Rayman® Forever

Rayman is the 1995 platformer from Ubisoft entertainment, a game that dared to be 2D at the time were 3D platformers like super mario 64 were taking the gaming world by storm, the first game from the genius mind of Michel Ancel, who would later bring us games like Rayman's various sequels and cult classic "Beyond good & evil", Rayman's story follows the limbless hero of a mystical land as he must stop the devious mr Dark and rescue the great Protoon and the electoons to maintain his peaceful worlds balance, to do this he must travel through imaginative lands including a forest, a land made of musical instruments, even a land full of delicious treats & sweets. as bare bones as the story is, it was 1995, and this was fairly standard for platform games back then. Rayman features beautifully made graphics and showed how good looking 2D games could look in an age were 3D gaming was taking off. Not only are the lands as imaginitive as can be, but there are a host of colourful characters to help you along your way. Bettila the Fairy will give Rayman new powers, whilst the magician would let you play a bonus level to earn extra tings, and if your lucky, an extra life. The music is also top-notch, believe me, you'll be humming Band land's theme hours after hearing it. however, the music is were Rayman forever also sadly falls, as this is a re-release that was released a few years after the original release, some music tracks present in the original game are missing in this version, but all the same, the music is still top-notch. besides, GOG.com has these missing tracks as a bonus download once you buy the game. The game controlls fluently, with new powers being introduced in almost every world. and all controlls are rebindable, so you don't have to use an awkward set of keys to play the game, there is also joypad support. The gameplay is geuinely enjoyable, with cleverly designed levels and well hidden secrets such as cages and lives, speaking of lives, you will need them, this game is rock hard, with only ten continues to go off of, and the sadness that if you ruun out of said continues, you may have to start over or try and beat the game on your last continue. this however is no easy task, not only is the game truly difficult, but to reach the last stage, and defeat the final boss you must free every electoon in the game, no easy task, but if your up for it, then this is the game for you. Rayman forever also comes with a few bonuses, being a second re-release of Rayman, it comes with three games, the original game, Rayman designer, a tool which lets you put enemies and items in levels you create with the Rayman mapper (which you can access on windows by going to start, all programs, gog.com, Rayman forever, Rayman designer, and then launching the mapper, just thought I'd put this here for people who can't find it.) and you'll also get "Rayman by his fans" a collection of selected levels that were created by Rayman's fans with the Rayman mapper. Rayman forever is an essential purchase if your a fan of old school, rock hard 2D platformers.

stop using dosbox and make a real port

I've played all Rayman games before (except the party ones) so I decided to try this one and I think the difficulty bar is set way too high. I've been playing many hard games, but it isn't rewarding in this one.

rayman the classic. it's a nice 2d platformer. the soundtrack is good although most of the music in the game is cut off. and the intro. there is a file that comes with the game so you can hear and watch the music and intro. if you really don't care about the soundtrack then it's a must buy.

Great 2D platformer. Very colorful, cartoonish, non-sensical universe but at the same time very demanding. Difficulty is fairly high but not insuperable and always fair: just keep cool, stay patient and you will get there. Level design is very well thought. Great music, and this GOG version has the music working straight out of the box. One bad thing that you need to know from the start, and which the game doesn"t tell you: finding all 6 cages of each and every level is MANDATORY to finish the game! I am removing one star for that, because it is just annoying to face an inflexible requirement like that (they could have requested 80% cages intead of 100%). Some of them are very tricky to find, so you will most likely have to search online for their location... And find out that the latter may vary depending on the game release! Pro tip: as soon as you get the fist, hanging, grabbing, helicopter powers, discipline yourself to find all cages in new and past levels. You'll have more fun this way :)