Aaru's Awakening is an adventure developed by Lumenox, released 23 February 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Linux. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Aaru's Awakening is
Aaru's Awakening is an adventure game developed by Lumenox and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You are the champion of Dawn, Aaru. Complete missions and explore the world of Lumenox using Aaru's highly mobile skills, teleportation and charging. The balance between Dawn, Day, Dusk and Night is being destroyed by Night. As a last hope Dawn sends out his champion, Aaru, to travel all the way to Night’s domain and restore balance. Can you save the world of Lumenox?
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Aaru's Awakening holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core Duo 1.8ghz +, 1 GB RAM and Integrated chipset or video card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Aaru's Awakening launched on 23 February 2015, within three weeks of Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D and Cities: Skylines. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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