Alwa's Legacy

 Switch
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

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  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. 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    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.    … Expand
  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. jcasualmente
    Nov 11, 2020
    10
    Alwa`s Legacy enchants with its simplicity. Even the story, focused on the Manichean clash between good and evil, is as light as the whole game. It is safe to say that exploring Alwa's secrets and defending her from Vicar is rewarding and fun.
  4. 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 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 -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 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).… Expand

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#65 Best Switch Game of 2020

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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 Force Magazine
    May 17, 2021
    85
    Video game comfort food. [Issue #51 – March/April 2021, p. 25]
  2. Gaming Age
    Dec 8, 2020
    75
    It’s fine for what it is, but if you want something that’ll really blow you away, this probably isn’t it.
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  3. Nintendojo
    Nov 6, 2020
    91
    Short but sweet, Alwa’s Legacy is a must for both retro fans and fans of quality, exciting Metroidvanias. The visuals tout some of the best pixel art on Switch and are joined with a killer soundtrack and sound design. With clever dungeons to explore and an intricate overworld to travel, Alwa’s Legacy will have players ensnared from the beginning to end. Having played Alwa’s Awakening adds some extra nuance to the adventure, but starting fresh with Alwa’s Legacy won’t leave players in a lurch, as it does plenty to solidify this as its own distinct game. Don’t sleep on this one; Elden Pixels has created a 2D platformer for the ages.
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