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11-10-2011, 12:20 PM
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When I was a kid, video games didn't have "features," at least not in the way we know them today. There was no online multiplayer, no leaderboards, no persistent character progression. There were no detailed stat tracking services (with social integration, of course). If anything, a game might have had local multiplayer which, in those days, we simply called "two-player."
Like the games of my youth, Rayman Origins (http://joystiq.com/game/rayman-origins) has almost no modern features. What it does have is an overwhelming sense of joy that I haven't felt for a very long time.
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When I was a kid, video games didn't have "features," at least not in the way we know them today. There was no online multiplayer, no leaderboards, no persistent character progression. There were no detailed stat tracking services (with social integration, of course). If anything, a game might have had local multiplayer which, in those days, we simply called "two-player."
Like the games of my youth, Rayman Origins (http://joystiq.com/game/rayman-origins) has almost no modern features. What it does have is an overwhelming sense of joy that I haven't felt for a very long time.
Gallery: Rayman Origins (GamesCom 2011 - Xbox 360/PS3) (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rayman-origins-gamescom-2011-xbla-psn/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/08/rocchdbellyflop_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rayman-origins-gamescom-2011-xbla-psn/#4373096)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/08/rocchdgong_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rayman-origins-gamescom-2011-xbla-psn/#4373097)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/08/rocchdhotslap_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rayman-origins-gamescom-2011-xbla-psn/#4373098)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/08/rohdgccrushedpepper_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rayman-origins-gamescom-2011-xbla-psn/#4373099)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/08/rohdgcfloatingfun_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/rayman-origins-gamescom-2011-xbla-psn/#4373100)
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