Posted on: September 6, 2021
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Very good game
Exciting adventure, nice graphic and music.
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Alwa's Awakening
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In Alwa's Awakening you play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. Equipped only with a magic staff she awakens in a distant land and must set out to help the people. Traverse dangerous dungeons, meet interesting and fun characters and explore the world in this 8-bit adventure game. Just like the old classics you won't have a flashing arrow telling you exactly where to go and what to do next. Instead you are free to find your own way and by using your magic staff you can progress through the over 400 unique challenging rooms in the game.
Alwa’s Awakening is a game that tries to stay as close as possible to the authentic 8-bit look with sweet pixel art, a soundtrack filled with catchy chiptunes and so much charm it’ll bring you right back to the NES era. With easy to understand controls the game is easy to learn but tough to master, just like how games were in the old days!
Alwa’s Awakening is a game that tries to stay as close as possible to the authentic 8-bit look with sweet pixel art, a soundtrack filled with catchy chiptunes and so much charm it’ll bring you right back to the NES era. With easy to understand controls the game is easy to learn but tough to master, just like how games were in the old days!
A retro game with an authentic feel
- A new challenging NES-inspired adventure game with the authentic feel and look of a Nintendo 8-bit game. Inspired by classics such as Battle of Olympus and Solstice.
Use your magic staff
- Equip a magic staff that holds many mysterious powers. Use it to solve puzzles and defeat enemies in over 400 unique rooms. Upgrade your staff by finding new gemstones.
You are Zoe
- Play as Zoe who has been sent for to help free the land of Alwa. With easy to understand controls, you'll jump and fight your way through the many different challenging rooms.
Explore the land of Alwa
- Explore a large interconnected map in true ‘Metroidvania’ style. Play the game any way you want and find your own way through the land of Alwa.
Find new items and learn new abilities
- Find and unlock a slew of different objects throughout the adventure that will both give Zoe new abilities as well as unlock new areas.
An 8-bit soundtrack
- Listen to a completely new 8-bit soundtrack with over 25 new original tracks composed by Robert Kreese. Also features a guest track by Prof. Sakamoto.
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7 hMain
9.5 h Main + Sides
10 h Completionist
9 h All Styles
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Critics reviews
God is a Geek
7/10
It's definitely worth a shot if you’re hankering for a bit of old school platforming action.
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7/10
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.
Read full review »TechRaptor
7/10
Alwa's Awakening makes a number of questionable choices with its slow gameplay mechanics, but the core experience provides fun and challenging platforming and magic abilities.
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Posted on: October 1, 2023
HyperDebtRay
Verified ownerGames: 180 Reviews: 18
2 Years, can not even get Vsync right
Controls are floaty, story is generic and uninspired, most of all they can't even get the vsync right where my frames aren't even capped to my display refresh rate.
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Posted on: September 29, 2023
JMayer70
Verified ownerGames: 504 Reviews: 211
Crashed at the very start......
I might have been "doing something wrong" though, but I doubt it. It locked up on the very first dialog that went "Wake up Zoe". Even if it did work, it would be just a Commodore 64 era bog standard platformer with Spectrum 48k sounds. Not even worth it for free. £7 is robbery. Wait, what's this in the intro screen? "It took us TWO YEARS to make this and we poured our hearts and souls into it"? Two years to make, I ran it for 15 seconds, actually played it for, well zero seconds! Quite. Don't forget to press the "no" or "report" buttons.
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Posted on: March 29, 2023
Merodeador79
Verified ownerGames: 400 Reviews: 24
Its FREEEE. tnx
Firts for all its free, and 2nd, nostalginc in my skin feels great xD
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