Is ActRaiser Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk 

For something that was basically a launch title (released one month after the SNES in Japan), this game looks, feels, and sounds incredible and aged wonderfully.

a real classic. the music, the graphics, enemies, bosses, atmosphere, controls, the variety. they don't make games like that anymore.

the most touching part was in the simulation stage, where a dying man asks that ''God'' cries over his death by sending a rain cloud on him....it was very interesting at the time, especially with the dialogue if u sent a cloud or not....anw, a superb game, and the music for stage 1 is by far one of the best on snes ever...

The "SIM" parts were always my favorite lol

I really love the music for Northwall: Act 1. The soothing, wintry sounds are perfect for the outside portion, and match even better in the interior of the ice cave.

You should mention that music from this game was done for Yuzo Koshiro; same guy from Revenge of Shinobi, Shinobi GG, Sonic GG, YS Master System, Super Adventure Island 2, Oasis Saga and Street of Rage Saga ❤ ...and many more ☺

Quintet is one of my favorite developers for the SNES. Wish they were still active, who knows what we'd be seeing today? Nice review!

One of my TOP 10 SNES games... It is still worth playing it.

Closest thing to a "modern" Actraiser game is Dark Cloud 1 & 2 with action sections and town-building sections. So cool!

I really loved the mix of the 2 gameplays in Actraiser when I was a kid (still do actually), I was very excited when I started to play Actraiser 2 to be soooooooooo disapointed that in the end it was only an action game, a decent one, but they totally missed what made Actraiser good in the first place.

I love the first level music, amazing

0:34 Holy shit, I've watched dozens and dozens of these over the years and finally get to see the man himself.

I fell in love with this back when it was shiny and new in 1990. Still one my favorite games on the SNES. Action scrollers & sim games bore me to tears after the many decades. Actraiser mixes it up enough to keep them fun and is a textbook example of a Hidden gem 💯%

Yeah the reason I'm here now is quite obvious. I haven't heard of the SNES title before, but when I saw the remastered version in the Direct, I somehow knew this is a game I need in my life. Bought it a few hours later and am currently still playing the hell out of it 👍🏼

I miss the good ol' days of when Nintendo had an endless collection of games for their systems. Here's another game that went under the radar.

If you have stumbled upon this out of curiosity about Actraiser Renaissance, I will tell you what I have experienced. Renaissance is a fantastic remake in every regard, and even adds an entire third style to the gameplay with what are a kind of... tower defense-style moments where you defend your areas from invading monster hordes.

Been trying to work out the name of this game forever! Was so much fun.

One of my main childhood memories is my brother beating this game in one weekend he actually rented it two separate times and he almost beat it in the first weekend he had it but he realize what he done wrong when he made it to the final boss and then the following weekend he rented the game again and started it all over and ended up beating it that same weekend Funny thing it during school break in the summer time and two days later when we went back to the video store to pick something up I had to tell the girl behind the counter how to reset the game back to default so they could rent it out again

Could you imagine how insanely good a faithful remake of this game would be... So an open world game where you the player "act" under 3 modes of perspective as you "raise" your society. #1 Angel Mode- in this perspective you are the "holy spirit" acting as the conduit of faith of the people you "level" up with the society as a wholedictating where miracles happen to assist the people and open the world up for people to travel and comunicate. It differs from this games version in that you do not attack you build and guide only. #2 God Mode- Bosses are Exorcised from the land. in this new mode you exist in a realm unlike the land and generated by the proggress of the map with a minion per minion defeated and a miniboss per portal closed. in this realm your areas are finite in size but limitless in possibilities. You must play through this diablo like view of the God you play with and beat the evils holding back your people to make each region safe for mankind to progress his abilities and levels are linked to the other two modes of success. #3 Man mode- Like in this game you fight the monsters in the area before the main temple is built in order to sanctafy an area. The main difference is not a side scroller but a well thought out complex geography of map to explore and interact with. Once buildings exist you can enter them for more stuff and options.

Here after buying (and loving) the new Switch remake. First time ever trying this series and it's awesome

not only is it worth playing.. it neeeds a next gen remake..

YES! Not only is this cart physically in my SNES, but have already been playing the new one on Switch. Map upgrade is amazing. The music can be switched from old to new, but I find myself swapping to and from several times during gameplay (it’s GREAT!). I think a patch needs to release to deal with some stability issues during battle though. All said, the original is one of the best!

damn over 20 years and finally i find this game.. my cousin and i use to play this game all the time when his mom let us haha so cool to finally find this damn game! Thank you!

There's a small sound piece at the end when you clear the last boss that was taken from the original Clash of the Titans movie .

I'm a big Dark Cloud fan, so I'm looking forward to trying this out and seeing how it compares

One funny bit of trivia is that (if I'm not mistaken) that little angel guy is Blazer, the character your control in Soul Blazer. So I guess that turns the Quintet trilogy into some sort of pentalogy instead? Either way, I love these games!

i just picked this game up today when i saw it at a local retro gaming shop, i've heard so many people reminisce about how fun this game is that i was more than happy to grab it. I love this game. wish i discovered it 25 years ago when i had more time to play haha

This is my favorite intro. Well, at least tied with "snESdrUNK!"

This game is a total surprise to me. I had heard about it since the SNES days and yet never had any idea about what it was until I played it recently. Rather unique, and very fun to play!

I just started playing this game and I actually like the challenges it brings on the platforming levels😎The SIM parts are also cool.

Actraiser was just announced to have a HD remake for the Switch :) very happy

This was my fav game growing up, so glad to see it getting remastered for switch

Actraiser was one of those very revealing games in the early days of the SNES, while games like Super Mario World, F-Zero, and Pilotwings introduced us to the system, Actraiser initially really showed of the system as far as what it was capable of doing, and gave us a glimpse of the kind of stuff there was to come, great review, thank you.

Loved the music one of the first games to use high quality music by the same guy who did it for Genesis' Streets of Rage Yuzo Koshiro I think was his name... don't quote me that though

Watching this after getting ActRaiser Renaissance and getting around halfway through it, I'm having a lot of fun with it! I always enjoyed the original but the platforming was a bit too hard for me. The new one has some additions that make it easier, and they really expanded the city mode. Overall a great update

My favorite Snes game of All-Time. Cool channel!

GOD SIM, the word your looking for SNES Drunk is GOD SIM. Usually is refers to any game where you play as a God like entity who influences the fate of your followers through divine intervention, but you don't have direct control of the little things like where your followers build structures. Other examples of this include Peter Molynuex's Populous, and the Black and White games for PC. I once used the term Sim City to explain what this game is like to my Sister since she's not really a gamer and wouldn't really know all the Sim sub genre's like God Sim, She likes the SNES Sim City, and we use to have Sim Safari on PC when we were younger.

Its one of my favorite SNES games. Love playing both modes and music is amazing.

ActRaiser is definitely unique. I wouldn't mind seeing a modern version of it for PC.

In addition to all of the positive comments you mentioned, Actraiser was made by Enix, and they have made countless wonderful games over the years!

I loved this game so much played it for HOURS back in the day

1000 times yes this classic will be fun to play 1000 years from now. Love this game.

I still love this game and in my opinion it had one of the best soundtracks of the snes era

Great game. Introduced my kids to SNES and this game.

I figured this out without the manual. Fell in love with the mode 7 graphics. That's the one thing I miss about being younger. Having the time to dedicate to these titles without worrying about the crippling anxiety of adult responsibilities.

I would’ve loved this game as a kid! This is another one of those games that I never played due to the box art not looking cool. I remember this being at the video store. I think I thought this was like an airplane game or something.

Love your videos and I'm also from Minnesota. So that's cool!

If Actraiser was a drink, it would be Champagne. Superlative game!

1:36 SIR DRUNK FILLMORE 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭 Caught me by surprise and laughed more than probably necessary.

Awesome game!! Could never find that last magic spell though...

I bet you're a throwback in the best possible way.

Thumbs up for vintage snesdrunk. Sounds a little different, but I really liked the script. Actraiser often gets retrospective treatments that don't click with me, which makes this video even more uncanny --- I feel like we might have been the same person while watching this!

I played this game via emulators in 2002, it was great! I want to play it again soon. I don't know why but the sequel it's so freaking hard for me, and I'm good at platform games (in example I played and beat all the Super Star Wars games, and all the people always says those games are very hard) Well maybe I have to play act raiser 2 again.

This was the first game I got for the SNES. It was a lot of fun and I have fond memories of playing it back in the day. It was just the right balance of challenge and fun. The musical score is right up there with Super Castlevania.👍

The Sim part is more like Civ or Age of Empires, but without having other cities out to destroy yours; just monsters and demons attacking it which you can stop eventually.

Finished ActRaiser for the first time tonight, it was awesome

Well get ready, cause we got a remake on our hands,

Simulation mode was my favorite part of the game as a kid. Sim City was just a bit too much for me to deal with, but shooting arrows while the people did their thing was just right.

Turned this on one random early 90's morning (brother had borrowed it from a friend) and immediately discovered the boss mode. Anyhow hit Continue and wondered why I was a parachute that didn't fall from the sky. Fast forward an hour later and I had things figured out. One of my favorites thirty years later and a game I go back to every half decade or so. Soundtrack is timeless...

0:59 "If that's your approach, you're gonna have a bad time" with footage of a snowy mountain stage. Was that intentional? LOL

First SNES game I ever bought when the system came out (outside of SMW, of course), and I probably chose it because of the ENIX logo and my love for Dragon Warrior. So good, and it's held up really well over the years.

Actraiser was my personal fav SNES game.

I love this game. I'm happy to see you love the same things about it as i do.

The game is somewhat limited due to the time of release. But for what they were able to do, it worked out really well. Yuzo Koshiro's soundtrack is fit for a god ("Fillmore", ugh!). What an interesting concept to basically play god. I mean, "the master", since Nintendo wouldn't allow direct religious references.

This was one of the best classic. I loved playing it. The simulation was an amazing aspect of the game cuz it made playing the action platform more rewarding and with meaning

The tears and controllers I went through on the final guardian of this game led me to abandon it for months, then one morning before school I decided to give it a go and I completed it. What a way to start your day.

One of my favorite SNES game.

I personally love this game. Finished it in June ´17 for the first time, never beat it as a kid.

This was a great game. The music was good, it was fun to play. And it used the Mode 7 Graphics. =)

I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the trailer for the remake of this game

Found it!!! Knew I could rely on you SNES drunk!!!!

I loved this game , they need to make a sequel or remake now

Another great vid man! Keep up the good work!

The statues "The Master" inhabits always remind me of Roto (Erdrick) from Dragon Quest...I always imagined them to be statues of him in his armor...and the prequel (Act Raiser 2) statues were a legendary Zenithian before they all lost their wings...After playing Dragon Quest IX, I am convinced that I was on to something...I also think that the world in Soul Blazer was Nadiria/The Underworld from DQ V & VI...

I love this game so much

I really like that they had 2 modes when I was a kid. It was immersive and made the world feel epic. I didn't care there it wasn't a true sim. That would be an awesome reboot though, if they built on that (honestly a modernized actraiser type game made by an indie developer would be great)Also the bosses and graphics were impressive and felt dramatic to me, like a good movie. The atmosphere in this game was absolutely superb in my opinion.

"This full-screen nuke is a little too overpowered for my liking." Bitch, I'm _God._

Loved this game because it is one of the few games I played through to the end .

My favorite Snes game. And I absolutely hated the sequel. They ruined everything that made this game great.

Great vid! Keep up the great work!

“The game is just done with your shit” 🤣

We need to ask korone to play this just for stage one

I had access to Actraiser 1 & 2 at the same time. I played 2 a bit first and was like "No. This is excessively difficult, my character can barely move." Then I played the first game thinking it'd be the worse game. So I beat Actraiser 1 twice. It's very good.

i loved this game. it was eady. you didnt need instructions. Im sorry the SNES mini doesn't include it.

It is and remains one of the best and unique games I've ever played. Actraiser 2 dropped the ball though, it was not fun at all with lousy hitdetection and enemy spams. Big tip for those who want to max the population and its brutal: use Earthquake. In a nutshell, it destroys all of the bitty houses so they can be replaced by max value ones. Its best to use it after beating the bosses in the town though.

I hope they remake it

To be honest, I WAS wowed by the "sim" aspect of the game. The first time I played it, I had never heard of it before, knew nothing about it, started playing it and didn't stop until I beat it six hours later. The platforming is average, but the town part is what hooked me. It may not be super deep, but it IS super fun.

A god game with a soundtrack composed by a music god.

Love this game. One of my snes favorites.

This game rocks! -The Boss Rush is insanely hard and cheap though-

Best video game score ever!

the remake is release today on nintendo switch

Awesome music and sound effects. Also, what the hell were they thinking with Act Raiser 2? Just remove half of the entire game and call it a sequel? :(

I tried playing the Japanese version of this just to see what would be different aside from the language, and... man, it feels a lot tougher. Pretty sure you can find all the differences on The Cutting Room Floor website, but it's significantly harder, and that's without expert mode.

One of my favourites had a japanese version when I was a kid for some reason

Yeah. Birth of the People sounds so familiar.

I had this game when I was like. 8 years old! I’m 35 now lol 😂

I had no idea what I was getting into when I first played this game. Was pretty shocked to see that I was god, ha ha. If anyone didn't know--the ActRaiser Symphonic Suite exists and it's really good. Here's a link: ru-vid.com/group/PL506A52733E3A5CE3 to all of the songs, remastered with an actual orchestra. I stumbled across it a long time ago, but it's remained one of my favorite orchestral performances for quite a while. (I think Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec is my favorite, if you haven't listened to that you should--if you like music that is)

my favorite game of all time...

weird. everyone always made this look like a basic platformer mixed with sim city. but after this review, i might try it out.