#Rayman 3 hoodlum havoc series#

Although the power-ups are great, it comes at the detraction that the game begins to feel very same-y. Unfortunatly that was the last positive thing I had to say about this game. Using them is very simple and very easy to grasp and they make good editions to the game. These power ups appear everywhere and thankfully they are implemented seamlessly without fault. These range from just increasing Rayman’s strength and copter abilities to giving him a rocket arm, grappling hooks and a punches that cause tornadoes on impact. Rayman can find 5 power-ups in this game that is frequently required to solve puzzles and move from area to area. The final gimmick is also the biggest focus of this game and that is the power-ups. Other than that, you get grinding levels in between chapters which I can only describe as ‘psychedelic’ in design but are fun nonetheless. The rocket levels return from the previous game and are slightly easier to control this time around. Rayman 2 was filled with gimmicks in every level and Rayman 3 tones this down slightly. There are not many enemy types, but each one has some kind of unique way in order to defeat them which is nice. Combat is more common in this game and thankfully the battle system has been greatly improved, too. Some of these are optional while others mandatory. The cages return in this game and by collecting eight you are rewarded with Rayman’s health increasing. I never ran into problems like I did with the previous game. Platforming no longer feels like a game of risk and everything is actually responsive. These aspects have been tweaked however, and it is all for the better. All of Rayman’s abilities like climbing and gliding return here and you receive them all right from the get-go. The game has not changed much in its most basic controls from Rayman 2. That’s the premise that takes up all but the last tenth of the game. But Globox accidentally swallows their leader and so the two travel around in search for a looking a doctor who to remove the villain from Globox’s belly.

The story is this: the Lums from the previous game (fairies which give Rayman health and power) have turned evil and begin hunting the denizens of Rayman’s world. He may as well have been rescuing a princess or something. There is a story, don’t get me wrong-but because it was so low key, so inconsequential and so poor that it came across as an excuse to get Rayman to these locations rather than trying to detail out the world of the game. So it comes as rather baffling that the storyline for Rayman 3 is non-existent.

#Rayman 3 hoodlum havoc series#

The story was fitting as the series had gotten much larger in its jump to 3D and the game reflected that. In the previous game, Ubisoft attempted to dive more into the lore of the franchise and give a grand tale where Rayman had to save the whole world. I will be referring back to my Rayman 2 review-so I urge you to give it a proper read before or after reading this article. This title is very similar in style and idea to the previous game, so I thought it would be a fun idea to look at the two games and compare them in order to judge whether Rayman 3 was a good successor or not. Now a year later, I had the opportunity to play the games sequel, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc for the Nintendo GameCube. Like other games in the series before it, the transition was not incredibly smooth, though the game still turned out enjoyable for the most part. It was Ubisoft’s first attempt at taking their platforming hero Rayman into the third dimension. Previously I reviewed the game Rayman 2: the Great Escape on the Nintendo 64.