OK, I'll try to make a good explanation for this, since I'm not good at explanations, but I would TOTALLY recommend Rayman 2: The Great Escape or Rayman: Revolution, it's PS2 remake. It's one of those special Rayman games before the Rabbids (although I do like rabbids) made Rayman the comedy-based franchise he is today. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE Origins and Legends, but Rayman 2 is SOOOOOOO much better, even with it being a late 1990's 3D platformer. This game was released on...OK, a lot of consoles. Let me list them all: N64, PC, DS, PS1, 3DS, it USED to be on iOS, PS2 (Revolution, the version I own), Dreamcast, and it even has a totally different 2D version on GBC! Yeah, that's a lot of ports...anyway, the story is that the Robo-Pirates and their leader, Razorbeard, has taken over the world, scattered the 1000 Lums that make up the heart of the world, and has captured everyone, even Rayman. Then Rayman escapes with a power he gets from his friend, Globox, and escapes from the prison ship, hence the name, The Great Escape. Even though the game sounds serious compared to every other Rayman game, it still has some humor to it, and surprisingly, it's not dark humor. Honestly though, the reasoning for the game's name should be for around the end, a cutscene shows why in Dreamcast and PS2 exclusively, but I won't spoil that, or any more of the story. It's really good. The environments are very detailed for a late 1990's/early 2000's game, just kinda like how they are in any other Rayman game. The soundtrack is for the most part forgettable, but it makes up for how well it fits. It can make you feel sorrow, fear, happiness, like there's some mysterious stuff going on, and all of that. The most important part, though; the gameplay. The gameplay is easy, but still SUPER fun to play. A good reason could be that's there's variety done RIGHT in this game. Whatever else you do rather than platform in this game is platforming in a different way, and it's FUN, which is most important for a game. It needs to be fun, and that's what this game is. There's even collectibles in this game too! First, there's the 1000 Lums in this game that you need to collect. Usually it's the same amount of Lums in all the versions, except for the PS1 version, a con for that version. If you collect more more and more in The Great Escape (most versions do this), you can progress through levels, and learn more backstory about the world by standing still and holding a specific button. In Revolution, you can use Lums to buy upgrades and minigames. (don't think the rabbids started the minigames, rayman 1 started the minigames with a secret breakout game) There's also cages you need to break, and if you break them, you get special Lums that give you more Lums than the usual Lums. In Revolution, though, it's an entirely new collectible: Familiar Spirits. Getting ten Familiar (FACES--i mean) Spirits will let Ly the Fairy (the Fairy of this game who helps Rayman sometimes throughout the adventure) open a new door, aka portal for you, which is a challenge. If you complete the challenge provided for you, you get extra health, making it worth it to go and get those Familiar Spirits.
Overall, Rayman 2, in my opinion, is a FANTASTIC game. The version i'd recommend? Well, first I'd recommend Rayman: Revolution first, with its extra content and improved graphics, then the Dreamcast version, then the PC version, then the N64 version (if you don't mind mp3 music turning into midi, the PC and N64 versions are basically the same besides for the poly count), then the PS1 version. WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T touch the PS1 version. It may have MP3 music, and it gives you a demo of the 2D prototype for collecting around 90% of the Lums, but why I say to avoid this version, is that the 1000 Lums got cut down to 800, and level portions were cut out for voice acting. In fact, Revolution also has voice acting, but it's done better, AND no content is removed. Heck, NEW content was added! So I mean it when I say AVOID that version. Anyway, if you're more of a fan of 2D platformers, I'd recommend Rayman 2 for the GBC. It isn't great, but isn't bad either. Anyway, I'm out, I wrote too much.
OK, I'll try to make a good explanation for this, since I'm not good at explanations, but I would TOTALLY recommend Rayman 2: The Great Escape or Rayman: Revolution, it's PS2 remake. It's one of those special Rayman games before the Rabbids (although I do like rabbids) made Rayman the comedy-based franchise he is today. Don't get me wrong, I LIKE Origins and Legends, but Rayman 2 is SOOOOOOO much better, even with it being a late 1990's 3D platformer. This game was released on...OK, a lot of consoles. Let me list them all: N64, PC, DS, PS1, 3DS, it USED to be on iOS, PS2 (Revolution, the version I own), Dreamcast, and it even has a totally different 2D version on GBC! Yeah, that's a lot of ports...anyway, the story is that the Robo-Pirates and their leader, Razorbeard, has taken over the world, scattered the 1000 Lums that make up the heart of the world, and has captured everyone, even Rayman. Then Rayman escapes with a power he gets from his friend, Globox, and escapes from the prison ship, hence the name, The Great Escape. Even though the game sounds serious compared to every other Rayman game, it still has some humor to it, and surprisingly, it's not dark humor. Honestly though, the reasoning for the game's name should be for around the end, a cutscene shows why in Dreamcast and PS2 exclusively, but I won't spoil that, or any more of the story. It's really good. The environments are very detailed for a late 1990's/early 2000's game, just kinda like how they are in any other Rayman game. The soundtrack is for the most part forgettable, but it makes up for how well it fits. It can make you feel sorrow, fear, happiness, like there's some mysterious stuff going on, and all of that. The most important part, though; the gameplay. The gameplay is easy, but still SUPER fun to play. A good reason could be that's there's variety done RIGHT in this game. Whatever else you do rather than platform in this game is platforming in a different way, and it's FUN, which is most important for a game. It needs to be fun, and that's what this game is. There's even collectibles in this game too! First, there's the 1000 Lums in this game that you need to collect. Usually it's the same amount of Lums in all the versions, except for the PS1 version, a con for that version. If you collect more more and more in The Great Escape (most versions do this), you can progress through levels, and learn more backstory about the world by standing still and holding a specific button. In Revolution, you can use Lums to buy upgrades and minigames. (don't think the rabbids started the minigames, rayman 1 started the minigames with a secret breakout game) There's also cages you need to break, and if you break them, you get special Lums that give you more Lums than the usual Lums. In Revolution, though, it's an entirely new collectible: Familiar Spirits. Getting ten Familiar (FACES--i mean) Spirits will let Ly the Fairy (the Fairy of this game who helps Rayman sometimes throughout the adventure) open a new door, aka portal for you, which is a challenge. If you complete the challenge provided for you, you get extra health, making it worth it to go and get those Familiar Spirits.
Overall, Rayman 2, in my opinion, is a FANTASTIC game. The version i'd recommend? Well, first I'd recommend Rayman: Revolution first, with its extra content and improved graphics, then the Dreamcast version, then the PC version, then the N64 version (if you don't mind mp3 music turning into midi, the PC and N64 versions are basically the same besides for the poly count), then the PS1 version. WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T touch the PS1 version. It may have MP3 music, and it gives you a demo of the 2D prototype for collecting around 90% of the Lums, but why I say to avoid this version, is that the 1000 Lums got cut down to 800, and level portions were cut out for voice acting. In fact, Revolution also has voice acting, but it's done better, AND no content is removed. Heck, NEW content was added! So I mean it when I say AVOID that version. Anyway, if you're more of a fan of 2D platformers, I'd recommend Rayman 2 for the GBC. It isn't great, but isn't bad either. Anyway, I'm out, I wrote too much.
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