Ramon

Ramon (also known in Europe and some other countries as Rayman IV: Last Hope) is an action-adventure game developed and published by Fable Interactive. It is both a spin-off and reboot of the Rayman series and the sixth main installment, following 2013's Rayman Legends. The release date has not yet been confirmed, but it has been confirmed that the game will be released for PCs running Microsoft Windows. The developers behind the game, Fable Interactive, have also expressed interest in porting the game to home consoles like PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, but have expressed unsureness about this ever coming to fruition.
Set in the winter of 2005-06, in an alternate history in which the United States has become Eden, a dystopian technocratic fascist dictatorship controlled by Liang Min (the psychopathic son of the late crime boss Pagan Min), the single-player story follows five playable protagonists - Ramon, Globox, Kiff, Molly and Viktor, as they become leaders of a rebellious political organization known as "The Ark" and begin to decide to direct their people in a violent or peaceful uprising against Eden and thus decide the future of not just hybrids, but also humans and the entire world itself.
The game is played from either a third-person or first-person view and its open world can be navigated on foot or by vehicle. Players can fight enemies using a variety of firearms and other tools, and call in non-playable gang members to help them. Outside of the main story, players can freely explore the state of Wasteland and participate in various side activities.
The director of Ramon intends for the game to have a more serious, dramatic, darker and mature-themed vibe, rather than the light-hearted, family-friendly vibe of the previous games from the series.
Ramon received universal acclaim for its setting, visuals, story, main characters, their voice actors, perfomances, the impact choices had on the narrative, gameplay, audio design, score, and graphics, However, the darker style, along with the narrative and its themes divided both critics and players alike.
The game is currently in development with Unreal Engine 5 being used to develop the game. It is also set to be the fifth main installment in the Fableverse overall and the first installment from the "Messiahs" trilogy.
==Gameplay==
Unlike previous installments in the series, where the gameplay generally contains elements of a platformer, Ramon is an open-world action game with both third-person and first-person shooter elements where players complete missions – linear scenarios with defined objectives – to progress in the main story. Outside of missions, players can freely roam the game world and perform optional side activities. The game's setting, the fictional state of Wasteland, is divided into one metropolitan city (known as Mega City, which is loosely based on Las Vegas) and three rural counties, where players will have to work to conquer all counties in the name of New America, a country that "The Ark" is trying to establish.
The city includes more areas with tools that the player can use to take advantage of this. Driving gameplay is also implemented in the game to allow the driver to either drive a car to freely explore the state or encourage the use of vehicles as weapons alongside guns in missions containing vehicular combat sequences.
Ramon can also be considered an "interactive film" since the story will branch out depending on the choices you make through quick-time events and dialogue decisions. They can be viewed in a flowchart during and immediately after a given mission; the player can rewind to certain points in the story to reformulate decisions in case of regret. There are hundreds of different endings, dozens of multiple outcomes for each mission, and over thousands of decisions to make throughout the entire game.
There are two types of combat throughout the game:
*Common combat, the most default combat. A type of combat that is composed of melee and/or firearm combat, if your character ever dies during a common combat fight, you can always go back to the checkpoint and try again.
*Critical combat, the most risky combat in the game. A type of combat that is entirely composed of quick-time events/QTEs. If your character fails most of the QTEs of the fight, your characters dies with a permanent death result.
There are five playable characters (Ramon, Globox, Kiff, Molly and Viktor) and each one with a set of friends, who can all die as the story continues without them; as a result, there is no "game over" message following a character's death in a "critical combat" fight and/or consequence. Certain scenes feature countdowns, which force fast action.
==Synopsis==
===Setting===
The game takes place in an alternate 2006 in the state of Wasteland, more precisely in the city of Mega City and in the three rural counties of the state, and tells the story of five protagonists: Ramon, Globox, Kiff Chatterley, Molly McGee, and Viktor Soares - five uniquely different rebels who begin to lead an uprising against Eden's government in order to restore democracy across the world and establish a country called New America, which requires overthrowing the dystopian totalitarian superstate of Eden, which gained power over the United States of America at some point during the Cold War.
Ramon is set approximately thirteen and a half years after the events of Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.
===Summary===
More than thirteen years after Captain Laserhawk's death, former media personality Ramon now lives under the new identity of the name Evan Conroe, living in a basement beneath his friend, Pablo Rogers' bar. However, Ramon's first best friend, Globox, reencounters Ramon after dozens of years.
Then the two unexpectedly finds themselves participating in a series of revolutions after they encounter Kiff and Viktor, two prison inmates who has just escaped prison and shares their invite to join "The Ark" to Ramon, Globox, Kiff, Molly and Viktor. After they participate in the alliance, they join forces with other rebels to achieve the one unifying goal given to them: to overthrow the dictatorship of Eden and free everyone from all of Eden's manipulation and corrupt propaganda.
==Voice cast==
===Main characters===
*Troy Baker - Ramon / Rayman / Scott Raymond / Evan Conroe / Agent Ghost
*Mark Calaway - Globox / Trevor Wilson
*Kimiko Glenn - Kiff Chatterley
*Ashly Burch - Molly McGee
*Bryan Dechart - Viktor Soares
===Supporting characters===
*Leonardo DiCaprio - Vincent Weinfeld
*Will Forte - Pablo Rogers
*Yves Bigerel - Bullfrog
*Shawn Fonteno - Tyrone Crawford
*Mark Hamill - Chester Monk
*Jay Klaitz - Barry Buns
*Madison Iseman - Andrea Davenport
*Billie Lourd - Libby Stein-Torres
*Jason Marsden - Dipper Pines
*Patton Oswalt - Jesse Lawrence
====The Ark====
*Wilmer Valderrama - Roberto "Bobby" Santiago
*Teresa Gallagher - Penny Fitzgerald
*Nicholas Hoult - Daniel Mulligan / Kid Cosmic
*Arnold Schwarzenegger - Arthur Flynn
*Michael Kovach - Austin Moore
*Zach Aguilar - Finn Mertens
*Cherami Leigh - Fionna Mertens
*Bella Ramsey - Hilda Wright
*Janice Kawaye - Jenny Wakeman / XJ-9
*Chandler Riggs - Lincoln Loud
*Xolo Maridueña - Marco Diaz
*Valorie Curry - Pacifica Northwest
*Izabella Alvarez - Ronalda Santiago
*Will Smith - Shaun Jahmir
*Cho Yi-hyun - Sid Chang
*Ashley Johnson - Star Butterfly / Stella Butler
====Minor characters====
*Brenda Song - Anne Boonchuy
*Jesse Williams - Markus Manfred / RK200
*Jeff Goldblum - Desmond Miles / Master Assassin
*Winona Ryder - Barbara Wilson
*Jamie Chung - Sheila McGee-Soares
====Villains==== 
*Jet Li - Liang Min / Scarab Man
*Ptolemy Slocum - Mr. Dark / Dark Ray
*Keith David - Helios Branton / Flame King
==Parental Guide== 
*Argentina: +18
*Australia: R18+
*Brazil: 18
*Canada: Mature (M)
*Chile: 18+
*China: 16+
*Europe: PEGI 18
*Germany: FSK 18
*Japan: CERO Z
*Mexico: B15
*New Zealand: R18
*United States: Mature (M)
===Sex and Nudity (Moderate)=== 
*Globox can be seen masturbating, watching an pornographic film while drunk in a flashback on the mission "No More Home". However, it is not shown explicitly since he's clothed. You can only see his hand movements and his climax.
*A sex scene involving Viktor Soares and Molly McGee (only Viktor's buttocks and his female partner's breasts are visible) can be seen, but can also be avoided.
*Ramon is revealed to be bisexual while showing how he develops romantic and sexual attractions to Bullfrog.
*An icon that looks like a dildo is shown.
===Violence & Gore (Severe)===
*You can kill people as you wish but you will face the consequences for your behavior, which is what happens pretty much in real life, not helped by the fact that the violence is extremely graphic and this game has incredibly realistic and highly detailed graphics that make the violent content look more "in-your-face".
*Players can use a wide array of weapons ranging from pistols and shotguns to machine guns and grenades to kill people, with a cloud of blood usually splattering on the area. Cars can be used as weapons, too, both purposefully and accidentally, as players race through crowded streets slamming into anyone who gets in the way. A lot of blood will stain the environment if this happens.
*Players can purchase various types of firearms, stabbing weapons, explosives, and other weapons at gun stores which are commonly found around the map.
*Frequent disturbing murders and aftermath, including vats of decomposed bodies, drilling into skulls and other body parts. Guns and knives are also present.
*Roberto jumps from a balcony and is shown splattering blood upon impact. However, this scene can be avoided depending on your decision making.
*One of the possible scenarios involves Viktor chopping up a dead body and seeing dismembered body parts including a severed bloody head.
===Profanity (Severe)=== 
*Frequent uses of curse words such as "f*ck", "sh*t", "b*tch", "damn", "hell", and "turd".
===Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Severe)=== 
*Both Ramon and Globox have drinking problems and both binge drink throughout the game.
*Ramon smokes frequently.
*If Viktor chooses to visit Roberto at some point of the game, it is then revealed that Roberto has drugs. He smokes a cigarette, gives Viktor one (Viktor coughs and chokes a little and Roberto takes the cigarette back), and offers Viktor LSD. Even if Viktor tries to reject the offer, Roberto puts the drug in the drink anyway, meaning Viktor would be forced to take the LSD and go on an acid trip accompanied with Roberto, who later appears with weird bulging eyes.
===Frighening & Intense Scenes (Severe)=== 
*The game can include some really dark and mature content.
*One of the game's villains, Mr Dark (also known as Dark Ray), is quite frightening, being an supernatual entity representing a soul of an unhinged, brutal maniac who is an utterly remorseless and unrelentingly evil serial killer, has plenty of violent mood swings, commits all sorts of heinous crimes for fun, and absolutely revels in the sheer brutality and cruelty of his actions.
*This game is incredibly somber and depressing, with even the best endings being sad in some ways.
*The game deals with a variety of sensitive topics such as trauma, mental illness, abuse, politics, etc.
==Trivia==
*This is first Rayman game to be rated M for Mature by the ESRB.
*While the game is still a Rayman fan game, Ramon is also a cautionary tale about politics and decision-making.
**While the game's cautionary tale criticizes “woke culture”, it also criticizes the problems of a society of people who only show prejudice against different types of people, like LGBTQ+ and people of color.
*This will be Fable Studios' first video game.
===Cultural references=== 
*The game isn't just a Rayman fan game since it also introduces characters from various other third-party intellectual properties.
*One of the supporting characters, Star Butterfly, carries the fake identity of Stella Butler, which name is a reference to the lead character's name, Stefan Butler, from the Netflix interactive film, "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch".
**"Bandersnatch" was also one of the influences for the game's branching storyline mechanic, alongside "Detroit: Become Human".
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