The Precipice

‘Take a vessel and only come back with his dead body!’ —Admiral Razorbeard

The Precipice is a location in Rayman 2: The Great Escape, notable for having similar gameplay to the Bayou.

The Precipice The Precipice ← The Echoing Caves The Top of the World → {{{connected to}}} Original version The entrance to the Precipice in the Hall of Doors Phase 1 This level takes place in a wide canyon, where Rayman is in pursuit by the Robo-Pirate army shooting bombs and shells at him. He has to escape them by running across a weak pier, climbing on nets, and jump whenever bits of it are blasted off. Phase 2 Rayman enters a cave and follows another wooden pier, which leads him to a tower the Pirates built that sinks under rising water (reminiscent to the flooding levels in the original Rayman), while bombs and rolling kegs try to slow him down. Phase 3 Rayman comes out somewhere else in the canyon, and is still in pursuit across wooden piers. There is then a cave with a bottomless pit, which Rayman has to glide through until he lands on another pier. At the end of this, he ends up on a pirate stronghold which was built over a cliff, still under attack by a Ninja Pirate and bombs. Notably, these bombs can hit the Ninja Pirate, inflicting him 5 damage (one third of its resistance). Once the pirate is defeated, Rayman can exit after freeing the Teensie.

The Precipice The Precipice ← The Echoing Caves The Top of the World → {{{connected to}}} Dreamcast version One of the game's six Glob Crystals is found hidden at the very end of the Precipice. For every two Glob Crystals collected, a new minigame becomes accessible from the Globox Village.

The Precipice The Precipice The Precipice ← The Echoing Caves The Sanctuary of Rock and Lava → {{{connected to}}} PlayStation version The level is identical to the original, except there are more Yellow Lums to be collected.

The Precipice The Precipice ← The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire The Pirate Mines → Rainbow Creek PlayStation 2 version This version plays out as part of a large mission to destroy 2 generators to enter The Lava Santuary. It has had many alterations made, based around the fact that it now has 4 phases. Phase 2 has been removed and now features as Phase 1 of the Echoing Caves. Phase 3 has become phase 2 accordingly, but the level now features phases 2 and 3 of the original Echoing Caves as phases 3 and 4, concluding with a Ninja Henchmen battle as the player attempts to destroy the generator. For these reasons, this level can now be credited as the first to feature flying kegs.

The Precipice The Precipice ← Echoing Caves Sanctuary of Rock & Lava → Game Boy Color version A pirate ship in the GBC adaptation In the Game Boy Color adaptation, the Precipice directly follows the Echoing Caves, and it also features warships, though they don't move at all.

External links The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (PC version) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sega Dreamcast version) (Part 1/2) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sega Dreamcast version) (Part 2/2) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation version) (Part 1/2) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation version) (Part 2/2) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 1/3) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 2/3) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 3/3) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Game Boy Color version) (Part 1/2) The Precipice playthrough at YouTube (Game Boy Color version) (Part 2/2)