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Aztaka

Maybe a little bit of a disappointment. 

Games Description:

Inspired by Aztec legend, Aztaka will casts you into the middle of a war between the Gods and Mankind. Who will prevail? As Huitzilo, heir of the Sun God, skilled in both the arts of combat and magic, only you can save your people from the wrath of the g] Aztec Gods. With 21 huge levels, Aztaka provides a veritable new universe for Action/RPG fans to explore.
Game Minimum Specs:

Windows XP/Vista Operating System 
256 MB (512 MB recommended) DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with Shader Model 3.0 
Intel Pentium 2.0 GHz or higher processor 
2 GB GB of available system memory 
2.5 GB of available hard drive space 
DirectX 9.0c compliant Sound Card 
Keyboard 
Mouse

How It Faired on the Samsung NC10 (without extra ram installed (so 1GB RAM)) :
After the long process of installation, I turned my Sammy on to max performance and hit that Aztaka icon. At the top of this post I said it was a bit of a disappointment, but after looking up the minimum game specs it was devastatingly disappointing. For a game which is so basic, even if it contains high res art, it asks for way too much, and I’m afraid Sammy couldn’t put out. After a full minute loading time I was directed to the main menu, Simplistic in design, and a bit too small for my liking (the whole high res thing doesn’t really work on a netbook), but one thing did turn my blood cold, there was no “options” item in the menu. So turning my brave face on I went to run the game at full graphics. After a 20 second or so blank screen the game started up, and looked fantastic, music great. However upon gaining control of my character I noticed the slow frame rate, no counter, but somewhere around 10 fps, not ideal for an action RPG. Then I hit the jump key. Not only was it graphically slow but Sammy couldn’t process what was going on so game play slowed down. Hitting enemies even slower.
Screen Shot of Aztaka on my Sammy



Conclusion:
This Is a great Indie game for desktop PCs, but its lack of options of any kind meant that I couldn’t speed it up to a playable speed on my netbook. 

What I learnt:
High Resolution and Netbooks are a no-no 

 

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