All rested up from his past adventures, Rayman is ready for action in a new dimension! Ruthless pirates have invaded the Glades of Dreams to capture and enslave Rayman’s friends. Will he save them? Only you can find out!
To free Rayman’s friends and reap the reward of their magical powers, defeat b...
All rested up from his past adventures, Rayman is ready for action in a new dimension! Ruthless pirates have invaded the Glades of Dreams to capture and enslave Rayman’s friends. Will he save them? Only you can find out!
To free Rayman’s friends and reap the reward of their magical powers, defeat barbaric pirates and gather the 4 masks of Polokus.
Send shock waves through your senses as you run, jump, fly, ride, water-ski and puzzle your way through 20 fantastical worlds and more than 40 hours of sheer fun and exhilaration.
The matchless French 2D platformer goes 3D in its astounding sequel
Amazing and well-polished gameplay mechanics assure a smooth and enjoyable experience throughout the entire game
One of the few really good platformers on the PC with diverse levels, colorful graphics, and catchy music
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Compatibility notice: Rayman 2: The Great Escape does not support Nvidia 7XX series of cards and requires version 310.70 or older drivers.
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Compatibility notice: Rayman 2: The Great Escape does not support Nvidia 7XX series of cards and requires version 310.70 or older drivers.
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
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I think that there are only 3 series of platformers where there are legitimately no bad main series games: Mario, Kirby and Rayman. However, where Mario and Kirby keep things the same every single time these days, Rayman has done something different almost every single time (even Legends had a faster pace than Origins). It pays off!
Mario envies it's creativity in level design, Sonic is jealous of it's perfect controls, Mega Man resents it's colourful and vibrant aesthetics.
Part of the reason for this is because they rarely make new games (he's had 5 new main series games in 22 years), it keeps things creative and fresh.
If you were to compare Rayman 2 to its rivals in the year of release (Donkey Kong 64, Sonic Adventure), it easily beats them. Don't just buy this one. Buy them all! NOW!
This is kind of game which brings you nice memories but when you replay it, you find it very annoying and not so good. Camera, controllst, physics... it did not aged well. Its still playable but it was way more fun back in the day
Rayman 2 is a great 3D platformer that has a lot going for it.
The movements feel smooth and effortless. It really feels easy to communicate the moves that you want to perform to the character and make him execute them exactly the way you want them done. Controlling Rayman is a genuine pleasure.
The level design is quite good, and unlike most games of the genre, the emphasis isn't on exploration but rather on progression in more linear pathways, which has the happy consequence of making the game seem faster paced. The game isn't completely linear in itself since a lot of levels still have a tangled layout with intersecting paths, but you are mostly guided through the paths one after the other anyway. Not to say that there is no exploration at all, there is still stuff to collect in every level and it is sometimes well hidden. Unfortunately, these two aspects, linearity and collecting items, have an adverse consequence: some collectibles can only be picked up once, you have a single chance during your one way trip through the level. Indeed, you often can't go back on your tracks to explore as the levels are designed to make you go forward. If you want to complete the game at 100%, you'll most likely have to redo some of the levels a few times.
The combats are a chore. They're dull, repetitive and easy. It mostly consists of spamming or charging the single attack that Rayman has and moving around a bit to avoid projectiles. The enemies are not very varied either. I only wanted one thing during the fights, that they end so that I could go back to the great part of the game which is the platforming itself.
The game looks fantastic, the world is fanciful, colorful and beautifully designed. The characters are goofy and fun, their voices especially are very amusing. The soundtrack however is forgettable.
I really liked Rayman 2, it has weaknesses, but fortunately it is excellent at the most important aspect of a 3D platformer: the platforming.
I loved this game back when it first came out. I loved it again when it was remastered for the Playstation 2. I even loved the Nintendo DS version. 3D-Platforming games don't get much better than this, from presentation to controls, this surely is a masterpiece. The amount of variety and the far above average length of the game is extraordinary. This is easily the best Rayman game to date, I still don't get why they had to mix the formula up with Rayman 3, and don't get me started on those Rabbids... Ubisoft, take notice and give us another experience like Rayman 2 - The Great Escape.
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