ActRaiser

Before being given this game to play I had never heard of this game.  It is a mix between a side-scroller and a RPG.  You are a angel who has been weakened and must clear up the world for people to inhabit.  The people find object to offer up to you and you control the weather and keep monsters at bay.  You control how the people grow and try to seal up the monsters' layers.

I would like this game better if I had an actual console in my possession to play it on.  It is tons of fun, but still challenging enough to make me want to keep playing it.  It reminds me of Civilization and Castlevania rolled together to make one big game.  I was annoyed at the bat-like monsters and the dragons that kept killing my people.