Rayman Origins is a fun but occasionally frustrating game.
To get it out of the way, it is incredibly charming with its presentation. The artstyle is very appealing, with a mix of bubbly and odd that I haven't seen before or since.
Level design is mostly quite strong. Many of the electoon challenge rooms are placed well, with hints in the design cluing you in to where they are. Rayman is also a fun to control character, especially once you get all mobility upgrades. He's fast and fluid.
That being said, the game is far from perfect. The water levels weren't necessarily bad, but they were very boring, trading in the rest of the game's high-speed platforming for more methodical swimming.
The ruby tooth stages were very mixed, with some being far too easy compared to their world and others being significantly harder. The few issues in the game, such as some buggy collision when breakable platforms are destroyed, become incredibly frustrating when put under pressure.
The control options also don't make much sense for the game's playstyles. When swimming or on Mosquito, analog controls make the most sense, and when doing normal platforming, the d-pad is best. But you have to remap the controls between these styles if you want to play comfortably, the game doesn't natively support both digital and analog movement.
While the artstyle is gorgeous, I feel it got in the way of gameplay sometimes, primarily with the bosses. Some of these were much more frustrating than they should have been because collision wasn't always clear, and ways to evade attacks could be vague too.
I still enjoyed the game, and would recommend it, but not at full price, and with the expectation that you'll take breaks to separate the more frustrating levels.

Probably repeating a few points, but all around a fantastic 2D platformer. Character design was great, fantastic music, pretty great level design,m what's not to like about it? This game holds up extremely well in 2025, and hopefully will continue to do so. 10/10, would recommend.

mi infancia jugando rayman 2 the great escape en DREAMCAST .... un juego de mi infancia que nunca compre y ahora en 2025 lo pasare y luego la secuela legends