Aaru's Awakening

Beautiful and innovative.

Am amazing visual feast and very innovative yet challenging gameplay. 10/10

It's artwork and visuals are amazing, and the music goes nicely with them. Gameplay wise it's probably not the best 2d platformer on steam, but it's teleport gimmicks make it quite unique. The game's intended to be challenging but at some points it's stops being challenging and simply becomes tedious, the boss fights being the main culprits. Nevertheless I felt I got my moneys worth out of it for 15$, and I will probably try and improve my times at some point.

This game has an amazing concept, great artwork and very unique characters but the controls make the game painful to play. It's not that they're not responsive, it's just the way the character functions in the world. Like other negative reviews have stated, it's too punishing because of the controls - which makes this game very unwelcomimg to players who are new to platforming games. For hardcore veterens like myself, this game is a pain. It's not a good pain like what you experience in Super Meat Boy, Spelunky or even Rayman Legends (towards the end). The game does a good job of explaining the controls and powers as they are introduced and the storytelling is nice but still the game manages to feel empty and fails to capture what other loved platforming games have. Sad that such a cool looking game with such a colorful style just fell short. Still glad I tried it out though.

Jezus approves

I love the puzzles I was just going to try the game for a few minutes and those few minutes turned into nearly an hour. So watch out cause this game is a time killer!

I love the artwork and what the game is trying to be, but the joypad controls are just a mess, and I quickly became frustrated. It might work better with mouse and keyboard, but I have a strong preference for a joypad. Not recommended for controller users, but if you can look past that, it may be a good game.

I am a sucker for stylized, artistic, games. Its no surprise then that Aaru's Awakening caught my attention. The cel-shaded environments combined with the beautifully painted backgrounds make this a truly gorgeous game. However, it takes more then really good art to make a really good game. Thats not to say this is a bad game but it certainly carries with it some baggage that weighs down the overall experience. This test of reflexes and patience may not be for everyone. The story of Aaru's Awaking is a tale of four gods. The gods decided long ago to split the day into four equal parts Dawn, Day, Dust, and Night. You play as Aaru. A buff looking creature that lies to serve Dawn. You're warned by you're master of an evil presence invading Night and must traveling through all four kingdoms to face this threat. As Aaru travels through the realms the other gods sow seeds of doubt into his mind and he begins to question if he is on the right path. This makes for a pretty interest...

Aaru's awaking is a great platformer. Teleportation mechanics open so many possibilities and the game does a great job implementing sections of a level to seem like mini puzzles as one tries to clear each level as quickly as possible. There's a sense of liberty which i enjoyed about this game as a lot of these sections within a level can be tackled differently and can required some out-of-the-box thinking. The game is by no means slow and will sometimes require precise timing and aim tho with each checkpoint u can breath easy. While some sections can be tricky requiring some serious skill fortunately there are infinite oppurtunities to retry but that does not make Aauru's awakening by no means a walk in the park, unless that park contained booby traps killer monsters and ninjas (cus ninjas make everything better, sadly this game had no ninjas lol, and it still rocked). If a challenge is what you want seek then a challenge is what you'll get. The teleportation is what set aside this pla...

Short and fun. Also, absolutely beautiful graphics.