Alwa's Awakening on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
Alwa's Awakening is a metroidvania, indie and adventure game
developed and published by Elden Pixels.
Released on February 02nd 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 8 languages: English, Swedish, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Italian and Russian.
It has received 841 reviews of which 674 were positive and 167 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 1.65€ on Steam with a 83% discount, but you can find it for 0.61€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8, or 10
- Processor: 2.1 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 280 MB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
- Additional Notes: Gamepad Recommended
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X 10.7
- Processor: Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics or better
- Storage: 280 MB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
- Additional Notes: Gamepad Recommended
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04
- Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics or better
- Storage: 280 MB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
- Additional Notes: Gamepad Recommended
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A wonderful old school Metroidvania game! If it had been made back in the days it would have been there amongst one of the greatest! Cheeky humor, fun puzzles and a lot of hidden secrets and items to find! You can tell that a lot of effort and love has gone into this one! I hate dying, but it was one of those games you just know that "just ONE MORE TIME" and you'll eventually get it. So 180 deaths later the game is beat :P I think the first 2/3 of the game was the best, where it was more focus on figuring things out. The last 1/3 was mostly one-touch deaths and very complicated movements and switches between abilities. One pixel wrong and you die and have to restart... again... and again. For me, I prefer the "I saw this somewhere" and gradually open up the world with new abilities and finding hidden stuff.
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Really fun and challenging game(but then I'm not the best on platforms) I can really recommend for ppl who want to spend some hours. My self is aiming for 100% the game as it looks of now
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An 8-bit 2D platformer metroidvania where you slowly gather three powers that will help you defeat the evil on the land! + Impressively designed boss-fights that require understanding (and a bit of skill) + A lot done with three simple powers. + Cute story and pixel art. + Incredibly well designed map with lots of shortcuts you unlock. + Some real great chiptunes as well, even if most of the loops are very short. - The final levels are true gauntlets of skill. - There's no "fake wall" item that will help you. - You can only cycle the powers forward. A very solid little game with a lot of playtime available if you want to do everything.
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Alwa’s Awakening is fantastic. What a great little game. It feels like a true NES game without the NES limitations. It has some quirks, though. Controls/Gameplay The pace of this game is SLOOOOOOW! It kind of feels like an NES game that the system can’t run any faster. I’m not going to say that I love it, but I don’t hate it either. It took me 11.7 hours to clear 100% of the map and almost 90% of the items. It feels significantly smaller/shorter than Astalon, another NES-like Metroidvania. I finished that in 32+ hours at 100% for comparison. The controls are good. I never felt like I made a mistake because the controls were off. Enemies are mostly slow and very few. If you’re looking for engaging combat, you’re not going to find it here. Being a Metroidvania, the game focuses more on exploration. It also has lots of puzzles, but most of them are easy enough to solve on the spot. Save rooms are well distributed across the game. The last area has several since it is more difficult. There are warp rooms too--they’re mostly functional. I guess it’s better than having no fast travel system. I hadn’t heard about the wall jump and double jump “hacks” until nearly the end of the game and didn’t use them at all. Don’t feel like you need to. Difficulty The game felt well balanced and had no difficulty spikes. With that said, I did die some 120+ times, though. Either I was in a hurry and made mistakes or didn’t really learn the enemy patterns well enough. I’m not super skilled either. Some reviewers are saying that the game gets too difficult towards the end (last area to be more precise). It does get harder, but I wouldn’t say it’s terribly difficult. It has a lot of consecutive puzzles and traps that kill you instantly, and you have to take your time getting through them. I did get stuck on one specifically and looked it up, then I felt stupid because the solution was super easy to figure out. The bosses are fairly easy, especially once you figure out the pattern. In fact, I beat the last boss on my third or fourth try. Graphics The graphics look simple, but super nice. The color palette is awesome and really stands out. However, I don’t know if this was done on purpose or if they developed the game planning on releasing it for the NES, but there is not a single moving background in the entire game. All backgrounds are 100% static. Again, I don’t know if they were going for NES authenticity, but I feel like it could have been done a bit better on PC. Not a deal breaker, though. Another thing—I had issues running the game on my 21:9 ultrawide monitor in full screen (5120x2160). The game stretches all the way to the edges and I couldn’t find a way to fix that. I had to turn off full screen mode and play it on a small window, which can’t be resized by the way. I played the native Linux version. Music The music is pretty good overall. While they reused assets in at least half of the songs, they sound good, even catchy sometimes. I enjoyed all of it. It sounds nostalgic to me. Other thoughts Here’s my opinion on the ending (no spoilers, though). It sucks. I get it that this is supposed to be like an NES game, but holy crap, at least pretend like you’re trying. That may have been a hook for the next game, Alwa’s Legacy—I don’t know. Don’t expect a payoff at the end after all your hard work. I even looked up the ending on Youtube to see if I had missed something. Turns out it’s just that crappy. There’s not much of a story going on here. Actually, I don’t even remember it, and I’ve been playing this game for a week now. Conclusion I’m really glad I purchased the game. It is a fun, NES-like lite Metroidvania with character and interesting dynamics. I had a lot of fun.
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TLDR: If you like platforming, Metroidvanias, 8-bit graphics, and enjoy hating yourself for dying for the 98th time, pick up Alwa's Awakening. It's a surprisingly solid entry into the Metroidvania genre of games. 9/10. Gameplay: Look, I'm old, and my reflexes just aren't what they used to be, but the game is very tight in gameplay. The jump is the only thing that feels a little floaty, but aside from that, everything is pretty solid. The game doesn't tell you everything, you'll need to explore (*cough*useaguide*cough*) to find everything, but it'll still be fun. Music: It's pretty solid, eventually it gets a bit repetitive, because you've died yet again, and then yet again, and you shouldn't really haven't been in these sets of rooms, (did you just die again), this long, and so at this point, the music is $#%# damnit, starting to annoy you a bit, but it's your own GAH! fault. Graphics: It's an 8 bit game? Sure, if you say so. It's a pretty beautiful game for what it is. I really enjoyed it, except for the hidden things you literally can't see. But I guess that's what those who enjoy screwing around with games like doing. Story: Did you care about those things? Do you need one for this? Start, kill things. Save the land. I mean, there's a story I suppose. The NPCs are minorly amusing sometimes. Not really important. Overall: I really enjoyed this game, though I think I would have enjoyed it less if it didn't have "ASSIST MODE" aka "you suck and need a lot of help MODE." Thank you ASSIST MODE. I was able to enjoy the game and not put it down. Seriously get this game and play it if you enjoy these styles of games. Why not 10/10? The hIt box was sometimes super annoying. It didn't look like I hit sometime, but then I hit one of the instant death spike ball things. I hate you. :) Buy this game.
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Alwa's Awakening is currently priced at 1.65€ on Steam.
Alwa's Awakening is currently available at a 83% discount. You can purchase it for 1.65€ on Steam.
Alwa's Awakening received 674 positive votes out of a total of 841 achieving a rating of 7.62.
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Alwa's Awakening was developed and published by Elden Pixels.
Alwa's Awakening is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Alwa's Awakening is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Alwa's Awakening is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Alwa's Awakening is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Alwa's Awakening. Explore additional content available for Alwa's Awakening on Steam.
Alwa's Awakening does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Alwa's Awakening supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Alwa's Awakening is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Online players
3
Developer
Elden Pixels
Publisher
Elden Pixels
Release
02 Feb 2017
Platforms
Remote Play
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