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Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 8:12 am
by Hunchman801
I've only ever played Rayman 3 with a keyboard without n-key rollover (save for HD), and I must agree that some combos were near-infeasible for me. But my lack of skills must have been a factor too.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 8:37 am
by dr_st
Never mind NKRO (you rarely need even 6KRO for single-player on a keyboard). My first playthrough of Rayman 3 was on a laptop keyboard with a particularly bad form of 2KRO. I think in some cases it couldn't handle two directions and an action button at the same time!
My memory is hazy now on whether I actually managed to finish it like this, or broke down and plugged in an external keyboard at some point.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 11:23 am
by PluMGMK
For many years I had a keyboard that made the PC beep if I was trying to run diagonally forward-left while charging Rayman's fist. Eventually I wised up in 2016 and got a Razer with NKRO
EDIT: Forgot to reply to this:
The Jonster wrote: Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:57 am
PluMGMK wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:44 am
It's been too long since I last played Rayman 3, kinda dreading it at this point tbh
I'd say you have a decent chance of improving from your previous high score.
I'm not so sure. The last few times I've played, I've had to restart DOTK7 I don't know how many times to get the first combo perfect. I don't know if I've retained the skills or patience for this, which is probably why I had that
nightmare involving DOTK6 (i.e. just before it)!
But then, if I finally get 100k in LOTLD (big if?), maybe I won't need to bust my backside on DOTK so much
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 3:45 pm
by DaveRattlehead
PluMGMK wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 11:23 am
For many years I had a keyboard that made the PC beep if I was trying to run diagonally forward-left while charging Rayman's fist. Eventually I wised up in 2016 and got a Razer with NKRO
EDIT: Forgot to reply to this:
The Jonster wrote: Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:57 am
PluMGMK wrote: Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:44 am
It's been too long since I last played Rayman 3, kinda dreading it at this point tbh
I'd say you have a decent chance of improving from your previous high score.
I'm not so sure. The last few times I've played, I've had to restart DOTK7 I don't know how many times to get the first combo perfect. I don't know if I've retained the skills or patience for this, which is probably why I had that
nightmare involving DOTK6 (i.e. just before it)!
But then, if I finally get 100k in LOTLD (big if?), maybe I won't need to bust my backside on DOTK so much
Reaching 100k points in TLOTLD must be easier than ever for you with
at least 4 different ways 
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 5:01 pm
by PluMGMK
That's true! I was gobsmacked when I realized the winner had done it despite skipping Part 3!
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 6:08 pm
by DaveRattlehead
Yeah, that was definitely amazing. But you can see it's also very easy to achieve those 100k points with not so difficult combos. Also, keep in mind the last fighting section... You have to get the green gems at the very end of the combo if you want to get the maximum score there. If not, you'll miss a lot of points. Apart from that, I don't think there's anything weird with the combos in this level.
If I remember correctly, you were around 90k points... That's very close! Those videos should be enough for you to take some references.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 10:10 am
by Hunchman801
dr_st wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 8:37 am
My first playthrough of Rayman 3 was on a laptop keyboard with a particularly bad form of 2KRO. I think in some cases it couldn't handle two directions and an action button at the same time!
PluMGMK wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 11:23 am
For many years I had a keyboard that made the PC beep if I was trying to run diagonally forward-left while charging Rayman's fist.
That was my experience too, and while this wasn't too much of an issue for a regular playthrough, it made scoring significantly harder.
DaveRattlehead wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 6:08 pm
But you can see it's also very easy to achieve those 100k points with not so difficult combos.
That's for sure: even I managed to get that "old maximum" of 121.099 points.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 9:43 pm
by DaveRattlehead
Playing with a keyboard was a terrible experience when there was needed a precise control, not only in Rayman games. For example, I remember struggling in the fight against Razorbeard using the laptop keyboard, but that same boss fight being extremely easy using a controller (literally I didn't even hit the wall controlling the shell the very first time I tried in PS2). I also found the game way smoother doing the 100k points in The Land of the Livid Dead. Definitely I'm not a PC gamer
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:39 pm
by Hunchman801
Me neither, I've been playing on consoles for well over a decade and a half now, except maybe for Age of Empires. Not that I have much time to play games nowadays, though...
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 1:35 pm
by dr_st
I was born a PC gamer and I will die a PC gamer.
<insert_random_old_fart_grumbling_here>
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 2:54 pm
by Hunchman801
This makes me notice that I haven't read the phrase "PC Master Race" in a long time!
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 9:33 pm
by PluMGMK
Since I started hearing about actual neo-Nazi groups and their shenanigans, that phrase has lost its appeal for me
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 8:22 am
by Hunchman801
I actually like how it ridicules the idea in the first place.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:28 pm
by DaveRattlehead
Well, here I go with my new score...
TFC: 31369 | CF: 82060 | BOM: 57828 | TLOTLD: 100998 | TDOTK: 89193 | TLS: 37749 | TSBTC: 69673 | HH: 90187 | TTOL: 95656 | Total: 654713
I'm really happy with this score as I improved in every single level, but I have to recognize that it was a bit frustrating at some points. Nevertheless, it was great to replay Rayman 3. Hopefully I'll get the energy to give it another try (or not), but I'm very sure that won't happen in the next days
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:49 pm
by Greengoop
Wow Dave it feels weird seeing you without Romeó as your profile…
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:05 am
by lyndo64
Greengoop wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:49 pm
Wow Dave it feels weird seeing you without Romeó as your profile…
I wish you could choose previous profiles unlocked in the past.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:07 am
by The Jonster
DaveRattlehead wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:28 pm
Well, here I go with my new score...
TFC: 31369 | CF: 82060 | BOM: 57828 | TLOTLD: 100998 | TDOTK: 89193 | TLS: 37749 | TSBTC: 69673 | HH: 90187 | TTOL: 95656 | Total: 654713
I'm really happy with this score as I improved in every single level, but I have to recognize that it was a bit frustrating at some points. Nevertheless, it was great to replay Rayman 3. Hopefully I'll get the energy to give it another try (or not), but I'm very sure that won't happen in the next days
Well done on your score Dave! But yeah you should take it easy otherwise you might stress yourself playing the game. I know I did when I got my current high score and I'm fairly certain I can do better (although frankly I haven't gone back to play in a long time now so....heh)
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:57 am
by dr_st
DaveRattlehead wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:28 pm
Well, here I go with my new score...
TFC: 31369 | CF: 82060 | BOM: 57828 | TLOTLD: 100998 | TDOTK: 89193 | TLS: 37749 | TSBTC: 69673 | HH: 90187 | TTOL: 95656 | Total: 654713
I'm really happy with this score as I improved in every single level, but I have to recognize that it was a bit frustrating at some points. Nevertheless, it was great to replay Rayman 3. Hopefully I'll get the energy to give it another try (or not), but I'm very sure that won't happen in the next days
You should be able to easily get over 40K in TLS, the fact that you didn't suggests you didn't optimize one of the combos (there aren't so many of them). So you could replay just that and it would add at least 2.5K points to your total score.
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:15 am
by Greengoop
lyndo64 wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:05 am
Greengoop wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:49 pm
Wow Dave it feels weird seeing you without Romeó as your profile…
I wish you could choose previous profiles unlocked in the past.
You can by donating your tings to other people
Re: Rayman 3 scores
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 3:18 pm
by lyndo64
Greengoop wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:15 am
lyndo64 wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:05 am
Greengoop wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:49 pm
Wow Dave it feels weird seeing you without Romeó as your profile…
I wish you could choose previous profiles unlocked in the past.
You can by donating your tings to other people
Really?
