/vr/ - Retro Games

You know, I always assumed Actraiser Guy was a golden elf until I saw this picture.

This game really is more than the sum of its parts. The action-platformer sections are decent but don't particularly standout during an era when some of the best games in this genre were released and of course the city-building section lacks the depth you would see in an actual sim. But it all comes together nicely to serve the game's narrative of a god who is guiding his people to prosperity. In the end, you truly feel as if you have become an ActRaiser.