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First off, let me tell you that I own the N64 version of this game. I have no idea how different it is from the Playstation version, but you will need a Memory card to save your data. With that aside, the first thing you will notice from watching the story is that the game has excellent graphics(I was using an N64 Expansion Pak so I don't know what it looks like without it). The first level isn't challenging because there is not much to collect, and the level is just there to teach you some tricks. The next level, the Fairy Glade, is where things start packing on. The levels get very challenging, and are very long. You will also get in fights with some Pirates which can be very difficult, especially if you have little life. Soon enough, you will meet up with friends like Clark, the giant muscled friend of yours, but he is very sick after a battle, and you must go back to a part of a pervious level to save him. You will also get to free Globox who freed you and got separated with in the story. Another cool thing about the game is that outside of the text, you will notice the characters don't speak English, or any language for that matter. The gibberish does sound pretty funny though, and it makes the game more realistic. The only true problem I have with this game is the save system, because you have to exit a level to save. This can be especially annoying if you are in the middle of a level and have to turn the N64 off. All in all, the game is a blast, and a game your kids will enjoy, take it from me, I'm only 13 and I love this game. I think adults will also find it fun, because it's just one of those type of games...Best Deals for Rayman 2: The Great Escape
A pleasant platform experience from the best of your dreams...Plot:
Pirate robots have invaded Rayman's rain forest world, and destroyed its core. It is your job to gather the fragments of that core and restore it. All of the villains and most of the locales are pirate-themed.
Graphics:
This game was released on both the N64 & PSX. The N64 version supported the expansion pack, so the graphics looked much smoother and better quality than on PSX. The severely polygonal, retrograde graphics in the PSX version are terribly disappointing.
Otherwise, the graphics are something you might make up in one of your fondest dreams, and there is extreme attention to detail, in lighting and shadowing, like little fire flies flitting about and what-have-you. The water even looks nice and ripply, like you can see every ripple.
Machines are depicted in all of their smoke-spewing, oil-dripping horror, every grate made to look like a set of prison bars...of course, it is all supposed to be from a rain forest inhabitant's perspective.
Sound:
Dreamy and foreboding environments are backed with appropriate music. Most of the music is ambient, battle themes are reasonably upbeat, and they squeeze some chillin' jazz in there, too.
Voiceovers are done in whatever selection you make, English, French, or German. The French voice-overs are the best, and as a matter of fact, they are backed by English subtitles on the N64 version, by default.
Again, the sound quality is MUCH better on the N64 version than on the PSX version.
Gameplay:
Pretty simple, you have your walk, run, jump, hover jump...you attack by shooting or throwing spheres of light, Dragon Ball Z style...and you can lock onto enemy targets. The 3D aspects of the game add little to it, however, as the three dimensions are only useful in dodging attacks left and right, otherwise, the levels are linear and could easily have been done as a 2D side scroller without sacrificing any graphical prettiness.
Also, the level designs between the N64 and PSX versions differ...the N64 version has better level designs. For example, in the N64 version, the residence of the Water Deity is in The Temple of Ice and Water; however, in the PSX version, you find the Water Deity at Whale Bay...Whale !@#$ Bay! (How LAME is that?!)
Overall:
A nice platformer, especially if you can still get your hands on the N64 version. All of this game's qualities are best on the N64.
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The levels were toned down, but I still had a blast playing it. A must have for your nostalgia pleasure.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman is,with SuperMario and Crash,the most important charachter of platforms.After a good game,"Rayman",he returns with a new episode,"Rayman The Great Escape".Fantastic!An incredible story,probably the best for a platform,not just for kids.Ray must defeat pirates and free every creature of his world.C'mon.Like Redman said,Time 4 sum aksion!This time our hero can swim,drive missiles,fly...he can boost his powers,praticate water skiing... an incredible evolution if we see "Rayman".Other force ponts of "The Great Escape" are certanly the musics,very suggestive and with a secret,strange flavor.For temples,for marshes...there are often good sounds created just for the atmosphere. The control is very easy,Rayman's movements can be ontrolled with the anaolgic joystick (L3) and with the good old arrows.Why haven't I give 5 stars to "overall"?It's simply.For the graphic.very good for a PS1's product,but if you want taste real "Great Escape"'s flava you better buy "Rayman Revolution",the same game for PS2.The graphic is fantastic and there are a lot of minigames.But we better remain on PS1."Rayman The Great Escape" is a really good game.The player can't be bored,action freedom is huge.Places are infinite,so how could you say "It's too easy"?There are a lot of levels,everyone has got a particularity.Every game's charachter has got an own personality,and there are lots of enemies and friends!Amazing.To all the players.
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