Rayman® Forever

This is one of those old games with the perfect mix of character, game design, and whimsy. The gameplay is simply, but builds upon itself until it's incredibly difficult -- but never unfair or designed poorly. The music and level design goes hand in hand, who knew that such a difficult game could have a feeling of such whimsy and beauty? I played this game when I was younger, and came back to it recently, it's been worth every minute played. I'm learning a life lesson as well while I die time after time, life is really about the journey, so if it is just about being the best you'll be miserable, but if you can appreciate the failures as much as the victories, and if you can enjoy the music and the sceneary, you'll never not find some peace and joy.

Having played the original years ago I was happy to see a version available for my current PC. The game is exactly as I remember it. Although the it doesn't contain the full in game music straight away, one of the forum posts gave information to add them. Other than that I had no problems so 5 stars.

If you enjoy a hard platformer you'll enjoy rayman, whilst it gets insanely difficult it's worth persevering for the soundtrack and graphics alone.

Fun graphics, great level design, creative game mechanics... we owe Rayman a debt of gratitude for elevating the standards for platforming games. I still enjoy playing this game today & it makes the more recent 2D installments in the Rayman franchise feel richer and full of history. P.S. the recent games (Origin & Legends) are also phenomenal.

Playing on Windows 11 and it's still smooth as butter. Just like when I was a kid!