The game I will tell you about below is the clear example that action games can be innovative, presenting different game modes in the same title without feeling overloaded. This game is quite curious as it mixes in a great way the action genres and the simulation of building cities, two rather rare genres to see together, but they relate very well due to the plot of the game.
Our history focuses on a deity in its eternal fight against evil. God, as we will call him, was in a battle against Tanzra, a demon that commanded 6 other inferior demons, but just as great power, in that fight, due to the great power that Tanzra and his 6 demons imposed, our hero is defeated and forced to retreat from the battlefield to his castle, due to the great wounds that were imposed on him in the fight, God falls into a deep sleep that would give Tanzra an advantage to take over the whole world.
Tanzra divided the world into 6 territories where each of them is commanded by its demons, thus bringing chaos, terror and destruction around the world. After several years, God wakes up, but without his powers, since the inhabitants of the world have stopped believing in him because they have been asleep for so long. Therefore, our mission as God, is to recover the faith of the inhabitants of the world, but for this we must go to each territory commanded by the demons of Tanzra, defeat all enemies who have the audacity to face us and regain control and peace of each of the territories, until defeating Tanzra.
As for the graphic aspect Actraiser is quite normal to what an action game represented in the old generation of video games, however compared to other games of the same genre, Actraiser does not stand out too much in its graphic aspect, but even so, it has great details in its scenarios and in the characters that we will find during our journey.
The character design is pretty good and although it's not a game that stands out for its graphic level, in Actraiser we can find a pretty good level of detail that doesn't look bad at all, besides having fluid animations both in the enemies and in the character that we'll control. As I said before, the game is divided into genres, one of action, where the game mode is the typical side scroll where we control our character between scenarios and the other game mode is a simulation of building cities, in that mode of building cities, the graphic level is quite simple and on screen we will show a map with few details, but if enough to make it intuitive for the player.
Like in the graphic aspect, the sonorous aspect of Actraiser is divided in two, since in the action mode of lateral scroll, we will have melodies that fit with the genre that we are playing and to what we are going to do, that is to destroy to each enemy that faces us, therefore in this mode sonaran melodies of action that goes to the perfection with the atmosphere of the game. And in the construction mode maintains a much more relaxed musical level, with orchestral melodies and high level of composition, is the best sound, compared to the action mode.
Already mentioned several times, Actraiser has two totally different game modes, in one of them is a classic side scroll game mode, where we will control God in a physical form that adopts to fight on earth against the demons that are controlling the world, this game mode is very simple, since we only have to advance by the scenarios and eliminating all the enemies that appear, the control of the character is totally simple and only consists of a basic attack with his sword, he can jump, bend down and use different types of magic, also while we advance we can find items that cure our life.
The other game mode is the construction mode, in this mode after we take control of some territory, the game mode will change completely, since we will have the responsibility to create and maintain the territories that we have in our power. In this mode we can build different buildings that help improve the lives of the inhabitants and create more production for them, from time to time in the villages will appear again enemies that we must defeat, when this happens, again will activate the lateral scroll mode. Our mission in this mode of game is to make prosper each one of the territories that we are freeing of the evil of the demons, using the power of the God, for it we count on the use of abilities as to create lightnings, rain or light of the sun, depending on what the inhabitants request by means of the prayers we must make use of the above mentioned abilities.
Actraiser is an excellent game that can be considered unique in its genre, since the union of these two game modes is something little seen and that in this case, turned out quite well, as it is a game that is in the list of the best of the SNES and is in a merit well deserved.
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