Actraiser 2 preliminary speed run (part 1/6)

This is the first complete speed run of max difficulty Actraiser 2 that I have done with any reasonable amount of speed. I play on console with official hardware; this video is not emulated, unlike my individual level videos.

The final time is somewhere around 48:24. I do manage to die once on Death Field somehow, and I lose valuable time on the first screens of Stormrook and Tortoise Isle. Those are by far the worst parts of this run. The first five levels are perfect, but the rest is littered with mistakes here and there. I won't bother trying to point them out. I have to play it safe on Tanzra at the end too, since one more hit would have cost me over 2 more minutes of time. The best tool-assisted run of this game finished in 55:47, so this is marginally faster despite being done on console.

I am going to keep trying this until I get a 47:30 run or below. I counted around 70 seconds of errors in this run, so 47:15 should be possible with perfect luck and flawless execution. This run is just a teaser to hold everybody over while I work on the real deal. ^_^

Enjoy!

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• actraiser 2
• speed run
• pj
• dicesare
• snes
• quintet
• enix

[Fancypants619]

Do you have to make buildings again like act raiser 1?

[TheSuperSNES]

@Fancypants619

Nope! AR2 is just an action game, which is why I love it so much. The simulation sequences in AR1 were just so....dull.

[Dopefishrock]

I didn't know you could go through the spikes like that.

[TheSuperSNES]

@Dopefishrock

Yup! When you use the swordplant or dive attack, you are completely invulnerable until you hit the ground. Enemies, damage terrain, etc cannot hurt you until you touch solid ground again. It is the only reason this game is speed runnable at all. ^_^

[solofalcon]

You make this game look so easy!

[Metalders]

Man, this songs should be arranged in a orchestra!

[psychicsandwich7]

I agree with nightbladeeagle. I consider the first Actraiser to be one of the best games of all time and the sequel was terrible. I felt that way playing it as a kid and I still feel that way playing it again as an adult.

But the BIGGEST thing that bothers me is how the music doesn't cut off correctly when you dive down into a stage on the world map -_-

[lolzr55]

at 5:49 it freezes up, so 5:50

[TheSuperSNES]

@Crystalgate

That's a pretty accurate interpretation, yea. :)

[Crystalgate]

@TheSuperSNES I think one problem is that this game is a sequel to an easy game. As such, people expect this game to be easy as well (just as they expected it to include a sim mode.) Also, I myself found this game unplayable until I watched another person play it and learned a few tricks that are pretty much essential to beat this game. I don't think I would have figured those tricks out on my own for a very long time. After that though, the game was rather fun.