I am unable to play this game because neither gamepad nor keyboard is working for me. This is a premiere because i know of no other game with the same issue.

Unable to find out the issue... i got the newest version from GoG.

On my notebook same issue (there is nothing attached at all, the keyboard simply is not working), doesnt look like a config issue; the GoG version is probably screwed up and no one saying a single word except me... weird.

Clearly a software issue and i guess the other gamers simply are using another version, probably updated.

i just bought this game and having the same issue. controls only work in the menus, and a only camera pan works in game.

i have the same problem - menu works - game no motion control - camera only

Version 1.0.8.1 - Win11

It's actually the game unable to load the cutscene after failing to check GALAXY for achievements. Normally after starting a new game and the stage done loading, Zuma drops from above smashing the ground with the giant gauntlet. But if GALAXY isn't running at launching the game, the said cutscene doesn't start and Zuma is found standing on the ground even before the forementioned action taken, ignoring any input except for camera panning by the player.

Thus it's not complicated to solve the problem. Just make sure GALAXY is running before starting the game, the cutscence is loaded without an issue. I also found launching the game within a few minutes after quitting the client sill works, but I'm not sure about the exact time frame. Quitting GALAXY after launching the game works as well, but not in the other way around, launching GALAXY when the game has already been started didn't work for me.

I'm opening a ticket with the support for I consider it a practice of DRM because obviously you need a client to actually play the game.

Update:

Ticket got responded the other day, meanwhile found a fix by the way.

Version 1.0.8 totally playable without the client, and replacing the file AchievementsManager.dll under Aztech Forgotten Gods\Aztech Forgotten Gods_Data\Managed with the one from 1.0.8 makes version 1.0.8.1 work as well.

Not sure if it will affect GALAXY achievements, for which has not been working at all for any game I played since forever ...