Rayman M, Desktop Computer

The gaming world would be nothing without diversity. After one highly successful 3D sequel, Ubisoft have created a racing/battling derivative starring their popular mascot. Rayman. M is for multiplayer, and Rayman M is the latest title to feature the bright and colourful fellow and his pals. This is a game worth inviting your friends around for. The gameplay comes in two distinct styles to satisfy your gaming needs. First up to bat is the battle arena which is similar to Mario Kart but without the go karts. Try to imagine a Quake variant where players need to pick up weapons and dish out damage to their opponents. The action is viewed from behind the character and as such makes it easy to navigate the arena and find your enemies. To be successful in the battle arena, it's important to think and act faster than your competitors. Make good use of the power-ups, e.g. ice, to slow them down before really laying into them. Good fun, especially when there's more than one player involved. The second half of Rayman M is a racing-style adventure, but different to the majority of other racing titles in so far as there are no vehicles. Harking back to Rayman's humble platform beginnings, in this game mode, you race a friend through several revolving worlds in a desperate race to the finish. You've only got a second to make those crucial leaps, otherwise you can say hello to second place. Finding the quickest way through, avoiding the obstacles, and trying to slow down the competition are elements of the fun on offer. The PC version of Rayman M actually looks nicer than its PlayStation 2 counterpart, mainly due to the higher-resolution and crispness of PC monitors. It's a game designed to be fun and it succeeds. A party game if ever there was one.

Buy Rayman M for 1.99 GBP

Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Ah, the mighty OutRun returns. The daddy of all arcade racers. Sega's OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast has all the features that fans love and loads of new ones. The Ferrari license brings a 12-car line-up to the game, so you'll soon be drifting a range of extremely expensive red Ferraris around the many bends of this arcade dreamworld, whilst attempting to win the heart of your baby beside you at the w...
Actua Soccer 2
A welcome follow-up to the original Actua Soccer, this edition features the motion captured skills of England wonderkid Michael Owen, and interactive blatherings from the redoubtable Trevor Brooking and Barry Davies. Actua Soccer 2 is a real challenge, and one well worth taking up. Play on!...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Extreme sports have been given a major image makeover during the past few years, that has seen board sports, especially snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding, thrust into the mainstream. Apart from wider television coverage of the sports, another fantastic benefit of this phenomenon is the attention publishers and developers are paying to create games based around them. The best games we've seen...
Nuclear Strike
Your mission for the Nuclear Strike Force Team is bigger and more challenging than ever seen before in a Strike series game. Cover air, ground, and water in more than 15 vehicles from the tropical islands of the South Sea to hidden jungles in deep Asia as you follow the trail of a crazed nuclear terrorist bent on starting WWIII. Super-powered weapons, enhanced AI, bigger battlefields-this game has...
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Black Thorn
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear: Black Thorn, is a new stand-alone mission pack that will be one of the greatest challenges the Rainbow team has had to face. The world has seen copycat killers before, but for the first time copycat terrorists are recreating some of the most dangerous terrorist acts that have plagued our past. They may not take place in the same location, but the Rainbow team ...
Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
In Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, players travel to the Barbarian Highlands of the North in pursuit of Baal, the last surviving Prime Evil. Travelling with a horrific army of demonic minions, Baal plots to corrupt the powerful Worldstone that protects the whole of the mortal plane from the forces of Hell, thus damning the world for all eternity. Key features of the expansion include two new chara...