The Precipice

Take a vessel and only come back with his dead body!

—Admiral Razorbeard to the Spyglass Pirate, Rayman 2

The Precipice is a location in Rayman 2, notable for having similar gameplay to the Bayou. It was originally called "The Great Rift".

Original version

The Precipice
← The Echoing Caves	The Top of the World →
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Phase 1

This level takes place in a wide canyon, where Rayman is being pursued by the Robo-Pirates shooting helicopter bombs and red walking shells at him. He has to escape them by running across a weak pier, climbing on nets, and jump whenever bits of it are blasted off.

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  The entrance to the Precipice in the Hall of Doors.

Phase 2

Rayman enters a cave and follows another wooden pier, which leads him to a tower the pirates built that sinks under rising water (reminiscent to the flooding levels in the original Rayman game), while helicopter bombs and rolling kegs try to slow him down.

Developer Arnaud Guyon revealed that this phase was inspired by the 1987 game Nebulus.

Phase 3

Rayman comes out somewhere else in the canyon, and is still in pursuit across wooden piers. There is then a cave with a bottomless pit, which Rayman has to glide through until he lands on another pier. At the end of this, he ends up on a pirate stronghold which was built over a cliff, still under attack by a Ninja Henchman and helicopter bombs. Notably, these bombs can hit the Ninja Henchman, inflicting him 5 damage (one third of its resistance). Once the pirate is defeated, Rayman can exit after freeing the Teensie.

Dreamcast version

The Precipice
← The Echoing Caves	The Top of the World →
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One of the game's six Glob Crystals is found hidden at the very end of the Precipice. For every two Glob Crystals collected, a new minigame becomes accessible from the Globox Village.

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  The Spiral Door in the Isle of Doors which leads to the Precipice.

PlayStation version

The Precipice
← The Echoing Caves		The Sanctuary of Rock and Lava →
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The level is identical to the original, except there are more Yellow Lums to be collected.

PlayStation 2 version

The Precipice
← The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire	The Pirate Mines →
Rainbow Creek

This version plays out as part of a large mission to destroy 2 generators to enter the Lava Sanctuary. It has had many alterations made, based around the fact that it now has 4 phases. Phase 2 has been removed and now features as phase 1 of the Echoing Caves. Phase 3 has become phase 2 accordingly, but the level now features phases 2 and 3 of the original Echoing Caves as phases 3 and 4, concluding with a Ninja Henchman battle as the player attempts to destroy the generator.

Game Boy Color version

The Precipice
← Echoing Caves	Sanctuary of Rock & Lava →

In Rayman 2 Forever, the Precipice directly follows the Echoing Caves, and it also features warships, though they don't move at all. It is also the only time that Rayman fights a pirate, aside from the final battle.

Part 1

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Part 2

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Bonus level

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Part 3

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Part 4

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Screenshots

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  A warship in the Game Boy Color version.

External links

• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (PC version)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sega Dreamcast version) (Part 1/2)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sega Dreamcast version) (Part 2/2)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation version)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 1/3)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 2/3)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 3/3)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Game Boy Color version) (Part 1/2)
• The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Game Boy Color version) (Part 2/2)