Just wanted to say I appreciate everyone who took the time to watch, as well as all the subs, likes, and comments. I hope you liked the video and enjoy your time here. Thank you.
The first month posted, 30k+ views, 700+ subscribers, and over 1k+ likes on an Aidyn Chronicles video. My friend, I think you are breaking Aidyn Chronicles' history here on RUclips! Whatever your next project is I truly wish you the very best and am extremely grateful for all you have done for our little hidden unpolished gem of an N64 rpg.
Thanks for introducing me to this game. I wish I’d found this one as a kid. Great video, the game audio is really quiet but overall I really enjoyed it.
@@Sevoran117 I hoped u didn't forget to mention Cheat Death on poupurse Belt of life with Cheat Death in Erromon Cheat Death Spell in the Burrows after Luguah is defeated & u collected the horn
Odd games like this are always so fascinating. Old, buggy, broken, weird, sometimes simple, but made with so much heart that their flaws can be excused.
@@RappingNinja Also not helping was that this game is VERY SLOW without the Expansion Pak, and tedious at times with or without it-- thankfully I can play it with the QoL mods that halibabica made and that solves the grievances I and several other fans had.
Big fan of the game here, just wanted to say you made a real banger of a video! Well done. @1:21:40 For anyone stuck here that doesn't wanna enter the code, if you pan the camera with the R button and hold it to be around the righthand corner of the passage and continue pushing the joystick/ running forward, eventually it will snap you past the cursed thing due to the camera being too far away from the character model.
Had this as a kid. My dad and I both loved it. I never beat it as a child but eventually downloaded a rom and played through. It had a lot of care put into it I'm glad to see it getting love online.
I love that my algo has been giving me smaller channels lately. I've been finding hidden gems like this account. Subbed and hopefully you don't stay small for long this is premium content
I loved this game when I first played it years ago, glad to see someone talking about it; so much genuine effort to create something interesting on the n64, really a hidden gem
I still have my cartridge of this. I played it a bunch as a kid, and only realized in recent years how much the story owes to the Earthsea books. This game deserves to be remembered, so thanks for making this!
Appreciate the shoutout and really glad to find others who are hardcore fans of this game just as much if not more so than myself! Name change I figured was something more relatable to the actual game versus fan artwork that was created. I played Necro back in the old Diablo two days and even though he is a bad dude, Shamsuk is still my favorite, idk why still to be 100 percent honest. I was right around the same age when I first got my hands on the game as well. I think for me not knowing how all the mechanics worked and even later getting the guidebook PDF online that is hit and miss on its info was all a part of the amazing journey Aidyn has to offer. Personally, I have to go back to Aidyn maybe once every other year at least to just give it a glance if not a full playthrough to remember the good old simpler times. This nostalgic recollection and description of the game was excellent! What a breath of fresh air to actually get a review-type deal from an actual fan who played it fully through and was more than fair. Your diplomacy and loremaster skills of this game are very high! I hope all who watch this will go back and reminisce on their personal fond memories of the game or give it a try for newcomers alike. Thank you very much again for all your hard work and dedication put into this project!
I'm glad you liked it! I've been a fan of your Aidyn videos for about a year or so now. I could not believe the Farris trick was actually true! It really is an under appreciated game and I try to get all of my DnD friends to at least try it out.
fantastic video of a game that I dearly feel nostalgia love for. Also, I cannot say how much I appreciate your shout out of lil shammy. He truly is a lore master of the game and has so much info and research for those who want to dive into every aspect. I really respect his work and I am glad to see someone with a platform do the same
Dude, this is a really high quality video! I rented this back in the day, but I wasn’t very well versed with RPGs so it didn’t really click with me. I’m working on a full US N64 collection and just purchased this one a couple months ago. This video has convinced me to give it another try. Definitely earned a sub from me and I look forward to whatever you come out with next!
Thanks dude! It's fun if you can stomach the pitfalls. I just love medieval settings and D&D so much. Plus alot of nostalgia mixed in as well of course.
I LOVED this game! I spent so many hours grinding my characters and messing around with my party and collecting spells and tons of weapons! I spent so much time trying to beat the boss at the end to no avail. Then one day after about a week of failure i thought “what the heck, why not?” And cast wall of bones on the end boss and it worked! This game is definitely worth a look and im glad someone’s covering it. Good video! Subbed.
This was my favorite game as a kid and was my first entry into dark fantasy, a genre that is still my favorite to this day. I introduced my best friend to the game when we were kids and thought we were the only ones that ever played it. My favorite character is Godric. Something my friend always made fun of. I still use the name Godrick in my character names rotation. I even have a charcater in Elden Ring named "Godric of Aidyn"
This game was hyped to the moon by IGN64, it was one of the last n64 games to come out and one of the few RPG's. I rented it, played it for 20 minutes, thought it sucked and never gave it another chance. It was reviewed very poorly at the time of it's release. Looking forward to seeing a fresh take on it.
I'm really happy to see someone else who can enjoy Aidyn Chronicles. I was pleasantly surprised two years ago when I finished my first playtrough. That being said, if anyone wants to play the game, I recommend to use a high accuracy emulator that support N64 CPU overclock. Aidyn Chronicle is one of those game really, really beneficiate it without having any issues. The change to FPS is amazing.
I remember being _told_ characters can only learn spells of one school and not being able to train Rheda or Godrick cross-discipline and thus putting thought into which _single_ school to have Alaron learn. I never thought to try having him, specifically, learn something else once he already knew one kind of magic. I usually went with Elemental from the healer (Strength and later Fireball) or Necromancy (Cheat Death and Acid Arrow). Naming just never felt particularly spectacular or useful compared to the others. I also never got to the Dryad NPCs. The ghost wolves are where I always got stuck.
I played this game as a kid but ended up getting lost in the mountains, hahaha. Thanks for making this video. This game had such a charm and awesome world building potential.
I love this game so much. Usually consider it my favorite-- or among favorites-- of all time. I've played through it an embarrassing number of times. Taking Keelin and Brenna together can be fun. The love triangle aspect gets heavily played up. This was such a well done video! Very entertaining and informative. Subbed and can't wait to see what else we get from you.
Okay fine i'll play aidyn chronicles again. I remember thinking abrecan was the coolest ever as well, that grizzled warrior with a soft spot for alaron. A fantastic retrospective, you have my sub, looking forward to future projects!
The dream or vision at the beginning of the game and the strange atmosphere running through the forest really set the tone of the game. Along with the art style for characters. It was eerie and kinda scary, but that's an atmosphere I have never seen again. It is definitely unique.
Man, takes me back. From finding the rope in the burned village to that damned mushroom I didn't even remember until you brought it back ptsd style (I remember getting past it with continually trying) and I enjoyed how the combat was in it's own way. Sometimes you'd get lost in the wilderness but it was part of the game. And all the beautiful cheese. I remember one of the funniest parts was if Alaron went before Rabisat can cast mirror and she doesn't resist, you can just wall of bones her. Instant win! Then there's draining enemy stats to 0 thus effectively killing them wall of bones style. The alchemy trick you mentioned early, the healer skill cheese. I even remember not realizing I needed magic weapons for the spirit wolves in front of the academy. And The music's pretty cool too. All around was a fun game I haven't played in Decades~
Game was fun, had the most interesting story I have ever played in an RPG. Very weird. It was a muddled mess in graphics though and kid me had no idea where to go. Rented it a few times.
I did love this game as a kid, despite first becoming aware of the concept of lag thanks to it. Until giving up on it because I came across an impossible difficulty curve due to my party members dying, and not having good saves to reload from, and not wanting to restart the entire game.
I have to say, I had never heard of this game before watching this video. I have an insatiable appetite for RPGs of pretty much any kind, and so immediately found a copy of this game to try out. I especially have great love for older RPGs (The Legend of Dragon was my first
This was my favorite game as a kid and was my first entry into dark fantasy, a genre that is still my favorite to this day. I introduced my best friend to the game when we were kids and thought we were the only ones that ever played it. My favorite character is Godrick. Something my friend always made fun of.
genuinely thought for a few seconds that you were making a joke when you showed the n64 box art on screen. had never seen nor heard of this anywhere before. super interesting game, great video!
Lol thanks dude I swear it is real. And yeah I had only ever seen one advertisement for it in the back of Nintendo Power. Apparently they made a commercial at some point but I've never seen it
I enjoyed this game tremendously. Especially the writing, the story and the lore. I remember there was one or two monsters which always respawned and which I used to grind and level up my loremaster skill to be able to read all the books the game has to offer. I also still have the Prima's official strategy guide. If there is a game that needs a modern remake, it's this!
I love this game!! I played it, drew art of it, and beat this game many times! That fanged sword you get by killing the goblin king I used all the way till I got the sword of lodin in the desert. I love this game!!
Oh look who showed up in my recommended 😂 amazing video brother. During my only play through i got lost in the castle for 2 and a half hours because i thought i was told to grab 3 members but i couldn’t find a third. Whenever i revisit this game id like to see where i went wrong 😅 Great retrospective and this definitely got me stoked to give Aidyn Chronicles another go
Thank you my dude! Your videos have been very inspirational. The ending of Hybrid Heaven was so absurd I thought you had dubbed over the real audio somehow lol. And I enjoyed Van Helsing: The Movie: The Game: The Stream yestersday! It's too bad the multistream was being weird
Pretty cool to see a new deep dive on this game - even cooler to see how many people did actually play it in the comments. I talk about this game sometimes online and most people have never even heard of it - and I don't think I've personally met anyone else who played it other than my brother and I. I watched him play through the whole thing as a kid, and have played it on and off over the years myself when I feel like I need a bit of an Aidyn fix. Still have my original cart. The game has a ton of great ideas and was super ambitious, despite the rough edges there's a lot to love if you have the patience for it. Definitely a title that stuck with me over the years.
Oh yeah. It was honestly kind of a prophetic game for me, I had no idea my future game library would be with similar but improved systems. It really cemented my love for RPG's.
I was probably one of the very few who played this game when it was new. And it is so memorable to me because this is the only game I returned back to Blockbuster! I couldn't get passed the graphics. They were just so hideous! The draw distance/fog was so bad! The stretched graphics! Barf! After playing Quest 64, 12 year old me felt cheated. I didn't give it a fair shot. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the video.
thanks for watching! the graphics really are pretty rough. But I think the thing that irritates me the most these days is the camera. always throws me when you go back and can't control it
I really enjoyed this video. I love this game. I remember reading previews for it in magazines and being really excited. Bought the game on release and fell in love with it. I still play it regularly. Thanks for giving this game the respect it deserves. Too many people’s “reviews” of it consistent of them wandering around the opening forest and saying its okay. Without ever really giving it proper attention. It’s underrated.
It really is underrated. The only advertisment I remember for it was a single page at the back of a Nintendo Power that I had. After that I saw nothing of it until it popped up at my game store.
I will always love this game, despite its flaws. I love needlessly ambitious games that push hardware to its limits. Plus at the time I was an RPG fan that only had a Sega Genesis and N64 so I was starved for meaty roleplaying experiences.
I was in the same boat. And I didn't have a PC so I didn't have Baldur's Gate or anything like that either. At the time this game and Morrowind were my favorites
I'm glad to see so many people enjoyed the game as I did. Thought I was nuts for the longest time because most of my friends hated it lol. Which I understand, its very frustrating at times
@@Sevoran117 Back in the CoolRoms days I was looking for RPGs on the N64 and stumbled across Aidyn Chronicles, I think I loved it because it has a really unique vibe and actually tried to be more in depth than alot of the ones i had tried until that point even if execution is a little iffy. Great video!
If I open a video and see a long hair guy with bad posture hunching forward and using his hair as drapes that he's constantly peeking through, I know I'm in for a banger of a video.
Alethi lighteyes, yes, could as well be. I like those references. Also indeed I never even heard of this game, looks like something I would surely play 15 years ago.
Honestly this is one of my favorite RPGS of all time. I got so sucked into the world when I first played it. I literally snuck from the Castle to Erromon because the Minotaurs scared the shit outta me as a kid. I use the name Txomin sometimes in Souls games and other RPGS. Love this game, hopn it gets a remaster one day.
I'm glad to have found and heard someone else who likes this game. And even better finished it. I was never able to because I didn't own it I only rented it. And I never saw it for sale or I would have bought it. Really wished they'd of made the one for the gamecube.
I actually didn’t know where to get the sword when I first played and ended up wall of bonesing Lugash the Lich and got stuck on the final boss. Luckily I was able to go down to my schools library and look up where to go on their PC. God bless the people who created made the GameFAQ guides back then and the Ctrl+F function!!!
I needed gamefaqs for the sword too. I ran around the desert aimlessly for a very very long time. But now you have me curios if anyone out there has done a no sword of lodin run
Loved the review. This is one that hit me much the same way. Despite its age I always end up going back to play through it every few years. I think my favorite part was the leveling system in that you just spend experience on whatever skill / stat you want to grow. It always felt so rewarding.
There's just so much control. Even over spell levels, which I completely forgot to mention. I was worried that I was too positive about it, but the more I think about it, I think I undersold the leveling system completely. It's so freaking good lol
And that is sadly what turns most people away from it, and rightfully so. All the damn bugs and crashes. Progression getting killed in an RPG is just awful
I wouldn't have had I not randomly stumbled across it years ago. And it just happened to release when Square was pumping out some pf the greatest rpg's ever made lol I guess it didn't really get a chance. Plus all the unfortunate bugs and crashes...I dig it though
This one always captivated me by its cover art when I was a kid. Contemplated it a lot in a rental shop, but never went for it. It scared me, RPG? I can't read English! So I've never played it to this day. Not an English language native btw
I remember reading a review for this in a N64 mag back in the day (I think it scored a 6 or 7), but this is literally the first time I've ever heard the game mentioned since then. Thanks for the deep dive!
I recently picked this game up, as I heard it was bad - it really isn't. It's a solid DnD inspired rpg with a lot to explore and mess around with. The open world is really what gets me, it's fairly detailed (with the expansion pak as it adds some foliage!) and the landscapes you see when getting to higher elevation are MAGNIFICENT. Love me some low-poly open world scenes. Thank you for bringing attention to this game. Also if you put "!crawdaddy" in the rename character option, you turn into a crab which is just the cherry on top.
I didnt know about !crawdaddy! I did mess around with !darkside for awhile to get the lightsaber. I was gonna use it to cheese through the game and get a look at different characters...but it crashed and I couldn't recover the file lol. Rip
I played it. I found it unsettling at times. But I’m glad I was able to basically beat it during a time pre internet and there wasn’t a lot of resources to figure out where to go next. The random crashes were fun and it’s been stuck forever in my mind since
I did ok until the desert, then I needed Gamefaqs for the Burial Grounds. Actually I think I meeded a guide for the Tower too because I wanted to get all the loot
Hey man, 1300+ subs with just 2 vids is no small feat! Keep it up, I look forward to seeing this channel grow. You clearly have those intangibles necessary to be successful on yt.
Hey there! I really liked your video essay on Aidyn Chronicles! I'm kinda amazed that the YT algorythm recommended me such a small RUclipsr. Keep making good stuff! Your audio seemed a little quiet tho (could just be my setup).
My best mate had this game while growing up. I watched him play a little of it and despite its flaws, we did get into the game (iirc we took turns with the battles lol). Nice to see more of the game besides him/me missing enemies constantly. I don’t think he ever got far so it’s nice to see other parts of it. Great video/review! Will keep following your channel!
Hey thanks! Man the combat really does start off rough with so much attacks missing, low Dexterity and Thief and all that. Spells basically never hit. Then all of a sudden your party becomes a deathball. Really weird power scaling
A few years ago I put in over 200 hours into this game and had a blast. It's not great, but I really got into it and took it slow. Keep the opening party members, at the end you get extra dialogue.
Yeah I didn't know about the extra dialogue until very recently. I wish there was more for Becan. But I say that about most parts of the game, "I wish there was more" lol
I love this game! I went back to it so often, but as a kid got lost way too often and eventually moved on to newer games. You inspired me to dig it up and try to beat it
Haha loved this game as a kid. Out of all the glitches there is a good one I remember. Dougal's betrayal was only coded to happen at the entrance to the dragon's lair. So he never betrays you if you don't take him there specifically. He will even help you kill Rabisat herself lol.
That's sick. I think mine was FF7. Played it too early though, I couldn't figure out how to heal, or that lightning did more damage to robots, and I also couldn't make it out of the reactor on time
All this, smashed into a restrictive N64 cart. So cool. I wish I'd have seen this game on a shelf somewhere when I was a kid, I'd have loved it just as much then as I find it interesting now.
It's still fun...minus the glitches and occasional crashes. Less frustrating as an adult I think. As a kid I didnt know what Dexterity was nor did I care lol
I played it with my best friend. We would just pass the controller back and forth trying to take down Kitarak, that first trip from Gwernia to the mountains is one of my favorite memories of my life
Loved this game growing up. I still go back and play it every once in a while, but it has to be on an emulator. Game feels super slow without being able to speed it up. The game is pretty jank, but has its charms. Love your in-depth video about it. A few things I wanted to comment: 1. Going through darkling bog to get to terminor is a super long way around. You can just go south from the road before it ends at the bog and it’s a much shorter route. 2. Was glad to see helm of tempests show up in your video. For such an obscure game, it’s surprising to me that people know it shows up way later. 3. Sholeh can be encountered in the dessert as long as you haven’t entered the city yet. If you’re looking at the gate, she’s off to the left, nearish to the big fish skeleton. You fight with her against a bunch of chaos. 4. Majors and Lieutenants can drop the best armor in the game, but you can only fight a handful throughout the game. So you have to save scum just to get your hands on 4 chaos armors. Worth it though. 5. If you recruit everyone else before leaving gwernia castle, Brenna can’t force herself into the party. If you leave with a slot open, she will join you and depending on your dialogue options she’ll give you some extra equipment. (A battle axe if I remember right.) Hope to see more videos from you in the future :D
Just wanted to say I appreciate everyone who took the time to watch, as well as all the subs, likes, and comments. I hope you liked the video and enjoy your time here. Thank you.
Played this game when it came out and it’s burned into my memory forever
The first month posted, 30k+ views, 700+ subscribers, and over 1k+ likes on an Aidyn Chronicles video. My friend, I think you are breaking Aidyn Chronicles' history here on RUclips!
Whatever your next project is I truly wish you the very best and am extremely grateful for all you have done for our little hidden unpolished gem of an N64 rpg.
Thanks for introducing me to this game. I wish I’d found this one as a kid. Great video, the game audio is really quiet but overall I really enjoyed it.
@@Sevoran117 I hoped u didn't forget to mention Cheat Death on poupurse
Belt of life with Cheat Death in Erromon
Cheat Death Spell in the Burrows after Luguah is defeated & u collected the horn
Finally, a video titled "Game that no one played" that I have actually never played!
@@David-xi7vv right lol. And I'll be honest...I didn't think this many people had played it. I almost went with "In Defense Of Aidyn Chronicles" 😂
A 90 minute video about an old game I've never heard of, let alone played? Count me in.
I start 6 hour Morrowind analysis videos before bed then fall asleep 5 minutes in
This ones highly underrated. This is when my brother lost his soul to video games and played 24h straight. Ill never forget
Odd games like this are always so fascinating. Old, buggy, broken, weird, sometimes simple, but made with so much heart that their flaws can be excused.
Never even _heard_ of this one.
And you are not alone lol. I think outside of my video store I only saw one ad for it at the back of Nintendo Power.
Very late N64 release, and one of very few (i.e. single-digit) RPGs on the system. Always been fascinated by its obscurity…
Same. And I'm the most degenerate.
It’s true hidden gem, ie of the first games I picked up by sheer luck on the n64
@@RappingNinja Also not helping was that this game is VERY SLOW without the Expansion Pak, and tedious at times with or without it-- thankfully I can play it with the QoL mods that halibabica made and that solves the grievances I and several other fans had.
Big fan of the game here, just wanted to say you made a real banger of a video! Well done.
@1:21:40 For anyone stuck here that doesn't wanna enter the code, if you pan the camera with the R button and hold it to be around the righthand corner of the passage and continue pushing the joystick/ running forward, eventually it will snap you past the cursed thing due to the camera being too far away from the character model.
HOLD UP. You can control the camera???????
Also thank you for watching lol
@@Sevoran117 Yep. Just hold R and move the joystick to pan the camera around.
The algorithm gave me your video, and I’m glad it did! Always nice to see a fellow new gaming channel.
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Had this as a kid. My dad and I both loved it. I never beat it as a child but eventually downloaded a rom and played through. It had a lot of care put into it I'm glad to see it getting love online.
I love that my algo has been giving me smaller channels lately. I've been finding hidden gems like this account. Subbed and hopefully you don't stay small for long this is premium content
Hey thanks! My favorite videos on youtube are mostly people talking about old games for like 3 hours lol so I figured I'd make one too
I loved this game when I first played it years ago, glad to see someone talking about it; so much genuine effort to create something interesting on the n64, really a hidden gem
It was my intro to D&D inspired games, though I didn't know at the time
I still have my cartridge of this. I played it a bunch as a kid, and only realized in recent years how much the story owes to the Earthsea books. This game deserves to be remembered, so thanks for making this!
You're the second person to mention Earthsea! I'm gonna have to read them again
I bought this at k mart for 30 bucks. This is my favorite game i ever played.. full of bugs but way ahead if its time. What a great video!
thanks dude! I will probably do another playthrough in a few months. the customization is just too good. I may try an Alaron only run lol
Appreciate the shoutout and really glad to find others who are hardcore fans of this game just as much if not more so than myself!
Name change I figured was something more relatable to the actual game versus fan artwork that was created. I played Necro back in the old Diablo two days and even though he is a bad dude, Shamsuk is still my favorite, idk why still to be 100 percent honest.
I was right around the same age when I first got my hands on the game as well. I think for me not knowing how all the mechanics worked and even later getting the guidebook PDF online that is hit and miss on its info was all a part of the amazing journey Aidyn has to offer.
Personally, I have to go back to Aidyn maybe once every other year at least to just give it a glance if not a full playthrough to remember the good old simpler times.
This nostalgic recollection and description of the game was excellent! What a breath of fresh air to actually get a review-type deal from an actual fan who played it fully through and was more than fair.
Your diplomacy and loremaster skills of this game are very high! I hope all who watch this will go back and reminisce on their personal fond memories of the game or give it a try for newcomers alike.
Thank you very much again for all your hard work and dedication put into this project!
I'm glad you liked it! I've been a fan of your Aidyn videos for about a year or so now. I could not believe the Farris trick was actually true! It really is an under appreciated game and I try to get all of my DnD friends to at least try it out.
Wow wow wow! Wait WHAT!? A N64 RPG game I never heard of???? O_O
fantastic video of a game that I dearly feel nostalgia love for. Also, I cannot say how much I appreciate your shout out of lil shammy. He truly is a lore master of the game and has so much info and research for those who want to dive into every aspect. I really respect his work and I am glad to see someone with a platform do the same
Shammy is the freakin man.
I love gaming retrospectives, people become more appreciative of games as time passes by
I think I really appreciated the writing and the lore much more this time around for sure. Lots of it went way over my head back in the day
Dude, this is a really high quality video! I rented this back in the day, but I wasn’t very well versed with RPGs so it didn’t really click with me. I’m working on a full US N64 collection and just purchased this one a couple months ago. This video has convinced me to give it another try. Definitely earned a sub from me and I look forward to whatever you come out with next!
Thanks dude! It's fun if you can stomach the pitfalls. I just love medieval settings and D&D so much. Plus alot of nostalgia mixed in as well of course.
Dude, I’ve never heard of this game but you have so much passion that this is such an enjoyable watch.
Hey I appreciate it! It's got its fair share of problems but I just love the atmosphere
I LOVED this game! I spent so many hours grinding my characters and messing around with my party and collecting spells and tons of weapons! I spent so much time trying to beat the boss at the end to no avail. Then one day after about a week of failure i thought “what the heck, why not?” And cast wall of bones on the end boss and it worked! This game is definitely worth a look and im glad someone’s covering it. Good video! Subbed.
@DSGuyJay I NEVER got wall of bones to work on the last boss!! I'd love to know what the odds of that working are. Thanks for subbing!
This was my favorite game as a kid and was my first entry into dark fantasy, a genre that is still my favorite to this day. I introduced my best friend to the game when we were kids and thought we were the only ones that ever played it. My favorite character is Godric. Something my friend always made fun of. I still use the name Godrick in my character names rotation. I even have a charcater in Elden Ring named "Godric of Aidyn"
After you take him once he's kind of hard to leave behind! He's so damn funny.
This game was hyped to the moon by IGN64, it was one of the last n64 games to come out and one of the few RPG's. I rented it, played it for 20 minutes, thought it sucked and never gave it another chance. It was reviewed very poorly at the time of it's release. Looking forward to seeing a fresh take on it.
I'm really happy to see someone else who can enjoy Aidyn Chronicles. I was pleasantly surprised two years ago when I finished my first playtrough. That being said, if anyone wants to play the game, I recommend to use a high accuracy emulator that support N64 CPU overclock. Aidyn Chronicle is one of those game really, really beneficiate it without having any issues. The change to FPS is amazing.
Can you recommend any? N64 emulators seem to be the most difficult to produce and many are quite bad.
@@AlmostAeroGauge I would definitly use Retroarch with Parrallel core. There's an option for overclock and Aydin Chronicles work great with it,
This game can be just extremely tedious early on until you beat the goblins.
You said "Alethi Lighteyes" and I knew we'd have enough in common for me to also be interested in this game. Lol
Finally some regular-person-adopted-by-royalty-who’s-not-at-all-secretly-also-royalty representation!
This game had generational representation
I had no idea that I wanted a 90 minute video about Aidyn Chronicles. This is pretty darn good!
I remember being _told_ characters can only learn spells of one school and not being able to train Rheda or Godrick cross-discipline and thus putting thought into which _single_ school to have Alaron learn. I never thought to try having him, specifically, learn something else once he already knew one kind of magic.
I usually went with Elemental from the healer (Strength and later Fireball) or Necromancy (Cheat Death and Acid Arrow). Naming just never felt particularly spectacular or useful compared to the others.
I also never got to the Dryad NPCs. The ghost wolves are where I always got stuck.
That's true I did forget to mention that. I had to sneak around the wolves actually. They beat the shit out of me
I played this game as a kid but ended up getting lost in the mountains, hahaha. Thanks for making this video. This game had such a charm and awesome world building potential.
So glad to see someone bring this game up. Haven't seen anyone play it since I was a kid and my dad barreled through it.
Always good to see a new channel of this type, looking forward to your future!
Thanks! I'm working on another one.
I love this game so much. Usually consider it my favorite-- or among favorites-- of all time. I've played through it an embarrassing number of times.
Taking Keelin and Brenna together can be fun. The love triangle aspect gets heavily played up.
This was such a well done video! Very entertaining and informative. Subbed and can't wait to see what else we get from you.
Okay fine i'll play aidyn chronicles again. I remember thinking abrecan was the coolest ever as well, that grizzled warrior with a soft spot for alaron.
A fantastic retrospective, you have my sub, looking forward to future projects!
The dream or vision at the beginning of the game and the strange atmosphere running through the forest really set the tone of the game. Along with the art style for characters. It was eerie and kinda scary, but that's an atmosphere I have never seen again. It is definitely unique.
Yeah and the music too! So brooding.
Man, takes me back. From finding the rope in the burned village to that damned mushroom I didn't even remember until you brought it back ptsd style (I remember getting past it with continually trying) and I enjoyed how the combat was in it's own way. Sometimes you'd get lost in the wilderness but it was part of the game. And all the beautiful cheese.
I remember one of the funniest parts was if Alaron went before Rabisat can cast mirror and she doesn't resist, you can just wall of bones her. Instant win!
Then there's draining enemy stats to 0 thus effectively killing them wall of bones style. The alchemy trick you mentioned early, the healer skill cheese. I even remember not realizing I needed magic weapons for the spirit wolves in front of the academy. And The music's pretty cool too. All around was a fun game I haven't played in Decades~
Game was fun, had the most interesting story I have ever played in an RPG. Very weird. It was a muddled mess in graphics though and kid me had no idea where to go. Rented it a few times.
Yeah I had a very rough time in the Erromon mountains. And then I almost got stuck in Shamsuk's tower forever, because you cant leave
I did love this game as a kid, despite first becoming aware of the concept of lag thanks to it. Until giving up on it because I came across an impossible difficulty curve due to my party members dying, and not having good saves to reload from, and not wanting to restart the entire game.
Same. But lag was more apparent to me in WoW. Couldn't even go to Ironforge...
I have to say, I had never heard of this game before watching this video. I have an insatiable appetite for RPGs of pretty much any kind, and so immediately found a copy of this game to try out. I especially have great love for older RPGs (The Legend of Dragon was my first
This was my favorite game as a kid and was my first entry into dark fantasy, a genre that is still my favorite to this day. I introduced my best friend to the game when we were kids and thought we were the only ones that ever played it. My favorite character is Godrick. Something my friend always made fun of.
I actually haven't played Legend of Dragoon! That's on the ever growing backlog
Love this retrospective. This is one of my favorite games from back in the day. I still remember pre-ordering it!
I was glad my memories of it weren't just rose tinted goggles. I have another playthrough going now actually, but I'm also checking out Ogre Battle
genuinely thought for a few seconds that you were making a joke when you showed the n64 box art on screen. had never seen nor heard of this anywhere before. super interesting game, great video!
Lol thanks dude I swear it is real. And yeah I had only ever seen one advertisement for it in the back of Nintendo Power. Apparently they made a commercial at some point but I've never seen it
Thanks for watching! It is an absolute fever dream of a game. Equal parts frustrating, fulfilling, wacky and broody
Love these small and successful channels on my feed, modern RUclips is great
yeah I was prepared to have like...10 people watch it. then one morning I woke up like......oh.
I enjoyed this game tremendously. Especially the writing, the story and the lore. I remember there was one or two monsters which always respawned and which I used to grind and level up my loremaster skill to be able to read all the books the game has to offer. I also still have the Prima's official strategy guide. If there is a game that needs a modern remake, it's this!
someone made a video reading all the books with maxed out loremaster
I love this game!! I played it, drew art of it, and beat this game many times! That fanged sword you get by killing the goblin king I used all the way till I got the sword of lodin in the desert.
I love this game!!
I love Warfang. the +2 to Warrior is just OP. And Tap Stamina Magic. whew.
Well, not often I see a game that I've NEVER seen anything about at all, let alone one that looks this interesting! Guess I'll give you a sub
Liked and subscribed. Great video. Love obscure RPGs this sounds like great fun to try out. Keep up the good work my man
Thanks dude!
I loved that game. Spent hundreds of hours on it back in the day.
Hold up! An RPG on the N64 that isn't Quest 64?!
Ohh! I heard about this one but never played it. Looks like a real gem and certainly will try it.
Keep up the great work :D
Thanks dude!
Oh look who showed up in my recommended 😂 amazing video brother.
During my only play through i got lost in the castle for 2 and a half hours because i thought i was told to grab 3 members but i couldn’t find a third. Whenever i revisit this game id like to see where i went wrong 😅
Great retrospective and this definitely got me stoked to give Aidyn Chronicles another go
Thank you my dude! Your videos have been very inspirational. The ending of Hybrid Heaven was so absurd I thought you had dubbed over the real audio somehow lol. And I enjoyed Van Helsing: The Movie: The Game: The Stream yestersday! It's too bad the multistream was being weird
Subbed and liked for no other reason than to boost yer numbers mate. Do more old games. Good luck.
Dude thanks! Number go up
Great video, I’m going to play this now.
Have fun!
Pretty cool to see a new deep dive on this game - even cooler to see how many people did actually play it in the comments. I talk about this game sometimes online and most people have never even heard of it - and I don't think I've personally met anyone else who played it other than my brother and I. I watched him play through the whole thing as a kid, and have played it on and off over the years myself when I feel like I need a bit of an Aidyn fix. Still have my original cart.
The game has a ton of great ideas and was super ambitious, despite the rough edges there's a lot to love if you have the patience for it. Definitely a title that stuck with me over the years.
Indeed. I'm genuinly shocked at how many have commented about it...almost no one at game stores I talk to could remember it
Wow, I've never heard of this game! This would have been right up my alley back in the day.
Oh yeah. It was honestly kind of a prophetic game for me, I had no idea my future game library would be with similar but improved systems. It really cemented my love for RPG's.
I was probably one of the very few who played this game when it was new. And it is so memorable to me because this is the only game I returned back to Blockbuster! I couldn't get passed the graphics. They were just so hideous! The draw distance/fog was so bad! The stretched graphics! Barf! After playing Quest 64, 12 year old me felt cheated.
I didn't give it a fair shot. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the video.
thanks for watching! the graphics really are pretty rough. But I think the thing that irritates me the most these days is the camera. always throws me when you go back and can't control it
I really enjoyed this video. I love this game. I remember reading previews for it in magazines and being really excited. Bought the game on release and fell in love with it. I still play it regularly.
Thanks for giving this game the respect it deserves. Too many people’s “reviews” of it consistent of them wandering around the opening forest and saying its okay. Without ever really giving it proper attention.
It’s underrated.
It really is underrated. The only advertisment I remember for it was a single page at the back of a Nintendo Power that I had. After that I saw nothing of it until it popped up at my game store.
I will always love this game, despite its flaws. I love needlessly ambitious games that push hardware to its limits. Plus at the time I was an RPG fan that only had a Sega Genesis and N64 so I was starved for meaty roleplaying experiences.
I was in the same boat. And I didn't have a PC so I didn't have Baldur's Gate or anything like that either. At the time this game and Morrowind were my favorites
Finally a new review of this game, this makes me super happy
I'm glad to see so many people enjoyed the game as I did. Thought I was nuts for the longest time because most of my friends hated it lol. Which I understand, its very frustrating at times
@@Sevoran117 Back in the CoolRoms days I was looking for RPGs on the N64 and stumbled across Aidyn Chronicles, I think I loved it because it has a really unique vibe and actually tried to be more in depth than alot of the ones i had tried until that point even if execution is a little iffy. Great video!
If I open a video and see a long hair guy with bad posture hunching forward and using his hair as drapes that he's constantly peeking through, I know I'm in for a banger of a video.
15m into the video - confirmed banger I knew it.
Great retrospective, watching this to the end
Happy this came up. Never played the game but loving the videos ❤
I remember seeing this title at Game Crazy. Always wondered what it was. Great video. Subbed.
Thanks!
Alethi lighteyes, yes, could as well be. I like those references. Also indeed I never even heard of this game, looks like something I would surely play 15 years ago.
Core-memory.... my brother hyped this game up, he played it at a friends. I know nothing about it except the name instantly rang a 20+ year old bell
Honestly this is one of my favorite RPGS of all time. I got so sucked into the world when I first played it. I literally snuck from the Castle to Erromon because the Minotaurs scared the shit outta me as a kid. I use the name Txomin sometimes in Souls games and other RPGS. Love this game, hopn it gets a remaster one day.
@@terminalpower. that's awesome. I'm with you on a remaster...it's cool to see how many other people liked it.
I'm glad to have found and heard someone else who likes this game. And even better finished it. I was never able to because I didn't own it I only rented it. And I never saw it for sale or I would have bought it. Really wished they'd of made the one for the gamecube.
Yeah I wish they'd put it with the other 64 games on the Switch. Not sure if that would fix the crashes tbough
I actually didn’t know where to get the sword when I first played and ended up wall of bonesing Lugash the Lich and got stuck on the final boss. Luckily I was able to go down to my schools library and look up where to go on their PC. God bless the people who created made the GameFAQ guides back then and the Ctrl+F function!!!
I needed gamefaqs for the sword too. I ran around the desert aimlessly for a very very long time. But now you have me curios if anyone out there has done a no sword of lodin run
I was subbed to this channel before even 500 subs!
Invested early, love to see it
Loved the review. This is one that hit me much the same way. Despite its age I always end up going back to play through it every few years. I think my favorite part was the leveling system in that you just spend experience on whatever skill / stat you want to grow. It always felt so rewarding.
There's just so much control. Even over spell levels, which I completely forgot to mention. I was worried that I was too positive about it, but the more I think about it, I think I undersold the leveling system completely. It's so freaking good lol
Discovered this channel as the 56th subscriber! Good video, great content ❤
Thanks dude!
I love this game and pray I find a game that scratches the same itch it does one day
God this takes me back. Sadly never finished the game due to a bug that made a main quest item disappear, but otherwise I did have fond memories
And that is sadly what turns most people away from it, and rightfully so. All the damn bugs and crashes. Progression getting killed in an RPG is just awful
What? How have I never heard of this game. Looks awesome, thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I wouldn't have had I not randomly stumbled across it years ago. And it just happened to release when Square was pumping out some pf the greatest rpg's ever made lol I guess it didn't really get a chance. Plus all the unfortunate bugs and crashes...I dig it though
Great video! Found your Diddy Kong Racing video through this one too, also great! Keep it up
This one always captivated me by its cover art when I was a kid. Contemplated it a lot in a rental shop, but never went for it. It scared me, RPG? I can't read English! So I've never played it to this day. Not an English language native btw
That's what got me too haha
Great video man, looking forward for more content.
Thanks dude I'm working on another one
I remember reading a review for this in a N64 mag back in the day (I think it scored a 6 or 7), but this is literally the first time I've ever heard the game mentioned since then. Thanks for the deep dive!
thanks for watching!
I recently picked this game up, as I heard it was bad - it really isn't. It's a solid DnD inspired rpg with a lot to explore and mess around with. The open world is really what gets me, it's fairly detailed (with the expansion pak as it adds some foliage!) and the landscapes you see when getting to higher elevation are MAGNIFICENT. Love me some low-poly open world scenes. Thank you for bringing attention to this game.
Also if you put "!crawdaddy" in the rename character option, you turn into a crab which is just the cherry on top.
I didnt know about !crawdaddy! I did mess around with !darkside for awhile to get the lightsaber. I was gonna use it to cheese through the game and get a look at different characters...but it crashed and I couldn't recover the file lol. Rip
I never heard of this game but you make a strong case for it.
It's quite fun if you enjoy DnD type stuff. But there are bugs aplenty, sadly, hence the bad rep it got back then.
I played it. I found it unsettling at times. But I’m glad I was able to basically beat it during a time pre internet and there wasn’t a lot of resources to figure out where to go next. The random crashes were fun and it’s been stuck forever in my mind since
I did ok until the desert, then I needed Gamefaqs for the Burial Grounds. Actually I think I meeded a guide for the Tower too because I wanted to get all the loot
Thanks for sharing man, loved the journey with you.
Thanks for checking it out!
Hey man, 1300+ subs with just 2 vids is no small feat! Keep it up, I look forward to seeing this channel grow. You clearly have those intangibles necessary to be successful on yt.
Thanks dude, I'm working on an Ogre Battle video. it's really fun and engaging work. Good way to pass the time. Thanks for watching
Love the video. I think it is time to dust off the old N64, maybe, haha
No matter how tempting it was, I simply could not leave Abrecan behind....he is Alarons true father, his teacher, his protector, his hero.
FINALLY!I have found another person that has this game!
Right? I was shocked this many people played it lol
@@Sevoran117 tbh, if i didnt own the actuall cart, i would have thought this was a medication induced fever dream when i was younger
It was in my time of need (a 9h bus ride) that this essay about a game I've never heard of had found me.
godspeed
Real RUclipsr content
Nice to meet you I am No One or as I prefer for RPG MC names NoBody.
Love this game and want it on the switch glowed up to what it was trying to be.
The Alethi comment caught me offguard. Such a good book series though!
yeah i'm trying to reread to prepare for Wind and Truth but idk if I'm gonna make it
Hey there! I really liked your video essay on Aidyn Chronicles! I'm kinda amazed that the YT algorythm recommended me such a small RUclipsr.
Keep making good stuff!
Your audio seemed a little quiet tho (could just be my setup).
Thanks dude! It is quiet, at least more than other channels. I think the gain on my mic was too low. I had to increase all the audio in Shotcut lol
This was a treat. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
My best mate had this game while growing up. I watched him play a little of it and despite its flaws, we did get into the game (iirc we took turns with the battles lol). Nice to see more of the game besides him/me missing enemies constantly. I don’t think he ever got far so it’s nice to see other parts of it. Great video/review! Will keep following your channel!
Hey thanks! Man the combat really does start off rough with so much attacks missing, low Dexterity and Thief and all that. Spells basically never hit. Then all of a sudden your party becomes a deathball. Really weird power scaling
A few years ago I put in over 200 hours into this game and had a blast. It's not great, but I really got into it and took it slow.
Keep the opening party members, at the end you get extra dialogue.
Yeah I didn't know about the extra dialogue until very recently. I wish there was more for Becan. But I say that about most parts of the game, "I wish there was more" lol
Great video man, new subscriber!
I love this game! I went back to it so often, but as a kid got lost way too often and eventually moved on to newer games. You inspired me to dig it up and try to beat it
Haha loved this game as a kid. Out of all the glitches there is a good one I remember. Dougal's betrayal was only coded to happen at the entrance to the dragon's lair. So he never betrays you if you don't take him there specifically. He will even help you kill Rabisat herself lol.
Well that would have been nice to know lol
This was my first RPG! I loved this game growing up. Even to this day I think about it every now and then. I named my bearded dragon Rooughah :)
That's sick. I think mine was FF7. Played it too early though, I couldn't figure out how to heal, or that lightning did more damage to robots, and I also couldn't make it out of the reactor on time
what an accurate title for a video. great work.
This was a great game! And it’s weird that some of the choices you made were the same as mine.
I haven't thought of this game in over 20 years, this brought up forgotten memories for me. Recognized it only when I saw the battle UI.
It had been about that long for me as well.
All this, smashed into a restrictive N64 cart. So cool. I wish I'd have seen this game on a shelf somewhere when I was a kid, I'd have loved it just as much then as I find it interesting now.
It's still fun...minus the glitches and occasional crashes. Less frustrating as an adult I think. As a kid I didnt know what Dexterity was nor did I care lol
I still remember renting this from Rogers Video back in the day with my brother. We loved this game, despite its bugs and quirks we were hooked.
I played it with my best friend. We would just pass the controller back and forth trying to take down Kitarak, that first trip from Gwernia to the mountains is one of my favorite memories of my life
@@Sevoran117 Kitarak was the bane of our runs! We were vastly under leveled and our builds were horrid. We lost so many characters
Loved this game growing up. I still go back and play it every once in a while, but it has to be on an emulator. Game feels super slow without being able to speed it up. The game is pretty jank, but has its charms. Love your in-depth video about it.
A few things I wanted to comment:
1. Going through darkling bog to get to terminor is a super long way around. You can just go south from the road before it ends at the bog and it’s a much shorter route.
2. Was glad to see helm of tempests show up in your video. For such an obscure game, it’s surprising to me that people know it shows up way later.
3. Sholeh can be encountered in the dessert as long as you haven’t entered the city yet. If you’re looking at the gate, she’s off to the left, nearish to the big fish skeleton. You fight with her against a bunch of chaos.
4. Majors and Lieutenants can drop the best armor in the game, but you can only fight a handful throughout the game. So you have to save scum just to get your hands on 4 chaos armors. Worth it though.
5. If you recruit everyone else before leaving gwernia castle, Brenna can’t force herself into the party. If you leave with a slot open, she will join you and depending on your dialogue options she’ll give you some extra equipment. (A battle axe if I remember right.)
Hope to see more videos from you in the future :D
Ah, wondered where the inspiration for the sunlight/shadow mechanic and running around freely on your battle turn came from in Tales of Symphonia.
Forgive me, Eternal Sonata.
I completely forgot about that game. It got me into Frederick Chopin lol