This was so ridiculously cool for me, all of it! I'm knackered and about to go to bed, but I'd love to see what you guys think/have been saying in the morning! I know it's not my standard fare but come on! I'll hope all the small communities and curious individuals over the years about this game come to find this stuff and enjoy it like I do. Cheers guys and thanks for watching!
Thank you for helping me thru my childhood I didn’t get to finish I just finished today again we should try to get a gofucndme for them they did it for Ty 1 and 2
WOW! Out of all the games for the Xbox I think this one stuck with me the most. As a kid I used to struggle with it because I took it for a hack and slash game rather than a puzzle game. But later on when I came back to beat it I realized that this game was a piece of art altogether. The enemies, terrain, atmosphere, and music were all so cohesive with the themes of the environment. What also amazed me was the use of technology to maintain the elemental balance. Tapping into geothermal energy for power, purifying the air, collecting rain in reservoirs, using lasers to power certain keys, using drills and cranes to build a global infrastructure, electric trees, a giant crystal to regulate incoming solar energy, ice bridges, solar powered platforms/ lights, anti gravitational fields in conveyer belts, harmonic crystal locks, and probably a lot more than what I'm able to remember. The merge between sci-fi and magic was so smoothly done that it felt like its own genre! The enemies in this game were also a nice touch to the immersion. No enemy really felt out of place. Sometimes they were annoying (i.e. Sleeth on top of a ladder, yeah both of you), but because the game had no experience or gear system I began to appreciate the level of detail that was taken to make them rather than go on a killing spree. What I really liked is how every enemy was killable without cheats. I enjoyed the challenge of taking down a lavalar or even a barnacle! More often than not, however, I liked the fact that some things were just better left alone, that you didn't HAVE to kill everything. The most important thing to me about this game is the music. I LOVED the soundtrack so much that while playing I would sometimes turn off the master game volume in the settings just to listen to the music. I am so glad that the link has some of the songs featured in the game that are of better quality than when I first heard them on console. I only wish that more were released (other youtubers have tried but it's just not the same). My all time favorite songs were Voyage of the Clouds, Water Storm, City of Painted Light, the Earth Realm, and the title. Thanks for bringing back these memories! I definitely would like to see this game rendered with a modern engine just to see how well animated it could be, but as you say it would be a lot of work for a small community.
When you said you would've had to reused puzzles and other things, why not consider using the "dropped" levels and make an ultimate version of the game?
So what's up with the life sized axion? Do you know how large it was? who did it go to? I'm thinking of using www.badgerblades.com/custom.htm or some other custom weapons company to create an axion for me!
I don't think it needs a remaster, I think it needs a Re-imagining. Honestly I would love to see what the team would make if they had more time and money to go wild with. We need our Azurik: Perathia reborn dang it!
Wow! This is all so awesome, especially that rare map! It always makes me happy to see developers still excited to share their hard work even so long after release. Coincidentally I've recently been wanting to go back and rewatch the Azurik LP -- so now I definitely have to!
I believe the song column around 11:00 is showing when you find the individual smaller crystals and what they are activated with for the huge crystal in the Great Tree In the Earth Realm.
Hey Potato, I just finished bingeing the whole series and man it was great. Brought back lots of memories being stuck and confused but it was awesome to finally see the game completed. It was cool learning more about the games lore too. I really appreciate how much effort went into building the ideas behind this world, it's just a little sad that they fell a bit short in execution. Cheers for doing this mate. You were bloody entertaining all the way through and congrats on the map.
Consider it art! Get it lovingly mounted and framed (at least, when you can afford the small fortune it would cost, I think). Keep on geeking out. I've watched your play through of Azurik and was thinking of re-watching it and reading the developer's comments. Now, I really will. And, I'm looking forward to your next project. I hope you have a great day!
OMG Still have my original copy! This was my family's first game ever on our xbox over a decade ago. I remember watching my mom play this when I was very little. Very nostalgic and great youtube series, wish it could have continued on, would have been a great game franchise!
This game was amazing. I beat it and loved it and still own 3 copies of the game, and love love love soundtrack as it is my favorite of any game. Thank you for sharing this.
Really loved this vid! So cool to get a surprise video on Azurik haha :) I'm gonna nose through (Dutch expression) the map and content goodies now! Behind the scene stuff is always intriguing if you ask me :3 Thanks for sharing :)
Oommmgg!! This is incredible! I got this at launch and loved it, but I've never met anyone in person that played it. xD When you made the LP I was soooo thrilled! You deserve it man, this is just insanely cool. And props to the guys who did this as well. :D
That map is awesome! I'd totally get it restored and framed if I were you. Could use some kind of clear acrylic pane instead of glass, there is acrylic designed to keep sunlight from damaging paintings and fading the colors to keep it preserved. There might be glass with a similar coating as well but I've only looked into the acrylic.
I remember seeing that first map somewhere! Being the ever-curious kid I was, I was convinced there were secret locations I hand't found yet, thanks to that map
16:30 "We would all be better suited if [Balthazar] would divert his physical energies toward more scholarly pursuits." "When I stare into Balthazar's eyes I feel a certain apprehension ... the same uneasiness I feel, in fact, when I stare into the darkness."
I watched the entire Azurik series when I was in grad school. I was eating pizza and brownies almost every day while watching it. It was just after Papa John's released their brownies.
And then my partner, the librarian, said you should get it photocopied in a large format copier, and you should also get an acid free tube to store the 'original' copy that you have now, because it's precious to you.
Yes, they're probably expensive. So, save up. I'll see if I can find (or the librarian can ) a real answer for you. Mine would be if you're legacy minded or want to have kids or if your heart would be broken if you were showing it to people and someone spilt a beverage on it, then it's worth it.
The librarian said the chemicals in the tube will affect the poster, maybe not in ten years, but over decades. This doesn't sound like a worry, but decades go by faster than thought. Also, I just realized that an acid free tube would never protect against a spilt white russian.
hey wp, this was epic! and one of the best adventures i followed on youtube. it was realy good and i loved every single bit and every unkown detail form the game. i only ask for you to play more old onder the radar games like Azurik. some of my personal favorites being Vexx and Blinx the time sweeper. any way keep doing what ur doing and have fun :D
You won’t believe how many times I’ve watched this playthrough, man. Sure, the game is a bit wonky at times, nobody’s denying that. But it definitely has spirit! This game deserves a reimagining of some sort. It has the potential to be much more than the bargain-bin launch title nobody remembers, and to me it’s already much more than that. This game shaped my childhood in a way, and I took some mild inspiration from it here and there. I wish more people played this game, it’s so underrated!
Screw prestige items in game, you have a RL prestige item! So happy for you! Congratz! While i'm not super interested in the game itself, i enjoy listening to you expound your joy and happiness. ^.^
Just re-watched the entire series, wish I had some extra money to buy an original Xbox and play this again. Definitely one of my favorites from my childhood right next to Fable TLC.
I decided to watch this 1: Because I wanted a different game to play (I have a xbox 360) and didn't know I had this game till I found it@: your video was like the only one that I saw That I could understand since you thoroughly explain everything awesome mate and I can't wait to play...and also LUCKY YOU GOTS THE MAP LOL wish they did a 2 maybe for the 360 ( also its 10/10/2017!)
I recently got a bit nostalgic for this game, I watched your whole series just to see it all again, not many let's plays for this one, I miss playing it.
Getting comments from a developer of the game would be a huge honor in itself! Actually getting something from during its development time is amazing! I know this is years late, but congratulations on completing the game and all the success that came from it. Excellent job!
Are you kidding me? This is sweet, a revisit to one of the most memorable LP's I'd watched. It reminds me that Microsoft are doing some cool stuff (they've really turned themselves around for the better, gaming-wise) giving us Xbox original backwards-compatibility. So that could mean that a lot of new people could potentially end up playing this game and discovering this old gem. And who knows... if it sells well... could we even return to this world in a new title? That would be sweet, especially an LP.
OMG it all makes sense now! They foreshadowed it way back in Azurik, that Balthazar is Lazarus and the true villain of the next GW2 expansion! OK, just trolling. But I still think it's a funny coincidence that this video comes up now that Balthazar is kind of in the focus in Gw 2 too ^^
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This was so ridiculously cool for me, all of it! I'm knackered and about to go to bed, but I'd love to see what you guys think/have been saying in the morning! I know it's not my standard fare but come on! I'll hope all the small communities and curious individuals over the years about this game come to find this stuff and enjoy it like I do. Cheers guys and thanks for watching!
i envy you for geeking out that much over this ^^
get a frame for that thing
Thank you for helping me thru my childhood I didn’t get to finish I just finished today again we should try to get a gofucndme for them they did it for Ty 1 and 2
WOW!
Out of all the games for the Xbox I think this one stuck with me the most. As a kid I used to struggle with it because I took it for a hack and slash game rather than a puzzle game. But later on when I came back to beat it I realized that this game was a piece of art altogether. The enemies, terrain, atmosphere, and music were all so cohesive with the themes of the environment.
What also amazed me was the use of technology to maintain the elemental balance. Tapping into geothermal energy for power, purifying the air, collecting rain in reservoirs, using lasers to power certain keys, using drills and cranes to build a global infrastructure, electric trees, a giant crystal to regulate incoming solar energy, ice bridges, solar powered platforms/ lights, anti gravitational fields in conveyer belts, harmonic crystal locks, and probably a lot more than what I'm able to remember. The merge between sci-fi and magic was so smoothly done that it felt like its own genre!
The enemies in this game were also a nice touch to the immersion. No enemy really felt out of place. Sometimes they were annoying (i.e. Sleeth on top of a ladder, yeah both of you), but because the game had no experience or gear system I began to appreciate the level of detail that was taken to make them rather than go on a killing spree. What I really liked is how every enemy was killable without cheats. I enjoyed the challenge of taking down a lavalar or even a barnacle! More often than not, however, I liked the fact that some things were just better left alone, that you didn't HAVE to kill everything.
The most important thing to me about this game is the music. I LOVED the soundtrack so much that while playing I would sometimes turn off the master game volume in the settings just to listen to the music. I am so glad that the link has some of the songs featured in the game that are of better quality than when I first heard them on console. I only wish that more were released (other youtubers have tried but it's just not the same). My all time favorite songs were Voyage of the Clouds, Water Storm, City of Painted Light, the Earth Realm, and the title.
Thanks for bringing back these memories! I definitely would like to see this game rendered with a modern engine just to see how well animated it could be, but as you say it would be a lot of work for a small community.
No problem at all! Glad you enjoyed the series! Have fun!
20 months! (Not 10 months. That would be really amazing!)
When you said you would've had to reused puzzles and other things, why not consider using the "dropped" levels and make an ultimate version of the game?
you are my hero on so many levels. such a cool guy, thank you for sharing such gem of info
You're welcome!
You should do a kickstarter for Azurik 2
So what's up with the life sized axion? Do you know how large it was? who did it go to? I'm thinking of using www.badgerblades.com/custom.htm or some other custom weapons company to create an axion for me!
Am I the only one who thinks this game deserves a remaster?
It should be remastered
I don't think it needs a remaster, I think it needs a Re-imagining. Honestly I would love to see what the team would make if they had more time and money to go wild with. We need our Azurik: Perathia reborn dang it!
@dodgeworld l either or I just want the series to continue 😭
Yes! @@dodgeworldl8470
Yes! 🙌 @@MrKevosmin
Wow! This is all so awesome, especially that rare map! It always makes me happy to see developers still excited to share their hard work even so long after release.
Coincidentally I've recently been wanting to go back and rewatch the Azurik LP -- so now I definitely have to!
This is awesome! Azurik is my favorite of your LPs and it's awesome to see a little bit more content on it.
I believe the song column around 11:00 is showing when you find the individual smaller crystals and what they are activated with for the huge crystal in the Great Tree In the Earth Realm.
Hey Potato, I just finished bingeing the whole series and man it was great. Brought back lots of memories being stuck and confused but it was awesome to finally see the game completed.
It was cool learning more about the games lore too. I really appreciate how much effort went into building the ideas behind this world, it's just a little sad that they fell a bit short in execution.
Cheers for doing this mate. You were bloody entertaining all the way through and congrats on the map.
Consider it art! Get it lovingly mounted and framed (at least, when you can afford the small fortune it would cost, I think).
Keep on geeking out. I've watched your play through of Azurik and was thinking of re-watching it and reading the developer's comments. Now, I really will. And, I'm looking forward to your next project. I hope you have a great day!
OMG Still have my original copy! This was my family's first game ever on our xbox over a decade ago. I remember watching my mom play this when I was very little. Very nostalgic and great youtube series, wish it could have continued on, would have been a great game franchise!
This game was amazing. I beat it and loved it and still own 3 copies of the game, and love love love soundtrack as it is my favorite of any game. Thank you for sharing this.
Really loved this vid! So cool to get a surprise video on Azurik haha :) I'm gonna nose through (Dutch expression) the map and content goodies now! Behind the scene stuff is always intriguing if you ask me :3 Thanks for sharing :)
Oommmgg!! This is incredible! I got this at launch and loved it, but I've never met anyone in person that played it. xD When you made the LP I was soooo thrilled! You deserve it man, this is just insanely cool. And props to the guys who did this as well. :D
That map is awesome! I'd totally get it restored and framed if I were you. Could use some kind of clear acrylic pane instead of glass, there is acrylic designed to keep sunlight from damaging paintings and fading the colors to keep it preserved. There might be glass with a similar coating as well but I've only looked into the acrylic.
oh that sounds great! I'm also fairly clumsy so acrylic may be better for smashy smash reasons
I remember seeing that first map somewhere! Being the ever-curious kid I was, I was convinced there were secret locations I hand't found yet, thanks to that map
i remember playing this game back in the day. im happy to see it again!
I liked your video, only because so many people forget to give a scale in a picture, and you did yours so brilliantly! Well Done
Dude what a treasure :D Love those drawings. The world needs more games like Azuirk!
Huge Azurik fan loved this game to death if only there would be enough people to put money in for a part 2
Welp, guess it's time for me to rewatch Azurik.....again
"We will tear there skulls from there spines...and toss it away...laughing"
AM I RIGHT MARINES!!
You finally got the map! Congrats
great video! :D
really cool to hear extra things about this game, it was one of my favourites as a kid
16:30 "We would all be better suited if [Balthazar] would divert his physical energies toward more scholarly pursuits." "When I stare into Balthazar's eyes I feel a certain apprehension ... the same uneasiness I feel, in fact, when I stare into the darkness."
What a cool piece of history to own.
Oh man, this is amazing! And that map is so cool! Now I want to watch your LP again XD
It's interesting to see how things were meant to be before the mid-development changes happened.
I watched the entire Azurik series when I was in grad school. I was eating pizza and brownies almost every day while watching it. It was just after Papa John's released their brownies.
Damn, now I have a pretty good reason to rewatch this playthrough. Bonus director commentary!
Indeed! What better reason?
And then my partner, the librarian, said you should get it photocopied in a large format copier, and you should also get an acid free tube to store the 'original' copy that you have now, because it's precious to you.
An acid free tube? Are these things expensive? How fast would this deterioriate, exactly!
Yes, they're probably expensive. So, save up. I'll see if I can find (or the librarian can ) a real answer for you. Mine would be if you're legacy minded or want to have kids or if your heart would be broken if you were showing it to people and someone spilt a beverage on it, then it's worth it.
The librarian said the chemicals in the tube will affect the poster, maybe not in ten years, but over decades. This doesn't sound like a worry, but decades go by faster than thought.
Also, I just realized that an acid free tube would never protect against a spilt white russian.
hey wp, this was epic! and one of the best adventures i followed on youtube. it was realy good and i loved every single bit and every unkown detail form the game. i only ask for you to play more old onder the radar games like Azurik. some of my personal favorites being Vexx and Blinx the time sweeper.
any way keep doing what ur doing and have fun :D
very cool man, as someone going in game Desgin it makes me smile big to see a dev do this. i would 100% do the same thing
Wow I just stumbled into my childhood memories.
I remember reading about a lot of this stuff from the developers on the old teamxbox forums. That's how I learned about the save cheat.
how awesome is that!
I remember this game god i wish i had it again
confirmed! woodenpotatoes has hands and is not as many would believe a potato!
I forget about the end! I got to hear that
You won’t believe how many times I’ve watched this playthrough, man. Sure, the game is a bit wonky at times, nobody’s denying that. But it definitely has spirit! This game deserves a reimagining of some sort. It has the potential to be much more than the bargain-bin launch title nobody remembers, and to me it’s already much more than that. This game shaped my childhood in a way, and I took some mild inspiration from it here and there. I wish more people played this game, it’s so underrated!
Screw prestige items in game, you have a RL prestige item! So happy for you! Congratz! While i'm not super interested in the game itself, i enjoy listening to you expound your joy and happiness. ^.^
Thanks very much! And yeah my own legendary right
so lucky man, just
i loved this game when i was a kid
Hey Woodenpotatoes are you still hosting an archive of those photos from the maps by any chance?
cool, with the map i might suggest to have it pressed or framed between to sheets of glass or something like that.
glad youtube suggested me to watch this video :D
didn't think i'd see azurik again, awesome!
Just re-watched the entire series, wish I had some extra money to buy an original Xbox and play this again. Definitely one of my favorites from my childhood right next to Fable TLC.
I decided to watch this 1: Because I wanted a different game to play (I have a xbox 360) and didn't know I had this game till I found it@: your video was like the only one that I saw That I could understand since you thoroughly explain everything awesome mate and I can't wait to play...and also LUCKY YOU GOTS THE MAP LOL wish they did a 2 maybe for the 360 ( also its 10/10/2017!)
That would have been awesome!
Im glad i seen this
This game would have been way more successful if they sold a strategy guide for it, with maps, items, enemy attributes, etc. It really needed one.
I recently got a bit nostalgic for this game, I watched your whole series just to see it all again, not many let's plays for this one, I miss playing it.
me too
i rly need to give it a try..!
WP's shadow! It's almost like I've seen him for reals...
Oh my gods....
also gotta say I agree I had over 100 hours in it when I was a kid I'd buy an Xbox one if they remade this.lol to bad it's never gonna happen
Still waiting for this game to land on Xbox 1s backwards compatibility list
Getting comments from a developer of the game would be a huge honor in itself! Actually getting something from during its development time is amazing! I know this is years late, but congratulations on completing the game and all the success that came from it. Excellent job!
I vote we get a go fund me to redo the whole game, they did it with the first two Ty games and went way over budget!
Yay
Are you kidding me? This is sweet, a revisit to one of the most memorable LP's I'd watched. It reminds me that Microsoft are doing some cool stuff (they've really turned themselves around for the better, gaming-wise) giving us Xbox original backwards-compatibility. So that could mean that a lot of new people could potentially end up playing this game and discovering this old gem. And who knows... if it sells well... could we even return to this world in a new title? That would be sweet, especially an LP.
I would note that Microsoft had absolutely nothing to do with any of this video at all, but it is a nice comment! Glad you liked it dude :D
You should really get this scanned and uploaded somewhere so the rest of us can read it properly.
this reminds me of the old spiro games actually
Spyro 2 was the best, I actually played it fairly recently too
WP, were you aware that Stephen Clarke-Willson works at ArenaNet now?
Yeah, actually!
OMG it all makes sense now!
They foreshadowed it way back in Azurik, that Balthazar is Lazarus and the true villain of the next GW2 expansion!
OK, just trolling.
But I still think it's a funny coincidence that this video comes up now that Balthazar is kind of in the focus in Gw 2 too ^^
OMFG? really? thats great news to see old Devs from classic games STILL working on games
I thought you were saying this was your final video.
potato for scale XD
Glad you saw that! I also used salt crystals at one point.
novimus
first :P
nope you are second KNoclin is first