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There has been a lot of tweaking to the level design. Rayman is far from your run of the mill 2D platformer and does successfully spice up your journey on occasions with these brief gameplay implementations.

All of this is on top of the preexisting abilities like planting a seed to quickly create a plant-based platform and the shump mosquito levels, to name a few. Theses can be accessed in the art-themed worlds and let you create temporary platforms on parchment by punching. Another very neat inclusion is the paint gloves. They all fit surprisingly seamlessly into the original title. The gameplay remains as fun as ever and is further expanded on by the Toon Totems allowing us to swing from ‘Lums’ Rayman 2 style, among other things. Doing so will grant you a permanent health increase at certain amounts, yet you can access the final stage without them. You no longer have to save all the Electoons scattered throughout the levels. None of this is necessary, you can ignore all of it if you wish. There are also skins for both Rayman and the checkpoint cutout to purchase.

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They double as currency this time around and can be exchanged for permanent upgrades such as power-ups healing more health, or cheaper one use items with benefits like giving you full attack power. Once you reach them, they will unlock a variety of stage inclusions such as springs to help you reach previously inaccessible areas.Īnother key difference is that Tings no longer only serve to give you an extra life once you collect one hundred of them. It was an interesting design decision to make, but it does retain replayability of the levels by introducing collectibles that can only be reached after unlocking aid from the Toon Totems. This does destroy the intended flow of the first few stages. We can cling to ledges, use our hair to hover, and punch right from the get-go. One of the first things you’ll likely notice if you are familiar with Rayman is that we start with every move already unlocked. Starting off the game we are greeted with a cutscene that explains the plot before being tossed into the first level. Last but not least is Demise, a mode in where save-points are disabled and you start with less health. Despite being called Classic, it is a far easier experience than the original ever was and features a ton more 1-ups making the risk of a game-over minimal.

The first two difficulty modes are Casual and Classic, with the main difference being that the latter uses a live system.

Redemption seeks to tweak some of the less desirable aspects be it the frustrating level designs from the original, a zoomed out camera for fewer leaps of faith, and a choice of three difficulty settings to play on. That in itself is hardly a noteworthy thing in that era of gaming, but Rayman derived most of its challenge in quite a cheap manner and often bordered on straight-up trolling like needing every collectible to access the final level, which it never bothered hinting at until then. The thing with that game is that beneath its cutesy, near child-like world full of color and charm lies a relentlessly brutal experience. It is a 2D platformer containing a cartoon aesthetic that remains as pleasing to the eye as ever. Rayman Redemption is a fanmade reimagining of 1995’s hit title simply called Rayman.