Leave it (Rayman 2 (PC))

Member Name: CloudRuler

Product:	Rayman 2 (PC)
Date:	01/09/08 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Wastes time

Disadvantages: Ridiculous camera

I played this a long time ago and it was annoying.

The concept is fine as were the sound and graphics at the time. The flaw is the camera, it doesn't move with your character in the way you may expect it to. Whereas with most games the camera is positioned behind your character or through the eyes of the character as standard with the mouse permitting you to view different angles, this is not. The camera is free movement, it is not hooked on to the back of the character or the characters own view which is ridiculous. Rayman can fly, jump etc. and a lot of the levels require you to jump from and to different platforms to avoid hazards. There's nothing quite as ridiculously annoying as flying only to find that your character is completely out of view or the camera or having to keep moving the mouse to change the view every time you jump to dodge a hazard especially when the jumps have to be done in quick succession.

It would be an ok time waster if it weren't for the stupidly annoying camera. Far better for kids than adults and considering the big improvement in graphics and gameplay since the time of release of this game you're better off going with something newer, something that won't make you want to punch the monitor in frustration.

Summary: Don't bother