The Awesome and Cool Rayman Poll Thread - #83: What are your thoughts on the 30th Anniversary Edition of Rayman 1?

[dr_st]

I'm not fond of that segment at the end of the second part, where you have to slide around and pray you get all those Yellow Lums before falling into the shaft.

I wonder if there exists one person in the known universe who is fond of that segment. That's the most bullsh!t part in all of R2. But still not as annoying as missing the final SYL at the end of the flying section (fortunately, that almost never happens).

[Master]

Ahh yeah, I can agree with that. Though as you say, that doesn't tend to happen. (And if it did. GIMMELUMZ)

[lyndo64]

My issue with the Prison Ship is that it's very clearly supposed to be absolutely massive, considering the amount of slaves on board. But I never really felt like the game really got the scale across very well at all - in fact the whole game kind of suffers from this imo, the game clearly has a massive scale and is a living world, but it always felt more like a collection of random levels.

[DaveRattlehead]

I believe the Prison Ship should have been a bit more epic... I guess the technology from those years didn't allow them to recreate the atmosphere they wanted?
Honorable mention to the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava. Definitely a big meh.

[Rsandee]

Wow this is such a difficult choice. I'm going with the Woods of Light, because I think every level is near-perfect and the Woods of Light is just a tutorial level that's kind of boring. Side note: I think Whale Bay might be my favorite level, it's so beautiful!

[DaveRattlehead]

Now that we had another release, I think it's more than obvious that we should make a poll about it, right?
What are your thoughts on this 30th Anniversary Edition? Are you enjoying it like the original version, or did you expect a bit more?

And ofc, here you have the results from the previous poll.

[Electoon]

I've put my full opinion on the Anniversary Edition on the Rayman thread, but "not entirely convinced by the soundtrack" about covers it. I like the new soundtrack as a Rayman 1 tribute album, but a remaster shouldn't permanently replace music without an option to have the originals.

I came here a little too late for "least favourite Rayman 2 level", but it's a close thing between the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire (a long slog) and the Crow's Nest (a kind of annoying final boss that doesn't really have much to do with the rest of the gameplay outside of the Prison Ship)

[DaveRattlehead]

Perhaps a poll about the least favorite level in Rayman 1 would be good, or even something like "What's the level you are best at in x game?", don't you think?

[Hunchman801]

Perhaps a poll about the least favorite level in Rayman 1 would be good, or even something like "What's the level you are best at in x game?", don't you think?

There's a total of 24 levels, maybe the least favorite world would be a better option?

As for the 30th Anniversary Edition, just like Electoon, I've already said a lot of things in the Rayman 1 thread, so I'll just say that while I'm disappointed by the UbiArtesque soundtrack and its ukuleles, the rest is pretty cool and I especially like the inclusion of the game design bible... although I haven't even had the time to look at it! The fact that they only included the English translation of the game kinda sucks, though.

On the subject of the Prison Ship, which I missed: I agree with everyone highlighting the huge missed opportunity in this level. In fact, I've already spoken about it in the past:

The ship itself looks pretty cool, and my main disappointment was that you couldn't really explore any of it, as almost all of the level is spent either sliding down or flying the shell. I would have loved for more stops like the one where you fight the Ninja Henchman.

The Prison Ship was a bit of a letdown too. Like I said here, and just like you, I would have liked it to be more than just fast-paced sliding and flying sections. We don't get to explore the ship on foot, save for the very short section with the Ninja Henchman, and there is a big missed opportunity with the whole prison aspect of the Prison Ship. A good portion of the level should have been about fighting dangerous pirates and freeing prisoners.