Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

>>381314231
I never got to play it

it was literally better than super mario sunshine.

It's great
Andre best villain

>>381314231
In terms of Rayman, which never was the most discussed series on /v/ (my favorite game is Rayman 1 though), it's kind of the odd one out. Michael Ancel didn't work on it, so it's unlikely to ever be referenced again. It's full of just weird humor, some of it actually pretty fun, but it's bizarre even for a Rayman game.

I do remember it being a bit unever, but it had some great fucking moments - like the Land of the Livid Dead. Also, the last bossfight just goes balls-to-the-fucking-wall, it has like 5 stages? Pretty cool shit. So yeah, good game.

ALSO MADDER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVerniseFXI

I feel like this game was like someone combined Crash: Twinsanity and Super Mario Sunshine, it had the visual and comedical wackyness of Twinsanity (the space surf levels, globox being allergic to plum juice, etc...) while also having fun platforming which was enhanced by cool gadgets and lots of secrets like sunshine. This is the best Rayman game by far.

>>381314231
I'm not sure what you're talking about, it generally comes up any time /v/ discusses rayman and people seem to have a favorable opinion of it. It's personally my favorite rayman game, the stages are really gorgeous.

>>381314231
Funny seeing this thread I just got done playing some legends,

>>381314817
>This is the best Rayman game by far.

we're not discussing Rayman 2 here

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>>381314996
>tfw too stupid for rayman 2
I remeber playing it as a kid and thought the game ended in the cave of bad dreams because the game trolls you with the "the end" screen. I actually thought the game was over and got super confused. I picked the game up 2 years later and realized how retarded i was.

>>381314231
Its actually really good from what I remember.
I played it on the ps2.
Though power ups were all limited but the last boss had interesting mechanics.

>>381315445
Why did you choose money over adventure?

>>381315795
I couldn't speak english so i didn't understand it. I could comprehend what a fat rayman chilling with tons of money and a "the end" sign meant.

All the original 3 Rayman games are brilliant, but I'm too shit to fully appreciate 1 so my order is 2 > 3 > 1

I remember me and my friend being so fucking hype for 'Rayman 4', and then Rabbids came out I still really liked it, and Rabbids 2,
and Rabbids go home

>>381316159
Rabbids Go Home is pretty underrated. I liked it a lot (and good lord that soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH5CGZl4r0g

>>381314231
It's great, I really wish we could get a good Rayman 4 in the same vein.

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>>381314231
>see you in Rayman 4
what did he mean by this

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>>381317101

>>381314996
>have to run a virtual machine to play without bugs
>runs fine on Ubuntu
Figures the best way to run an old windows game is on fucking Linux.

literally the best rayman game. Rayman 2 nostalgia fags are retarded

also rayman arena is gold

Don't remember it a lot, just that the tutorial had a guy fucking with you saying things like “use the jump key to jump“ or “press the attack button to attack“ and I found it hilarious but I was like 12.

Is the rest of the game funny ?

Should I play it again as a 22 years old man ?

>>381317296
I had a triple pack for ps2 with Rayman Revolution, arena and 3, pure kino

>>381317414
Try it anon

>>381314231
>Those surfing levels
>flying through steampunk tunnels
>becoming the boss by taking his stomping machine
This game was way too much fun

>>381317414
Anon, I'll still be playing this game as a 30 year old man, it's fun as fuck

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CRUSH HIS BONES
SPIT IN HIS EYE
STICK BAMBOO UNDER HIS NAILS
SKIN HIM
MAKE HIM WRITE BAD CHEQUES

>>381319482
What the fuck was up with Ubisoft putting stealth sections into every game after Splinter Cell came out? BG&E had them too.

>>381314231
I've played through it again recently. It definitely holds up, and it really is in a class of its own. It still holds that kind of dreamlike quality to it, but it's definitely early aughts in its overall attitude. There's a couple of shit segments, like The Longest Shortcut and a few places in the Land of the Livid Dead, but overall an incredibly varied and creative game that goes all over the place. The bosses also get exponentially better and off the wall as the game progresses, and I love that.

>>381317243
Are you running Windows 8 or 10? If so that's your first mistake.

>>381320089
>using Win7
You're already using botnet, anon. If you're going to subject yourself to it, at least pick one that's getting updates and install GNU + Linux on the side.

Back when they first announced I was still a kid. I played the shit out of Rayman Revolution and it was the first time I had ever been hyped for something. It was different from revolution but I liked it anyway.

>>381316159
well you did miss rayman 4 anon. Rabbids GBA was Rayman 4, the console versions had nothing to do with the gba game

>Borrowed it from a friend
>got bored within an hour and gave it back
>Years later, it's rereleased on ps3
>try the demo
>got bored before finishing it and deleted it
I'll try a third time because my friend is still recommending it to me.

>Rayman 4 never ever

At least we still got BGE2

>>381319482
I stopped playing when reaching them
Too spooky for the young me

Still waiting for rayman 4.
This games world and humor was 10/10. Gameplaywise it was awesome too

>>381321657
refer to >>381321038

>>381321657
>BGE2*
*not actually BGE2, more like BGE0**
**not actually BGE0, more like Space GTA

>>381314231
It's vastly underrated on the level that is rivaled to FF7
>People that prefer the previous game (R2/FF6) don't like how much the sequel gets since it doesn't do "everything" the way they liked about the prequel.
>Hates on all the "modern" changes because it makes them feel "cringy"
>Isn't "muh" x

You do notice how everyone that likes Rayman 2 likes the 64 version? 9 out of ten this means it was their first Rayman, considering Rayman one being for the likes of the Jaguar, which no one owned, or the PC, which is more likely that people would have started with, the only other way to start off with Rayman is Rayman 1 for PC OR PS1, or Rayman 2 with the Nintendo 64. With said R2 starters this means their first view on Rayman was "grimdark" because of how Razorbeard decimated the lands of the Glade of Dreams. Now compare R2 to R3, which lightens up the mood a bit with more comedic light hearted elements, it makes the game to them feel "cringy" and "a joke" to them. Barring the fact that Rayman 1 was more or less on the same level of setting as Rayman 3 was. Only 2 was the most "dark" in the series.

Basically R3 is a underrated game because it really is a better game to R2 only thing that is held back is the "scale" of the game even though it's not really smaller than R2, just not as open as 2. But literally everything else about R3 is vastly better; style, music, level design and above all else, gameplay, which is literally R2 but polished up and solidified. It's only R2fags have first game bias and thinks Rayman being not just Mario 64 but "serious" is how Rayman can only be.

>>381323124
Rayman 2 wasn't my first rayman, I still prefer it to 3. But then again I think the latest ones are fantastic

Rayman 3 is my favorite but 2 has my favorite level in vidya, that level with around 10 minutes of running wihtout rest from the constantly rising water and falling platforms

>>381322016
Same here. Up to that point in videogames I had not met an enemy larger than me, just as fast as me, and invulnerable to all damage.

Also that fucking music when they see you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KujuwthLuRI

Loved Rayman 3 to bits. I think I 100%'ed it as well.
Would love another game in it's style.

Best song coming through
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgB2ZsDVfLc

I think I remember liking it a lot as a kid. Some weird jokes, strange visuals, very good platforming and gameplay elements...
But also being a bit disappointed by the lack of world map (while Rayman 2 had one) to replay the levels whenever I wanted. Did it aged good ? Now that I see it I kindda want to do it again.

The Desert of the Knaaren scared the absolute living shit out of me as a kid, didn't play and finish the game until I was about 14 years old. Pretty confident in saying it's in my top 5 favorite games ever.

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>>381314231 fucking hell OP, now my nostalgia goggles are on. I never knew a single person that didn't like Rayman 3, how did Rabbits take over the Rayman franchise. fuck.

>>381314669
thread theme holy shit

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>Rayman 1 is perfect
>Rayman 2 is perfect
>Rayman 3 is perfect
>the 3 games are completly different from ambience to gameplay

how is this possible

>>381325373
Michel Ancel only makes perfect game

>>381325373
What about Origins and Legends?

>>381325570
Ancel didn't work on 3 much.

>>381325695
Origin is almost perfect and Legends is perfect

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>>381314231
I literally just replayed this game a week ago. Best Rayman IMO.
My favourite song was the hoodoo sorcerer theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB8XQn3zdRA&t=1s

Best parts:
>the Hoodstomper
>Knaaren Caverns
>The Hood Factory with a woman's voice on the PA system that talks like the female announcer from unreal tournament
>that one time you have to fight 2 Hoodoo sorcerers at the same time

>>381326024
>Hoodoo
MY NIGGA

The actual Rabbids game is for GBA. PC version is just a collection of minigames. How does it make you feel?

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>Murfy leaves after the tutorial level
>"See you in Rayman 4"

>>381326024
>>that one time you have to fight 2 Hoodoo sorcerers at the same time
Oh god why did you mention that, I'm having flashbacks of stuff I wanted to forget

>>381329074
But that wasn't too hard

>>381329123
I was 7 when I played that game, anon

The surfing stages look so fucking cool

>>381323869
This game had some amazing music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtLhhW2AuFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7To0cWbyv5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6103zvZoQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEIEKPcsi-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj85_xvgiWQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjZrrXN65I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMhmxSQg88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhRs-UfoSWk

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>>381319482
Knaarens were the most terrifying thing for young teen me. Now I know how to abuse their dumb AI, but I still feel nervous, with the whole invincibility deal.

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Fuck these

>Dem graphics
>Dat simple yet satisfying combat
>Dat humour
>Dat level design
>Dat fucking music
This game is fucking awesome and so underrated. I think when it came out everyone wanted more Rayman 2 edginess but fuck me, this one is so much closer to what I wanted. It pains me every day that we don't have a Rayman 4 in the same style.

>>381329831
I feel you, I really dislike Rayman 2's whole feel. It's such a super odd transition compared to Rayman 1.

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>Rayman HD Trilogy for Nintendo Switch

>>381329914
>you can play some of the original Rayman 2 if you have enough points

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>>381330123
>Rayman 1 in the Ubiart engine

this game has a bad case of "Crash Twinsanity"

needed more time in the oven

>>381330272
What the fuck are you even talking about? The game is perfectly fine, no major bugs caused by looking at the game the wrong way, hitboxes work as they should.

>>381330358
not enough content

calm down autismo you'd think I just insulted your fat fuck mother with the tone you just game me there

>>381314231
Because 3 is the worst of the trilogy by a significant margin.

>>381323124
Rayman 1 might have a colourful aesthetic but it had a much more sombre and subdued atmosphere compared to 3. There was nothing like fucking Murphy in 1.

So the Desert of the Knaaren fucked with a lot of people when they were kids. The Knaaren are fucking scary.
But for some reason, you know what got to little kid me even more?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jnB8ad4Xho
Fucking chickens man

>>381330553
It's okay that you think that, but you are wrong.

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rayman 4 never

only concept art images

Getting heavily nostalgic after listening to the soundtrack, but I only got to shortly before the end when my save file got corrupted somehow and never played it again.
Does it play well on an emulator?

>>381314231
I got this game at mcdonalds as a kid lmao

>>381331180
It's more likely now than ever considering Ubi just went through with their rebranding to be more neutral and broad

There is a 100% chance of a Rayman game on the Switch, it's just a matter of waiting

Rayman 3 hasn't been ported over and over like 1 and 2

I only remember thinking that final boss was great, it had a cool staff or something

>>381331449
That's a pretty fucking sweet deal.

>>381331634
It was really nice, they also gifted pacman and tetris bootleg copies, and beyond good and evil. Can't find anything about it on the net tho, idk why.

>>381331337
There's a pc version, why bother with emulation?

While I'm personally a bigger fan of 2, god dam does 3 have some stellar levels

>that entire section withe rising water in tower of leyptus with the progressively tense music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjLSiBuIVe0

>about to enter the land of the living dead
>expect spooky stuff
>Instead get the comfiest area in vidya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUvCPgTxPQU

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>>381332603
>land of the living dead
>it starts raining
>get to a gate
>gate is locked by a switch that is out of your reach
>go to a "side route" expecting to find a powerup that lets you through
>find this
Little me was so amazed.

Rayman 3 has a lot of beautiful scenery, holy shit.

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>>381317101
DONT TRIGGER ME MAN
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>381333928
Damn that tower. I remember dumbass kid me falling off so many times.

>>381332083
Last I tried getting the PC version to work with gamepad was incredibly painful.
Also PC games of this era might not be that good ports, shot at >>381333928 is either aftertouched or from another version because PC didn't have DoF.

>>381335597
I'm >>381333928, I did get the picture from google, but it's exactly like what you see on the pc version.
The ps3 HD version for whatever reason has some graphical bugs like that.

>>381332083
Ah I didn´t know it´s on PC, gonna try that one first then

>>381314231
no, it just wasn't even close to being as good as 2.
3 is an alright game, but next to 2 it looks like uninspired garbage.

>>381335597
How did you get it working with a gamepad?

>>381317949
arena is so fucking shit, it's not even funny.

>>381336357
I didn't, not last I tried. The game has a dinput gamepad support but I don't have the same pad I did as a kid and couldn't configure the current one to really work. Stick axis's were all wrong and stuff.

>>381336357
You have to find some file on google and put it in the install directory
I play with a normal cabled xbox 360 controller

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkS4UACQ0k
This thread doesn't have enough music.

I like both 2 and 3 (too young to have played Rayman 1 back then), I think I replayed both like a year ago. Funny, I don't remember much of Knaaren, but I was losing my shit over those caterpillars. I remember looking away or closing eyes before they would hit me.
Also, Rayman 3 has final boss battle that I could actually complete, so props to that.

>>381323124
played rayman 2 on PC, played 1 before that.
2 is the best BY FAR.

>>381336554
>>381336637
Thanks anons

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>>381317101

rayman 3 didn't have robot pirate music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k09vlpC0M8Q

>>381336754
Rayman 2's last boss isn't that hard. Depending on version you played though I guess.

>>381322016
Did the same. Had like 5 different saves up to that point and never played further

>>381337686
PC
I remember him being okay until the flying section. Between awkward controls for flying, running circles to pick up and missiles that are hard to shake off I gave up.

What's the best platform to play 3 on? I know 2 had Dreamcast but 3 was ported a bunch. Wikipedia tells me that GC had exclusive content, but how do the graphics hold up? Is the "exclusive" content worth dealing with GC quality visuals? Is the Xbox version superior? How about the HD ports on 360 and PS3?

>had the game as a little kid
>got spooked hard by the big dudes you couldn't damage that yelled shit at you
>never played it again
i still have it around the house somewhere. should i beat it now?

>>381338113
Well it would seem Ubisoft fucked the PC version. It's 30FPS on every console except for the new HD releases.

https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Rayman_3:_Hoodlum_Havoc#Gameplay_aspects_malfunctioning

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>>381338113
The HD ports don't have Madder, which is inexcusable.

>>381340120
That's unfortunately to be expected from PC ports of that generation. I was asking specifically about the console versions for that reason. Which ones seem to offer the most content/best graphics for the platform

>>381340382
The best version is PS3/360 for the stable framerate. If you want to emulate a last-gen version I'd say Gamecube just because Dolphin is leagues ahead of the PS2 emulator.

>>381340716
What if I'm not emulating? How does the Xbox port stack up? Usually Xbox had the superior versions back in those days, depending on the developers.

>>381341304
GC and Xbox versions are exactly the same, except the GC version has more additional stuff.

>>381341618
What does the GameCube version have?
t. Xbox version owner

>>381341840
Additional unlockables, mainly, as well as GBA connectivity.

This the dude who spun off from the rabbids games right? I didn't know he had games before Origins

>>381342585
Weak bait, senpai.

>>381331454
Well if Beyond Good & Evil 2 is doing good then Ancel may do another 3D Rayman.