Difficulty:

Very Hard

Time Spent:

10 Hours or Less

The Bottom Line:

"Mixed reactions"

Rayman started off a series that saw two other great installments before the stupid Rabbids (hopefully only temporarily) took over and (in a way) ruined the franchise. Rayman is a 2-D platformer. The gameplay is basic, you walk, you jump, you punch. The game is really difficult and frustrating, though, due to the levels themselves which progressively become nearly impossible to beat, and the fact that you die when you touch an enemy even if you jump on top of it, you have to punch an enemy to defeat it. The graphics are probably the best part of Rayman. They're nice, colorful, and sharp. The music is pretty good as well. The story is all right, and the intro at the beginning of the game is just classic. Overall, Rayman is nothing more than just "ok." It's an ok game, but it began a franchise that brought us Rayman 2 and 3, 3 being a game that's very near and dear to my heart (as far as games can go, at least). I don't know whether to like or dislike this game because of what it eventually brought, but the game itself isn't anything too special.