The MARVELOUS Trilogy of Rayman Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
- The Rayman trilogy excels in fun factor. Frequently engaging environments, level design and gameplay make this a series platformer fans must try. Expect to fall in love with its many zany, cartoon-inspired characters. The Rayman 4 video mentioned at the end has since been privated.
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0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Rayman 1
3:04 - Rayman Advance
4:06 - Difficulty
5:03 - Rayman 2
10:26 - Rayman 2 Ports
11:35 - Rayman Arena / Rayman M
13:00 - Rayman 3
14:44 - Ray Becomes Man?
16:35 - Rayman 3 (cont.)
21:28 - GBA Version
21:52 - Rayman: Hoodlum's Revenge
22:33 - Part 2?
Intro and outro music are existing works of Skylar Spence aka Saint Pepsi.
You can find his work here: skylarspence.net/
Background Music is from the Rayman series.
"Robots" from Team Fortress 2 OST
"Treetop" from Super Mario Land 2 OST.
#mariorabbidssparksofhope #rayman #mariorabbids - เกม
Rayman has one of the saddest video game mascot stories with how the rabbids of all things overshadowed him
To think we couldve gotten Rayman 4 if it wasnt for the reason that caused it to be dropped (i forgot what the reason was)
@@Keeby219 let’s all blow up rayman 4 on all ubisofts stuff
very true sad sad indeed!
Not really. He came back with 2 of the best platformers in history. 5 main titles that are all GOAT status sounds pretty good to me
@@drifter402 if you're talking about Origins and legends they're fantastic games but legends was released in 2013 and that's 9 years ago
"I miss Rayman." Don't we all?
Your comment fits your name.
thats a certified globox moment
Real globox moment
A real globox moment
certified globox moment
It's fascinating how all 3 Rayman games are so thematically different from each other!
Rayman 1: Dream-like bizarreness
Rayman 2: Dark and atmospheric
Rayman 3: Comedy and lightness
lightness
@@pieofchart Yeah, it didn't take itself very seriously.
I dont think lightness is fitting for rayman 3, (maybe the first half) because this game creeped the shit out of me and encountering the knaaren was probably the scariest gaming experience ive ever had in my entire life, so i think comedy and adventurous would be more fitting
and i love them all i still have rayman 2 and 3 physical cds of games
Rayman 3 was darker goofy
It's criminal how Iconic rayman is and how under utilized he is by Ubisoft.
It's also quite incredible that Rayman forever is not highlighted on the ubi soft platform.
As if ubi soft did not want to capitalize on its success.
Having him back in Sparks for Hope, it's like Ubisoft finally remember he exist.
But of course, I don't doubt he'll be forgotten again after the DLC comes out.
Especially since he's planned for the THIRD Season Pass...for the Gold Edition. Scheduled for release on December 23, 2024.
@@gregzotter6189 my friend the release date is just a place holder, in actuality the Rayman campaign will release late 2023 or early 2024. I understand your doubts but I think we should take the tone to appreciate the fact that Rayman’s DLC isn’t just him as a playable character, it’s whole new campaign. If Donkey Kong adventure is anything to go by, we’ll see brand new gameplay mechanics inspired from Rayman’s games as well as unique enemies. Not to mention that DKA was decently big, being almost half as long as the base game. I think this spells something good for Rayman’s future, or even just his DLC.
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@@EberHeim22231 ......What?
We don't want a stupid commercial dlc , we want a new game
Man, Rayman 2 was one of my first video games when I was 6 or 7. I loved the fairy tale art style and the music, both definitely influenced my artistic sensibilities
get the elixir part was way too scary for me:D
Haha, I've been playing Legends since I was six or so (2016).
One thing I never see Rayman 2 get credit for is its use of a dynamic soundtrack. The musical tracks will change as you progress through certain levels, becoming more industrial as you enter pirate bases, or rising into sweeping orchestral crescendos as you enter a chase sequence.
*Cue the sneaking music*
Rayman 3 is peak Rayman for me, the gameplay, combat and Rayman himself. I love his design in 3 especially, it’s a mixture of both cool and adorable in my eyes.
I really hope he comes back one day from the Sparks of Hope DLC.
Yep, I agree
@@playbossthebest936 Tbh R3 Rayman is baby.
I’m wondering what his design will look like in the DLC.
Rayman 3 design my beloved
@@laudj_art Rayman 3 Ray is just a silly little guy
@@laudj_art it really feels like a design suited for the madder intro in the original release of rayman 3. He's just cool
Rayman 2 was such a bold choice, doing the jump from 2D to 3D whilst also changing from bright and colourful to a really sombre vibe, morose versions of his theme tune etc, whilst still staying recognisable in all his abilities.
Rayman 2 was the pinnacle of that series.
I wish we could go back to a new Rayman game that captures the spirit of Rayman 2.
No. Rayman was the best
The surreal atmosphere in that game is still unmatched to this day.
Amen my friend
rayman 2 really fucking was the pinnacle with origins. I love the atmosphere of rayman 2 so much.
rayman 2 was the pinnacle of video games
Im really sad we didnt got a trilogy for the new 2D games.
Agreed!
The 2d games were my childhood, so fucking awesome
I'm glad someone said it. As much as I keep hearing about (and more specifically) Rayman 2 and 3, I loved Origins and Legends, the art style, humor and world building was really fun to me.
Rayman 2 and 3 defined the early days of my childhood. I still have fond memories of playing them on my old computer, enthralled by the whimsical world and tight gameplay. It took all my courage to get through Rayman 2's scarier parts like the sliding segment with Jano and the Tomb of the Ancients, while it took all my skill to finally beat Reflux in Rayman 3. So many good times. Still know these levels by heart.
Also the Knaaren are just badass. They were completely terrifying as a kid and that made them so damn awesome.
They ruined the lore with Rayman 3 goofs though
@@slyceth You mean the unlockable cutscenes?
@@slyceth those are literally just skits tho, theyre probably not even canon
today i found out reflux is voiced by ZIGGY FUCKING MARLEY
HOLY SHIT
@@Victini7472 I don’t think that was him.
"Combat fatigues." "That's exactly what we need!" Made my day
The music in Rayman 3 is amazing! Tons of classic bangers. The combat almost feels like platforming due to all the dodging you do. I love that game!
"See you in Rayman 4"
Rayman pre-Origins was literally my childhood man, miss those days.
Why not still play it? Believe it or not, Rayman (Legends mostly) is a really recommended game by nearly all players who have played it. Ubisoft decides not to pursue the amazing character and idea without the Rabbids though. :/
I find it bizarre how Rayman has such great games (even the spin-offs and mobile games are pretty decent) with several of them having an interesting development history behind them.
And yet the series barely gets any recognition. it seems like now a days you don't really see very much people talking about Rayman apart from a few smaller channels, which is a shame because the series is pretty much CRYING for attention at this point.
But yeah, I love the Rayman series, Rayman 1 and origins are my favorite.
Can’t believe it’s nearly been a decade since his last home console game.
Rayman 2 was one of the first games I've ever played in my life. I had the N64 version and wow it was such an amazing platformer, a mysterious world that had many questions but very few answers and it really does hold up still to this day. If Ubisoft ever returns to a 3D Rayman platformer once more, I hope they look back to R2.
John Leguizamo was super funny as Globox. If they ever make another Rayman game or a movie I hope they get him to reprise his voice role
I've always loved how varied the Rayman games are tone and aesthetic wise. I headcanon that cuz it takes place in the "glade of dreams" that each game is just a new dream from the bubble dreamer, featuring some familiar characters/species and such
Rayman 3 definitely terrified me too, but it was *so fun*. Rayman 2 and 3's soundtracks are downloaded to my computer. I regularly listen to them
I really miss the sense of mystery the original trilogy had. Especially 2 and 3. There's always some minor visual storytelling here and there that makes you sit and go "huh."
I replayed Rayman 2 about a year ago and it's honestly really good. I never really understood why Crash Bandicoot and Mario 64 gets all the recoginiton nowadays but Rayman 2 almost never gets mentioned when talking about 3D platformers of this era.
All so true man. We had a trilogy of masterpieces that was a huge part of my childhood as a gamer (as with many others here), a reboot that shook it up with two very different - yet still exceptional - prequels, and then... flatline.
We can only hope that his upcoming appearance in SoH just _might_ be a sign of things to come, especially since platformer revivals have become pretty popular in recent years
I love the combo system in Rayman 3 and the many strategies one can use to get more points. Choosing to pick up yellow diamonds first, trying to chain enemy kills without getting hit, the multiplier from the cans... they all add an extra element of strategy and having to plan and improvise in order to get the most points and minimize losses by doing it in the wrong order. Not to mention all the secret areas, extra ways of earning points like looking at those gecko things in first person, picking up the flowers stealthily, sticking your tongue out at black lums to uncorrupt them... Then there is some edgy (for a kids game) humor, incredible (and surprisingly long) soundtrack mixing multiple subgenres of music, all the funny bonus videos, the meta humor, easter eggs, cool skateboard levels, very trippy visuals and amazing art direction... love that game!
The evolution of this series is pretty interesting. It started out with a rather simple and kiddish 2D platformer, then it became a far more focused and ambitious 3D action platformer with Rayman 2, eventually becoming a more mature/adult friendly game with Rayman 3.
It's like you can see how they were trying to appeal to a progressively older crowd with every game.
Simple? The second half is a kaizo
Rayman was actually what glued my family closer together... my dad was always working the whole day and when Rayman came out it was just when we got our first computer and I think it came with the pc? My dad started playing and immediately became a gamer just like me and my siblings XD
We all bonded over our enjoyment of the game and since then it's become a family thing :')
Now I really feel like playing the old games again lol
Rayman 2 was the one of the first Playstation games I ever played and it was a bloody amazing experience. I don't think I'll ever get the same feeling of excitement and wonder I had while playing through The Clearing for the first time, seeing all the whimsical yet dark scenery and listening to the CD audio soundtrack - I listen to it all the time while drawing to this day. I love Rayman 2, and its one of my favourite games of all time. Honestly, almost all the Rayman games have a glorious aesthetic to them. The fairytale aura surrounding them feels so timeless.
I love Rayman. Rayman 3 on the Gamecube was one of my first games of that generation. No one ever talks about that game.
Really happy to see more Rayman content. This is a wonderful video and really makes one reminisce over how good these games were, wonderful work! Rayman forever!!
Rayman 3 on GBA is really underrated, its level design was amazing.
Rayman 3 was THE joy of my childhood. I tried buying it so many times. It wasn't until it was finally available on the Ubisoft Store that I got a digital version of it.
Soooo Good. The surfing between levels? Those were the JAMS
Loved Rayman 3 so much, my favorite video game to this day. I wish we could get another game like that
The 3D rayman games are a huge part of my childhood
I always hated Rabbits because of the amount of disrespect given to Rayman. He's the best character of my childhood (it's subjective, I'm describing my case). The dlc announcement alone made me want to buy Mario + Rabbits just to show them that we still care a lot about Rayman
i love, I LOVE the artstyle of the 3D games, Dark Fantasy is such an underused genre and it fits Rayman so so well
Rayman 2 is such a classic man, one of the games I remember so vividly from my childhood
The original Rayman was one of the first games I "experienced" as a kid, he became a really huge icon for me when I was younger. There are basically these things called "Play Schemes" which were I guess a form of "Day Care" in the UK? The age range was about 5 year olds to young teenagers and at every one I went to, there was always at least one console there which became my favourite reason for going.
Of course on one of them was the original Rayman and his helicopter hair and boomerang punches were the coolest things I'd ever seen on a character. Admittedly I was pretty much completely unaware of his 3D entries afterwards until I got a bit older and those games became "retro", but I still looked back on Rayman's history fondly which unfortunately made me quite bitter when I realised the Rabbids had stolen Rayman's place as Ubisoft's mascots and I ended up hating everything about them.
I was then super happy years later when Rayman Origins was announced and I *really* loved that game but admittedly I thought it was kind of disappointing when they took away Rayman's physics-based boomerang punches and made them a fixed range instead which was tied to Rayman's fixed movement. Never-the-less, it was an awesome experience and I felt the same way about Legends when it came out (although I thought the Wii U gamepad made it kind of annoying to play in certain settings).
The Mario and Rabbids DLC makes me happy they haven't forgotten about Rayman but part of me is still bitter that the entire crossover could've been "Mario and Rayman" instead at one point, had Ubisoft utilised him more instead of downgrading his status in the company.
They did an updated design for Mr Dark on a mobile game of all things. I think a third 2D game with Mr Dark as the villain would have been a great way to make it a trilogy; he was the influence for the magician's scheme in Origins and the Dark teensies in Legends are the result of that. Having him come back in the third would have been a great way to end it and it's a shame this never happened. Come on Ubisoft!
He should have been reoccurring in general
I really wish Rayman 2 would get a remaster. Or at least a steam port
With some mods you can make the pc version pretty modernized it can just be a pain in the ass to get running right
It's on GOG so they could put it on steam but eh
There actually was a steam version, but you could only get it by preordering Rayman Origins
@@kishibbydiggy awwwwww
I seriously think Rayman is a character that is too underrated and abandoned compared to other company's iconic characters.
He really should put out a new game, a new rival, a new friend, a spin-off, and even bring back Ly as a love interest and Mr. Dark as a nemesis.
I really love the Rayman 2 soundtrack, there's so many magical tracks.
I love the Rayman series, I'm making a game inspired by both Rayman and Crash, but it kinda hurts to see Origins and Legends feel left out by the nostalgia
I've always loved how Rayman as a series, has no real consistency for designs or styles. It's like a scattershot approach, which certainly matches the dream motif.
17:22 loved these parts always so much. In my memory these parts also have the best soundtrack and yeah the design and visuals are just awesome!
Was very excited to see this on my home page. Even more excited to see my name pop up in the video. Great content my friend
Rayman has been my first ever video game character/Mascot I've ever known before Mario and Sonic, and I kid you not. Seeing the Rayman DLC Show up made me cry. The Boy is BACK.
Allow me to share a personal memory:
My father and I had a great common passion for this trilogy. My father was not a gamer but he was passionate about the richness of the universes of each games, the humor and the music, especially those of the first game he considered exceptional, all media combined (he was a musician and a music teacher). We spent a lot of time together creating levels on Rayman designer.
Your video reminded me of all those good times 😉.
And apart from this personal vision, excellent video 😎.
The Rayman mainline games were so good! I miss Rayman as well but at least we have some hope with the Rayman dlc in Sparks of Hope and that new Rayman cartoon in the works. Hopefully we'll get a new mainline Rayman game in the next few years!
You mean Rayman 4.
A Game that should have Mr. Dark as the Main Villain and Razorbeard being the secondary Villain.
@@ethejumper6568 I ment a new console Rayman game in general but I hope that we'll get Rayman 4 one day as well!
Rayman 3 freaked me out as a kid so much I played another Ubisoft game instead which was Splinter Cell. So if it wasn't for Rayman 3 I wouldn't have fallen in love with Chaos Theory.
Rayman 2 was one of the first games I played as a kid, I remember playing it till late night with my godmother and it was so immersive. The soundtrack, the scenery, the puzzles... Rayman and Crash were my favorite games. And then we had Rayman 3 with that spooky vibe that was so unique to see in a child's game, and that super musical levels! I love the looks and gameplay of Origins/Legends (2D platformers are my favorite genre), but they could've given more love to the 3D Rayman as well :(
I really hope if we will get Rayman 4, a mix of Rayman 2 and Rayman 3, that would be awesome
The first 3 rayman games are my favorites 💜 I’m collecting all the vintage gadgets, are emotionally fantastical ❤️
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got introduced to rayman by rayman arena on the gamecube. it was in the bargain bin and one of my favorite games to play when i was little. i never got to beating it but i still hold very fond memories of the game from me and my older brother yelling at each other for zooming past one another on the obstacle course race
I first played that phone version of rayman, and back when no internet or pc was at my fingertips, it was probably the most fun I had outside the general fun we used to have as kids
Then, when visiting my grandma, who had both net and pc before anyone else in the family, I remembered Rayman, looked it up, and turns out there is a whole trilogy of games about him? Knowing our financial status and whatnot, I just mentioned it to my mom because she also played it, but I knew full well I probably wont have it because any store I visited here, had no sign of Rayman..
Time passed, I somehow saved up enough money to buy my first pc when I was around 12 or 13, and then my mom surprised me with the 10th anniversary collection for christmas.. still no idea how she got it, but that has to be the single greatest gotcha moment I had up to that point, I was fully convinced that I cant buy it anymore, didnt even push to get it, yet in typical mom fashion she went above and beyond because she must have known how influental rayman was for me in a good way
And to this day, I still replay the games every now and then, but there are probably no secrets left for me to discover.. but I will forever cherish these moments, and probably forever despise how badly he was handled by ubisoft..
Cant we just get a proper Rayman 4 like how Murphy promised?
>Was with Ubi since their early days
>Got a whole lot of games and spin-offs (EVEN EDUCATIONAL GAMES)
>Beloved by gamers
>Ubi backstabs him alongside Prince
THE PAIN.
Rayman 2 is a game which is strongly connected to my childhood!
Love seeing it and the others so intensively covered :)
Played the og rayman as a kid on my ds, never got to finish it (i didn’t know how to save the game as a kid so I had to keep my ds open at all times). Last year i found my ds, opened it and finished this amazing game (I was almost crying from the nostalgia at the end). For me the og rayman was my childhood, and it’s a real shame that ubi won’t treat its mascot with the respect it deserves.
Rayman 2 (ps1)... my childhood.
Pirates scared the crap outa me, animation and sound design was on point. And i still miss that curly texture aesthetic.
Ratchet and Clank recieved a 3+ rating at release time in europe btw. Still boggles the mind :D
Rayman Arena is my absolute favorite of them all, with the Great Escape being a close second!
Bro Rayman M (Arena) is probably one of the most underrated games in all history, it was so incredibly fun compared to how forgotten it is...
Same here! We even play it online now, which honestly unlocks the full potential of the game
@@redwithblackstripes Agreed!
Rayman 2 is my third favorite game of all time
It’s such an excellent experience
Thanks for letting me remember how much I miss Rayman, TH-cam algorithm… Rayman 2 was my favorite game as a kid! So many good memory’s
Rayman 10th anniversary pack was the first ever game I'd gotten on the PS2. So many memories with the games on it. Revoloution always felt too hard for me at the time so I'd always settled for Rayman M when I wanted to mess around with my friends and 3 which I probably played the most. Had to be my favourite of the bunch.
Thank you so much for this great video!
I will absolutely get the dlc for Sparks of Hope. I had no idea they had announced it!
I love Rayman, especially this era. I miss when there were stories and characters in these games.
My favorite will always be the PS1 version of Rayman 2. I'm aware of the changes that version went through, but it doesn't bother me, plus it adds more context to the story and I liked the Spanish dub that it has. Although I do feel that removing the choice to take the gold at the end of the cave of bad dreams was a mistake.
And the combat in Rayman 3 is fantastic. That style must return if they ever make another 3D Rayman.
Great video!
If we get a new Rayman, I had this idea where similar to Kirby's Adventure, the Rabbids would be set up as the main villain only for them to be revealed to have been trying to stop the real villain but in their own chaotic way.
Also I first remember getting interested in trying Rayman through the Rabbids funnily enough mainly from starting out with Rabbids Go Home, learning of the Rabbids connection to Rayman, playing Rayman's DSI port, and the demo to Rayman Origins 3DS before getting Rayman Legends.
Rayman 3 was my fathers favourite game and as a child I always loved watching him play this. It was the only game he played over and over again. But I was really scared of the Knaaren too but as I got older I tried to beat the game myself and defeated my fear of them 😂
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The rabbids really destroyed him I’m glad he returned in sparks of hope. Rayman was one of my favorite franchises before sonic and Mario.
His story’s his games his content and everything else I love games like Rayman. He’s such a cool character it’s nice to see a documentary about a character that I miss dearly hopefully after sparks of hope will allow him to make games again.
Seeing the snake and the brute from Rayman 2 hit the kid in me in the feels man...
Great video! I got an immense amount of nostalgia for Rayman 2, 3, and Arena personally. I wish we would have consistent rereleases of Rayman 1-3.
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i really hope rayman inclusion in mario + rabbids sparks of hope means that they want to do something 3D again with rayman in the future,i mean they are going to make a new 3d model so maybe its for a reason,plus its not just a character,they said it was a new campain with him but i wonder if it would be just rayman and rabbids or if he would meet mario in this future campain
i really hope it means something and they finally make rayman 4
I see noone talking about Rayman 1, it was my absolute child memory with my brother. We kept playing it when we were allowed to on our dad's computer. It was so incredibely hard but so long to finish, exciting and mysterious. I think we never managed to finish it haha.
Incredible memory, I think there was a similar one on gameboy that I liked as well but was not exactly the same.
I used to play Rayman 3 with my dad when I was like 4-5. Rayman was a huge part of my childhood once me and the other boys in preschool realised that We enjoyed the same game.
Here's hoping that Rayman DLC is only the beginning for our boy, to say another Rayman revival is overdue would be the understatement of the......ever!
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I was fairly late to Rayman, my first game was Origins, but I enjoyed it so much I went back and played all the others. Legends is easily my favourite, followed by 3, Origins, 2 and 1. Redemption is amazing as well. I really hope we see another Rayman game at some point, but with the creator having left the games industry I don't know if it'll happen.
In regards to the "naughty" jokes of R3, it's certainly a cultural thing. Europe is more open and accepting of that kind of humour than the US, and France - where Rayman originates - is probably the most open of all.
I poured hours into the 10th anniversary pack on the GBA as a kid, finishing Rayman 3 for the first time felt like a huge accomplishment and the GBA soundtrack lives in my head, especially deep forest from Advanced with how many times I played through those first couple levels.
Rayman is such an interesting and sad series.
My first Rayman was the Great Escape, and I fell in love with that game. It was so iconic in my childhood! I truly love this version ❤️
Randomly came across your channel and what a blessing it's been. Fantastic composition, honest personal reviews, and genuinely entertaining. So incredibly tired of the highly templated dull, repeated ad nauseam retro gaming channels that are popping up.
Loved this video too. I'm a 'late in life' discover of Rayman and I've thoroughly enjoyed the series.
Holy crap, I remember watching your channel a few years back! I guess it's good to see you back even though I haven't looked at your stuff in years! :)
I see Rayman 3 as more of Rayman’s late teen years.
The Great Escape had sooo much atmoshpere it was incredible. My mom (who is not a gamer at all) would sit next to me with like a 100 page printed out walktrough. Guiding my 7 year old ass trough the game. IT was an amazing experience and to share that with my mom made it a memory I will never forget. Btw, I dont not aggree on Rayman 2 being an easy game. It was at times very clunky, the camera would fuck you over sometimes and the platforming was pretty damn tough sometimes. Dont forget gaming was pretty new back then and people didnt have 15 years prior gaming experience like they do now.
Thank you so much for this Video. I think about the Rayman Series every week and it's great to see more people like you express their love for it.
Rayman 3 has such a warm place in my heart 😭😭
if im not wrong, rayman having a blue shirt in japan is a result of the fact that purple is seen as the color for death, often used by villans
My first experience with rayman was on the gambit advanced was a big part of my childhood
I remeber as a child, on christmas, I got Rayman 2, I was so exicted to play it ! back then me and my brother only had one computer, so we had to swap "PC time" every 30 mins. None of us, could read the clock, as we had to ask our dad when it was our time to play. However, I remeber ONE mission, that still haunts me to this day like no other game ever will. It was on the piratship, whenever I got to that level, I had a bug, where a GIANT pirat flag would apear and cover 95% of the screen. the game would still run, I could hear the music, I could run around, but I couldn't see ANYTTHING beside a little bit in the coners. I tried everything, restart the game, restart the computer, uninstall and install the game, get to the same level, only for the pirat flag to apear again. I don't know how many times I started a new game, got to the same level and started crying.. It was pretty far in the game. I was around 7-8 years old back then. Today I'm 31 years old. I could never finish Rayman 2, that I got for christmas... IT WAS DEVESTATING.
I really wish Rayman someday gets the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro treatment
Rayman's character is so unique. My brothers and I were able to play Rayman 2 at a restaurant. We thought, that was the trippiest thing ever. And Rayman was so cheeky and cool. Something you don't see often with the main character while during the level gameplay (maybe merely in cutscenes or dialouges with other characters). It was refreshing from the silent or just kind characters like Link or Mario. They even toned down Spyro and Sonic much. But Rayman was just a full of Energy Character who sticks his tongue out at you. And I loved that.
Rayman 1 has a special place in my heart. Because it was my first PC game as kid on our 486 (played only console games before). For a long time it was the only game we had, so we played it a TON
I'm just now noticing but if anyone played "2 Fast 4 Gnomzes" Wiiware game and the Rayman "appear" sound effect, it is also used in 2 fast 4 Gnomzes
Besides the shoe mini game in Rayman 3, I really loved the rocket mini game and the jet board mini game between world transitions. Amazingly fun gameplay and music for those
Man, Rayman 3 and Rayman M; I’ve never had so much fun as a kid, playing these games with my friends.
the rayman Sparks of Hope dlc has the same energy as crash bandicoot in Skylanders.
As a kid I used to play Rayman 2 on PSOne a lot!
To this day this game is pure magic for me. I dont care if its linear etc. I find that atmosphere and aesthetics are much more important. I love the music too! ☺
the golden era of platformers or gaming in general, jak and daxter, ratchet and clank, sly, haven call of the king, rayman 3, Sphinx, i-ninja, kya dark lineage, super mario sunshine...
15:42 I was too. The Knaarens scared me to death as a kid ! Took me weeks to decide really trying to pass that level.