Rayman

I went through my old ps1 Collection, I have a wide variety of them, some of them I had never played and some of them I didn't even know I owned. Now imagine my reaction finding this game in my pile. I grew up with Crash Bandicoot and Sypro, so I never knew I owned this. Now I'm not frankly familiar with rayman per say. I've played like the ps3 version, so I went in without much expectation. One way to describe this game is... how unfair and challenging some of the levels are.

The story is a simple set up that all games did back in the 90’s because people didn’t really care that much about stories in video games, it gives you a brief cutscene and then you’re in the game. Very much like most PS1 games. It is your typical 2D platformer clearly some inspiration from Super Mario Bros clearly took place. Although the PS1 can handle 3D styled games, I don't think whoever created this might have had the budget or Indication of how to create a 3D game. I have no idea what the sequel is like but I also somehow own that too!

The game starts off simple enough letting you get a grasp of the game’s controls then you’re granted the ability to punch which will help you deal with enemies. You're able to easily adapt with the mechanics in this game and it trickles new abilities slowly, where it then proceeds to give you a level to use such abilities. You can find items and use them on enemy bosses. Very much like your typical Legend of Zelda games. Rayman is not perfect because when you get to the later stages the game becomes insanely hard and unfair as there is a slight delay with the controls and the game expects you to be some kind of pro with excellent concentration and reflexes. Like Bro ADHD exists😭.

It doesn’t help that there are obstacles that you cannot see coming and you have no way of avoiding them, don’t get me wrong I like this game but later levels are ridiculous. There are times where you will have to die just to memorise the patterns. Very much like Crash Bandicoot. Visuals are stunning. This game walked so cuphead could run. Animations are fantastic
Rayman stands out and that is saying a lot because the background can be a bit busy in some levels with dancing flowers in the forest to pencils falling in Picture City. The game still looks great considering it came out 22 years ago.

Rayman is a great game. I wouldnt say it's a must have or must play. It isnt something ill ever play again, as the game did start to aggravate me in later levels, but the beautiful visuals, fun gameplay and fantastic graphics are fun to experience.

Classic adventure platforming and it is the hardest game I've ever played without a save state i wouldn't even completed half of the game
But the bosses and the level design are great

Insanely difficult! I mean unfair 😒

Hard, really hard.

+ Great platformer
+ Addictive music
+ Fun bosses
+ Visually diverse worlds

Rayman is undoubtedly one of the most iconic characters of video game history.
This game is pretty hard, and I wasn’t expecting to have troubles completing a game meant to be for kids. The audiovisual impact is huge, the music makes me travel back in time to the 90’s, the art style is amazing, as a matter of fact this is probably one of the best 2d games that I had the possibility to experience.