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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Summary: Plagued by strange visions, the Dreamwalker Alundra is summoned to a troubled village where great evil lies in wait. Explore huge dungeons, find deadly weapons, solve challenging puzzles and fight the cast of foul creatures out to stop you in your tracks. This vast, enthralling adventure will keep you wide awake to the very end. Expand
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  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. But look no further if you are among the game playing ranks that is looking for a Herculean challenge, a complex and involving story, and tight, responsive gameplay.
  2. 90
    Alundra's off-the-hook action and challenging gameplay elevate it to must-have RPG status. Wake up and buy the game... missing out may cause you to have nightmares.[Feb 1998]
  3. It's the puzzles that make the game so rewarding. They're tough, sure, and many are downright brilliant in design. Working Designs, as always, did an excellent job translating the dialogue and story, although, their trademark humor is toned down a bit. [Feb 1998]
  4. The graphics are gorgeous, with a loving amount of detail, but the perspective and colouring may give them a dated, 16-bit feel.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. BenF.
    10
    Over a decade later, this game is still one of the great action RPGs of all time, with a creative story and brilliantly designed world.
  2. I think 1997 was the best year ever for quality videogames, Alundra (or, as originally named "The adventures of Alundra") makes no exception to this. This games even now in 2012 still shows how a game should be done. There is only one word to describe the game in its complex and this word is "MASTERPIECE". I've put at that time a lot of faith in its follow-up Alundra 2 which instead disappointed me as hell, the first one keeps being unrivaled and aside from the first half hour of game that could seem a little slow the game rocks till the end in a progression of well balanced mix of RPG, exploration and puzzle solving with some rare "finger-knotting" steps, a compelling soundtrack and the ability to keeps alive the wish to play. I live in Europe and if someone shouldn't come out with something that could only stay aside at the same level of the first Alundra I'll be really glad to have the chance of downloading and re-playing it on my PS3 system, unfortunately is not currently available in Europe. It has the same "magic taste" of FF7 for the lucky ones who played it at the right time, if you knows what I mean you definitely can't miss this one. I don't care if it could seem "old", it's "GREAT" first thing first, even now in 2012 we NEED a team that could send 3D-eye-candy garbage to hell and make game like this one cause the main reason for a game to exist is to let users HAVE FUN not to bore them with increasingly "realistic" graphics without soul, yes that's the word this is an old game with a huge SOUL, one of my dreams is to play another adventure like this.
    I'm gonna rating this title as it were newly released cause I've played it at that time and I've to say that for many reasons is still unsurpassed, a new same-style game would be over-welcome, in the meanwhile this is still a 10/10 game.
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  3. MarkG.
    10
    A lengthy game with great music and battles, despite the aged graphics it still delivers an epic experience. Even though I didn't quite understand the story, it was still fun. If you enjoyed the old zelda games, make sure you get a hold of this. A true classic. Expand
  4. Tcho
    6
    I recommend this only to those who love solving puzzles. Iffy storyline leaves you not caring when characters die or progressions in the plot and the gameplay can really annoy you at times. A zelda clone but with more puzzles, it's enjoyable enough if you're after a rpg fix but there's better rpgs out there. Expand

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