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Retro Game Club Discussion Thread - 08 - Actraiser [community]
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02/04/12, 07:50 Edited: 03/26/12, 00:20
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nate38 said:@Guillaume Ah. I'm pretty sure I never used that...so my save's probably gone. Second playthrough for me, I guess! |
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Due to my Wii being a butt, I may just have to wax nostalgic from when I played through this game for the first time on my friend's Wii instead.
I think I agree with the comments in here about ActRaiser being more than the sum of its parts. The dungeon sequences are fairly bland and basic, with gameplay that isn't any more advanced than an NES action title (Astyanax, Faxanadu, Zelda II, Castlevania, etc). And if the sim bits were all that the game offered, it'd look extremely simplistic and easy compared to something like Civilization or Sim City.
But there's something strong about the pacing to where these gameplay elements compliment each other really nicely. By the time I'm starting to feel done with the sim bits, a dungeon pops up! And when I finish that puppy off, I'm ready to expand my empire and purify some more land!
In fact, the first time I played this game...I beat it! I did the entire game in one fairly lengthy sitting...it was strangely addictive for having such basic (and arguably unimpressive in some cases) mechanics.
The music is indeed pretty great no matter how you look at it. |
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