Chapter 22: The Pirate Ship

The first part of this level was simple yet complicated. It was sliding, but also jumping, turning, collecting lums, jumping from and not missing platforms, and shooting switches so that platforms would come down and Rayman could slide on them. The pirate ship was anything but fun, but this level was pretty fun, as far as slides go.

The second part of the level is trickier. Rayman had to defeat the most powerful robot soldier he had ever come across and ride a flying shell towards the end. The robot could jump very high and land on top of Rayman, squishing him into a pile of purple flat-thingy, when he's not aware. And after three hits, Rayman's golden fist disappears. Rayman had to rely on non-charged shots to defeat this guy. There was not enough time for him to charge his shots and throw them as the robot would land in one spot, blast fire from its guns, then jump up again, and Rayman had to move before it landed on top of him. It was a tough fight. Really tough. But Rayman managed to destroy it and then hit the switch that activates the production of flying shells.

Rayman sat on a flying shell after it stopped moving. It neighed and took off like a rocket inside the ship. Rayman flew around the brass pipes and above the lava to collect all the lums in the location, then he flew further into the ship.

And boy, dodging all those obstacles while controlling the shell and trying not to crash into anything was one of the hardest puzzles Rayman had ever encountered in his adventure so far. One wrong move, one CRASH! and he has to start over from the very moment he flew deeper into the ship. It was FRUS-TRA-TING but he made it through anyway after countless trial and error. Why? Because heroes always win.

End of (the hardest) level (ever)!