ActRaiser Renaissance

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  • Summary: Heaven, earth and mankind - Create and destroy everything according to your will!
    Experience the revival of the 90's classic hit "Actraiser".
    ABOUT Actraiser Renaissance combines 2D platforming action (Realm Acts) with a City-building simulation (Realm Management) in the ultimate battle    Heaven, earth and mankind - Create and destroy everything according to your will!
    Experience the revival of the 90's classic hit "Actraiser".

    ABOUT
    Actraiser Renaissance combines 2D platforming action (Realm Acts) with a City-building simulation (Realm Management) in the ultimate battle between good and evil!

    Featuring the soundtrack that sent shockwaves through the gaming world when it was first released, composed by the legendary Yuzo Koshiro - now remastered!

    Help humanity flourish by playing as the Lord of Light and their loyal angel in a world beset by evil.

    NEW FEATURES:

    * Remastered 2D graphics present the game in beautiful HD
    * 15 new music tracks, as well as re-arranged original tracks by Actraiser composer Yuzo Koshiro!
    * New stories, expanded action and realm management gameplay, additional action stages, an all-new realm, and new more powerful bosses!
    * Auto-save and difficulty levels

    GAME SYSTEM
    Realm Acts: Strategically cast powerful fire, ice, and other magic in these 2D action stages. Humans return to reclaim the realm after you conquer these stages, allowing you to begin cultivating your settlements.

    New magic that was not available in the original game has been added along with the ability to dodge. Players can also attack with upward and downward motions for a more dynamic action experience. You will need every new trick in your arsenal to defeat stronger bosses at the end of the new action stages.

    Realm Management: Help humanity flourish by cultivating your settlements and offering guidance. Use your miraculous powers to summon lightning and trigger earthquakes to remove obstacles such as trees and boulders that impede the growth of your chosen. Play as the Lord of Light's angel and use your mighty bow and arrows to drive back the evil monsters that prey on your people.

    Protect your settlements from enemy raids in real-time strategic battles. The placement of your forts and timing of your miracles is key to achieving victory in these engagements.

    Experience all-new tales of humanity's struggles to overcome their flaws and failings as they learn to love one another and together grow stronger. Altogether, these new scenarios amount to more than twice the story present in the original. Explore the vast new realm and enjoy building your settlements for longer than ever before!

    MUSIC
    The original Actraiser composer, Yuzo Koshiro, has re-arranged all of the iconic original tracks and added 15 new tracks as well. Players can listen to the original music or switch to the re-arranged versions while playing the game. Tired from protecting and raising your villagers? Then just sit back, relax, and enjoy the tunes.    … Expand

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  1. TouchArcade
    Oct 5, 2021
    90
    If you’re looking for a carbon copy of the original game with an improved presentation and nothing else of significance added, I’m afraid you may not like Actraiser Renaissance. This isn’t that kind of remake, and I personally don’t think it should have been. But if you’re fine with something with the flavor of ActRaiser, with the essence of the original but also a personality of its own, I think you will like this game. It has its flaws, particularly in its visual presentation, and some of its new ideas could use a bit more hammering out. But it, like the game it is based on, is a rather unique game that pulls you in powerfully the more time you spend with it. There isn’t a whole lot like this out there, and it’s handily better than other homages like SolSeraph. And hey, that incredible music sure doesn’t hurt.

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  1. LastResource
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    worth it and glad to play this game again. so much memories and nostalgia within this 16bit game in the franchise.
  2. Svenito
    Dec 29, 2021
    5
    I wouldn't say a classic was ruined but it wouldn't be very apt or honest to describe this reimagining of a beloved video game as any kind ofI wouldn't say a classic was ruined but it wouldn't be very apt or honest to describe this reimagining of a beloved video game as any kind of upgrade.

    It now consists of mostly overground battle seiges. One after the other & gosh they suck. Some uninspiring story regarding new characters has been thrown in the mix along with generic anime screen shots & atrocious over-bloated dialogue to go with it.. Just unnecessary..

    And most traumatizing for myself is they took away the cherub. The cherub! Cherubium in all his glory unlike this version's abominable incarnation: a hostile, judgmental hot-headed mess resembling a tacky, low-budget Pitt (Kid Icarus).

    As far as side-scrolling play, the graphics have been upgraded to what can best be described as bootleg Symphony of the Night.

    I was thrilled when Nintendo dropped it online the same day they announced it. I was looking forward to that feeling of awe back when I first laid eyes upon Actraiser on the SNES as kid. $30 later & I feel as if the soundtrack was the best thing about this title. The music is amazing, I'll give it that.

    I wanted to really like this version of a classic video game, I really did. Don't get me wrong, there were times where the gameplay brought actual amusement. Ultimately, nostalgia for the original version of Actraiser won over in the end, 'cuz guess what? That game holds a trillion times better to this version on any day of the year. But again, the music is good. I guess you could use it to soothe you to sleep.    … Expand

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