CedricG: This is just a great release, and only two points were missing to be perfect : the original musics and the opening. Thanks to have solved the first problem (musics) with that post, although i wonder if it makes the game still "legal" when altered that way. I hope so!
The opening was less important, doesn't prevent to play at all.
I would just love if GOG could mention possible alterations with original releases when appliable, would avoid bad surprises even at awesome prices :) (ex: AITD cd-version only musics)
sethsez: To be fair, they said they were selling Rayman Forever and that's exactly what they sold. Unlike Alone in the Dark there was no doubt which version of Rayman we were getting, so in this case I have to say the onus is on the customer to know what they're buying rather than just assuming.
Information about the differences between Rayman and Rayman Forever is out there and readily available, and GOG didn't mislabel which one we got or hide the information in any way. I find it hard to blame them for anything here.
Sorry for contradicting you but this isn't exactly Rayman Forever they are selling because they are significant differences with CD-ROM PC version of Rayman Forever. I insist on the fact that there is
no issue with the musics with Rayman Forever PC version and also on the fact that their indentation is far much better than GOG's. I made myself the comparison between those 2 versions (I own the original CDROM-PC version of Rayman Forever) and there is no point saying GOG's version is the original one.
To ensure I made no mistake I also tried with Rayman Gold and Rayman Collector. The latter is Rayman Forever + new additional stages + videos, and only stands for 240 Mb. The argument some people are propounding, according to which the musics are different from the original game because of a lack of space, is false because a CDROM can store up to 700 Mb.
So why are the musics fucked up in GOG version, I have no idea. One sure thing is that their Rayman Forever version is
not the original CD-ROM PC one... which is suprising because it is the only version existing. In my opinion it seems to be a weird mix-up between console and PC version of Rayman.
The game is great, though, and i do not regret to have bought it ; just to make things clearer :p