<s>
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Quintet	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Enix	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
storyline	O
is	O
not	O
directly	O
connected	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
alternately	O
combined	O
platform	O
game	O
sequences	O
and	O
god	O
game	O
sequences	O
,	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
only	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
for	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
consists	O
primarily	O
of	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
action	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Professional	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
side-scrolling	O
action	O
for	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
is	O
more	O
advanced	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
had	O
to	O
select	O
a	O
particular	O
magic	O
before	O
descending	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
fight	O
monsters	O
and	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
only	O
that	O
magic	O
for	O
the	O
duration	O
of	O
battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
each	O
magic	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
particular	O
situations	O
and	O
some	O
magic	O
is	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
player	O
slays	O
the	O
first	O
six	O
deadly	O
sins	O
,	O
the	O
Tower	B-Application
of	I-Application
Babel	I-Application
(	O
renamed	O
"	O
Tower	O
of	O
Souls	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
western	O
versions	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
staged	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
appears	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Master	O
fights	O
the	O
final	O
sin	O
,	O
Pride	O
,	O
a	O
mechanically	O
engineered	O
god	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
reflects	O
the	O
ending	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
angel	O
speculates	O
that	O
someday	O
the	O
world	O
may	O
be	O
so	O
independent	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
forget	O
about	O
the	O
Master	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
developer	O
Quintet	O
,	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
made	O
at	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
Enix	O
of	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
designed	O
according	O
to	O
their	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ActRaiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
seen	O
by	O
some	O
game	O
writers	O
as	O
not	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levi	O
Buchanan	O
of	O
IGN	O
wrote	O
that	O
while	O
not	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
2s	I-Application
allusions	O
to	O
Medieval	O
religious	O
texts	O
and	O
apocryphal	O
storytelling	O
is	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
welcome	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Complex	O
rated	O
Actraiser	B-Application
2	I-Application
81st	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
The	O
Best	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
38th	O
on	O
its	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Sega	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
publishing	O
a	O
Quintet-developed	O
remake	O
of	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
1	O
and	O
2	O
,	O
tentatively	O
titled	O
Act	O
Remix	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
roughly	O
halfway	O
through	O
development	O
Quintet	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
series	O
was	O
outmoded	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
drastically	O
reworked	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
ultimately	O
titled	O
Solo	O
Crisis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quintet	O
started	O
coding	O
a	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
series	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
never	O
finished	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Fumiaki	O
Shiraishi	O
,	O
the	O
lead	O
programmer	O
for	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Crystal	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
:	I-Application
My	I-Application
Life	I-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
King	I-Application
,	O
noted	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
make	O
an	O
ActRaiser	B-Application
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
