ActRaiser 2

Infobox VG| title = ActRaiser 2


developer = Quintet
publisher = Enix
designer =
composer = Yuzo Koshiro
engine =
released = ^JPN October 29, 1993 ^NA November, 1993
^PAL 1994
genre = Platform game
modes = Single Player
ratings =
platforms = Super Nintendo Entertainment System
media = 12-megabit Cartridge
requirements =
input =

"ActRaiser 2", released in Japan as nihongo|"Actraiser 2: Chinmoku heno Seisen"|アクトレイザー2 沈黙への聖戦|Akutoreizā Tsū Chinmoku e no Seisen|Actraiser 2: The Holy War to Silence, is a side-scrolling platform game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game console developed by Quintet and published by Enix (now Square Enix) in 1993 and is the sequel to the popular game "ActRaiser". The game tells a story that parallels the famous religious epics "Paradise Lost" and "The Divine Comedy".

The position of "ActRaiser 2" in the series timeline is not explicitly revealed, however many plot details suggest that "ActRaiser 2" may actually be a prequel to the original "ActRaiser", or take place in another universe entirely.

Unlike the original game which alternately combined platform game sequences and god game sequences, "Actraiser 2" is only a platform game.

Plot

The game begins with the universe over-run with evil, with The Master battling with Tanzra. Tanzra, once The Master's servant, led a rebellion against The Master, but lost and was banished from Heaven.

Ripped and torn, the slain body of Tanzra fell to the underworld. Feeding on the intense hatred each held for The Master, Tanzra's seven deadly sins and their minions 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 assumes the role of The Master, aided by an angel associate known as Crystalis.

Some of the stages in the game are meant to be ironic regarding the blighting nature of Tanzra's demons. The townsmen in the city of Leon are sent to the underground prison of Gratis for not paying their taxes by a newly appointed king named Kolunikus who is afflicted by Greed. The final staged level of the game pits the player against a mechanically engineered god in the city of Humbleton, a battle of Pride (a satire on the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel).

After the player slays the first six deadly sins, the Tower of Babel appears in which you fight the final sin, Pride. You then descend into Hell where you again fight the seven sins as well as Tanzra himself, a beast frozen waist-deep in a lake of ice (just as Satan was in the "Inferno" in "The Divine Comedy").

During the game's credits it is declared that "The Master will live forever", followed by an image of the statue of The Master slowly eroding over time. The statue's sword and right wing fall off, suggesting the growth of civilization and the increase of mankind's self-sufficiency. This reflects the ending of the original "ActRaiser", where the servant speculates that someday the world may be so independent that it will forget about the Master.

Reception and legacy

In May 2008, Fumiaki Shiraishi, the lead programmer for "", noted in an interview that he would like to make an "ActRaiser" sequel. [ [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18607 Gamasutra - Square Enix Talks WiiWare Advantages, Size, ActRaiser Possibilities ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/563503.html GameFAQs information page]
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