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Posted May 27, 2011
I see several threads in this forum warning of discrepancies between the original Rayman and Rayman Forever. I'm just curious as to whether or not any are yet known to exist between the original release of Rayman 2 and the GOG release. While I've already purchased the game and am greatly looking forward to playing it, I'd be nice to know if I'm missing out on anything.
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Posted May 27, 2011
As far as I can tell it's the same as the original PC release. However, there are some differences between the different ports of Rayman 2 that you might be interested in: [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman_2:_The_Great_Escape#Versions]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman_2:_The_Great_Escape#Versions[/url]
The PC version, as far as I can tell, is most similar to the N64 version. The PSX version had many redesigned levels and English (rather than gibberish) vocals; the PS2 version had an overworld and some other pretty big changes; the Dreamcast version had a slightly different level select.
Posted May 29, 2011
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MrDOS: I see several threads in this forum warning of discrepancies between the original Rayman and Rayman Forever. I'm just curious as to whether or not any are yet known to exist between the original release of Rayman 2 and the GOG release. While I've already purchased the game and am greatly looking forward to playing it, I'd be nice to know if I'm missing out on anything.
This is pretty much the definitive version- all it's lacking's the Dreamcast version's lacklustre minigame zone. That's more than countered by the fact that it uses the original Hall of Doors hub world, rather than the Dreamcast's dreadful replacement.

Being able to scale up to 1024x768's rather marvellous, as well.
Posted May 30, 2011
I just finished the game on PC, and it's identical to the N64 version. Every level, lum, and soundtrack is accounted for, right up to the swear-inducing last boss.

Although it's offtopic, I always did wonder if there's any difference between finishing the game with 999 lums or not.
Posted May 31, 2011
This version was released at the same time as the N64 version, all the later versions (Dreamcast, Playstation, Playstation 2 etc etc.) were released a couple years later. the fact that the PC version is looking better graphically makes it seem that this is the original version, thus the version that all the others are based upon.
Posted May 31, 2011
Back in the 2000's, I had the N64 version and a friend lent me his PS1 version. I played the heck of both versions back then and of both versions, by far my favorite was the N64 version. While the PS1 version had great real voice overs (no gibberish), some levels were just different and it was even missing a couple of those.

Yesterday I bought the game here on GOG and I've been playing the heck of it (again). And let me tell you, this version is almost identical to the N64 version, but with smoother and more stable framerates, HD resolutions (I play at 1440x900) and everything that I remembered from the N64 version is here. Although the music is a bit different in some places, but it's not that of a big difference.

So, no, you're not missing on anything, in fact, this may be the best version of this game. (I haven't played all the other versions mind you).
Posted May 31, 2011
I have to say that Rayman 2 PC is probably the closet you can even get to the N64. AFAIK, the N64 isn't available anywhere and its games can't be purchased (except used copies from Amazon). However, the only problem is that when I change the resolution in the configuration panel, nothing changes (it just stays at 1024x768).

Overall, it's a great game, although if you've played any other version, this will seem far too simple.
Posted May 31, 2011
I wish I could mark more than one reply as the solution to a question, but thank you all for your informative replies. Looking forward to finding time to play this one!
Posted May 31, 2011
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Shukaku: I have to say that Rayman 2 PC is probably the closet you can even get to the N64. AFAIK, the N64 isn't available anywhere and its games can't be purchased (except used copies from Amazon). However, the only problem is that when I change the resolution in the configuration panel, nothing changes (it just stays at 1024x768).

Overall, it's a great game, although if you've played any other version, this will seem far too simple.
"Rayman DS" is pretty close to the N64 version too, from what I remember.
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