How to play Rayman 2: The Great Escape on Mac
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Game summary
Play Rayman 2: The Great Escape on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Rayman 2: The Great Escape on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Rayman 2: The Great Escape installation steps for Mac
🕹 Editor's notes
Rayman 2: The Great Escape is a 2-D platform game released in 1999 which was published by Ubi Soft originally and was regarded as the best game of its time.
Due to the game's successful nature and popularity among gamers worldwide, Ubi Soft decided to recreate the game and is now fully transitioned into a 3D realm.
You can now play with 3D effects and enjoy a game filled with adventures, fantastic boss fights, and plenty of chances to connect with other unforgettable new and old characters. Ubi Soft has also outdone itself with the graphics on the newly remastered 3D platformer.
Plot.
It starts with the \"Chamber of Teensies\" being evidently in a panic state since it has been attacked by a vicious group of Robotic-pirates that want to destroy and enslave the people in Rayman's world.
The pirates successfully imprison thousands of his friends, including Rayman, but with the help of his friend Globex, he escapes, and the story begins. It is up to him to settle things straight.
Gameplay
Even though the game has been recreated, it retains being the traditional platformer game, and you get to have an adventure with 45 differently wild and clever levels.
You can expect all the standard intuitive controls and various moves such as flying, swimming, running, climbing, hovering, jumping, shooting, grabbing, and more from the game. It also offers you traditional in-game-level puzzles that honestly make it more addictive.
To unlock new worlds or increase energy, Rayman explores the 3D environment in search of Lum, the shard of magical energy. This is one of the many tasks he must perform to complete the game.
Rayman 2: The Great Escape is a game that tests players' creativity and wits by having unique tasks such as finding cages or opening new areas by finding magic spheres hidden in places around the map etc.
