A Golden Wake

The Roaring Twenties: a bygone era of glitz, glamour, and promise. Nowhere is this more apparent than Coral Gables, Florida. The real estate market is booming and even an ordinary guy like Alfie Banks has a…

86 9 October 2014

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Fantasy Historical

A Golden Wake is an adventure developed by Grundislav Games, released 9 October 2014 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What A Golden Wake is

A Golden Wake is an adventure game developed by Grundislav Games and released in 2014. It was published by Wadjet Eye Games. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Adventure Game Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Roaring Twenties: a bygone era of glitz, glamour, and promise. Nowhere is this more apparent than Coral Gables, Florida. The real estate market is booming and even an ordinary guy like Alfie Banks has a chance to strike it rich. But with the mob on his back, the Great Depression on the horizon, and the Sunshine State’s idyllic waterfront only a hurricane away from total devastation, Alfie finds much more than he bargained for. Based on actual events and featuring real life locations and historical figures, you must guide Alfie on his journey to reach the top of the real estate game as he deals with shady salesmen, cutthroat bootleggers, corrupt politicians, and much more, all while…

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 18 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

A Golden Wake holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Pentium or higher, 64 MB RAM and 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

A Golden Wake launched on 9 October 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

A Golden Wake — frequently asked questions

When did A Golden Wake come out?

A Golden Wake was released on 9 October 2014 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for A Golden Wake?

At minimum, A Golden Wake needs Pentium or higher, 64 MB RAM, 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum graphics, 350 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is A Golden Wake?

The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("350 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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