ActRaiser 2 (Super Nintendo, 1993)

I loved this game because of the game play, graphics, and story. The game does not save on the cart, uses passwords (unlike the first one) which is a huge bonus if you plan on returning to this title. The graphics are much better than the first Actraiser. It's a long, hard game that takes skill and patients. You get lives, but if you die you just start over where you left off. There are many boss battles that are really awesome. You get different powers to defeat your enemies. You look like Hercules with a shield (that comes in handy) and a big sword. To sum this game up in 1 line: It's a side scrolling Zelda on steroids. I bought this game cause it was rare and very hard to find. I don't regret buying it. It's much better than the first one!

As the title says, this game is every bit as good as it's predecessor, however it goes just a little bit farther by making the story a more prevalent aspect of the game.

And what a story there is to be told; parodying one of the greatest stories of Christian biblical lore, Paradise Lost, involving you, as the returning God character from the first game fighting against a rebelled deciphal and his minions. The same combined gameplay of action-strategy-role playing have returned, although the strategy element of building civilizations (in this case rebuilding) has been downplayed and made slightly easier in way of giving more light to the side scrolling action aspect of the series.

Even so, the game is still great fun; with bright, colorful graphics, excellent, orchestral sounding music, awesome action, role playing, strategic gameplay, and the always grand aspect of playing God and fighting the allegory for Satan and the Seven Deadly Sins. That alone is so fantastic it outweighs damn near anything else.

I played this game when I was a kid, and playing it again now I can understand how I lost so many hours of my life into this game. It's strange, because when you first start playing this game it seems like a hack-and-slash like most others. But within 30 minutes you're hooked into the storyline and the playability of the game.

You receive so many different abilities throughout the game, and each one of the 7 deadly sins that you fight requires a completely different tactic to defeat. You're never bored, unlike most hack n' slash types.

As the review title suggests, this game remains on my list of must-have's from my childhood. If you have never played this one, I highly recommend trying it out.

this game is incredible. it is not really like the first game in that that create your town and world aspect is gone which is why i bought it. it is a strictly side scrolling, hack and slash with pretty good graphics for the time and an extreme level of difficulty. learning down slashes, flying and patience in learning boss patterns is key.

In Actraser 1 you had the ability to have the epic side scrolling adventure combined with the ability to act as a 'God' to create and watch over your town as it grew. The latter aspect has been removed in Actraiser 2 still leaving an incredibly interesting and solid game-however it lacks what the first game have.

I would suggest playing the original first as it is one of the classics (and definitely a must have on the SNES)-then venture into this one if you want more of the side scrolling action!