Editing Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (section)

== Why It's On The Roll ==
# ''Rayman 3'' features a point-based scoring system; a first for the series. The score system offers tons of replay value and tests the player's skills and knowledge of enemy encounters, and because of that system being well though, you might actually want to score the more points you can get, due to how fun it is.
#* The scoring system is also really fun and make the scoring way more fun than it would be if it wasn't for that, since if it was not present, it would probably be useless to score points and you would prefer to rush to the end of the level.
#** Despite that the scoring system is a major part of the game charm, you can still rush to the end and still get a lot of fun because of how amazing the gameplay is.
# Rayman's friend Globox is given a much bigger role and accompanies Rayman through the entire game, and received character development despite still being a bit scared, and he very funny in this game, especially when he is drunk, also he's still likable and help Rayman especially when he's drunk and do platforms to get though a pit that you can't escape, though he might spawn them accidently due to being drunk.
# The humor is just excellent and make this game probably one of the funniest game of the 2000s and it isn't a joke, almost, if not all the jokes are funny and the humor is at it's absolute best in this game, even in comparison to the predecessors and the next games such as ''Raving Rabbids'' or ''Legends''.
#* The French dub countain even more funny moments because the voices and dialogues are excellent, and feel more alive than the english dub, especially with the hoodlum that Globox eat.
#** One of the best exemple of the funny moments in the French dub is when Globox say to Rayman that he almost didn't feared anything, and the hoodlum say "C'est ça, et t'a presque pooper dans ton froc, gros dégueulasse va!", which mostly sound funny because of André voice.
#* Or the moment where Globox became drunk he either act in a very funny ways or say something that is hilarous, most notably when he craw on the ground or when he say that he's gonna get mad.
#* It even had some adult jokes and while some of them are too innapropriate for a kid game, they still are rather funny such as one moment where a sentence talked about a X website in the second level, and the mention was rather funny and unexpected.
#* Murfy had easily some of the best quotes of the entire game, especially in French because of the fact that his jokes are mostly adult jokes and one of these even include the s word but censored, which is extremely funny.
# Amazing graphics that are very advanced for it's time and even goes as far as being almost on par with ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', a game of 2002 that also had very beautiful graphics for it's time and this game hold up just as well as that game, since the graphics are very detailled, colorful and the art style of the game is very impressive for it's time, the HD remaster also made the graphics even better since it look even more colorful and look slighly more detailled, it is also obviously a huge step up from the graphics of both ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman Revolution]]'' and ''Rayman Arena'', despite those still looking solid.
# The gameplay is extremely fun, and varied for a 2003 game, and is faster than the one from ''Rayman 2'', which also had great gameplay but somewhat slow, here it is very fast-paced and focus on combat rather than platforming all the time, which is a first for the series too, and because of the game bigger focus on the combat, it can almost be considered a beat 'em up game, but still had a lot of platforming to keep you entertained, and because of this, it is the most unique gameplay of the series.
# Cool box arts for every regions and are just as good as the cover art from the second game.
#* The NA box art show Rayman doing an angry face and punching along with the sorcerer and his spires that are present in the background, which look really cool and epic.
#* The Europe cover art is just as epic, if not more iconic. This is because it show Rayman in an epic pose and the background is also amazing to look at, and also it feel epic and possibly even better than the NA cover art for some peoples, although it unfortunately doesn't feature the sorcerer but at least it still feature the hoodlums.
#* The HD remaster is just as epic as the NA cover art, and manage to update the Rayman design, and while it isn't as epic because of that, it still look amazing and overall one of the best art of the whole series.
# The game is way more challenging than ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]'', since now the combats are harder and sometime the platforming sections and puzzles are very challenging and tough, especially in the desert levels since in those levels, the knaarens are impossible to defeat, and the fact that the platforming in those levels require precision, it just make the game feel more challenging and thus make it the hardest 3D platformer of the franchise.
#* And even then, the game difficulty is very well balanced, not too hard nor too easy, even for the boss fights it isn't unbalanced and because of this, you will not get too much troubles to beat the game and you will get to practice it a lot.
# Ton of memorable quotes are present in this game, and most of those are very funny, exemples include:
## "'''Combat fatigues! That's exactly what we need! You're right'''" - Rayman
## "'''You were nicer in Rayman 2'''" - Globox
## "'''Bug off, fairy! Zelda needs you!'''" - André
## "'''Hey, Rayman, I didn't know you had a twin'''" - Globox
## "'''Yeah, and you almost didn’t wet yourself. You disgust me'''" - André
## "'''What’s yer problem? You afraid of girls?'''" - Begoniax
## "'''Alright, Ladies and Gents! Let's roll!'''" - Rayman
## "'''Aaah! They’re shootin’ at us! How original of them.'''" - Murfy
## "'''Get me a drink or I start nibbling his arteries'''" - André
## "'''A drink! Finally'''" - André
## "'''Aaah, there’s that pervert again!'''" - Begoniax
## "'''Excuse me, have you seen André?"'''" - Murfy
## "'''I was told that after ‘Rayman 2’ I’d be cast as a tormented artist who falls for a girl with great, big...eh...eyes. And here I am, still playing a sidekick in some low-budget flick! Yeesh'''" - Murfy
## "'''Hi, Rayman! What's up down there? Can't ya fly? Like everyone else?'''" - Globox
## "'''Sooo...if you still believe that Rayman is more sophisticated than me, I have a valid question. How many times has Rayman lost since the start of the game? Hm? Hmm? More than me, that's for sure, given I have never known defeat! Need I say more?'''" - Globox
## "'''What? This is out of control! The manual claims that you can make a chopper outta your hair. Make a chopper of your hair. Huh. Sounds like someone’s been eatin’ paint chips again'''" - Murfy
## "'''Globox? Globox? ANSWER ME!'''" - Murfy
# The controls are once again excellent, since they're just as tight and responsive as the previous games despite being slighly less responsive than the two previous main games and ''Rayman Arena'', they also are way faster which mean that if you disliked the speed of Rayman in the second game due to being slighly slow, here he is way faster to control and this make the game even more fun than before.
#* The lock system had also great controls and that system somehow manage to be an improvement over the one of ''Rayman 2's'', because not only it target the enemies or other things extremely well but also it is somehow easier to use it, since in ''Rayman 2'', it mostly target in the front direction, but here it can go to three directions: Right, Left and in front of the enemies, which obviously make it better and for the most parts it doesn't fail to target.
# The soundtrack is amazing and composed by Fred Leonard, Laurent Parisi and Plume, and the soundtrack is somehow even better than the music in the first two games, since not only it is catchy but also well composed and fit the game tone, such exemples include:
## Madder is a very cool intro theme song and is the only vocal song of the game, it is most likely the best theme song of the entire series and sound even better than the theme song of the [[Rayman: The Animated Series|1999 cartoon]] (which also sounded decent)
## Hoodoo Sorcerer is a very catchy song and while it doesn't really fit a fight battle with enemies and that it isn't heard a lot, it still sound amazing to the point of being the most well know song of the game and it also sound hilarous, which explain why this music is used in a lot of videos on the internet.
## Teensie Highway is mostly based on 80s style musics and is absolutely phenomenal to listen to and is probably one of the greatest song of the entire ''Rayman'' franchise, as not only it sound extremely catchy but it doesn't even feel repetitive and you might even want to fall constantly to heard this music, not only that but when you fall in those levels, you heard a very good jingle, which also sound catchy despite being short.
## Drunk Globox is probably the most funny song of the game, since much like a moment from a certain ''Asterix'' movie, Globox got drunk (often by the way) and the music really fit the situation and make the scenes of Globox being drunk even funnier, and show that back then, they could include almost everything that is mature into a game rated E/3+ (even if the HD remaster corrected the Pegi rating and was instead Pegi 7).
## Hoodstomper theme is one of the best song of the entire game, because it is so catchy and sound unforgettable too, and it fit the fight itself and even the game nature, and that's cool.
## Rayman Take Control is a very funny song (despite not being as funny as Drunk Globox), and somewhat fit the situation he is in that moment of the game, and when you heard this kind of musics in a game you know that it's a game that is very entertainning in both the humor and gameplay and show how much passions it went into the game.
## Know Where to Jump/Fly are both very identical but they still sound absolutely great and catchy, as well as managing to make the last parts stressful, also it make you know that you're in for the end of your adventure before fighting the final boss.
### The Know Where to Jump song is especially the best of them all because of the bass that is satistying to listen to.
## Hard Landing is a very catchy song and make it one of the best intro song of a first level, and it even appear to be the title screen theme, which is even better and the song is overall very memorable, much like the rest of the game.
## Reflux theme is very epic and is nothing short of memorable because it fit the character and it make the fight even more epic, even if it isn't even as epic as the final boss theme.
## The final boss theme is pretty much one of the best boss music in the game because of being very epic and it help that all of the fourth phases had slightly different sounding theme, and the fourth and final phase had a completely different theme that is just as catchy and epic, and all of them sound great.
# Rayman 3's levels are more straightforward and oriented towards action and combat rather than platform and exploration. And unlike many combat oriented platformers, the game is still enjoyable and still feels like a platformer thanks to the combat mechanics being well designed.
#* The levels are also shorter than the previous games since while it had 8 big levels, it had many sub levels that last 5 to 10 minutes in a similar vein to ''[[Pac-Man World 2]]'', which work very well for a ''Rayman'' game, and while most ''Rayman 2'' levels we're short too, they we're not designed to be completely straightforward and had lot of explorations, and although ''Rayman 3's'' now lack explorations (for the most parts), it still feel enjoyable and is just as good as ''Rayman 2'', thank to being well designed.
# Rather than shooting projectile orbs like in the previous game, Rayman returns to shooting his fists to attack enemies like in the first game, which is much more iconic to the character.
# The voice acting is great and a major step up from ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]'', since the voices are even better and fit the characters, the French dub in particular is even better than the previous game which already had an amazing dub and sounded impressive, here they are even more fitting but let's talk about both the english and french dub with more details in the sub pointers.
#* The english dub is once again very good and had voices that fit the characters as stated before, and while they sound calmer in this dub than the french version, they can still sound funny and fit the characters, by the way Murfy was voiced by Billy West in this game, in which he still do a good job at voicing Murfy, much like his voice for Rayman in the CGI cartoon.
#* The French dub howewer is excellent and much like ''[[Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2]]'' or even the ''Crash Bandicoot'' games, they sound very funny and fit every single characters, such as Rayman, Globox, Murphy and especially the Dark Lums inside Globox, which sound very funny and his lines never fail to make us laugh, also it is probably (though this depend on your opinion) the best French dub of the 2000s in video games history.
# It had lot of references to other medias, which wasn't present in the previous games, such moments include references from the previous games, ''Spider-Man 2'' and ''The Legend of Zelda'', those are also very funny.
# The game features sarcastic self-referential undertones and pokes fun at the platform video game genre, which differs from the light-hearted nature of its predecessors, this is also part of this game funny humor since while it pokes fun at the platforming genre, it still manage to never feel offensive and come of as hilarous, thank to being well though.
# The gag where Globox need to drink alcools is very hilarous and never fail to make us laugh, if slighly innapropriate for a kid game. And it once again show that this game don't fear of being a kid game.
# The bosses are pretty decent despite most of them being a downgrade from ''Rayman 2'', since not only they are challenging but also some of them are epic and the bosses overall had balanced difficulty, not too hard nor too easy.
#* The final boss of the game, Reflux is a very badass final boss and is extremely epic due to how challenging he is and because of the backgrounds and musics, and here it just as perfect as the final boss from ''Rayman 2'', which also had a very epic final boss, especially in the PS1 version where Razorbeard was challenging and epic, but now back to the final boss of ''Rayman 3'', he had four phases and they all are challenging in their own ways, and they all are fun to fight.
#** First phase involve him doing a lot of attacks that are rather hard to dodge, and the way you fight him is quite great and epic, to the point of feeling like one of the best boss ever.
#** The second involve him being even taller and had a massively big hand attack, and you hide in the lower ground platforms to avoid his attacks, until you got the red power, which is very fun, and it is very epic.
#** Third phase is the weakest phase of his fight but still epic because you had to get up on the platforms before they disappears, and it is quite challenging and also it was done in a unique way here, not like some of those bosses from the ''Mario'' franchise.
#** The fourth and final phase of his fight is different, yet still amazing and epic because you know that you're near the end of the final battle and that Reflux doesn't play around, here it is the rail shooter gameplay that return from the previous level before the boss, and it's once again challenging
# Instead of permanent upgrades to his abilities, Rayman can now find special "Laser Washing Powder" cans containing one of five temporary power-ups. When Rayman uses this power ups his outfit temporarily changes, and those are pretty fun to use and the game is designed with this in mind, and also make this game stand out from the other ''Rayman'' games.
# Lots of secrets and unlockables including cameos from the previous game and beta content from this game, which is still pleasant to discover.
# The rail levels are quite decent and a nice break from the platforming levels (which are still better). Those levels mostly appear when you finished a level and these are actually for teleporting you in the next levels, which is a nice and unique idea. The levels themself are also very fun because you can do 100% in them and jumping frop a platform to another is satistying.
#* You can even find the USS Enterprise from ''Star Trek'' in one of them, which is nice.
# Rayman can now shoot two fists at once, which makes combat much more fluent. It also makes swinging through rings a lot easier.