Actraiser Renaissance - Switch | PS4 - REVIEW

Episode 323 - Actraiser Renaissance surprised everyone with its existence and everyone including me was excited. But does it live up?

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[Sparkys_World-]

I admire the dedication to producing an original post-credits sketch for absolutely every video, no matter how small or simple the video may be!

[rerez]

This is the only person who I'd trust this review from.

[CrimsonDragoon]

11:40-11:57
No, that's suppose to be right.
They switched the music around in the western SNES releases, while in the Japanese SFC version, the Filmore act 1 theme plays in both stages.

[RJBadman]

This is one of the reasons why Game Sack is the only YT channel I watch regularly. Unlike others, not every game review has to be either "URGH BEST THING EVER" or "ARGH THIS IS FUCKING DIRE", and not every game has to be a 10/10 for Joe to enjoy it. It's refreshing and honest.

[extremepsyche]

Perhaps the scrolling could be smoother on the PS5 if it had blast processing

[HappyConsoleGamer]

Been looking forward to this review coming from the same generation! and love for the original!

[__Generic]

"This all sounds really boring, but for some reason it is absolutely not. I enjoy it."
This is a pretty solid way to explain the game to someone who has never played.

[danielvillanueva]

That picture of John Linneman, I’m seriously still laughing after 5 minutes 😂😂😂

[cubeflinger]

In 2021, prerendering your game assets seems like more work now? Particularly in unity.

[agarza]

Joe’s the man. I’m grateful to you for getting this in depth review out to us so quickly after release.

[antster]

Seems like everyone agrees it grows on you. I agree. I was up until 2.55am last night playing up to Kasandora, fueled by beer and buldak ramen. 🍺🍜

[nathanstrik]

The second Fillmore stage playing the same music as the opening stage is a thing carried over from the Japanese original on the Super Famicom. They added the other music track only in the western releases of Actraiser on the SNES. So in this regard, the remake is more in line with the Japanese original.

[CanadianPenny]

You may not believe you bought it twice, but we appreciate your thoroughness, Joe!

[DesertRainReads]

Actually, regarding Fillmore Act 2, they actually made it more in line with the Japanese Super Famicom version. The Fillmore Act 1 song played during Fillmore Act 2 in that version, whereas in the US version the song that played during Kasandora Act 2/Maranah Act 1 played instead. Yeah, the Japanese version had it right. I am glad they rectified that issue in Actraiser Renaissance, I downloaded the mobile version of it here, since I don't do digital on consoles and seldom do big ticket purchases on mobile. I have loved it from the first moment I played it. Sure, it isn't perfect, but it is an awesome update of a classic. I love that they fleshed out the lore, and the stages do look amazing. I have no complaints here, they did a damn good job.

[bombjack]

Companies seem to really struggle with the graphics for new games based on old games. Maybe only Sonic Mania and the Rayman Legends/Origins games really nail it.

[kiyoaki]

Something fun about the original game: there are pretty big differences between regions. The American release was kind of unbalanced with easier action but much tighter margins for the sim section (requiring you to "game" the way the road building worked to get the highest pops and the highest level for the action stages). The Japanese release has much more challenging action stages which I really enjoyed playing through, the PAL release is also supposedly differently balanced but I haven't tried that one yet.

[chrisbent]

Oh my god, that picture of John from DF @06:02 ! 😂

[SammyRenard]

Yuzo Koshiro also did the soundtrack for Beyond Oasis and what's neat is that the overall style of orchestral music is very different from the one on actraiser, which has john williams-like touches. Sure it's the sega genesis fm synth but with Koshiro's sound driver (the same one from the streets of rage games) makes it sing pretty damn nicely <3

[startedtech]

When I saw the direct I honestly couldn't believe my eyes when I saw everything was prerendered 3D. The sidescrolling mode looks like a premium flash game.

[urmie]

Joe, can you do the Castlevania Advance collection next? Love these reviews.