Rayman is the hardest game ever made (PART 1) | A Hippocritical review

[@valerielopez7485]

I just realized something: in the game intro, Mr. Dark is portrayed looking through binoculars. in the level select, everything is viewed through what seems to be a pair of binoculars... Dark has been watching you the whole time.

True Cocoa yes 😳

[@xjw1734]

True Cocoa thats why rayman is co creative

[@greekgamergoddessgalaxy]

😮😯

[@victorkamara9226]

Never thought of it like that 🤯🤯

[@NT-sx2bd]

woah

[@elin111]

People who say Crash Bandicoot is the Dark Souls of platformers need to shut up and play this game. People who say Dark Souls is hard need to shut up and play this game.

[@187Wretched]

Dark Souls has a much steeper learning curve if it's your first time trying one. Also neither come close to being the hardest games out there.

[@BradynNewcomer]

You don't have to shut up twice.

[@hidude1130]

@@187Wretched it took me like 10 days to beat every single souls like game by Fromsoftware (individually) and i'm not even close from beating Rayman 1. I mean... Dark Souls or Bloodborne or Sekiro are hard but quite fair games... Rayman 1 is just sadistic... Popping enemies randomly, multiple attacks in extremely narrow areas that forces you to be milimetrically precise to dodge them, very weird and fast platform movement patterns...cruel live system that obliges you to ration your death count or beggining the whole sick levels from the start... Rayman is actually one of the hardest games out there, and even though Soul like games are popular because of difficulty there's no even point of comparison, Rayman can be labeled as unfair and machiavellian.

[@187Wretched]

Diego Roldán Camacho I haven’t played Rayman 1 in years but I’ll take your word for it. I’m kinda interested to attempt beating it now based on your description lol.

[@Mike14264]

@@hidude1130 well, how about giving Rayman Redemption a shot? It's a remake/reimagining of the original, made by one person, during 3 years. It has new levels, more content, new worlds, and a better learning curve, as in "Now you won't lose half of your lives on Allegro Presto!". The game has better level design overall, and it's a lot more fair.

[@RebornAudio]

I come back to this series all the time. I know you’re not about KZbin anymore, but from one stranger to another, thank you for being as good as you were (and I’m sure, still are), and I hope one day you come back.

[@DavidKFZ]

This game was a total motherfucker. I remember going back to it and thinking "I was just a kid when I played it last, it will be much easier now" No, it's still soul crushing

[@Shapectro]

Lmao same here. Just started playing it after more than 20 years, fuck it's challanging

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

What a way to describe a game lol

[@OriginalTheUsername]

You could even say that Dark Souls is the Rayman of Dark Souls

[@jyson2665]

OriginalTheUsername no memes

[@jyson2665]

Dude I posted this from 5 months and it’s still dead

[@jyson2665]

Do I care?

[@jyson2665]

@Omar the Wumpa Fruit ugh just stop

[@jyson2665]

@Omar the Wumpa Fruit ok

[@tafkajimmyfish]

"Dishwasher? Yes." A classic Jontron reference, used in COMPLETELY different context for even better comedic effect... 10/10, would Hippo again.

[@15-Peter-20]

James u sir are a dish washer

[@max-rdj9741]

Just discovered your channel. I love your semi-bizarre style of editing and acting!

[@morningcoffeecat2271]

Max-RDJ Gibbon is the BEST! \(^-^)/

[@100percentep]

this is easily one of my most favourite videos in YT, and i never played rayman or am all too interested in platformers thanks for your humourus style of video making I rewatch it so often and want to share this masterpiece with everyone I know

[@RebornAudio]

Exactly the same here!

[@ecchi12]

Yup same, this like my fifth time.

[@DarkEmissary617]

Thank you for reviewing Rayman. I love this game and franchise. I am so happy I finally beat it.

[@shaggymcdaniel3216]

The hardest part is trying to find all of the cages. I couldn’t dream of not using the 99 lives cheat. There’s just no way.

[@fizzycolalizzie]

Now I feel much less stupid for never getting very far in the GBA version.

[@hardcoreboyish2]

now play rayman redemption so much better fan remake of the original new levels and its so much better

[@sebastiankulche]

The GBA version for what i know is actually the most fair alongside the DS port without counting Redemption. Rayman is more resistant, level design was slighty altered and there is zero knockback.

[@williamcompitello2302]

I realized as a kid that I needed to get the cages. Never realized that a specific sound gave you hints to where they might be. This is a hard game to beat.

[@tygueevans4378]

One of my fave reviews. You should do more of these, I loved them!!

[@selbi182]

This game simultaneously colored and ruined my childhood. Like you, Moskito ruined everything. Until I became older, beat that guy, and was able to advance all the way to the apparent end. Also because there's a code to give you 10 continues that you could use every time you're at the continue screen. And I got there *so many times*. It was only then that I realized you need EVERY SINGLE CAGE. No continues in the world could help me with that, as some of them are literally impossible to get without exploits, cause there are some problems in the PS1 version. I have not yet beat this game legit to this day. Got a level code for the final stage, and it's freaking sweet. Such a shame that it's blocked off by such a cheap game design decision.

[@LunarRoot]

Getting all the cages is quite the challenge, I agree, but I have played this game on the PS1 and, as far as I'm aware, it's totally possible to legitimately beat it without resorting to any kind of exploits. Unless there are differences between copies for the same platform... But the one I had was just fine. Yes, getting to know that I needed to break all the cages was quite disappointing at first to me too. But looking back at the overall experience that I had with this game, it was a good exercise in perseverance. Also, personally, I think that freeing all the Electoons gives an unusually heroic touch to this game, and the final encounter with Mr. Dark became way more epic after struggling with the rest of the stages for about 3 years.

[@paulsolfelt8452]

Selbi the mosquito is easy!

[@ego2133]

It's totally possible to be able to collect all the cages in the game on the PS1 version without any exploits, I've done it myself. Sorry but it just mean that you're not good enough.

[@userdetails1]

I completed the PS1 game without cheats. I don't know how but I managed to find all cages, you just have to search everywhere and listen out for that little jingle that plays when you go to a specific location that makes something appear (a bad guy, a cage or a platform that will take you to a cage).

[@sebastiankulche]

@@ego2133 Having to find the cages is not about skill however, it just wastes your time.

[@RazerFalcon555]

You should check out Rayman Redemption. It's a reimagination of this game that includes new worlds, levels, minigames, etc.

[@megapillow1]

Rayman truly is one absolutely beautiful game. Played it when I was around 4 and have loved it ever since. So much nostalgia, I love it.

[@shibamashups]

I got to the paint world and could never get past the RIDICULOUS bits where you have to get over the ink, then hop on a tiny eraser precisely and spin jump all the way but not too high so you hit the ceiling and then avoid the pencil to fall gently onto another tiny eraser

[@pastazmajonezo]

I also had problems with that part until I realised that literally all you had to do was just keep walking normally (but not run) over the ink and it goes through the obstacles perfectly.

[@Cybershell13]

Quality video. I'm a big fan of Rayman 2 but could never really get into Rayman 1, even though I love 2D platformers... Also great pannen reference during a highly appropriate moment when explaining the jump mechanics was necessary anyways... Well done.

[@Maniafig]

Nice video, Rayman 1 doesn't get as much attention as it deserves. I remember always having trouble with this game as a little kid, especially in Band Land and Picture City, though once you get used to the game the play starts feeling really good. The gorgeous music and wonderful music really add to the game as well as pointed out in the video.

[@sighrelief]

The music choice when you talk about the jump ark mechanics is probably the best possible music choice you could have made. Funny as fuck.

[@launched_]

dainxjac Because it's Pannenkoek!

[@griffithguts6168]

God I miss this content. You really where one of the greatest on KZbin in my humble opinion.

[@colin8802]

I spent a large chunk of my childhood playing this game, but never beat it because I couldn't find all of the electoons. I came back to it some 15 years later and finally beat it. It was probably the most satisfying gaming moment of my life (despite the anti-climactic final boss).

[@RebornAudio]

Every time I need quality content, I come back to this video.

[@whylikepie15]

I love this review, I'm currently in the middle of a nostalgia trip for the PS1, I got croc 1, the mummy, crash bandicoot 1-3 and of course Rayman ready to play, I watched this review series 3 times the last two weeks, I just think it's that great, once before I started playing, once in the middle of my play through and now again after I have just beaten the game for the first time because I couldn't as a kid, it was worth the painfully hard difficulty just to remember and and have fun and play it differently to how I played it 22 years ago, thanks hippo for the laughs and for reminding me that it's a hard game when I was stuck and giving me clarity as to why I couldn't win and complete Rayman as a child.

[@Pan-lv7vv]

rayman even got on mobile. im not talking about games like Rayman Jungle Run, or Rayman Adventures, RAYMAN 1 ACTUALLY GOT ON MOBILE DEVICES.

[@phj9894]

PK Laheat and it's impossible to control.

[@paulsolfelt8452]

PK Laheat that's easy as you can put a ps1 emulator on your phone and play any ps1 game!

[@Pan-lv7vv]

@@paulsolfelt8452 Yeah, but I'm talking about The fact that it got a legitimate mobile port. I can _emulate_ anything to anything. Can you play Sonic on a toaster? I DIDN'T THINK SO. But then again, the port itself is just an official emulator. The only things they changed were the Save Systems, The opening intro (for some reason), and the little "YEAH!" thing at the end of every level.

[@ssbbbest]

There's a DSI Ware port as well, that not a lot people are aware of.

[@hidude1130]

Trying to finish the android version using the touchscreen was like trying to win the Ironman without any limbs. Never could get past the second mosquito boss.

[@originalcharacter2470]

Broke: "Huge features." Woke: "Aubergine???"

[@JfE209]

damn this video is 7 years old now...

[@clickbaitpolice9792]

got this game when i was like 6. got as far as band land. now, almost 2 decades later at age 23, i am still to beat the game. yo this game is ****ing hard

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

I feel you, man! I just beated the pc version from GOG almost two decades later, too. I'm 21 now hahaha It was balls hard but super rewarding, keep at it bro!

[@Gorette66]

Ikr?

[@watermelonineasterhay]

A few people on here have claimed that the later levels weren't play tested properly because of tight deadlines so they didn't realise how fucking hellish the game actually is. Makes sense.

[@SpudChickenSaltedChips]

8:17 I love that UncommentatedPannen mockup

[@beeooowexists5374]

But can you beat the game with only half an A press?

[@HippoCrit]

you can beat it with 0 A presses cuz playstation controller has no A

[@ryancarandang4489]

HippoCrit Clever

[@bigdaddyhordo9346]

TJ """""""""""""""""""""""""""HENRY"""""""""""""""""""""""""""YOSHI

[@Sparkys_World-0]

I finally, FINALLY bested this game last year, after being stuck in Band Land for most of my life. Also, the Saturn version is superior. Tons of awesome new graphical effects and some really cool transitions. Anyway, to hell with this game. Rayman Origins/Legends forever.

[@jd7507]

Subsonic Sparkle Same, after a lot of tries and patience i beat it, and i played rayman 2 after that and it felt like a reward, does that make sense?

[@disarraygay]

Subsonic Sparkle YOU WHAT?!?? His design is awful in origins and legends but they are good games

[@litnoodles440]

I got stuck in the Blue Mountains

[@looklook876]

Phony Hawk Origins/Legends is the best he and the envoirments have ever looked

[@JmMateo933]

Rayman 1 is fun bro

[@NotOfThisWorld750]

7:08 Hippo, you are a greenscreen genius. Truly, you're the greenscreen machine

[@Xeloph986]

I lost my shit at the panenkoek part. Your comedic skills are as sharp as always.

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

This is a great review and 3:43 this is art. I didn't know about you, but now i love you. Keep at it, man!

[@tseriesisadisease3090]

Sadly he doesn’t do reviews anymore

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

@@tseriesisadisease3090 yeah.. i was pretty sad about it, but he left us a few masterpieces!

[@launched_]

0:38 I think you mispronounced "cah".

[@raymanlegends6730]

he said "car"

[@iamalittleboat]

when I played this for the first time I had only ever played worms 2 for the pc, miscellaneous mario games and zero the kamikaze squirrel for the snes. it made a huge impression on me, I believe I only played it a couple times at a friends house, but I clearly remember all the sound effects, music, and worlds. the immersion the game offers is something admirable, and Rayman has always held a special place for me.

[@DarkEmissary617]

I want to hear more reviews of Rayman from you. It be great to hear your thoughts on the other games.

[@hrnekbezucha]

Oh man, I just love this Hippocritical review. It's just so good.

[@Fierce0Deity0Link]

Rayman on PC was my first video game ever. I was 7yo. I remember clearly beating the game after playing for months, but playing it again 20 years later I have no idea how I pulled it off.

[@bayluNO]

Man. Why didn't I see your videos sooner. You really are the most comedic guy of all of the PCP. Subscribed. :')

[@Rigatoni.c]

If you want, you can get RAYMAN REDEMPTION. A revamped version of Rayman 1, which tweaked a few issues with the game. It's a pc game, and it's free!

[@StrangeDaysGaming]

Rémi Gazel the composer for the music in the Original Rayman game passed away in May 2019. Harmony (The track that plays in Band Land) was my favorite playing this game as a kid. RIP.

[@ninjaydes]

Okay, the script was hilarious. Amazing job. Thank you.

[@ecchi12]

Yo your content is so epic

[@ElWeebDelBarri]

THIS TRILOGY OF VIDEOS IS A MASTERPIECE

[@channelmanning1370]

0:09 okay. 0:15 Okay! 0:18 Dude, we get it

[@sweetwheatsy]

Goddammit, the madman did a pannekoek-parody, that was still informative and relevant.

[@jcstudios4060]

I heard that Raymon on the Toaster includes Rayman Gold and a demo of the DS version port

[@GLE-SWE]

I did Beat this game 100% When i Was a kid but it took 2years

[@erainmartinez8175]

Before Banjo Kazooie also has things with eyes 5:55

[@pchtommy1268]

Damn the game over in this game is really painfull even crash bandicoot wasnt that bad when you lose all the lives in crash bandicoot you restart at the beginning of the level but not at the very start

[@keeleymcmanmon]

Hippocrit: da car Me: don't you mean da *c a h*

[@greekgamergoddessgalaxy]

Haha I actually get it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewolejarz5293]

What's the music from 8:20-8:50? I know it's in a video game, maybe Mario? I can't seem to remember!

[@10111269]

Babadook spook cosplay at 4:50

[@YoshiFawful64]

Hey, nice job with the pannankoek2012 aesthetic.

[@charcoalanderson8010]

I gotta tell ya it makes me feel so much better to know that even Jesus himself thinks Rayman was hard as hell. One of the few childhood games I never beat even after returning to it as an adult.

[@treebacon]

He has Hands Feet Aubergine?

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

Love how he delivers that.

[@TheRojo387]

Being short on electoons deprived Ray of his limbs.

[@607]

... I didn't realise this is a several-parter... I loved this, I think I'm going to watch the next part right away! :D

[@RobertK1993]

Cleared it with cheats and eventually without cheats as 3 year old in 1996.

[@SegaMario]

0:22 Wrong. That's a Rayman 2 port.

[@TheRavenir]

I definitely know what you mean. I also have the PS1 version of Rayman 1 and it took me several years to finally get to the end. I don't find it very hard anymore after playing it a few hundred times or so, but it's still not exactly easy.

[@tonimaaranen6058]

2:17 "Im a real boy! And im gonna play videogames."

[@Metazoa54321]

Aw yeah. That's some good gags. Can't wait for the next part(s?)!

[@controllertypea3076]

Played it recently and even from memory this games tough as nails Thank you for making these videos hippo parts 1-3 are smashing 👍🏼😁

[@WhateverWhenever888]

This was really funny, im subbing

[@Dr_Lad]

i completed it over 30 times on psone. love this game. my all time favourite!

[@danyo9550]

And hippocrit says it's the hardest game, when i played this game when i was 8 years old it was not hard because i was smashing buttons

[@korisnthere]

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?!?! I MUST NOW I'M EMOTIONALLY INVESTED YOUR CHARACTER ARC

[@JanizMakudomaru]

I can't pull the wool over your eyes because the sheep have been stolen. Nice.

[@taczki2]

Rayman Origins is kinda connecting Rayman and Rayman 2, so he met him in the process of Origins

[@goodiesguy]

I'm still stuck in the fourth or fifth Bandland level, the one straight after the nightime lightning one.

[@PomPomegrenade]

"Dishwasher? Yes." Is that the oldest JonTron reference ever?

[@carltonhanks5997]

One of the craziest things about this has got to be the fact that it has the most ridiculous cheat codes I've ever seen in any video game. Replinished continues, 99 lives, etc, in only a few button presses. Nice JonTron reference at 0:39 btw.

[@jacobthesitton9142]

One of your best reviews.

[@RebornAudio]

Nothing tops this review for me. I miss your videos, man. I hope life is treating you well.

[@ultratoons6156]

This guy is the funniest person evereever!!he's like a British sr pelo!

[@tessaminick8745]

Having played the game, for my whole life, on the PC, I can wholeheartedly agree. Just by seeing the title, I agree. I didn't even need to play it on the playstation to know it was hard. You can not beat this without cheats. Fortunately that's probably what made me so apt to playing 2D platformers.

[@anthonyskata]

Man me and my sister loved this game when we were in elementary school but it was so hard. We would get stuck on so many levels. I don't remember whatever happened to the game but I probably scratched it like I did with all my games

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

those mosquitos scared and stressed me so much when i was a kid XD

[@ellaevans7822]

I remember when this video first came out! Jesus it's been 3 years!

[@BurnBird1]

Most people tend to be nostalgic over the game release, not the release of a review.

[@BreakingSkiesMedia]

Funny editing.i appreciate. I finished the game without cheating or looking anything up. It was hell but rewarding :)

[@savepinball4961]

Does anyone know the background music that plays at 8:20. Been trying to find it for awhile now.

[@HippoCrit]

it's the file select theme from super Mario 64

[@savepinball4961]

Thanks dude! And thanks for another really good video!

[@astralbear9715]

Gives a whole new meaning to platformer lmao i loved that

[@krilc]

I always have such disjointed memories of Rayman. It was so hard it ate away at my mind I know i made it to Band Land, but have no recollection of fighting the red mosquito you see in this video, or getting the swing power-up I know i fought a boss called 'Skops' later on but don't remember getting there. Was that before or after Eraser world? i remember playing those levels.

[@HippoCrit]

Skops is the last boss before mr dark, you would've needed to beat every other boss to get to him

[@blueMJS]

krilc Yeah you need the swinging power to get passed the very first level of The Blue Mountains & to beat Mr Sax's Hullabaloo, so you must of gotten that to progress as far as Skops!

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@HippoCrit I like Rayman 2 alot better than Rayman

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@HippoCrit What's with The Eerie Witch Giggling in this Game every time Rayman gets past One of The Areas?

[@_knifewhore_]

I’m a proud owner of Rayman on the Toaster

[@TheWurzelx3]

I finished Dark Souls several times, I never got all those damn electoons saved.

[@thelightningbolt7658]

I played the DSi version on my 3DS, and it’s a LOT easier than the other versions

[@NoNo-vv4vo]

I like the smaller creator skit format, it doesn't drag for too long or dominate the review (Which is a problem the nostalgia critic ran into, in part because he has paid actors on retainer that kind of obligates him to use them but still). If you want another go at the game Rayman Redemption is free to download on windows.

[@giberish4]

Now I know why when I booted this up on my DSI, I never got to use the hairlecopter ability in the start of the game.

[@reee0plb465]

Holy shit this brings me way back when I was alone playing this at my cousin's house I was fucking 8 Now I understand how I spent so much time in front of that ps1 Thanks for the vid Hippo, keep it up

[@CatalinaMaxCisternasJofre]

7:08 Cringy Blue's Clues Reference

[@WaddleDee105]

This is great. Can't wait for part 2! Rayman 1 is fucking hard as nails. The video title isn't much of an exaggeration. Such a shame that a game with such beautiful visuals and music is so dickish in its level design.

[@epilepticturtle306]

I KNEW IT!! RAYMAN'S A FREAKIN EGGPLANT!

[@keeleymcmanmon]

Uarbejine

[@rpghorrorfan879]

I’d love to see your thoughts on Rayman Redemption.

[@Lucios1995]

9:12 Are we in Rayman or Pink Floyd's The Wall?

[@pavelskrylnikov9658]

>It gives a new meaning to the world "platformer", eh? Damn you are good!

[@lxgaming3427]

wow i cen play rayman on the radio in my car well doing the dishes and well making toast

[@NailGunZero]

Dishwaser? No. Dishwasher? Nooo... Dishwasher?! Yes!

[@qwargly]

Fun Fact: Looking up wikipedia shows that there basically isnt a connection and there is about as much info on the characters as you get from playing the games themselves, AKA Not much.

[@FrameRater]

Rayman DS is actually a port of Rayman 2, not the original. Also the game was designed for the Jaguar, also meaning it was the first iteration of it. I'm sure I'm just restating what hundreds have probably commented here, but still.

[@TheRidiculousR]

i remember playing this on ps1 when i was 3 years old and not getting past the second level (because i couldnt figure out how the worldmap thing worked)