

Except for the usual camera quirks that plague these types of games, the varied gameplay styles all work incredibly well. rocket down a beam of light on a single-seat monorail, and much more.

In addition to the standard platform action, you'll waterski, ride a bucking missile, earn the ability to fly. Better still: The gameplay's as solid as the visuals Rayman 2 melds myriad play styles.

While the N64 version looked pretty in its own right, the DC game packs new effects like falling leaves and extra background characters, and the whole thing runs at a smooth 60 FPS. And, yes, this thing looks unbelievable, the closest any game has ever been to resembling a real-time cartoon. "Wow-that game looks amazing." It was a phrase I couldn't escape hearing from passing co-workers, day in and day out, as I played the Dreamcast version of Rayman 2.
