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Sol Seraph - ActRaiser spiritual succcessor by Ace Team

Dodo1610

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http://www.sol-seraph.com/

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Take on the role of Helios and guide humankind back to a time of prosperity before the Younger Gods' torment began. Fly among the clouds above and oversee the growth of each tribe's burgeoning village, guiding their expansion and aiding their resistance against the monsters that destroy all in their path.


Strategy Mode

In strategy mode, Helios will guide each tribe to expand their territory, building new homes, farms, roads and other means of daily life, while also manipulating the weather to the village's benefit. As he helps expand each population, they'll gain knowledge of new facilities that can be built, which Helios shares between the tribes. But with the constant threat of attacks from creature lairs, the tribes will also need defenses at the ready, constructing warriors' barracks, archer towers, spike traps, and more to prevent the monsters from reaching their bonfire, each tribe's heart and center.


The tribes will ultimately need to expand to the lands shrouded by dark fog, but by building a temple nearby to channel the light of Helios, the fog can be dispersed to reveal the creature lairs that lie within. It will be up to Helios alone to venture into these domains and defeat the creatures at their source, allowing the tribes to carry on life without Helios' divine intervention.



Action Mode

In action mode, Helios will delve into the creature lairs where he'll need to fight his way through utilizing his sword, shield, and magical archery. In his way stand various traps, creatures large and small, and even the embodiment of the dark fog itself. Destroying smaller lairs will help ease the monsters' attacks, but ultimately Helios will need to uncover the lair where the region's Younger God resides, putting an end to it and the monster attacks in the area for good.


With the destruction of each lair, Helios grows in power, strengthening his resilience and magical power. Defeating each Younger God will imbue Helios with new magical abilities, aiding his defeat of those he has left to strike down. He'll need all the help he can get, should Chaos ever return...


World Map
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Travel through five different regions where you'll help the local tribe expand their territory while defending against the onslaught of monsters.

Clear the dark fogs shrouding the lands and descend into the creature lairs to destroy them from within and strike down the Younger God that torments each region for good!

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Plains of Widhu
Help Pria take on the responsibilities of her tribe from her aging grandfather, Manu, expanding the lush forests and plains of Widhu while defending against the threat of goblins and forest hulks. Amber slimes also plague the region, spawned by the King of Trees, Lord of Thorns and Amber.

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Sekh Desert
Despite their barren lands terrorized by skeletons and giant scarabs, Arta and the shaman Xian remain optimistic they can return the Sekh desert to prosperity. The two elders are often heard bickering with a friendly rapport, even as the Queen of Bones strikes at their village with her serpent's tail.

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Mount Agnir
In the valleys of Mount Agnir reside Perkunos and his young daughter, Pleto. Surrounded by a land of pitfalls and grotesque beastmen under reign of the King of Fire, the reluctant leader struggles to do his best to look after her and their tribe. Pleto remains hopeful, having faith in the light of Helios to guide them.

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Arunan Isles
Their leaders all stricken down in unfortunate accidents, Maldai, Swadesh, and Attartu find themselves leading on their own, despite their youth. With the isolated nature of the Arunan Isles, they'll need to find a way to reconnect their people, even if it means offending the King of Floods and the undersea and jungle-dwelling creatures he commands.

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Vale of Yeg
As the tribal elder Yemo lives out his last moments, his grandchildren Dehanu and Welnos must find a way to contend with Guma, who has risen as a leader among some of the tribe. Their lands buried under snow treaded by the cold minions of the Queen of Ice, they'll need to settle their differences for the greater good of the tribe.

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Looks like :d1p:to me.
 

Dodo1610

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For those who do not know Actraiser was a god strategy platformer mix for the SNES by Quintett the Terranigma devs and published by Square in 1990.
Not sure if JRPG is the right subforum since it's no longer developed by a Japanese studio
 

Belegarsson

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
I have zero idea about this game's origin but ACE Team's outputs are so otherworldly unique that I have an urge to check out everything from them.
 

Silentstorm

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Oh, so this is inspired more by the first Actraiser game, good, that was the one i liked the most, so, one more game to buy in the future because this looks awesome!
 

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So you play a white crusader god bringing divine light to the godless heathens? The originals didn't really push the white man's burden angle, but okay.
 

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Insert Title Here RPG Wokedex Codex Year of the Donut I'm very into cock and ball torture
I liked Actraiser 1 and I even liked 2, despite it being a pure action game. Mild optimism.
Note: Actraiser 2 is fucking impossible; no idea how I beat it as a kid without cheats/savestates. I did somehow, but ... when I tried on emulator it was impossible (=without investing lots of practice.)

Also there's this jam. So good.
 

Silentstorm

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I mean, some people have beaten Actraiser 2, some crazy people even speedrun the game!

I've never beaten this game, but i haven't played it that much to be fair.
 

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I love Ace Team and their games are always so fully realized in terms of aesthetics and general conception. They are often wonky in terms of gameplay, but I'm happy they still making shit and want them to make more shit.
 

Alfgart

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Divinity: Original Sin 2
That 'action mode' looks very similar to Abyss Odyssey, not a surprise tho. AO was pretty decent, with a surprinsingly complex combat system with combos and lots of characters with different skills and playstyles. If this game has similar gameplay, with an added strategic layer on top, it should be good. And it's cheap too.
 

Jenkem

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Make the Codex Great Again! Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag. I helped put crap in Monomyth
Has middling reviews from journalists, I'll wait and see how the Steam user reviews pan out. so far they seem mostly positive but there aren't that many reviews yet. I've basically written off "games journalist" reviews and rely more on codex/steam impressions or youtube reviews, honestly.
 

Shinji

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They posted a short video showing some early ideas and their first prototype (which was built with their own fork of UE3)

 

Silentstorm

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So, how is the consensus for this game?

From what i hear, this is at best a mediocre game which saddens me as i would love to have an Actraiser sucessor that is great.
 

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