Rayman 3 scores

[Haruka]

New scores :

TFC - 29758

CF - 70808

TBOM - 42009

TLOTLD - 99594

TDOTK - 71845

TLS - 40760

TSBTC - 45689

HH - 63455

TTOTL - 61871

Overall score: 525789

[MandM81]

Congratulations, well done You improved LS, right?

Xenon: I have ordered R3 for PS2. I should have it in a few weeks time. I need to get to the bottom of this. I still can't get more than 41 vessels in one combo on the old X-Box. Really wonder how it looks like on the PS2 platform. Also, I want to explore this Lockjaw thing.

As for a new max. score in TTOTL, I'm still around a thousand points short. A perfect game would take me to 96.300 points. But that requires all Lums are converted into three each, and for that to happen, well, a zillion restarts would be required for sure.

The Lockjaw glitch could be a (the only?) way to make it all possible.

Have you fired up your PS2 yet?

[Haruka]

Congratulations, well done You improved LS, right?

Yes, I got a little lucky in the shoe combo, and it allowed me to improve a little ammount of points.

I was trying to play the part 1 of TDOTK, but I'm having stupid difficulties in passing the Knaaren! DX
I always wondered if I could reach the secret with the Lockjaw but it seems that is, but I'm not having success in passing it.

[MandM81]

Yeah, those damn shoes. Good job improving that combo.

Passing the Knaaren with the Lockjaw is quite tricky, but it's doable. Different players have different ways to do it, and maybe it's different on each platform. The way I do it is quite simply to jump over him like this. If that doesn't work another option is use a glitch like this.

If you try the jump, it is important that you jump exactly at the right time. It takes some practise. Even though I have done it many times, I usually have to restart the game a few times before I get it right.

As for the glitch, I'm not quite sure how to trigger it. It's all about standing in the right position and then maybe running into the Knaaren.

Learning to pass the Knaaren is certainly worth the effort. It gives you almost 5.000 extra points . And if you at some point decides to go for the maximum score in DOTK, it is necessary to pass this unpleasant creature with the Lockjaw. Good luck with it.

[Haruka]

What I tried to do was trying to do what you did in your video before I posting here my difficulties with the Knaaren, because the previous things I could do with some resets (Because not always the Hoodblaster stays on the spot we want.). It seems I really need to be pacient about that trick.

[Xenon]

@ MandM: Didn't DTUCC or someone say it was possible to take the green gem in part 2 for 7500 points, with no superpower activated? I remember practising this technique a few times but I became bored because I was so far off. Maybe you could achieve it though.

And nope, I haven't fired it up yet; I can't even start it at all at the moment for some reason.

[MandM81]

In a way it's no big deal to get the green gem for 7.500 combo points. You just have to make sure you get at least 20 objects in combo on the upper platform. And you can get that by killing the first six Hoodstormers in combo while converting the Lums from them in such a way you get at least 13 Lums out of it. It is doable, since they actually can give 18 Lums. Then you kill the last Hoodstormer and roll off the edge towards the green gem.

Of course it is a big deal to get these Hoodstormers in combo. Their behaviour is pretty erratic and they are hard to hit. But they do appear in the same place every time, so one can be ready for them.

However, this doesn't help towards getting a new maximum score. And I need the Lockjaw later in the combo as well. I do have one idea I will put to the test. If it works I'll let you know.

I hope you can revive your PS2. When I finish replaying FC (it may take quite some time) I'll try to explore TTOTL further. It would be more fun if you would play too.

[Haruka]

I ain't having luck on the Knaaren passing. It is very frustrating, I tried a lot of different timings and jumps and still no avail to reach the secret with the Lockjaw... DX

[MandM81]

Hmm, the first time is the difficult one. When you have done it once, it will soon become a habit. However, maybe you can leave the Knaaren glitch alone for now. There are so many points to pick up elsewhere.

One of the places where you can get loads of points is in part 4. There is a room with two green gems and a plethora of yellow and red gems as well. If I remember correctly, you can get a combo of around 14.000 points. If you don't get that combo already, I can make a video of it.

[Mountain Goat]

Even with the missing competition situation, I got motivated to play Rayman 3 again a few days ago.
I had lots of trouble with Part 1 in LS, but to my surprise I needed not a lot of time to finally manage to get something good out of the Shoe-Combo.
I also developed a new combo in Part 3 and as the other parts went pretty fluently, I now have 43,110 in LS.
I'm now aiming to cross 111k in SBTC.

[MandM81]

That's a great score in LS you got there. Congratulations. It's the score to beat, so the competetion's back on in LS.

I haven't really played R3 for real this semester. Too busy. I left the game in the middle of FC, where I'm collecting the missing points from my last visit. I guess I'll pick up the game when the exams are over. When I'm done with FC I only have LS and SBTC left to improve.

Xenon: I played R3 through on PS2 a few weeks ago. It was quite weird to play it on another platform. There are some differences for sure. One thing, Rayman doesn't seem to jump so high as on X-Box. However, I did jump over the Knaaren quite easily, in first attempt, with the Lockjaw in DOTK part 1. Also, you can jump to the upper level from a Pig in CF part 2, but it's harder than on the X-Box. On the other hand, Rayman seem to run faster on PS2. It made BOM part 3 easier than on the X-Box. And the Hoodblaster actually survives 50% of the time on PS2!!! What a soothing experience it was to play this part on this platform.

In TOTL part 2, I experienced the Lockjaw was already there on the upper platform. But it only happened the first time I played. I tried to die, but it wasn't there anymore. I guess it only happens when you open a whole new game. It makes it rather useless from a scoring point of view.

The main reason for me to play R3 on PS2 was the Hoodflyer part. It looks exactly the same as on the X-Box, so that left me baffled. How can one get more than 5.000 points in one combo from these Hoodflyers? If you have brought your PS2 back to life, and when you have the time, I hope you can make a video of it. I'm lost.

[Xenon]

It's interesting to read about the differences between platforms you've noticed. It certainly explains why I found the jump in CF difficult.

As for the Lockjaw, that was rather the theory I've been suggesting. It's a shame it has to be like this... but maybe one day someone will, out of chance, manage to complete a perfect part 2 on their first attempt? Who knows? I suppose that makes it all the more difficult to achieve a new maximum score in TTOTL though, which is also quite a disappointment.

And as for the Hoodflyers, I'm also quite baffled. I'm pretty sure the combo score counter exceeded 5000 upon final check, but I could be mistaken. I do however remember entering part 3 with a dangerously low score... I feared I would not walk away from TTOTL with 104499. It was something like 81500.

[Truestrike]

Hi! I just registered a few minutes ago because I noticed something strange on the first page of this thread. I realize that you probably all know about the following secret, but I'm just making sure...

The Tower of the Leptys.

Part 5.

Defeat Reflux and end the game.

If my memory is correct, there's a green gem you can get while fighting Reflux. I haven't played the level in ages, but on the third part of the fight (where you have to jump on all those platforms), you can jump off of the area you start on. While you're falling, you can get to a place under the battlefield. This area contains a green gem! To get back to the battlefield, you use the helicopter power to fly back up.

I just found a video of it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8BbUPwW ... =1&index=3

Edit: I knew I forgot something! The video above doesn't show the secret at the beginning. The video shows it when you're 2 minutes into the video. Sorry for not being clear.

Again, I doubt that this is new information, but it's not in the walkthrough on page 1. Oh, and just in case you want to know, I play Rayman 3 on the PS2 Platform.

Cheers!

[MandM81]

Hi! And welcome to this forum.

The walkthroughs in the beginning of this thread show you how to reach the maximum score in certain levels. Those levels are: CF, BOM, LOTLD, DOTK, HH, TOTL and to a certain extent LS and SBTC, although no maximum score has yet been reached in either LS or SBTC. The walkthrough for FC is incomplete. It's a work in progress for me.

As for TOTL, the maximum score for this level is reached in the Xowar secret room, where you find four green gems. When you get them in combo, the combo is 4.500 points and thus the maximum score for TOTL is 99.999 + 4500 = 104.499 points. The reason I didn't mention the green gem after the second Reflux fight is that it doesn't count. After you have reached 104.499 points, no score can be added to the counter. Anyway, what are your scores in each level and in total?

Xenon: I give you, it's hard to make the jump in CF. Good thing there's an alternative solution to that. If you ever come across an X-Box. Try to play BOM part 3. I assure you, you will want to kill something after playing a whole day there.

It's an achievement to reach the maximum score after 81.500 in part 2. You must have got maybe 10.500 points in part 3 in order to do that. Bloody hell. I will go back to this part when the holiday comes along.

[Truestrike]

Thanks! That would explain things. As for my scores...

I'm pretty sure I lost my memory card that had my scores on it. I could be wrong though, so I'll look for it. However, I do remember having a total score of around 400k. I don't know about individual levels, but if I find my memory card then I'll post them. Yeah, I know my score is low, but that's because I was just trying to beat the game at the time. With your walkthrough, I believe I'll soon raise my score.

One more thing: In FC, I tried to stack those 2 turtles (so I could get up the bridge with my hands) for about a week (Total time ~ 6 Hrs) with no luck. When I got the 2 turtles stacked, I would jump on them so I could get up the bridge. Almost every time I did this, the turtles went flying (like I had kicked them). I think I was actually able to attempt a jump to the bridge for a total of 4 times. Each time I failed... Am I doing something wrong? Also, I can't seem to combo ANY Matuvus in ANY level. In your videos I've seen you zoom in on the Matuvus. Does that cause you to take the Matuvu faster??

[Haruka]

One more thing: In FC, I tried to stack those 2 turtles (so I could get up the bridge with my hands) for about a week (Total time ~ 6 Hrs) with no luck. When I got the 2 turtles stacked, I would jump on them so I could get up the bridge. Almost every time I did this, the turtles went flying (like I had kicked them). I think I was actually able to attempt a jump to the bridge for a total of 4 times. Each time I failed... Am I doing something wrong?

I have a reference spot to put the turtles on the floor but to succesfully jump to the other side you need a lot patience. For example I took around 2 days (in total 2 hours) to be able to jump to the other side for the first time. It's very frustrating but after you being able, it gets a little bit easier.

[MandM81]

It took me a long time to get the jump right. And it took me forever to find a spot to stack those turtles. Also, the turtles did fly a long way away from me when jumping on them in the beginning. Often I had to pick them out of the water. However, having done this jump more than a hundred times I'm quite confident and I only need one attempt every time now. I kick the turtles into the corner to the right of the wooden bridge, and keep kicking them until they are on top of each other. Then I jump, and I find myself on the wooden bridge above.

As for the Matuvus, some of them are quite hard to get. A few of them took me years to learn how to get. It is true, I tend to zoom in on some of the Matuvus, but that's just a bad habit. If I try to change anything now, I'll have to pratise that, so I won't change. The zoom doesn't change the time it takes to get the Matuvu, unless it is too far away for the red circle to appear.

A lot of Matuvus can be taken after one, or more, gems. I suggest you start practising the so-called Matuvu trick. And a good place to practise that is in FC part 2, where you find the first Matuvu of the game hiding under a broken stone (or is it wooden, I forget) bridge. When you have left the first area with the Dwarves, you enter a big room where this Matuvu is located. Jump the Mushrooms and head for the bridge. You now stand with two yellow gems in front of you. When you activate Look Mode and look down a little bit, you can see the Matuvu, or the red circle at least. Now take tiny steps towards the first yellow gem while activating Look Mode and looking down a bit after every step. When you finally touch the yellow gem you can then activate Look Mode and look down a bit instantly. When done fast enough, the points from the Matuvu will enter your combo counter.

It is worth the effort learning this trick as it can be used in some form in many places throughout the entire game. And sometimes you can get 2.500 in combo from this blue animal.

[Truestrike]

@ MandM81: They say practice makes perfect... I find that false. I think that practice makes permanent. Before I was registered, I must've tried that Matuvu in FC part 2 at least 40 times! I never was able to get it (even when taking tiny steps). I guess I'm just naturally untalented.

And as far as I know, the Matuvu I'm trying is the easiest one!

[MandM81]

@ MandM81: They say practice makes perfect... I find that false. I think that practice makes permanent.

Interesting notion. Never thought of that. Bit depressing though, ain't it?

[Rayfist]

How do I post my rayman 3 score here? Cuz I got pretty damn good high scores!