Why is Rayman 3 so forgotten? Rayman 2 has been ported to nearly every system and everyone knows Rayman 1

Why is Rayman 3 so forgotten? Rayman 2 has been ported to nearly every system and everyone knows Rayman 1.

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I never see anyone talk about it except in Rayman threads that last long enough; I played and loved it back then, but there is definitely something "off" about it. Not in a bad way, but in a surreal way. I'll never be able to put my finger on it.

Forgot I started writing that to mention it got a very quiet PSN-only HD port on PS3

Rayman 3 was where the series got """wacky""".

Even Rayman 2 had a somewhat serious tone and Rayman 1 was pretty hardcore.

Rayman 2 was hardcore and creepy as shit.

It was a decent platformer. Nothing bad but nothing amazing either. The different punching abilities were neat.

Pic related was a better 3D platformer.

Yeah, and Rayman 3 wasn't.

>constant pop culture references to the point of talking about Spiderman 2
>more zany tone
>constant enemy gauntlets
It was an okay game and definitely has it's place - it even got the HD port, but it doesn't hold a candle to Rayman 2.

Rayman 3 got a port to the GBA and it was NOTHING like the console game. If anything it felt way more like a direct sequel to the first Rayman game.

It was actually quite good.

Nah it's on 360 too

rayman 3 is really bad, thats why

Same thing happened for Raving Rabbids. When my mom got me what I thought was a minigame fest for the fucking GBA I was disheartened, but what a pleasant surprise it ended up being.

Rayman 3 on gba felt like Rayman 1 + the world of Rayman 2.

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I'm pretty sure it started life as a direct port of Rayman 2, then had some features from 3 grafted onto it because the console versions were coming out.

Probably. There were none of the green guys in hats to fight, and a much stronger focus on the robot pirates.

That being said, I doubt it was a real port because the levels had very little (if anything at all) to do with the actual Rayman 2 levels. They felt like they shared the same universe but was set on a different continent or something.

The level progression and story beats are nearly 1:1 with Rayman 2, but yeah the world doesn't match up with 2 or 3, it's pretty disconnected that way.

Huh, makes me wanna' play it again. Wonder if I still own the old cartridge somewhere? Anyway, nice to chat with someone who actually played it.

I usually bring it up in "games only you played"-threads and get 0 replies.

I'm not sure. Why is Rayman 2 so popular anyways? It takes itself way to seriously.

I picked it up when I was a kid because I'd played the console version of Rayman 3 had a friend's house, it didn't play a damn thing like that but it was a fantastic game anyway, one of the few games I even had for the old GBA. I regret selling it.

I think Rayman 1 had a surreal tone. Like "overly cartoony".

The PC port was obscure as hell, I did manage to get a copy of it but it was a lot harder to do than Rayman 2 which was everywhere. I think that's one of the things that hindered it. The actual game is pretty decent.

Nobody bought it. Worst bomb in the franchise, it didn't even sell half a million copies. Pretty pathetic considering it was on every console known to man.

I think the better question that serves the same purpose is why is Rayman 2 so fucking memorable? Why is it still GOOD despite everything about it being so off

There was a ton of creativity on display, both in world and level design.

Not to mention it actually felt like a REALLY hard reboot. Everything from Rayman 1 was essentially gone for Rayman 2. Including the perspective.

This music was on point.

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>not even posting best Rayman music
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Rayman 2 was a fucking beautiful game.

Rayman Arena was pretty fun too. Shame it often gets forgotten as well.

I didn't have anyone to play it with, but Rayman Arena was one of my favorite games when I was younger. I don't know how many hours I've put into it

Wasn't there some Rayman racing game? I vaguely recall renting something like that.

Do you pronounce it like Goldman or Batman?

Depends which one you mean.
Rayman M was released in Europe on the PS2 in 2001 and was a multiplayer game (hence the name) with an Arena and Racing mode. It got ported to Win/NGC/Xbox and updated in America as Rayman Arena in 2002.
The racing portion of the game was released as a standalone game (Rayman Rush) on the PS1 in 2002.

Rayman Rush! That's it. I remember it not being very good but it stuck with me for the absurdity of it.

Batman.

Focused too much on combat, humor wasn't that good.

I don't think I ever did finish this one.
If memory serves me right the flying controls were a bit shit. Fun game though.

I feel you op 3 is my personal best

I remember the music from Rush/M.
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Pleasant surprises are nice.

The DS version was also a platformer (in fact, it reuses the Rayman 2 engine from its DS port)
It wasn't until Raving Rabbids 2 that they did Minigames.

>People have a nice chat about videogames
>on Sup Forums

What the fuck is happening in this thread

Rayman 3 has none of that fairy tale aesthetics that 1 and 2 had

Maybe because it was a decent 3d platformer that was on all of the major systems of the late 90s?

I'm trying to remember why rayman 3 wasn't received the same way. I recall playing 2 extensively on N64 with a friend that had it (distinctive green cartridge) and we enjoyed it well enough. Then rayman 3 came put, I rented it once and was just turned off. I don't remember why though.

I loved the fairytale dream aspects 2 had. The lums, the world, the artstyle, how alien the robot pirates looked in this dreamworld, and how rayman got a mystical lum energy attack instead of comical rocket punch to help him out. It has a lot less comedy than other Rayman games, but I feel easily makes up in the adventure aspect.

Which version of Rayman 2 was the best and why is it Revolution

>comfy overworld
>comfier music
>additional bosses and content

I still find it weird how Ly seemed like a big deal in rayman 2 only to like never appear again, not even origins/legends.

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My personal theory is that some of the advertisement like the video and pic related
probably gave some people/parent's the wrong impression and reduced sales to an extent.
Other then that I have no idea how this became the most obscure rayman game.

fuck you all I love rayman 3

I think it's because Rayman 3 was the only main Rayman game not to have Michel Ancel as the director (since he was busy working on Beyond Good & Evil).

Exactly. It felt magical. Michel Ancel brings those vibes into almost every single one of his games.

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