It's a very simple game of deathmatch, but Rayman's solid control and excellent camera angles, which are greatly improved over Rayman 2 if the levels I played are any indication, help make for a very fun two-player contest.

In the duels, you fight against another opponent using Rayman's attack, which seems a bit limited at first, but is made up for by the well designed multi-layer levels. You'll have to make tricky platform jumps, traverse big walls, climb on ropes and swing on the circle rings using Rayman's special powers. The race is pretty fun and has you try and beat your opponent to the finish line by running through classically designed Rayman levels.

With a vertical split screen, you can play a couple of different types of multiplayer games, including a deathmatch type of battle mode and a race mode. However, what's best about Rayman M is that it's a lot of fun to play with another player. We knew it was based on the Rayman 2 engine and we knew that it would be pretty damn gorgeous. All-in-all, this is a gorgeoous game with the clasic beautiful design that Rayman is well-known for.īut, that's what we expected all along. The only thing missing is the realtime shadows that were in the PS2 Rayman 2 have been replaced with the cirlce shadows that were used in the Dreamcast game. The graphics seemed even more refined than before and I didn't notice any of the clipping or other graphical glitches that were noticable in the PS2 version of Rayman 2. It's every bit as stunning as Rayman 2 on PS2 or Dreamcast, and is even improved over those games in some ways. As one would expect, Rayman M is a beautiful game.

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