The Maw

When I first played the demo on Xbox 360, I fell in love with it. It was simple yet intriguing, since I wanted to see how much Maw would grow, even though I only had access to the one stage. Needless to say, when I saw that this game was on Steam, I had to get it. The gameplay is incredibly simple, as is standard for a 3D platformer, although there are some stages where you may have a little bit of trouble, depending on if you bought the DLC or not. If you bought The Mawesome Pack like I did, I recommend starting out with all DLC turned off, and then turn it back on once you've finished the main campaign. The game likes to intersperse them as 'Deleted Scenes', and they can be very difficult compared to the rest of the levels. As you progress through the game, Maw will continue to grow and grow, very quickly eclipsing Frank (your character) in height. This allows him to swallow more prey, though he will still have some weaknesses unless he has a certain power. If you pay attention, you might even notice that Frank frequently needs to keep up with Maw, since he moves that much faster. In fact, you slowly realize that you aren't really controlling Frank anymore. Maw keeps getting larger and larger, taking up more space than Frank at times. As adorable as he is, there's a reason why he was locked away. Overall, The Maw isn't too challenging, but it's a decent platformer with some fun gimmicks, and a pleasing art style.

Attempted running: directx9 install throws up an error when trying to install so had to manually install the 2 dll files needed, however the game doesn't register controller input despite being a console game and showing controller inputs in the options menu. Game is completely borked and after looking on the discussion threads has been for over a decade. Don't buy. I'm refunding as its not worth the effort, And the devs clearly stopped caring years ago, if they even ever did in the first place.

Played on 360 as a kid, couldn't even get the game playable on my laptop, it's from 2009, even on my basic laptop it should at least be functional, sadly it wasn't, some people had the same issues as me and managed to get it to work, I couldn't unfortunately, this was a favourite of mine so I'm very sad to have to give this a thumbs down, but when the game doesn't even work what more can you do? I've tried a little troubleshooting and I just can't get it working, maybe there'll be an update to fix it, maybe I'll get a PC or the steam machine when that releases and it'll work, for now I can't recommend this

Mawesome!

Great game from our childhoods. If you have never played The Maw, don't expect much as it is a simple and old game. Runs well at high resolutions. Beware an annoying bug which will force you to re-do levels if you want 100% completion: do not throw food into Maw's mouth as sometimes the food will be thrown across a level, never to be found. I found this to be both annoying and to introduce tedium when trying to 100% levels.

This game is proof to never meet your hero, nostalgia is a dirty liar. etc. Painfully boring, and so buggy I couldn't even finish it. The throwing mechanic did not work a single time.

The premise of this game is fun, you are an alien who crash landed on a strange planet, you control a leash that you can attach to a monster with a big eye, a bigger mouth, and an even bigger appetite. You get the monster to eat everything to escape the planet, and the aliens that imprisoned you in the first place. This is a 3D puzzle platformer that has simple puzzles and awful, awful camera controls. The camera controls are so bad that I simply cannot recommend this to anyone. At least it was short and the game was not too painful to get through.

The best game ever

Kicking myself for never playing this during the XBLA golden age! Having finally got to The Maw now, it's probably the cutest and one of the most seamlessly-explained indie games on a mechanical level from that era. And, well, that's saying a LOT considering its peers were Limbo, Super Meat Boy and Trials to name a few. The Maw gets right into its premise of two vigilante aliens getting a leg up on their captors across a brisk set of levels. Figuring out how to leash and feed your gelatinous companion is instantly communicated in the first 2 minutes of playtime allowing the game to build out from that base extremely effortlessly in the levels that follow. Every unique creature he consumes provides such an adorable and surprisingly gratifying mechanical surprise which helps distract from the samey environments and the at-times slow, repetitious animations. Twisted Pixel explores its premise thoroughly for such a short game, but it's refreshing as it doesn't overstay its welcome while sticking the landing beautifully come the end - one that's simultaneously sentimental and bombastic all at once. There aren't many through-and-through irreverent, whimsy games you can play on Steam from the XBLA catalog. The fact The Maw exists in a playable state and is still fully functional, charming and succinct helps it maintain a unique spot from an era the industry has increasingly moved away from. If you're ever needing to decompress and let the good times roll as if you just booted up your rickety 360 for the first time in a decade, The Maw more than has you covered. Its cartoonish consumption have made this relic age gracefully. Guess it helps it ate its veggies..... and literally everything else with it.

Um clássico do 360 que foi esquecido pela Microsoft