History VideoGame / ActRaiser

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Tanzra was resurrected by the hatred of 13 demons.

* TowerOfBabel: The Tower of Soul in the sequel is practically the expy of it. People of Humbleton specifically build it so they can reach the Sky Palace and become Master themselves.

** Sloth: People of Diligence were used to be a hard-working naturalist famous for their forest, Industen, and river, Benefic. 'Fatigue' possessed the rain cloud of Industen and corrupted Diligence through their water and that water is slipped to their drinking water by the Benefic Demon Snail.
** Envy: The queen of Altheria grew jealous with other lands, thinking that her land is too small. Tried to expand her kingdom by building the city of Devote on top of a giant tortoise near her kingdom's shore, not counting the possibility of the tortoise trying to dive or swim away. Seeing her beloved city gone, she became jealous of everything that she can't get and twisted into demon, while the Flame of Jealousy flamed alight even underwater.
** Gluttony: People of Temponia always in overabundance of food, so when an army of demonic ants led by Hungry Scorpion started stealing food from the city, people went riot and died of starvation. The previously lush plain Modero became a desert, and those died in starvation became the Gules, demonic mouths still yearning for morsels.
** Wrath: Justinia is a city famous for its army. Suddenly the King of Justinia attacked the neighboring kingdom Favorian for unknown reason. People of Favorian, who felt betrayed from the attack from their allying city, planned a retaliation. As the anger of Favorian grew, Almetha Volcano became active in a frightening intensity.
** Lust: The demon of 'Deception' defeated the King of Lovaous, and put him to an eternal sleep. In his dream, the demon lulled the king with an illusion of beautiful woman of ice, which seduced the king into never waking up and froze Lovaous in beautiful sheets of ice.
** Greed: Leon was not a rich place, but its people are honest and full of gratitude. But King Kolunikus put heavy tax on people and those who can't pay will be imprisoned and tortured in Gratis. Turned out, Kolunikus used the tax to make his castle and everything inside into gold from the corruption of golden bejeweled demon dragon 'Doom'.

** Pride: People of Humbleton was very advanced, and not satisfied worshiping the Master, they sought to become Master themselves. Building the Tower of Soul to reach the Sky Palace, their most priced inventions possessed by demon to turn them away from their rightful Master.

A sequel was made which dropped the city maintenance aspect of the game, which was one of the main things that made the original stand out amongst similar side-scrolling action games. It was not as well received, or remembered. However, this game ''did'' pave the way for what would become one of Enix's greatest, loosest trilogies -- ''{{SoulBlazer}}'', ''IllusionOfGaia'', and ''{{Terranigma}}''.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The music that plays over the credits has a knock-off of the 20th Century Fox fanfare and parts of the World Tree theme (AKA Northwall Act II) sound inspired by ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* ShamblingEgyptianMummy: In the Pyramid of Kasandora Act II, naturally.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The music that plays over the credits has a knock-off of the 20th Century Fox fanfare and parts of the World Tree theme (AKA Northwall Act II) sound inspired by ''StarWars''.

* {{Cap}}: Each simulation area is limited to 128 structures, which puts a limit on the maximum population. If you build, say, too many bridges, you won't be able to gain enough population to reach your character's highest level and maximum HP.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Implied of the leaders of Northwall.

* BittersweetEnding: By the end of the game, the world is beautiful, everyone's happy... [[spoiler:and they don't need you anymore, so your temples are empty, your statue forgotten.]]
** Depending on your interpretation, it might not be so bittersweet after all; [[spoiler:if the people don't need the Master anymore, then they are truly at peace and capable of solving their problems on their own, which was the Master's goal all along. If the Master is truly selfless and benevolent, he shouldn't care that he is no longer praised if the people are happier, anyway.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Tanzra, at first a disembodied head, transforms into a skeletal monstrosity when his first life bar is depleted.]]

''[=ActRaiser=]'' is a platforming slash sim game released in 1990 for the SNES, developed by Quintet and published by Enix (now SquareEnix). You are a SealedGoodInACan god named [[CrystalDragonJesus The Master]] (apparently the Abrahamic God, but [[CensorshipBureau only in Japan]]), sent into a nice nap after [[BigBad Tanzra]] (also known as Satan, but again, [[CensorshipBureau only in Japan]]) and his minions beat you silly a very long time ago. While you were sleeping, Tanzra and pals divided your world amongst themselves, and your godlike powers found themselves drained, due to your worshippers abandoning ship.

* FranchiseKiller: The sequel removed the sim portion of the game, and therefore the only aspect of the game which differentiated it from other side-scrolling platformers.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The music that plays over the credits has a knock-off of the 20th Century Fox fanfare and parts of the World Tree theme (AKA Northwall Act II) sound inspired by ''StarWars''.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: The angel is naked.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], because the "angel" referred to (the one you build cities with) is a cherub (aka Putti), and cherubs are almost always depicted as being naked, even outside this game.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Water areas in Bloodpool Act I serve as BottomlessPits. Possibly {{justified}} in that the lake is stated to be poisoned (and the player character is a walking statue).

** Aitos - Japan (Has bamboo, an Oriental Dragon as the boss of Act 1, and a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wany%C5%ABd%C5%8D Wanyudo]] as the boss of Act 2)

** Aitos - Japan (Has bamboo, an Oriental Dragon as the boss of Act 1, and a One-Eyed Oni possessing a wheel as the boss of Act 2)

As the game begins, you awaken from your slumber, bent on thrashing monsters and regaining your followers, which is accomplished through side-scrolling platform action and SimCity-like overhead village construction, respectively.

''[=ActRaiser=]'' is a platforming slash sim game released in 1990 for the SNES, developed by {{Quintet}} and published by Enix (now SquareEnix). You are a SealedGoodInACan god named [[CrystalDragonJesus The Master]] (apparently the Abrahamic God, but [[CensorshipBureau only in Japan]]), sent into a nice nap after [[BigBad Tanzra]] (also known as Satan, but again, [[CensorshipBureau only in Japan]]) and his minions beat you silly a very long time ago. While you were sleeping, Tanzra and pals divided your world amongst themselves, and your godlike powers found themselves drained, due to your worshippers abandoning ship.

* ALoadOfBull: The second boss for the Fillmore area is named Minotaurus, and yes, he's pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

''ActRaiser'' is a platforming slash sim game released in 1990 for the SNES, developed by {{Quintet}} and published by Enix (now SquareEnix). You are a SealedGoodInACan god named [[CrystalDragonJesus The Master]] (apparently the Abrahamic God, but [[CensorshipBureau only in Japan]]), sent into a nice nap after [[BigBad Tanzra]] (also known as Satan, but again, [[CensorshipBureau only in Japan]]) and his minions beat you silly a very long time ago. While you were sleeping, Tanzra and pals divided your world amongst themselves, and your godlike powers found themselves drained, due to your worshippers abandoning ship.