ActRaiser 2 is a beautiful game. It has some novel concepts too. Like one room, for example, has you on this bubbly platform, and you have to navigate through this maze of a jelly-like substance (which harms you upon contact). The room keeps turning around, changing your controls in different ways each time.
I used to be disgusted at how terrible the difficulty balance is in this game, but after a few times of giving up on the game, I decided to give it one more chance because I loved the aesthetics. I guess it was worth it, but I still wish the difficulty was better balanced. And the god game parts should've stayed from the first game.
I wanted to upload screenshots, but my internet is being terrible. ;/