Rayman 2: The Great Escape

You don't need a DLL file actually, just add it to steam as a non-steam game and enable Steam Input then assign the buttons to the keyboard controls, just find a manual telling you what's what online.

Game has been out for over a decade at this point and it's still Ubisoft's best game!

Its a great nostalgia, nevertheless the PC version is not as good as the console version. Graphics looks worse, no english dub as that was implemented into console version later. In PC version they speak Raymanian giberish (kinda like in Sims) The soundtrack is kinda all over the place. Sometimes a different song that was ment for a certain level starts playing in a different level, mostly the third song from the OST named The Woods of Light, which sounds more like it would fit into the first levels of Spyro (cool funky bass guitar track). Yet I know it has its rightful place in this game, but sometimes it doesnt fit the setting of jumping over huge lilipads, evading huge scary piranas in a swamp at night. Eric Chevalier composed an awesome OST for this game and this random track throwing at random moments kinda do it disservice. If you can stick with a Nintendo or PS version, do it. If not, buy this, its like 5 bucks, but even that seems to me like too much for this port. At least until Ubisoft gets their s**t together and finaly realize, that a remake of the first 3 Rayman games is the only thing that can save them now.

Controls are a lot to be desired.. having to resort to mouse and keyboard as sadly it doesn't seem USB controller compatible and it doesn't use the standard setup of space to jump etc. However for the nostalgia, 10/10

when I was a child, I played Rayman revolution(PS2 version) alot. to my knowledge, this is the 1999 PC port of the N64 game of the same year but with higher graphics and frame rate.this game is the closest to the original N64 version that is currently the most accesible. the story and characters are simple by modern game standards but still very charming entertaining. the platforming is the highlight of the game, the controls are seamless considering how ancient this port is. the graphics while dated, still displays alot of artistic beauty which is a testament of the skills of the developers that they could squeeze alot of amazing visuals inspite of the hardware limitations. the game also incorporates gamplay elements found in third person shooters. the pacing is very consistent and well done not everything stands the test of time, the game doesnt support modern controllers(although a solution can be made by using softwares like antimicros which are available to download from microsoft store). the game also boots up weirdly on windows 11, while it rarely crashes the game, it can feel weird for 7 seconds until the game starts t runs normally. I am a bit mixed about the segments in the game that requires you to mount and drive vehicles, on one hand, they add alot of chaotic fun to the game and gives it variety but they can also be janky and frustarting to control. in conclusion, the Rayman 2 the great escape is one of the best 3D platformers of the 90s, outclassing most of it contemporaries in graphics,story, level design and controls. I recomment this game to anyone whether they are fans of rayman or not. I am grateful to ubisoft and GOG for allowing to experience this childhood memory one more time.