
I’ll never forget how jaw-dropping its graphics were back in the day. Within minutes of playing this reboot, it’s clear that he never should have left.īack in its heyday, the original Rayman was a visual tour de force.

With seemingly nowhere else to go with the franchise, Ubisoft takes him back to his 2D platforming roots with Rayman Origins. Ubisoft felt obligated to move Rayman into the third dimension, which led to a string of mediocre 3D platformers. Eventually, Rayman would find his name slapped on the Raving Rabbids mini-game collections, where he ultimately got out-shined by his insane rabbit compadres. After his stunning debut outing, Super Mario 64 seemingly made 2D platformers obsolete.

For much of Rayman’s life, he’s suffered from an identity crisis.
