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    Rayman 2: The Great Escape

    Game » consists of 16 releases. Released Apr 10, 1999

    Help to repair the damage done to the world and repel an evil pirate invasion in this critically acclaimed platforming adventure.

    ryan's Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Nintendo 64) review

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    My Rayman 2 Review!

    Ubisoft - Rayman 2: How good? Eating your fav ice cream while getting a bj in zero gravity ... is a close 2nd.

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    Remember: You can't spell Rayman without Ryan.

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    This review is great even after 11 years; epic review is epic.

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    This is one of my all-time personal favorite games. glad to see one of the gb crew shares my love.

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    yeah, sounds about right.

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    lol

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    Michel Ancel is about to make you his bitch.

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    Your amazing sense of humor will be missed, Ryan. RIP

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    Couldn't have said it better myself.

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    Miss you Ryan

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    Leave it to Ryan to find a way to post a review nine years before the site was even founded. RIP. I might have to find a way to play it now, with such a recommendation.

    Other reviews for Rayman 2: The Great Escape (Nintendo 64)

      The limbless hero's second outing is a great improvement but still frustrating at points 0

      Rayman 2: The Great Escape shares many qualities of its two-dimensional predecessor, especially in presentation but some frustrating sections hold it back from being a true classic of the system.Unless you were Nintendo, most franchises making the switch from 2D platformers to 3D around the Nintendo 64 era were usually misses more than hits. It was a transformative time; an entire new dimension for developers to play with which presented many more challenges. The games that made it work are stil...

      1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

      Decent game that's just lacking fun and liveliness 0

      Rayman 2: The Great Escape is considered by so many people to be one of the big parts of the platforming revolution back in the N64/PS days. Personally, I don't know what people see in it. Sure it's a decent game, but nowhere near as good as people claim, in my opinion.The story in Great Escape is simple: Admiral Razorbeard is ruining the land and capturing its inhabitants, and of course Rayman… is captured? Well, only temporarily, of course, as he escapes right at the beginning. Then he sets ou...

      0 out of 4 found this review helpful.

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