ActRaiser 2
Categories: Platform game stubs | Enix games | 1993 computer and video games | Super NES games
| ActRaiser 2 | |
| Image:ActRaiser 2 box art.jpg | |
| Developer(s) | Enix |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date(s) | 29 October 1993 (JP) 1993 (NA) |
| Genre | Platform game |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Platform(s) | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
ActRaiser 2 is a side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System released by Enix on November 1993 and is the sequel to ActRaiser.
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Story
The game begins with the world once again overrun with evil, stating that the final battle with Tanzra, the culmination of ActRaiser, merely left the evil deity sealed within his temple.
Ripped and torn, the slain body of Tanzra was returned to the underworld. Feeding on the intense hatred each held for The Master, thirteen of Tanzra's most powerful demons combined their power to raise the spirit of their mighty leader. Tanzra, now vowing revenge for his defeat by The Master, unleashed these demons upon the world. The player in this game again assumes the role of the deity known as The Master, aided by an angel associate known as Crystalis.
Gameplay
Whereas ActRaiser combined platforming with simulation, ActRaiser 2 is solely a side-scrolling platform game. This was disappointing to many gamers who felt that the varying styles of gameplay found in ActRaiser lent the game originality.
Actraiser 2 appears to hold more religious references: many bosses are named after one of the seven deadly sins, and the final battle takes place at the Tower of Babel.