Submission #304: Zurreco's SNES ActRaiser 2 in 55:47.73

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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Snes9x 1.43
200864
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ActRaiser2 (E).smc
Submitted by Zurreco on 9/3/2004 5:57:33 PM
Submission Comments
Here is my run for ActRaiser 2. I would have done an ActRaiser 1 movie, but the simulation levels required more timing and randomness than I was willing to put effort in to. This is played on the hardest mode* and aims for the fastest time. Hits are taken to save time occasionally. I apologize for how long the movie is, but there are way too many levels + there are mandatory periods upon entering and exiting levels that chew up lots of time.
The only two areas I am unhappy with and can not seem to fix are level 4-2 (underground river) and the final miniboss fight in the tower (the shielded lion-goat demon). Otherwise, any parts where I take time to kill something, stand still, or take a hit, it has been weighed time wise to see if other options would be faster. The last fight with Tanzra had originally been over 2 minutes, so I decided to employ a few strategies until I cut it to below a minute.
Thanks to OgreSlayeR and blechy for giving me some great feedback on the movie.
  • European version has an "Expert" difficulty that the US versions seemed to exclude.

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Truncated: This one deserves to be judged after being ignored for so long. Impressions:
  • Feedback has been mixed, but 25% no-votes is quite high.
  • The game is too long and the gameplay and levels are repetitive.
  • After a while I started watched it at 165% speed but even then it felt slow and was not very entertaining to watch.
  • It's just not impressive enough.
Therefore, I think the judgement will be rejection.
Last Edited by adelikat on 9/7/2023 12:12 AM
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