So far it has been boring and slow with too much tedious backtracking (and the very limited number of warp points that you can drop barely help.) It hasn't feel very inspired.

I got stuck after I unlocked the three spells from the first dungeon, and collected enough orbs to make my blocks float on the water. I explored the Catacombs a bit after I got a key, but I couldn't find the lamp. The game won't let me enter any other dungeons yet even though I have found the entrances to most of them, and I don't enjoy the game enough to look up where to go next. The NPCs are all boring, and the story is so light that I don't even know why she is collecting anything and that isn't the kind of mystery that hooks me.

Alwa's Legacy is more enjoyable than it's predecessor. The game in general but especially the characters look charming. The gameplay feels a little more fluent and backtracking has definitely been reduced or made somewhat less tedious. Also more general options to make the game less punishing but there still persist some weird game design choices. I guess the gameplay is a little more fun but still just ain't very exciting.

Unfortunately I've also managed to somehow break the game and softlock myself in "Monk's Mire" without even fighting one boss. Now I am stuck with no possibility to teleport back or reload, since you can only teleport from certain waypoints. So knowing how to continue still seems unintuitive, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten myself stuck I guess. Not properly polished but I still managed to enjoy this more than it's predecessor.

There is definitely an audience for games like this but I guess it just ain't for me. Mixed review. (5.7/10)