Rayman Hoodlum's Revenge review

NGC tried to like it. It really, honestly tried. But look what its up against...

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The new isometric view makes even the simplest of tasks extremely annoying, judging jumps is painfully tricky, Rayman has strangely forgotten how to swim and combat is, frankly, a mess. So, er, if you hadn't guessed by now, we find Hoodlum's Revenge very hard to recommend

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