Ray the Flying Squirrel v1

4 words, "remove the glide timer."

MY MAN IS BACK!!! Though I don't really have that much to say that people haven't already said, he's really fun to play, even if the wall cling can screw me over at times.

FUUUCK!!! I LOVE IT!!!

in all seriousness i'm glad to finally have srb2 ray be real. he is so cool and i love him, he plays well

While difficult to play in my opinion, I like this version of Ray since the wall grab makes it easier to fly around faster. Amazing.

Ray's sprites fit well with the current 2.2 cast, his glide makes the game piss easy in a fun way and the Air Boost is a genuinely great move that both helps you adapt to Ray's glide controls and lets you get more height in a pinch.
The only complaint i have is that there's no "Broken in a fun way" variant of Ray to download, other then that this mod is fucking peak.

Love this character! It's so fun to fly/glide around with him!

The best mod ever made for SRB2 and it's not even close.

You know, after 4 years of not having a new Ray the Flying Squirrel Addon, we finally got a better Ray the Flying Squirrel Addon, which honestly, it's way better than i though it would be, and honestly, i'm surprised that it goes well along with Chaotixchars, and honestly, the feel of it just feels like something that would actually appear in the game, specially the style feeling different compared to the other Ray the Flying Squirrel Addon, which that one was straight from SegaSonic the Hedgehog, and honestly, seeing a new Ray the Flying Squirrel Addon after 4 Years really surprises me, and honestly, i can say is that it was a pretty enjoyable character, from the start, so yeah, i recommend this character to anyone who wants to play as Ray the Flying Squirrel.

I Was Going To Say That Everyone Has Been Asking For Ray So Many Times Now. There's No Way It's Gonna Be Ray. And Then I Called it... Best Mod Ever

Ray is a very good character, well really not bad, but I would like to say a couple of problems, especially for those who first time playing for him:
1. His Glide is a bit broken. Yes, after a while you can get a little bit of a boost (like me, it won't be there for long), but for Vanilla SRB2 Levels it will be hard to play him, so I recommend taking open and high levels, like Bricked Busted Zone, Frozen Fissure from OLDC 2021 R2. It helps.
2. His sprites are a bit mismatched with his palette. You have to either change the default color or the skin color.
So basically it's a speedrun character, though vertical, I haven't tried him much on horizontal levels yet.

Perfect I was waiting for it for so long!!!

Okay, since I didn't explain my review, as I was excited about Ray finally coming to v2.2, I may as well put my thoughts into this rating. I know that the original review of mine will be removed. Hopefully, this will make sense, as my thoughts on this review will be interesting.

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-Spritework-


Honestly, this is some really good spritework. I think the team did a great job on what he looks like. He has his waiting animation from Mania, he has his glide and climb animations. And they really feels like v2.2's sprites, this is just like how they did it with The Chaotix mod. And his personally feels so fun and joyful and expressive. This just shows to go that, sometimes. You just have to respect a artist doings, and if you don't. You're just gonna ruin there hobby of becoming an artist.


-Moveset-


I'm not too sure about his moveset, because (if it's just me or anyone) the glide feels really weird. I know, there trying to make this accurate as possible to it's source material. But, it feels off to have w and s be his gliding controls. And since this game is 3D instead of 2D, this makes it hard to keep him going, this doesn't happen with Mania, as it's a 2D space. And his gliding controls work well in 2D, but when it comes to 3D, it's hard to script his gliding ability. Anyway, this drops the review to 4 stars.


-Battlemod-


I guess his moveset for battlemod is good, but idk because I don't play battlemod. I guess I'll keep it 4 stars, as idk honestly.


-Conclusion-

Ray seems to be fun and silly character, he's really a great character to have in SRB2, I just think Ray's gliding ability is just rusty and clunky to control with, but it's great work overall! Hopefully in the future, we'll get to see more mods like this! (I swear that is gonna be a lie, because there is already mods that SOMEHOW got in, just to have the baddest ratings ever)

our favorite yellow flying squirrel, back in action and right at home!
his glide is SUPER fun, lemme tell ya, and with the proper technique (going back down before you finish turning up to make speed loss NOT happen and going up happen) gliding is the most versatile movement option the little critter has!!! his wall cling is also quite good, if a bit situational (at least, it feels like it to me idk) 10/10, would (and will) play again

It is a very stellar showing of a Ray mod in SRB2. The sprites themselves are colourfully expressive and his abilities complement the design of the game pretty well...

...I WILL say though that Ray's gliding does feel off compared to other games this moveset has appeared in. Particularly there seems to be stuff put into the gliding that are meant to limit him much more than how he is in other games like Mania or the S3 AIR mod of him. These mainly apply with him swinging upwards where he loses speed and can only do so (from what I counted) 5 times.

It's kinda odd when the Mario mod pack with the Cape power works near 1 to 1 and doesn't have this limit, nor does the previous SegaSonic Ray character mod, whether or not you feel the comparison is cheap of worth considering is up for personal preference though.

it’s great but i suck at gliding.
i think it’s mainly because holding the backwards key actually makes you lose speed.
in mania, ray could keep a constant speed while gliding, and for me, holding w and s just feels a bit weird.

besides that, i absolutely love it, and the wall cling is actually pretty useful if you know what you’re doing.

cannot explain how fun this is oh my god!! just soaring around was awesome, not to mention all the new acz skips ray can do. the gliding was already good in other places, but the air boost makes it better, also the wall clinging can be useful and if you don't want it you just hold spin while gliding that's it
looking forward to more semi-obscure characters from you guys in the future!

FUUUUCK!!!! IT'S SO GREAT!!!!

This mod has such a fun and well-excecuted concept. I look forward to more updates in the future.

Love ya boy Ray, was waiting on him to his update. And a battlemod compatibility, sweet
2 nitpicks though, is there a toggle to make him turn left and right in glide, with the camera? or does it have to be left and right input? Cause the camera left and right option would be nice.
Second thing, the wall cling.... can that be held instead of be a toggle?
Besides that amazing mod usual, cant wait to see what come later
(also why not add him into the chaotix as an honorary member, maybe by Mighty)

Took a while to even realize the glide diminished but once I did and adjusted to factor in landings Ray got way more fun.

The wall cling felt a little useless at first, especially in comparison to Mighty's but it's quite useful for getting that last bit of height you need to reach higher ledges in cramped places.

Kind of wish that the glide would work out of springs but other than that, I don't really have any complaints.

This is up there as one of the best mods for just whooshing through a level at top speed.