This game came out of nowhere. I noticed Yacht Club was involved and being a huge retro and Shovel Knight game, decided to check it out. I love the GOG! I love the fact that within a few minutes, I was playing on my modest little Vostro 2510 laptop with Ubuntu. I love that it supports Linux. I love the fact it was coded properly and runs on old hardware unlike many modern games which don't, yet should. Games like this should not require crazy systems, it's inexcusable when they do. It plays great, seems to be more fluent than The Messenger, which is another Ninja Gaiden style game that was released recently but I did not like for multiple reasons, a big one being the lack of Linux support. (Worse yet, the said they would but then backed out!) Have not played it through yet but just want to say support this game. Support DRM free Linux games. Don't support games that aren't/don't. Kudos to the authors and publishers! If you like Ninja Gaiden, you'll love this!
I loved Alwa's Awakening! This is even better! Just wanted to let the DEVS know this is exactly the kind of game I am always looking for! Some reviews I've read have claimed it's too easy. Please ignore them! It is a huge game with tons of love and thought put into it and plenty challenging for anyone who is a normal gamer that doesn't devote their life to gaming but enjoys a good game from time to time. This game is exactly the perfect balance of challenge without becoming stupid difficult! I end up putting down so many modern "retro" games and never finishing them because they start off fun but end up becoming so difficult, they cease to be fun anymore and become a chore. That is always such a huge letdown! ("Cathedral" I am talking about you!) Alwa's Legacy is consistent, fun and plenty difficult in my opinion. The puzzles are great as well! Not so hard they can't be figured out without reading a walkthru or watching a playthru video, but not so easy they can be solved first time either. Again, I have to say the balance is perfect! The music is also wonderful and perfectly suits the game. I read a review where someone said the music was underwhelming. It is not underwhelming whatsoever, the melodies are perfectly suited to the game and I especially love the fact that many of the same tunes (such as when you die!) have been kept or updated from the first game. Very cool! I just can't say enough positive about this game. What a wonderful surprise! It runs beautifully on my not-so-powerful Linux laptop as well! What more could one want?!?!? I suggest anyone who loves old school RPG PLATFORMING to pick this gem up right now! Thank you for making such a wonderful game! The love shows! I am excited for the 3rd game in the series! Just don't make it 3D!
AWESOME GAME! I can't praise it enough! Excellent controls, excellent sound, excellent enemy design and animation... Just a class act! And it's on LINUX, MAX and WINDOWS too! What are you waiting for?! P.S. - I could not get the game to work on my XUbuntu laptop but finally figured out how. Anyone having problems might want to try the -force-opengl switch from command line on Linux!
