I believe you’ll find Actraiser Renaissance a bold, excellent take on the original games concept if you can set aside your ideas on how ActRaiser should be. However, in the second quarter, I’m going to say that, after playing the entire game two times on two different platforms, it’s much better than I would have imagined. It’s certainly a much longer game than the original, with some substantial modifications to many of its systems, but for those who liked the smoky pace and ease of the original ActRaiser, these could be significant deal-breaking differences.Īnd yes, not perfect. I don’t think the game looks bad, but it won’t be a bad fit for many with its chosen art form. Even if you consider Switch-specific issues, the game itself includes some elements that may not work well with everyone. You’d get better off using almost any other version. There are certain performance issues in the action stages, which are only partially mitigated by removing the environmental consequences. I’m not going to sit here and tell you Actraiser Renaissance is perfect on the Nintendo Switch. Go ahead and watch it! Reviewing & Mini-Views Actraiser Renaissance ($29.99) We’ve seen some screenshots of the game before, but at the Tokyo Game Show, the first trailer was released. Two new playable characters will be included in the line-up. It is scheduled for a 2022 release, bringing back the first game’s cast for another beat-em-up adventure. It wasn’t a surprise that Arc System Works and WayForward announced River City Girls 2 was on the way due to how successful the first game was. Anyway, feel free to watch the trailer that was featured in the announcement. On February 25th, 2022, the Nintendo Switch will release Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream. Nope! We’re going back to the Mysterious games with a direct sequel to Atelier Sophie. The Mysterious Dream’s Alchemist Atelier Sophie 2 was announced.Īfter the successful of the first two Atelier Ryza games, you’d have assumed that the next game in this well-known series would be a third Ryza game to finish out the sub-series. I hope you’ll enjoy it all! Let’s get on with it. Yes, this is the reason I spent my weekend on the net. We’ve got a couple of news stories from the Tokyo Game Show, reviews of five recent releases, a couple of new games to check out, and a great list of new sales to complement the expiring ones. Friends, it’s a huge article that is currently being considered a major overhaul. Greetings, ladies, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for October 4th, 2021.