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Hunchman801 wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 6:51 pm

CunningCondor wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:54 am Let it be known i just now beat the sanctuary of stone and fire using the stupid keyboard controls and i feel physically drained.

I've always played the game with a keyboard and I remember having a hard time with the part where you must ride a plum around spots of yellow lava.

PluMGMK wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:42 pm Speaking of which, I see that the PS2 and PC versions are now on an equal footing in the poll!

CunningCondor wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:41 pm

Hunchman801 wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 6:51 pm

CunningCondor wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:54 am Let it be known i just now beat the sanctuary of stone and fire using the stupid keyboard controls and i feel physically drained.

I've always played the game with a keyboard and I remember having a hard time with the part where you must ride a plum around spots of yellow lava.

It was an endless gauntlet. x_x That's why I feel like I might take more kindly to the ps2 version cuzza the controls.

dr_st wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:07 pm Is there an official Russian localization of Rayman 2?

raymanHUN wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 10:15 pm None that I know of, but in the translation thread someone linked to a website with an unofficial translation, that also contains some voice acting.

R4Y_ANC3L wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2019 2:47 am

CunningCondor wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:41 pm

Hunchman801 wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2019 6:51 pm

CunningCondor wrote: Sat Dec 14, 2019 10:54 am Let it be known i just now beat the sanctuary of stone and fire using the stupid keyboard controls and i feel physically drained.

I've always played the game with a keyboard and I remember having a hard time with the part where you must ride a plum around spots of yellow lava.

It was an endless gauntlet. x_x That's why I feel like I might take more kindly to the ps2 version cuzza the controls.

I want to know. How do you find the walking shell part in the 'Wrong Temple' of that particular level?

dr_st wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2019 7:13 pm The keyboard has nothing to do with the difficulty of the two sections you mentioned. They are a bit annoying, but a controller doesn't make it easier. You guys just suck at using a keyboard (most console players do).

CunningCondor wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2019 9:35 pm I regularly play pc games. Most would agree 3d platformers are best suited to controllers.

dr_st wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:47 am It's true that they do, but this kind of analog precision is almost never required. Definitely not in Rayman 2. Possibly in Rayman 3 for very precise comboing.

And, in any case, when you see people complain about keyboard being worse than a controller in platformers, they rarely think about analog precision. Mostly they think about the fact that they prefer to use their thumb, rather than 3 fingers for the directional controls.

dr_st wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 9:47 am It's true that they do, but this kind of analog precision is almost never required. Definitely not in Rayman 2. Possibly in Rayman 3 for very precise comboing.

And, in any case, when you see people complain about keyboard being worse than a controller in platformers, they rarely think about analog precision. Mostly they think about the fact that they prefer to use their thumb, rather than 3 fingers for the directional controls.

CunningCondor wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:03 am Well that coupled with tapping the A key to jump and the spacebar to attack can be really clunky for some. Plus using ctrl to strafe didnt always work right.

Henchman1028 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:40 pm Oh, something else that bothers me about the PS2 version, you can't revisit The Cave of Bad Dreams once you beat it unlike in the other versions.

dr_st wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:18 pm

CunningCondor wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:03 am Well that coupled with tapping the A key to jump and the spacebar to attack can be really clunky for some. Plus using ctrl to strafe didnt always work right.

Ctrl, A, Spacebar is not a common control scheme for games, and not one that I prefer, but when you think about it, it is not so far-fetched. The three keys form a triangle, and they are sufficiently spaced apart to prevent hitting one over the other accidentally, yet not too far out of reach. Depending on how big one's hand is, it seems natural either to use pinky, middle finger and thumb (like hitting a simple triad on a piano), or ring, middle and index fingers (for big-handed folks).

The original Windows version of Rayman 2 is the one I played first, and within a couple of levels, the controls felt natural enough to not think about them. One thing that I always forget to mention is that you need a better-than-rock-bottom keyboard, because the worst keyboards out there may jam if 3 keys are pressed at the same time.

raymanHUN wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:52 pm

Henchman1028 wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:40 pm Oh, something else that bothers me about the PS2 version, you can't revisit The Cave of Bad Dreams once you beat it unlike in the other versions.

Wait, really? That's interesting, I didn't know that. Gonna have to check it for myself once I have the time.