How did you become a Rayman fan?

[Shrooblord]

The Dutch term, if that helps, is 'buitenschoolse opvang'.

Yes, I thought you meant this, but I thought there was also the possibility you implied the extra-curricular stuff. No, what I said means that you do some more work for school to get additional credit or to please your teacher or something. What you mean is that you're away from home after school in another form of childcare (just explaining it to the rest of the RPC here).
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I like all the Sanctuary levels. They're like a real trial to test your skills. Plus, their purpose in the game is expressed in a better way than if they had been easy to complete or shorter than other levels.

[Master]

True, the Sanctuaries are meant to be guarding spots for the Mystical Masks of Polokus, it would defeat the purpose of being a guarding spot if every Tom, Dick and Harry could traverse the areas with ease.
Personally, my favourite of the bunch is Beneath The Sanctuary Of Rock and Lava, I really enjoyed the unlimited flight.
Which I really despised in the first game.

[Haruka]

I've also watched many Youtube videos about Rayman games. A lot of them were Haruka's playthroughs of non-PC versions of games - Haruka, you are so pro.

Oh thank you, I didn't know you watched my videos.

[LKPettin2]

I've also watched many Youtube videos about Rayman games. A lot of them were Haruka's playthroughs of non-PC versions of games - Haruka, you are so pro.

Oh thank you, I didn't know you watched my videos.

I watched them too ^^ And I agree with Robotic Teensie ^^

[Bzzit]

wew never seen this topic before, since im in a nostalgic mood ill just spew my shit. Back in christmas 1999 when i was 5 I got my first game console which was my ps1 and rayman 1. It was like playing a cartoon and I loved the graphics and music, I was hooked and played it non-stop. Loved the boss fights and i got to the blue mountains eventually where i got stuck at one point which is too embarassing to share. Then I got rayman 2 with some crappy windows ME computer (which was awesome at the time) and I played the woods of light and fairy glade cosnatntly though couldnt complete the level cos i sucked at the controls and that so I played it on my firend ps1 a few times. then for my 7th birthday I got the level 2 version of Rayman junior beacuse I had seen it previously in PC world and saw that it was basically more levels of Rayman 1 with some numbers and stuff thrown in the mix and I loved it. It was the one game I was allowed to play when I was off school "sick". a year after that when i moved into my new house (best times of my life) it was summer I finally progressed and beat rayman 1 and I picked up rayman 2 for ps1 since i gave up on the PC one and played allt he way through and loved it!! Around the same time my Dad bought me raymanzone magazine and I read the shit out of that and got so hyped for rayman 3 and M but I had no Ps2. I picked up Rush later that year and is was pretty nice but I always hoped i would unlock Ly and Clark(lol) but you know the story.

Then i got a ps2 for my bday that year and drove straight to HMV and picked up dat rayman 3 and I adored it. then in 2004 I got Rayman M and was amazed at the improvment over rushed but still no Ly (sniff). rayman revolution was the last one I got when i was like 9 and it was awesome to play all the additional stuff. My friend at school gave me rayman advance too aroound this time which was cool. then for like 2 years there was nothign really in terms of rayman (BGAE ftw) until me and my firend saw the trailer for "RM4" when we were 11 and were like "OMFG WEN U PUNCH RAYMAN PUNCHES OMFG" So I was mega hyped, till I read in a Nintendo amgazine later that year it was minigames....picked up for like £10 the same year from ASDA, it was fun but nowhere near the quality of the older ones. Then for like 4 years rayman was nothing but a childhood memory til Origins which i bought day 1...it was awesome, the end. Why did I just write all that? Fuck.

[Shrooblord]

Nice experience you had with Rayman! Moving up from the PS1 version of R2 to the RR version of the game must have added so many features, considering also that things were scrapped in PS1 that were originally in the game, and that RR adds things of its own anyway.
I remember scenes from the Blue Mountains too from when I was a kid, but I never remember getting to Candyland Chateau, so I guess I only managed to beat R1 (sorta - nerfed version) since this year, when I got it for the DSi.

Not sure if I ever told you guys how I got my Rayman M. I remember it clearly - I was in my grandparents' house in England and my dad (I think) had brought it home with him from the store - I guess he'd seen it on one of those computergame shelves that English supermarkets have - because he knew I liked playing Rayman 1, 2 and GBC. So I can thank him for even having it in the first place! I remember how excited I was for it after reading the little pamflet thing that came with it, as opposed to the manual, which I would normally read - does RM even have a manual?
Anyway, I like the game a lot and I've done so ever since I first played it. I've never been able to beat it 100% to see the ending cutscene, which apparently exists, because of the simple fact that I can just not beat that Speed Stress level. I've managed to get literally one meter behind the finish line once before the speed wall caught up with me after a good hour of trying and I guess that's the moment when I and my sore optimization-key-spamming fingers said 'you know what, fuck this level'. I can give it a try again at some point, I guess.
It's such a nice game... *nostalgia*

[Ray502]

Really nice experience. I had a great experience. But I don't want to say anything because I am sleepy right now.

[Bzzit]

Yeah Rayman M was so fun to play as frustrating as some of the race challenges could be, especially moving from rush to that. "Rise and Shrine" is one of my favourite music tracks from any rayman game. I actually havent played it in like 7 years, im ordering it off Amazon later today. I still have all my over rayman game though bar rabbids! I just recalled another memory around he time I was playing rayman 2 when i was 8 me and my friend met this guy who was a couple years older in my new street. We went in his house and I was suprisded to see absically the ultimate rayman set up. He had rayman 1 running ont he ps1, 2 on the pc and the newly released 3 on the ps2 all circling his room. its weird though, thats all I remember, cant recall if I actually got a chance to play rayman 3 shit...maybe he drugged me and...ill just finish that one there..

[Shrooblord]

"Rise and Shrine" is one of my favourite music tracks from any rayman game.

I feel the same about that track - I can listen to that all the time. The Spellbound Forest theme is cool too, though, and don't forget you're talking to someone whose core is essentially linked to Chevalier's masterpiece creation of music in R2.

shit...maybe he drugged me and...ill just finish that one there..

Er... yes, you better had.

[Rulez]

who's core

Suck my dick.

[Shrooblord]

who's core

Suck my dick.

Oh, you found me in a moment of not paying attention! Fixed.

[Bzzit]

What were your guys first rayman game and what order did you play the games in?

[Adsolution]

I played them in chronological order, since I became a fan in 1998. Technically though, the first version of Rayman I played was Rayman Forever.

[Shrooblord]

Now I can't be entirely sure, because I have memories of Rayman 1 even though I don't remember from when they were. However, I would say I first played R2 when I saw my cousin play it when he still lived with us. Then probably Rayman GBC and around the same time Rayman 1. Afterwards, M, then R3 and finally RO. I never even bothered with the Rabbids' series, although I did try out the occassional DS title here and there, because they are kinda fun games to just play an hour away on if you have an hour to spare - but then they're only that, at least to me.

[Master]

Likewise, I played them in order, however the order I completed them is a different matter entirely.

[Minor-T5]

With me, the first Rayman game I ever played was Rayman 2.Then I went to Rayman 3, and then Rayman Origins. Then I got Rayman Forever.

[Haruka]

I played them in order, but the thing is I completed Rayman 2: The Great Escape first than Rayman 1.

[Hoodlum1]

Same here started with Rayman 2 but was too incompetent to complete it... moved onto rayman 3... got stuck at reflex final boss... then raving rabbids... disliked it so went back and clocked 2 and 3... got rayman 1 for psp and LOVED IT... then origins which was way.. too ..easy.. for a rayman game

[Samathou]

When I was younger, I played some Rayman games...

A few months ago, something reminded me of this series of video games, so I wanted to watch some videos on YouTube to call my nostalgia, then, interested, I looked for more information about it.
That's how my interest got reborn.

[Minor-T5]

Same here started with Rayman 2 but was too incompetent to complete it... moved onto rayman 3... got stuck at reflex final boss... then raving rabbids... disliked it so went back and clocked 2 and 3... got rayman 1 for psp and LOVED IT... then origins which was way.. too ..easy.. for a rayman game

They should've made it were you can increase the difficulty in Rayman Origins.