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Rayman Jungle Run revealed
- Thread starter Wario64
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as opposed to what? porting console games/console experiences to handhelds and charging almost-console prices?
First review (in french sorry). It's awesome. And 2.39
http://bit.ly/ORjQHt
http://bit.ly/ORjQHt
Man, that was a glowing review. I wish he'd specified whether it was retina on the iPad though. Grrr.
Roll on September 20th.
Acheteedo
Member
I'm the opposite, auto-run is essential to functioning on iOS/Android touchscreens.
From the review:
4 worlds, sud-divided in 40 levels; only one button for everything, that means jump in world 1, fly in W2, jump on walls in W3 and smash in W4. Easy at the start, difficulty seriously rising in mid-level 3, no boss but achieving a perfect (100 lums per level) grants you a "death teeth" and allow to you to play more difficult and time-trialed levels.
As said, the tester (Bertrand Amar! remember Re7 on CanalJ :3 ) really loved the game, said it's a masterpiece, beautiful.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Looks gorgeous, but I'm so burned out on endless runners.
ScreenSplitter
Member
If you have anything else, just get Rayman Origins. That said, this is a lot better of an idea than porting Origins with touch controls. So torn!
Remarkably, it's not an endless runner!
Ronan_Berthelot
Member
I need this ! Windows Phone port please Pastagames !
You have traditional consoles and handhelds for such games.
i have a feeling iPad mini will be the perfect device for such cases....will probably get one just for my iOS gaming needs, while i rock a Android smartphone.
That's an iPod Touch
Okay, I know what you mean, but we can certainly wait for a near future roll-out of 6-7 inches iPad eventually, they just can't miss that market.
Haunted
Member
But I mean, does anyone here really prefer auto runners to a full platformer?
I don't know if I prefer them but I'm happy to live in a world where I can play Rayman Origins on the sofa for an hour and Rayman Jungle Run when I'm out and about with 10 minutes to kill. Horses for courses.
Of course, I haven't played it yet so I'm speaking hypothetically.
test_account
XP-39C²
Is this game only based around levels like the chest chasing stuff in Rayman Origins? If so, that is great news I loved those levels, and when i played it for the first time, i was actually wishing for a game that was based only around levels like this. Too bad i dont have any iOS or Android devices, but still cool to see such a game (if the game is like i think it is).
EDIT: Yep, seems to be a game like i thought it was
I loved those levels, and when i played it for the first time, i was actually wishing for a game that was based only around levels like this. Too bad i dont have any iOS or Android devices, but still cool to see such a game (if the game is like i think it is).EDIT: Yep, seems to be a game like i thought it was
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Most platformers these days are essentially auto runners, anyway.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
these chest runs are some of my favorite levels in the game. i wish there were an entire game of nothing but chest runs that i could play on a console. on top of that, i'd play an entire game of the bug-riding shooter levels.
RAYMAN ORIGINS is so fugging good.
You can play this on Nexus 7 as well, or Galaxy Note and soon will be able to play it on Xperia T or RAZR HD. All these have big enough screens for this type of games.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Doh! You're right. It's a level based "runner", that adds new methods of traveling through the levels. Actually sounds much nicer now. I wouldn't mindhaving this on my phone.
Haunted
Member
Since it's level-based, you can just imagine yourself as speedrunning a regular game.
megashock5
Member
I'm in, just hope it's universal iPhone/iPad.
BassForever
Member
These are the kinds of games that work well on the iOS market, too bad this game will mostly be ignored by the casuals in favor of things like song pop and draw something :/
From the youtube description:
"A trailer for Ubisoft's upcoming iOS game, Rayman Jungle Run. Rayman runs automatically through each level, collecting lums, while you control the jumping, flying, and punching. Coming to the App Store on Sept 20. Check www.slidetoplay.com for our hands-on preview."
Only 2 weeks to wait! that's what I like with iOS, you don't have to wait very long to get the games that are announced, sometimes they're even just out of the blue
And there's me not bothering to click on the videos and actually watch it in action, hahahah. Can definitely get behind this if it's not too costly, then, cheers!
GameplayWhore
Member
Hm. This looks like we could have a genre king here. Granted, it's almost expressly a shitty genre (the only acceptible ones I've played have been "Robot Unicorn Attack", which was pretty great, and "Dragon, Fly!", which was a quantum leap above mediocre).
A few more titles of this quality and maybe I'll finally work up to having had purchased the equivalent of one console game on my phone, revenue-wise.
A few more titles of this quality and maybe I'll finally work up to having had purchased the equivalent of one console game on my phone, revenue-wise.
I asked the author of the test on twitter to know if it was Retina, he's not sure but for him, it looks like so
Anyway, after Rayman Origins at 1080p/60fps on consoles, I'm confident in Ubi to give Rayman the resolution he deserves.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Looks nice, may have to get it.
Incendiary
Banned
This looks really good for an iOS game. Easily something I'd plop a few bucks down on and play at work or something if I...worked...or had an iOS device....sigh.
Still, though, this is mobile gaming done right.
Still, though, this is mobile gaming done right.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
First game I buy for my iPhone? First game I buy for my iPhone.
The game is clearly designed within the limits of touchscreen devices.
There is no way in hell Rayman Origins could function on one of these devices. The game is simply too difficult and requires too much precision.
Rayman on my iphone? Hell yes. It's obvious that platformers are best with a gamepad, but thankfully Ubi is going in the right direction with touch over virtual controls. At least touch is designed with the strengths and weaknesses of the hardware in mind, virtual controls often feel like a flimsy replacement of "real" controls. This could be gud, so bought.
And this mentality is why the Vita is failing. Nobody wants neutered console experiences on the train.
I'll much rather have these types of games on mobile. Save those others for the big screen in the living room.
electroplankton
Banned
And so what?
Also fridges are more populare than 3DS and Vita
Btw, I looked at the TGS list, and I saw porting, porting, porting, some interesting game, low-budget games, low-budget games, portings. still have to see a project on par with many 3DS / Vita games on iOS, but still
Cold.And so what?
Also fridges are more populare than 3DS and Vita
Btw, I looked at the TGS list, and I saw porting, porting, porting, some interesting game, low-budget games, low-budget games, portings. still have to see a project on par with many 3DS / Vita games on iOS, but still
Where is this list? I'd like to peruse it.
TheFightingFish
Member
Yeah, I don't get the complaints on this. This is not shoehorning in some much more complex game by neutering it or sticking crappy virtual d-pads all over the screen in a game designed for buttons. This is taking assets and a framework from a great console game and using them to make a good looking portable game that works well on the go for a good price. This is what I'd like to see more of from iOS.
Smart game choice as well, as Rayman and the UbiArt framework used scaling of nice high-res assets already. So they don't have to worry about mucking up sprite art on a high-res screen, I'd imagine that it's going to look fantastic.
Smart game choice as well, as Rayman and the UbiArt framework used scaling of nice high-res assets already. So they don't have to worry about mucking up sprite art on a high-res screen, I'd imagine that it's going to look fantastic.
GoofsterStud
Member
Day one! Wish this were on PSV! Go homebrew!
The game looked so good that I didn't realize it was iOS