Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc - Final Boss: Reflux (No Damage)

[@ChudBogdanoff]

Beating him was honestly my biggest childhood achievement

[@Georgia-th5uo]

Bruh I'm 20 years old and I still can't do it

[@davi953dream._.]

Oof

[@WholeLottaLalo]

@@Georgia-th5uo dude I was like 4 when I played this and holy shit I could never beat him

[@ellistorris]

@@WholeLottaLalo same brother. I was 4 years old and watched my older brother try and best reflux for hours. I was able to beat the easy levels like the first couple of levels. Needed my brother to beat the bosses and knaarens

[@WholeLottaLalo]

@@ellistorris It’s been 11 years and I haven’t beaten it 😃 and I haven’t played the game in a very long time too

[@ciarandoherty6180]

Definitely a worthy final boss battle if one of the most unappreciated.

[@poro9084]

just his third phase was kinda mleh

[@ImaginaryNumb3r]

not only for Rayman, but all of gaming

[@justsomeguy1998]

This game felt like a dream

[@Pokaroquai]

A fever dream. Like Rabbids Go Home

[@Drakenn100]

It technically is. The whole setting is being dreamt by Polokus.

[@daniellijmer5047]

People who never played this don't understand how hard it is to not get hit here, good job man! You are really skilled at this game

[@seanmanaloto9223]

1:16 when the boss grunts sync with the OST

[@magus3597]

LMAO

[@marsmellow13]

holy crap

[@gtwist8065]

GOH. DOH. GOH. DOH. MARACUJA

[@themcknox]

I love how oblivious but useful Globox is

[@HyperGolem]

For a kids game, this boss sure is scary...

[@HyperGolem]

It was made and marketed for kids. But adults can play it too, of course.

[@katelynbodiford5680]

@@lolodachi Without his cloak on Refluk looks so ugly.

[@similifriends5478]

I remember I was 6 years old when I first saw a Knaaren,I paused the game and cried in front of my mom. I mean those things are saying things like : eat him alive,take of his nails...bad memories.

[@tommygunner176]

Hehe i used to play this game when i was still a kid, but i indeed found this boss a bit scary. Same goes for those ghosts that would appear in the temple of the Knaren. That was some pretty scary shit back in the day XD

[@TheTonykilleur]

Yep. As a someone already said, we played it as a kid... And it was scary indeed xD but the game was awesome, and I still play it for high scord I had no idea how worked when I was a child lol

[@JMotion]

It always bothered me how more than half of the final boss is spent in a vehicle that had only just barely been introduced as a mechanic. The first half of this boss is genuinely fantastic. The way they make you use each powerup to progress is great. Every time you think you've got him, a completely different phase starts up. It's just a shame that you don't get to deal the final blow with a big phat charged fist.

[@Rutgerman95]

Even more annoying that Rayman 2 does the exact same thing

[@fapuloes]

This boss took me multiple days to beat as a kid. I remember how each single phase felt like an accomplishment on it's own.

[@finnheisenheim8274]

Fighting Reflux was always a confusing thing for me when I was younger. His race was regarded as invincible and I was scared shitless whenever I encounter one of them in the level. Then Reflux is apparently known as the strongest of them but I beat him...twice.

[@johnmcfly-zf2xh]

When you fight him in the level "Desert of the knaaren" You knock him out, you don't actually kill him, and in the final boss battle, he fuses himself with the scepter, making him killable (because the scepter is destroyable)

[@radioactivebirdj.1845]

game design

[@powercouch1845]

the knaaren aren't literally invincible, you just can't fight them in the desert because you're not supposed to, it's a hide and run puzzle level. rayman has fought worse creatures, he could take them on

[@majorasdude7728]

@@powercouch1845 i mean he fought on mr dark's army of creatures and robo pirates I'm pretty sure he could take on knaaren with no problems

[@Claymenageries]

It's kind of ironic that Reflux, the one that's supposed to be the strongest of the already invincible Knaaren... is the only one you can actually beat

[@SolvariYT]

It's funny how I notice this now, but the final battle against Reflux here is basically the final battle against Mundus in DMC1, but in reverse.

[@sabayonte815]

See you in Rayman 4 they said...

[@PrimalKevYT]

Rayman 3 is not really my favorite of the series but damn it sure did have the best final boss.

[@Cashimat]

Which is your favorite game?

[@murkytool]

My opinion is the exact opposite I think that Rayman 3 is the best of the series but has the worst final boss But hey, we all have opinions

[@rickrijks4560]

Rayman 3 is MY favorite in the franchise.

[@dogcam9]

What the fuck did these devs smoke, this game is such a trip man I love it so much. Has a little bit of everything for everyone

[@jarafra1]

the most beautiful game i've ever played

[@joellerma6572]

13:00 Giving just Andre alone, defenceless and crying in a big arena to be torment whit not escape is a beautiful reward for beat the game

[@smeandor]

One of the most epic and impossible final boss from my childhood. With a friend on vacation we were completing the game... it took us litterally 2 days to beat him. We were just speechlesd after the end cinematic in front of the last black screen with the text saying that we made it. Epic ending for what is to me the best ever Rayman game to this day

[@debbiedeacon2745]

Reflux phase 2: hello Rayman: oh crap

[@keybladeciel3716]

Reflux Phase 4 with a serious reduction back to base Health: Hello there Rayman (and by extension, us): Aw, crap.

[@kerrosion6942]

3:58 you hate to see it.

[@mitromney]

I'll never understand why this game wasn't an instant hit all across the globe. I get it, Rayman 2 was a unique game because 3D platformers were still very rare at the time and ones with a really good story, music, visuals etc were EXTREMALY rare. By the time Rayman 3 came out there was a lot of competition... but it's absolutely BRILLIANT! It holds up 20 and more years later perfectly, far better than Rayman 2 in my humble opinion. Everything is dialed up to 11, the music hits even harder, the visuals were even more colorful and imaginative, the plot was even more (or at least equally so) entertaining and creative... And also... It's CRAZY how good the battle system is in this. Tumbling under projectiles, upgrated strafe mode with curving shots and running mode for loaded shots, tons of creative powerups, even close quarters options? A whole tier above Rayman 2 combat. This game was a major step up from the previous installment, and somehow, people didn't adore it? I'll NEVER understand why that was the case. One thing is clear though. This one failed reaction from us is what made Rayman go into hiatus for all these years. We didn't have a single proper 3D Rayman installments since. No Rayman 4 in 20 YEARS! ...how sad is that?

[@denisn8336]

Nothing but facts stated here

[@Gamelover115]

Sir, please keep spitting facts. Rayman 3 was my childhood

[@madziko56]

i thing this boss is one of the best final boss of Rayman Series

[@worldwatcher6999]

Best final boss in HISTORY of final bosses.

[@lolstationvita5922]

This is the most epic boss fight in Rayman series.

[@catbirdies]

dammm this gave me hella nostalgia this boss was so scary and hard asf to defeat definitely a childhood accomplishment

[@Fedinoxmusic]

This gave me anxiety

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

Man that music works great, that hype at 12:25 when you're close

[@viktorthevictor6240]

Then André went on to find Mr Dark. They both join ranks and reassemble Captain Razorbeard.

[@teengoogle]

just was feeling nostalgic and, i gotta say, what the fuck i forgot how long and stressful this boss fight was, genuinely scared the shit outta me as a kid. actually more terrifying than the boss himself was those giant flowers with EYES IN THEM

[@fabiovercelli4962]

Yeah this entire final boss is weird as fuck and surreal,one of the most interesting final fights I ever seen in a videogame...when I was a kid it took me A LOT of days and deaths to beat him and the fun thing is that I never realized reflux was the final boss until I beat him,because I always though that I had to fight andre to finish the game and I thought that this second fight with reflux was just another normal bossfight

[@canniloni]

i remember being so scared as a child. and i also remember the graphics very differently lol

[@nathanthompson6720]

I just noticed that Andre is the only main villian out of the original Rayman trilogy to not run off like Mr dark and razorbeard did

[@ProsecutorValentine]

He does run off. After the ending. Which should have been a good start plot wise for Rayman 4: Razorbeard, Mr.Dark, and André going all Factory of Doom on Rayman. Instead Ubisoft is stuck making bad and tasteless game with recycled easy to produce open world for low standards gamers.

[@Js_Edu]

​@@ProsecutorValentineI'm not exactly sure but apparently the last cutscene of the game is said to be how the whole game started, but then again I really have no idea

[@shortyprogaming]

Anyone who has played this game has PTSD over the phrases "Yes indeed" and "No indeed"

[@similifriends5478]

I think the 1st phase is probably the hardest one if your trying to get a no damage. Second one can easily be troublesome to but with good timing it's good.

[@radioactivebirdj.1845]

Me and my brothers couldn't even get past the first phase. I think we stopped playing it and just looked up the ending.

[@Darduel]

15 minutes intense boss fight, and you nailed it no-damage evading all the shots.. it took me a few days of reloading saves to complete it as a kid, they don`t make games as hard nowdaus

[@rhysosullivan7381]

Years later I decided to re purchase this game for my younger brother to play I'm only now realizing that globox was john leguizamo (Sid the sloth ice age) another of my childhood favorites.. this guy🤘

[@viktorthevictor6240]

Are you serious? I never knew that!

[@teengoogle]

fr this game had some real kings in it, john leguizamo and billy west and ziggy marley?? i love that

[@MtCoronet0]

Omg now I realise they sound so similar. That's cool I never knew that.

[@mickmons3267]

1:47 wow, what the heck happened there??? xD

[@PrimalKevYT]

@TwisterSanity nah his computer just isn't strong enough lol

[@cannabishornliu6119]

Reflux try to break the game but a sound bug/glitch was everything he could do with the power of Leptys! :-3 ;-)

[@keybladeciel3716]

Chances are, it's the Leptys.

[@BobbiPhantom]

This game is 3+ but man I was scared asf of this boss, his voice, his appearance man

[@tinybass8747]

Never completed this as a kid, and still haven't completed this after returning now about 16 years later. I could never figure out where to go in his third phase, all the platforms would disappear before I could make sense of what was going on, and you reach a point where Rayman just can't reach one of the next cans for a copter suit so you have no choice but to fall to your death and restart the boss, was one of the most frustrating rage inducing parts of my childhood, and it has forever bothered me I never got to finish it, and so now with the glorious invention of the internet, I can see how the fuckity fuck you do the 3rd phase.

[@WaveyGravyy]

as I kid I’d ALWAYS got stuck at this fight. It was only like a few years ago I actually beat this game for the first time😭definitely not as hard as I remember but difficult still😂

[@KeybladeWielderXV]

I remember really struggling on his final phase. Its a little obnoxious you have to do the same fight 3 or 4 times but beyond that, Reflux was amazing and taking out Andre so effortlessly was really satisfying. :)

[@shrobbyy]

Hear me out: Fighting the huge Reflux in the style of the Super Sonic boss battles from Sonic Frontiers

[@birochrome]

Fun fact: Reflux is voiced by Ziggy Marley

[@ViusFX]

Still playing with original CD 💜

[@odstraven9941]

This game is still awesome!!! Still waiting on that sequel!

[@Pokaroquai]

The sequel of Rayman 3 is Rayman: Hoodlum's Reveng on the GBA.

[@subwaymanYT]

I have flashbacks of back when I got to this boss for the first time. I was playing on the PS3.

[@ConradTheLonelyStump]

Anyone else think the weird eyeball flower stalks in the arena from 6:20 and onward look like something from an older TOOL album?

[@OrangePixelJuice]

Never knew you could punch Andy in the end, I remember the first time I beat this game. I slowly walked up to him relishing the fact I finally won and I did the taunt that helps convert black lums into red ones. So in the end for me, Andy became apart of me and my health bar lol. I also remember the first time I saw the ending, and couldn't believe that it was technically Rayman who almost inadvertently ended the world. That is part of why the game stuck in my memory after beating it, not to mention all the other awesome plot beats of the game. Great video though. I honestly can't believe how well you handled the turret section. That was the part I hated most in this boss fight and what always made me lose.

[@im_Smitty]

8 year old me never beat this boss :(

[@kidnamedfingerrr]

Same i was stuck on the last part

[@debbiedeacon2745]

12

[@debbiedeacon2745]

12 year old me beats this boss in one go

[@Error_NINE]

Me too bro

[@BLKDTN]

Tbf never even got to the boss :( I wish I could still play this man brings back so many memories

[@sepsep0000]

Can we talk about how fucking awesome the game design is. I wish games today were like this

[@JasonProductions143]

Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers 3: Plankton Havoc - Final Battle with healthbars

[@michaelsticksdelaughter]

13:36 Rayman: Hey we're back where we started looks like we get a full night's sleep after all.

[@voojtec2137]

Wspaniała gra

[@uh6060]

Knareens were soooooo fucking scary back when I was a kid, I just couldn't pass this damn desert

[@jayanimations17]

I have this game too and I defeated Reflux! I love this game. 😆

[@Killer-wi1mr]

The first giant boss I ever beat in a game

[@cartoonvideos5]

I never beat this boss...I didn't even know he had a second form

[@chaosevolution]

Never completed it as a kid. Will have to finish it sometime.

[@mozbiefr2021]

Witness a legend right here 🙏

[@Musashi5532]

This was a horror experience...😅

[@worldwatcher6999]

Any chances for Rayman trilogy to be reignated??? Fighting Reflux in full HD!

[@JT_Toons]

How do you remake 1

[@sweetpea6209]

I’ve been playing this game for many years now, still haven’t deleted this thing yet

[@MilesColtrane.]

Where do you play it? I haven’t played it in about 11 years and wanna play it so bad:(

[@znae9243]

@@MilesColtrane. PS3 sells it on the PS store

[@sweetpea6209]

@@MilesColtrane. *just much months later* i played it on my ps2

[@Nov-5062]

One of the most epic boss fights in history no doubt

[@fsociety6905]

I hate how trivial you made this seem, I spent days trying to do this shit as a child. You have my like

[@cosmiclegend5050]

12:49 Bye Reflux

[@zacharykenniston748]

I kind of feel almost sorry for him. He died in absolute agony. Yes he was a villain but a pitiable one

[@Glnn_n]

Childhood game roght here! I always wondered with this ending if a sequel would be made and i kept waiting for ages... the beginning hinted at it with Murfy and then the ending with Andre again transforming from red to black lum.

[@ShazdownMmw]

this boi is da develloper of this game. man just blow the boss ass under all it's forms without loose lives. 😬🥶

[@murkytool]

I like the first 3 stages and I really love the second stage you fight in but I hate that they included the flying car or whatever it's called

[@CosmicVoid420]

It's a shame Ubisoft abandoned Rayman.

[@WhyrenGP]

recently restarted the game with my nephew, i forgot how fun it was.

[@Blues2Dark]

12:10 That track! I can never find it on ANY PLAYLIST On YT! Why is it so hard to find.

[@bobsauce9840]

I cried as a kid when I failed the 4th part

[@Batmans_Justice]

*Rayman:* I will defeat you Reflux! *Reflux (1st phase):* You won't be able to get past my defense and my lightning! *Rayman:* I defeated you! *Reflux (2nd phase):* You fool, this isn't even my final form! *Rayman:* It was tough, but I did it! *Reflux (3rd phase):* I believe I can fly! *Rayman:* Again? Alright, I guess it has to end with a bang! *Rayman:* Okay, his core has exploded. Victory! *Reflux (4th phase):* Surprise Maddafaka! Now I have wings! *Rayman:* Are you fu**ing kidding me? How are you still alive!? I literally destroyed your life core... *Rayman:* Globox, you think about driving, I think about shooting *Reflux (5th phase):* It's not over! I can regenerate my life by absorbing Hoodlums *Rayman:* Okay, seriously, how many phases do you have? *Reflux freezes and explodes into pieces.* *Rayman:* It's over? Really? Could it be that Reflux surprisingly recomposes himself and grows gills for an underwater fight? No? Is it really over? Finally!

[@jordischouteren6725]

What is the music called that plays when he is vulnerable in the fourth phase?

[@Skorly]

Bombing run

[@ASilesian246]

Before recently getting Rayman 3, i had seen walkthroughs of the game, and i somehow ended up doing this bossfight in ny first try, which was fun, but i never got to experience the suffering or nostalgia

[@CoKeHQ1]

These creatures were so scary as a kid, didnt show it in front of my parents but even they asked that isnt this game a bit tooo scary for children as I was fighting this boss

[@Ginchan94]

10 Year old me was so happy to beat him :D

[@alexplaysgames279yt]

13:06 I thought you had to scare him? I guess both works 🤔

[@mcm7708]

Mabye if Rayman was in smash, Maybe this Will be his final smash.

[@TheLudicrousLuv]

Why not make reflux a boss?

[@gamingawesomeness222]

@@TheLudicrousLuv Wish we got more bosses with the dlc. Imagine Gruntilda and an actual ender dragon smahs fight... but I think Ganon would be suitable too. Having to hit his tail as if it were the crystal? Or better yet, Galleom as a Grolgoth reference.

[@mudkipjoja1950]

Rare bug:in the second form with one hit kill(the boss) and in the punch the boss got damage (I have lucky)

[@TheLudicrousLuv]

Wha

[@ikagura]

Congrats

[@EyeofKoruption]

I used to think we had to fight a giant hoodlum for the final boss…

[@covarksigma1113]

globox help meeeee im scared

[@silvurrrboi230]

*THANKS ANDRE*

[@Cheesecake-the-protogen]

The transformation was disturbing to me

[@zacharykenniston748]

Me too he looks so disfigured

[@mrmidnight3010]

My childhood

[@RasEli03]

where do i get this bot to finish the game for me!!??!?!?!?!?!

[@Tropical-Aes]

I've literally never gotten to fight the final level due to a glitch on the PS3 version where you can play every level except for the last one.

[@kennysaucedo475]

I was 7 years when i beated his ass this was my second game ever on pc after beating lego racers on pc

[@TheMysteriouswatcher]

Does anyone know why Reflux looks so different in this fight compared to the first?

[@filippoc6666]

In the Storyline after the first loss, Andrè tells Reflux to steal his King's scepter in order to gain all Knaaren powers and he does. At 1:49 he literally injects himself the scepter.

[@zacharykenniston748]

Because he is a shell of his former self. He’s been horribly disfigured because the power mutated his body. His black fur has fallen out and he’s covered in what look like severe burns as well as his face becoming completely malformed. From a simian like face to a deformed angler fish. He was willing to self mutilate to get his revenge. In his giant form the black Lums are living in the tumors on his back. Using him as a breeding ground under his burned rotten skin. Not to mention he drove the crystal core of his scepter into his spinal cord which must have been excruciating. The power of the Leptys obviously was too much even for a knaaren warrior to handle as he looks like a burn victim with severe cancer.

[@bauloprete3905]

He summoned his god and got way more powers. Andre was supoose to get part of said power to make his hoodlum army

[@debbiedeacon2745]

Reflux phase 2: hello

[@Tabbimura]

Will there ever be a remake of Rayman games?

[@Luckykougga]

This mf is mad easy . Yall just got skill issue

[@udechile2497]

The 3rd phase reminds me of megaman x7

[@subwaymanYT]

Deadass though.

[@Krokorok5678]

Don't compare this game to that horrible game

[@EdithLipinski]

Till rabbids came

[@aarankin]

Just competed it ☺️ 🤘

[@Xale007]

Pretty sur I finished the game but I don't remember anything of it.

[@sahilhossain8204]

Hmm yes lore of rayman 3

[@tefenzopuri7472]

Good old Times

[@schonkigplavuis8850]

HE HAD MULTIPLE FASES???

[@madziko56]

WHAT IS HE EVEN SAYING DURING THE FIRST PHASE !

[@Ojthemighty]

The mouth rays are orange on my game

[@theminebloxcraft5779]

Cool