Rayman 2: The Great Escape

And I still think it's one of the best games I've ever played. ;)

The best game in Rayman franchise. Even after all those years the difficulty is high enough to keep you playing for decent amount of hours, although the whole game is not that long. Still, if you haven't tried it before it's a must play! Soundtrack - one of best in the history of games. Along with Bastion and Hollow Knight. In my humble opinion ofc :) The gameplay is very interesting and each location has it's own surprises. I'm amazed how much thought have been put into the design of the levels. That's a high standard even for 2019. Try it. You'll love it.

Rayman 2 was a game I played before even seeing Rayman 1. After playing the PC version for an hour, I got the PSone game as a kid. While I know it was the lacking port of the two, coming full circle for the PC version was magical. Rayman 2 PC features the CD quality soundtrack present outside the N64 version, but the crisper frame rate and rendering of the ports other than PSone. I honestly feel the Dreamcast version is still crisper, but barring the multiplayer content (and anything added for Revolution) this is definitely the best way to enjoy Rayman 2 at its core. Great music, great levels, fun and engaging gameplay. Rayman 2 offers everything a sequel should, with an occasional mechanic or two that can take a while. BUT each mechanic is thematic and this makes it arguably MORE enjoyable.

A classic plateformer game from the PS1/N64 Era, the game is really good, not too hard, not too easy with some moment that will require all your attention. It's as classic as it get, jump around in different levels, find all the cage and destroy them, find all the lums, and defeat the pirate along the way. Some minor point can be annoying, sometime the camera can get stuck in a corner and cannot move out. It's impossible to remap the control, so for French keyboard user it can be annoying and the newest controler (Xbox one for me) doesn't work for the game and I had to play throught only using keyboard (which is annoying, but far from being impossible, I finished the game 100% only using the keyboard) Would recommend 100%

So, what could I mean by that? I wonder... Rayman 2 is an old game. And it's cheaply priced. Which apparently means that the devs at Ubi Soft did the bare minimum for this re-release. (Assuming they did anything besides handing it to GOG.) This means: It runs. Usually. But that's it. No fancy enhancements, and a lot of things just don't snap anymore like they used to be - like controller support. Luckily, these things can be sorted out by a google search (or just looking into the forums here directly). It's not difficult in the slightest and bam - the game runs in wider resolutions and regognizes my controller. So that makes it better by a longshot and it can even adjusted further apparently. With that out of the way, what could I say about this game? It's the first one I bought here, a second time now. It's my childhood and in many ways a very unique platformer - albeit a bit short. It basically puts you in a level and throws one awesome idea after another at you until it's done. For multiple levels - until you see the credits. Finishing everything to completion usually takes less than 5 hours. But I like it, it fits a nice evening and has a high replay value because of it. (I actually wanted to boot it up right now before I remembered that I wanted to write some reviews). So all in all: Good artistic choices and well optimized (back in the day). But in classic Ubi manner, the game is more about working and less in polishing it through the end (litterally, the end). The final levels can get a bit disappointing, but only if you have too high standards and bitterness for the Rayman franchise. So, gladly 5 stars. Again, port could be better, but at least they're not charging much. I would say it's still the best official version out there except the dreamcast one.