Alwa's Awakening

 PC
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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
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  1. ArataLatam
    Mar 25, 2022
    9
    Alwa’s Awakening es un juego completamente atemporal, que pudo haber salido en la época de la NES y funcionaría igual de bien. Un título que otorga, a grandes rasgos, un desafío interesante a la par de, valga la redundancia, desafiante a su modo.

    Te lo recomendamos sí: Extrañas los juegos de antaño. Pero, dejando de lado eso, vale completamente la pena. No te lo recomiendo sí: Ya te    Alwa’s Awakening es un juego completamente atemporal, que pudo haber salido en la época de la NES y funcionaría igual de bien. Un título que otorga, a grandes rasgos, un desafío interesante a la par de, valga la redundancia, desafiante a su modo.

    Te lo recomendamos sí: Extrañas los juegos de antaño. Pero, dejando de lado eso, vale completamente la pena. No te lo recomiendo sí: Ya te dije que vale la pena, de verdad… a menos que no te gusten los juegos retro o Metroidvania.

    Review:
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  2. Letiste-Gaming
    Feb 14, 2017
    8
    Su peculiar mezcla de estilos (Zelda II, Solstice y Metroid) lo hace destacar con un sabor propio que nos obliga a experimentar con nuestras habilidades como hubiéramos hecho antaño, con unos excelentes jefes finales y un desarrollo de la aventura que no nos dará la mano en ningún momento.

    Si, es un título difícil y moriréis un montón de veces. Pero ahí esta la gracia y la magia del    Su peculiar mezcla de estilos (Zelda II, Solstice y Metroid) lo hace destacar con un sabor propio que nos obliga a experimentar con nuestras habilidades como hubiéramos hecho antaño, con unos excelentes jefes finales y un desarrollo de la aventura que no nos dará la mano en ningún momento.

    Si, es un título difícil y moriréis un montón de veces. Pero ahí esta la gracia y la magia del título, en devolvernos atrás en el tiempo cuando los juegos no eran pasilleros y no había un tutorial de una o dos horas que nos explicara como iba todo el asunto. Y consigue todo esto sin recurrir a trucos baratos como dificultad artificial o posiciones de enemigos tramposas.

    Sin ser pefecto, sigue siendo una joyita con tanto alma y dedicación en cada uno de sus sprites que difícilmente creo que os decepcione, y seguramente para el próximo trabajo del estudio y siguiendo el buen hacer de este título, nos encontremos con algo de la liga de Shovel Knight, Megaman 9 o Maldita Castilla EX.    … Expand
  3. SebboBastian
    Dec 24, 2018
    8
    Alwa´s Awakening is one of the best tributes for the 8bit era I played.
    Besides lovely art and music the game/level design is impressive. Usually the gameplay design is missing in smaler indie games but not here. Interesting powers that are used in often tricky puzzles.
  4. shado474
    Aug 22, 2017
    7
    Alwa's Awakening is a fun game with some interesting elements. The challenge is there and uses typical retro-gaming ways of doing it with precise jumps and very predictable enemies. I found the soundtrack not very creative and somewhat irritating after some time and had to turn the music volume down quite a bit. Overall a fairly decent game for the price.
  5. Babutto
    Jun 17, 2023
    5
    Pros.:
    - Metroidvania.
    - Some nice mechanics like bubble and block. - Secrets. Cons.: - Dumb story. - Dumb mechanics of dying touching the spikes. It should be either a hit or a variety of damage. Because some parts of the locations make the game absolutely unplayable. And very few players would grind these levels until the end. - Poor health-weapon balance - too few. - 3 HP    Pros.:
    - Metroidvania.
    - Some nice mechanics like bubble and block.
    - Secrets.

    Cons.:
    - Dumb story.
    - Dumb mechanics of dying touching the spikes. It should be either a hit or a variety of damage. Because some parts of the locations make the game absolutely unplayable. And very few players would grind these levels until the end.
    - Poor health-weapon balance - too few.
    - 3 HP without upgrades - it's a joke.    … Expand
  6. Sglauser10
    Aug 9, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great. I thought it was a wonderful throwback to nes games. Highly recommended… Expand

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#17 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. CGMagazine
    Aug 1, 2017
    70
    Alwa's Awakening takes its players to pretty pixelated places filled with NES challenge, but mars the whole experience with a clumsy magic system that makes the game's difficult platforming segments needlessly frustrating.
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  2. Games Master UK
    Apr 2, 2017
    70
    If you fancy a challenge and the price suits, you won't regret your purchase. Just don't expect your mind to be blown. [March 2017, p.83]
  3. DarkStation
    Mar 16, 2017
    60
    While Alwa’s Awakening nails the graphical look and chiptune sound of 80s platformers, it’s too anchored in the past for its own good. Some would say the platforming is too easy compared to those games, but it makes up for those easy spots with frustrating save rooms and making the player replay through the same few screens to get to the next point. Backtracking comes with the territory and while it’s expected in games like this, that doesn’t make it any less tedious. Overall, Alwa’s Awakening sticks to its inspirations for better or for worse, leading to a game that feels like an homage to the 8-bit era without bringing anything new to the table.
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