As someone who bought Rayman Origins day one, I can say that yes it is. Indie devs can create similar experiences through gameplay, but they can't match the production values in my opinion. I just look at something like the recent Rayman games and it's pretty unmatched in the world of 2D gaming. The closest I can think of is Dust and even that wasn't what I thought it would be in the cutscenes. It came across as a good quality, but small budget and straight to VHS experience from my childhood. Not to mention it takes forever to get out. It's kind of my gamer's dream to see a truly 2D game that has that level of production value that you'd see in a classic Disney movie. Don't know if it'll ever happen, but I am glad that Rayman released on retail. People think way too much of 2D = cheap. It's a high skilled base time consuming process and is often more expensive than people realize.
