About
Rayman Legends is a 2D platformer where you guide Rayman and his companions through colorful, hand-drawn worlds accessed via magical paintings. Each level challenges you to reach the exit while navigating obstacles, collecting items, and battling enemies using timed jumps and attacks, with many stages built around music synchronization where platforms and hazards move to the beat.
Verdict
Legends takes everything tight and joyful about Origins and sharpens it, with music levels that remain some of the best set-pieces the genre has produced. The platforming is precise and the art is gorgeous, but this Steam port is hobbled by the Ubisoft launcher, flaky controller support and dead servers that lock 100% completion behind a wall. Buy it for the levels, brace for the wrapper around them.
You'll like it if …
- +rhythm-synced platforming where stages move to the beat sounds like your kind of set-piece
- +you appreciate hand-drawn art and a soundtrack that carries whole levels
- +you replay for time trials and remastered bonus stages across multiple sessions
You'll dislike it if …
- −you want mechanical depth and surprise beyond linear platforming
- −easy stretches and slower Murfy sections kill your momentum
- −chasing 100% completion matters and dead servers ruining it would sour the whole thing
Breakdown
- +Precise, responsive movement with handcrafted level design that remains inventive across all stages
- +Music levels fold rhythm-synchronization into platforming in ways that define the best set-pieces the genre has produced
- +Beginner-friendly difficulty that eases players in, with challenge concentrated in time trials for those seeking it
- −Murfy levels and stretches of easy pacing interrupt momentum between peaks
- +Time trials and remastered Origins levels give reason to return across multiple playthroughs and platforms
- +Substantial content volume for the money at launch
- −Dead online servers eliminate daily challenges and lock full completion behind a grind, cutting the long tail of engagement
- +Glade of Dreams carries charm through fairytale atmosphere and art rather than exposition, allowing the game to drop straight into fun
- +Hand-drawn art remains a genuine pleasure with fluid animation and colour that ages on its own terms rather than its hardware
- +Soundtrack is the standout; music levels elevate entire stages around it, with even skeptics singling it out as the high point
- +Game itself runs clean and stable
- −Ubisoft Connect launcher dependency demands constant relogging and mars the experience
- −Controller support fails without brute-forcing Steam Input, breaking the intended input method
- −Save-load errors halt progression for some players before they start
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