tl;dr Amazing game, but flawed in both aspects. Too short and too simple.
Imagine a game if you will that's half castlevania platforming fun, and half sim city early ancient rome. You get act raiser.
In this game you play as a god helping the civilians fight back evil monsters and create a small village AFTER you play a castlevania level complete with bossfight and special abilities that you gain during the sim city gameplay.
That sums the game up right there, but the biggest problems I have with it is that both aspects can be seen as mediocre. The combat is simplistic and there's no moves, movement upgrades, or differing strategies other then simply moving left or right and fighting the stiff jump.
As fun as it is playing the platforming segments and all the enemies you'll face and encounter, almost none of these segments are even remotely challenging if your an experienced gamer. The bosses themselves leave more to be desired and although I like a lot of there designs could be a lot better.
The sim city proportions are also underdeveloped and require some more depth to them. You really only tell the workers to build in x location, use a miracle to solve a problem, and shoot monsters that are attempting to fuck with your villagers. There's some hidden depth to it like the score for that platform segment = the population cap that village can have, but nothing that's groundbreaking honestly.
With that being said honestly both sides are perfectly satisfying and I wish there was more content, because I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing it. The gameplay loop is astoundingly good, and keeps you engage wondering to yourself "What's the next platform segment going to look like" or "What the new village going to hold?". The game itself has plenty of secrets and unlockable items that make either gameplay loop easier. You kinda want to just explore a sim city map and expand every nook and cranny just to see your little people spread out the whole map and walk around. Making more farms or houses for there people. It truly is a special game and I think even though I have been a bit harsh on this title, that there just no game like act raiser. Many people will point to hinterland, but yeah that's a completely different game and honestly hinterland is much more complex then act raiser. One of those games I'll never forget honestly and one of the few I played earlier.
Imagine a game if you will that's half castlevania platforming fun, and half sim city early ancient rome. You get act raiser.
In this game you play as a god helping the civilians fight back evil monsters and create a small village AFTER you play a castlevania level complete with bossfight and special abilities that you gain during the sim city gameplay.
That sums the game up right there, but the biggest problems I have with it is that both aspects can be seen as mediocre. The combat is simplistic and there's no moves, movement upgrades, or differing strategies other then simply moving left or right and fighting the stiff jump.
As fun as it is playing the platforming segments and all the enemies you'll face and encounter, almost none of these segments are even remotely challenging if your an experienced gamer. The bosses themselves leave more to be desired and although I like a lot of there designs could be a lot better.
The sim city proportions are also underdeveloped and require some more depth to them. You really only tell the workers to build in x location, use a miracle to solve a problem, and shoot monsters that are attempting to fuck with your villagers. There's some hidden depth to it like the score for that platform segment = the population cap that village can have, but nothing that's groundbreaking honestly.
With that being said honestly both sides are perfectly satisfying and I wish there was more content, because I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing it. The gameplay loop is astoundingly good, and keeps you engage wondering to yourself "What's the next platform segment going to look like" or "What the new village going to hold?". The game itself has plenty of secrets and unlockable items that make either gameplay loop easier. You kinda want to just explore a sim city map and expand every nook and cranny just to see your little people spread out the whole map and walk around. Making more farms or houses for there people. It truly is a special game and I think even though I have been a bit harsh on this title, that there just no game like act raiser. Many people will point to hinterland, but yeah that's a completely different game and honestly hinterland is much more complex then act raiser. One of those games I'll never forget honestly and one of the few I played earlier.