ear to ear. I’m not going to tell you that “Rayman Legends is an essential purchase on Switch, because it feels so perfect on that console”, because that’d be bollocks. Legends is a glorious time, just acres of fun, stimulating via the audio and visual feedback, and just feels superb all round. Gameplay is tight, with wall jumps, floating, swimming, and all the usual platformer staples. It’s addictive thanks to the collectible Lums which are totaled up at the end of every level, as well as the Teensies themselves, of which there will be numerous hidden throughout each level. That’s right, local co-op is present, too. It’s a testament to the quality that despite having played it through on Xbox 360, Wii U, PS4, Xbox One, and PS Vita, once I fired the Switch version up thinking “surely I won’t play this again”, all I can think about is cracking back into it with my children. These almost feel like a bonus, because there’s so much content already to play through. You might initially bash through the levels quickly, but the next level is finding everything – collecting everything.ĭaily and weekly challenges keep you coming back even when you’ve completed all you planned to do, and these rank you via your chosen region. There are levels from Origins, numerous characters to unlock (and Nintendo-related ones, of course) there are even little monsters you can get via the in-games scratch cards which give you a daily Lum reward to keep you moving up the “awesomeness” levels. Whether you’re going left to right, right to left, or just playing the single screen football mini game (Kung Foot), this is a deceptively large package. There are Murfy specific levels that you can only play when the console is undocked, but they aren’t new, just returning from the Wii U version. From the daft noises the Teensies make which serve two purposes: be cute, and let the player know they are hidden nearby, to the secret sections that change things up, to Murfy, a touch controlled character that is here used via the A button to quickly create a path for Rayman (or whoever you’re playing as) to speed through. Meticulously designed platform levels culminate with a rhythm based reward, but there is so much character to everything Legends hosts. The Switch is an ideal fit in as much as it reminds us how incredible the game is, and how sad it is that, while Ubisoft ploughs onward with sequel after sequel for Assassin’s Creed, and even The Crew (I enjoy Ubisoft franchises, so this isn’t a criticism as such), we never got another foray into the stunning UbiArt engine world that Legends delivered. It was, ridiculously, 2013 when Legends first hit 360 and PS3, with PS Vita, Wii U, and eventually PS4 and Xbox One versions that came afterwards. I’m not saying it’s not a perfect fit, but it was available on PS Vita, too, and what you’re getting on the Switch is basically that version, with a slightly deeper Kung Foot experience (it now has Solo Mode and Tournament Mode) and the added functionality that lets you connect two Switch consoles to one another in order to play locally, even though nobody really does that outside of very specific situations and Nintendo review events.īut what I will say is that I always felt like Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins and Legends warranted a third game. Whether you are a parent playing with a gaming expert son or daughter, or a partner of someone who plays less or more games, these are a great place to find common ground.Look, I respect you, okay? So I’m not going to sit here and sell you some nonsense about how perfect a fit Rayman Legends is for Switch. Finally, there are single player games, like Detroit Become Human or Return of the Obra Dinn where one player can control things while the other makes suggestions. Some games like Tick Tock A Tale For Two or Get Together let you play on separate devices and talk to each other to solve collaborative puzzles. Then there are games, like Affordable Space Adventures or Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes where each player takes on a different role. Other games, like Kingdoms or Chariot let you work together to progress with enough time for one player to help the other. Some of these games, like Super Mario Odyssey or Spiritfarer, let one player help the other. This list is designed to help you find games to solve this. Finding a game to play with another person who has less (or more) expertise of playing can be a challenge. We all have a different level of experience, ability and connection to video games.
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