Franchises
Rayman
Rayman first turned up in 1995 and was hard to miss: a hero with no neck, no arms and no legs, whose hands and feet floated free, moving through a hand-painted world of a kind two-dimensional platformers rarely had at the time. Ubisoft put Michel Ancel in charge, and the result was a game famous for its difficulty, gorgeous to look at and merciless on the fingers. Colourful backdrops and calm music disguised levels that demanded pixel-perfect timing and a great deal of patience while hunting down the captive Electoons.
Rayman 2: The Great Escape moved the series into three dimensions in 1999 and is still counted among the best-received 3D platformers of its generation, largely for its pacing, its camera work and its melancholy atmosphere. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc pushed the comedy harder, after which the brand dissolved for a while into the Rayman Raving Rabbids spin-off, where the rabbits took the lead. The comeback arrived with Rayman Origins in 2011, whose UbiArt engine restored the hand-drawn look at high resolution, and above all with Rayman Legends two years later. Legends is the entry usually named as the peak, not least for its musical levels, where an entire run is cut to the rhythm of the track.
Entries in the series (17)
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape · 1995
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Rayman Revolution · 2000
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Rayman Advance · 2001
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Rayman Arena · 2002
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Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc · 2003
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Rayman 3 (mobile) · 2004
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Rayman Raving Rabbids · 2006
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Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 · 2007
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Rayman Jungle Run · 2012
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Rayman Fiesta Run · 2013
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