Alwa's Legacy

 Switch
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Nintendo Enthusiast
    Oct 6, 2020
    70
    Alwa's Legacy is a good throwback to the Metroidvania games that inspired many titles in the genre. It features responsive gameplay, clever puzzles, and great visuals. While there isn't much reason to revisit the adventure, fans of the genre will find fun in Zoe's adventure.
  2. God is a Geek
    Oct 5, 2020
    70
    Alwa's Legacy is a pleasant little game that does a lot of things right, but nothing spectacularly. It's fun, if a little forgettable.
  3. GameSpew
    Oct 1, 2020
    60
    Clever puzzles, a decent story and beautiful pixel graphics make up Alwa’s Legacy‘s strengths. But there’s little here that makes it stand out from a sea of more superior games in the genre. If you enjoy classic Metroidvania-style platforming, Alwa’s Legacy is worth a play – but don’t expect an experience that will blow you away.

Awards & Rankings

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#65 Best Switch Game of 2020

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User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Switchindiefix
    Oct 10, 2020
    9
    Buy this game, play this game, love this game.

    My only complaint would probably be, I wish it was longer so I could enjoy it for longer.    Buy this game, play this game, love this game.

    My only complaint would probably be, I wish it was longer so I could enjoy it for longer. The Game is about 10 hours long if you’re rifling through it, but could be 15 hours if you try to collect everything.

    Alwa’s Legacy is a gem in a genre that can churn out below average experiences. The game feels like it was carved from stone. What I mean by that is, they’ve thought of every scenario to ensure every playthrough feels natural. It can truly be non-linear. The order of which you discover items will not match the way I discovered items, or areas for that matter. Similar games will have NPCs that will say something that could spoil part of your adventure, or seem out of place.    … Full Review »
  2. crimsonhowler01
    Oct 9, 2020
    10
    Wonderful game cute art music is great plays flawless once you pick it up its hard to put it down i cant stop playing it
  3. loltoke
    Jan 17, 2021
    9
    This game is far superior to the frustrating Alwa's Awakening. The graphics are more pleasant to look at, the music is more pleasant to listenThis game is far superior to the frustrating Alwa's Awakening. The graphics are more pleasant to look at, the music is more pleasant to listen to, but most of all this is how a real metroidvania should be. No absurd ramp up in difficulty right near the end, no infuriating points where you have to backtrack over and over if you keep dying. The improvements were apparently fairly simple - first, the bosses are not as cheap near the end of the game. Second, the genius design of allowing the player to place warp points at save locations of their own choosing. You can place as many warps as you can find warp crystals. By the time I finished the game I had explored about 95% of the map and found about 83% of "secrets" (some of these were just extra orbs or crystals that I decided weren't worth it). All the exploration, power-ups, and dungeons are super fun in this game. It took me about 7.5 hours to finish at this level of completion. The map is fairly large but not unmanageably so - you don't have to do *too* much backtracking like some metroidvanias, so 7.5 hours still covers a fairly large map. Finally, the controls are fairly snappy and the level design is challenging but not punishing. There are a lot of fun platforming challenges involving using combinations of various power-ups and environmental features that vary by dungeon. I would place this in the top 20% of metroidvanias produced for consoles in the last 15 years (I have played around 40 such games across all xbox, playstation, and nintendo consoles).… Full Review »
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