Aidyn Chronicles | Retrospective | The Greatest RPG That No One Played

#retrospective #n64 #aidynchronicles
Links:
/ @shamsukz
/ aidyn
/ sevoran
It looks like Lil' Shammy changed their KZbin name to Shamsuk. Oops! Anyway this is the link to their channel lots of good stuff there
And the subreddit for Aidyn Chronicles is also linked, there is a wonderful active community there that can answer any of your questions, and you can also find some fun NEW ways to play the game :)
I think I first played Aidyn Chronicles when I was 11 years old. I remember in my first playthrough that I never leveled up Dexterity because I didn't know what Dexterity meant. Strength? Hell yeah. That's an easy one.
But I never bought it, I just had to rent it all the time. Eventually like 23 years later I saw a copy at a local game store and decided to play through it again.
And honestly? I think I enjoyed it even more mostly because now I understand the game systems and most importantly, what the word "dexterity" means. At least as it relates to video games.
This is less of a review, more of a nostalgic recollection and description of the game systems, characters, and story. It gets pretty rambly at times, and I'm pretty loose with the editing (because I hate it) but I hope you enjoy it!

[@Sevoran117]

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.

[@Shamsukz]

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!

[@Sevoran117]

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.

[@Orpheusftw]

Never even _heard_ of this one.

[@Sevoran117]

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.

[@RappingNinja]

Very late N64 release, and one of very few (i.e. single-digit) RPGs on the system. Always been fascinated by its obscurity…

[@travisbplank]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@mordredoforkney6185]

No matter how tempting it was, I simply could not leave Abrecan behind....he is Alarons true father, his teacher, his protector, his hero.

[@FuzzImp]

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

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@AbduCola]

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

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@kloa4219]

I love gaming retrospectives, people become more appreciative of games as time passes by

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@yesmantron]

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!

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks for watching! It is an absolute fever dream of a game. Equal parts frustrating, fulfilling, wacky and broody

[@ecuadoriantaco27]

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!

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@Jean-PhilippeDube-Goupil]

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.

[@PsydQuest]

The algorithm gave me your video, and I’m glad it did! Always nice to see a fellow new gaming channel.

[@Sevoran117]

o7

[@Agrahim]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@Agrahim]

Great video man, new subscriber!

[@MitchellWinning]

Thanks for sharing man, loved the journey with you.

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@kidodvh]

Been enamored with this game since I was a kid. Been looking into speedrunning it the last couple days and your video popped up. Really happy to see some one give it a proper retrospective.

[@Sevoran117]

Have you seen haktical's speedrun? I think its like 3 something hours. I'm pretty sure he's the world record holder right now

[@NickolasPatton]

Love this retrospective. This is one of my favorite games from back in the day. I still remember pre-ordering it!

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@Treekyboi]

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

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@casualcaveman]

This game was WAY ahead of its time. I believe it's due for a remake. In the right hands and minds, I believe this game could be a masterpiece that will spawn several different sequels and media. I can tell that the lore of the world was WAY too heavy for the N64 at the time, and they couldn't implement everything that they wanted to the way it was in their heads.

[@Sevoran117]

Honestly I still don't completely understand the lore. Just a few days ago I found a channel that went around reading all the books with max Loremaster, and I learned stuff I didn't know while I was making the video. I wonder how much is still undiscovered

[@twilitblade]

Dude, I’ve never heard of this game but you have so much passion that this is such an enjoyable watch.

[@Sevoran117]

Hey I appreciate it! It's got its fair share of problems but I just love the atmosphere

[@l0wl1f3]

Finally a new review of this game, this makes me super happy

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@l0wl1f3]

@@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!

[@blueberry5574]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

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.

[@kodytiffany5686]

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.

[@razorbackroar]

One day boys will get chatgtp to rebuild it for us

[@Sevoran117]

If you use an emulator, there's a patch you can get on the subreddit that someone made. I haven't tried it yet, though. It's called 'Aidyn Plus'

[@idavyregoodbarrel717]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@kreios2193]

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!!!

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@MightyFoogle]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@MightyFoogle]

@@Sevoran117 Kitarak was the bane of our runs! We were vastly under leveled and our builds were horrid. We lost so many characters

[@ProfessorBinks]

what an accurate title for a video. great work.

[@Sothpawman]

Of all the games out there its Aidyn chronicles I want a remaster of. Just ease of life things like more fps, better movement speed, higher resolution etc. Leave everything else alone

[@Sevoran117]

I've had this discussion with friends a few times. At least let us find some Boots of Speed or something lol

[@kyledevonic6816]

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.

[@HiddenAdept]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

Well that would have been nice to know lol

[@michaeledes1111]

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 :)

[@Sevoran117]

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

[@Towelgravy]

I played this game so much as a kid. It was a very save-scummy type of game though. There were few areas where enemies respawned.. so I remember fighting enemies in some basement for weeks before progressing. The thing that killed the game for me was the later combats. There would be 10 enemies... and each would like.. cast a spell to buff every other monster. Which would be okay, except it centered on each monster for like 3 seconds each time. Grinding in this RPG was like being in a black hole. You could literally spend an entire hour fighting one monster group. It was crazy. I also got some random great skill or item from some monster in a basement.. great? Yeah sure. Now that I knew you could obtain the item from that one encounter, I had to get that on my subsequent playthroughs.. and oh my rnjesus was that hard. You might encounter 1 level 2 rat, or you might encounter the man in robes boss and 3 golems or whatever. It was way too random for a game that had limited encounters. Yeah, you could restart the game and grind random mobs in the overworld, but certain encounters were 1-time-only so if you didn't get a good encounter, you'd have to restart if you wanted a leg-up... which you needed. I will forever love this game, but I think the only way to play is on an emulator with 100x speed and 3 different guides open so you don't accidently miss something. It is a fun game to play for the story but holy cow it's almost like Chrono Trigger, in which you can't possibly figure out the entire story in one playthrough because you can only have a limited number of people in your party and they all have unique interactions.

[@terminalpower.]

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.

[@Sevoran117]

@@terminalpower. that's awesome. I'm with you on a remaster...it's cool to see how many other people liked it.

[@niaure6516]

Love, love, LOVE this game. First RPG i ever played, my first brother would watch me play it and we shared some fun times in this game. I own the cartridge copy to this day :) Edit: also, 53:17 is lol

[@Sevoran117]

I used to play with my best friend! The memory that sticks out to me the most is when he woke me up at like 3 am as I was running into the wall of a mountain in Erromon. Makes sense because I nearly fell asleep walking from place to place in this playthrough as well lol

[@niaure6516]

​@@Sevoran117lol I love it. Ah, I adore 90s and 00s gaming. We had it good :)

[@Fait231]

I had this game as a kid and have never finished it, I appreciate you giving me the rest of the story. Hopefully it finds its way to the switch list

[@Sevoran117]

Man that would be sick

[@chameleon8]

Wow, I've never heard of this game! This would have been right up my alley back in the day.

[@Sevoran117]

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.

[@timpeterson175]

Happy this came up. Never played the game but loving the videos ❤

[@bodhidaruma2824]

3:18 Ha, nice Branderson reference!

[@Sevoran117]

Lol good catch, I'm actually re-reading the stormlight books before Wind and Truth right now

[@percher4824]

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.

[@torgeist.]

Aidyn Chronicles deserves a remake, imho.

[@Kieranh778]

This was a treat. Thanks for sharing

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks for watching!

[@Rimmpula]

Great retrospective!

[@Sevoran117]

yo thanks for checking it out

[@TejanoPendragon]

Oh the Pandara Amulet is automatic, you fail the gate at least once and walk away from it for a bit and it triggers a cutscene where she comes and tells you the answer. I can see why you miss it, the cutscene trigger is kinda just.. in the nearby mountains somewhere - but I actually thought that the game wouldn't let you answer yourself until you saw the scene.

[@QueenAleenaFan]

I love this game and pray I find a game that scratches the same itch it does one day

[@CoperliteConsumer]

I was subbed to this channel before even 500 subs!

[@Sevoran117]

Invested early, love to see it

[@aeryashe]

I’ve been craving old school/retro games lately, so its funny you’re covering them now. I don’t believe I owned an n64, so I probably missed out on some classics, but ngl I still feel like I’d have a hard time completing this lmao. It looks kinda… hard mode >_>. As someone without navigation skills, and the whole rip character thing, I’d be reloading my saves quite a lot. That said, great video :3

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks for watching! The game can be hard and is indeed very tedious. Which makes losing kind of worse. But you can also do silly things like cast Stupidity on beasts/ogres/bats and whatnot and you will autowin because they will be too stupid to take a turn. And once your party's dexterity gets high you often end up steamrolling. But early game is frustrating with all the misses, especially at night

[@aeryashe]

@@Sevoran117 Ah, hacks xD Just what I need! lol

[@juxstapo]

Subbed and liked for no other reason than to boost yer numbers mate. Do more old games. Good luck.

[@Sevoran117]

Dude thanks! Number go up

[@rainbowkrampus]

I played the hell out of this game back when it came out. Glitched the game so Farris was a permanent party member. Maxed stealth and crawled all the way to the desert from the start of the game. There's quite a bit of replay value in just messing around and seeing what you can break. Which is the thing that ultimately holds the game back. It breaks so often, even when you're not trying to break it. It was an odd, ugly little duck, even ugly for its time. But it was well worth the experience.

[@Sevoran117]

To this day I have not done the Farris trick, the urban legend was that it would break your game and that scared me away from doing it

[@rainbowkrampus]

@@Sevoran117 I think that I wasn't able to finish the game due to having Farris in the party. But what specifically broke I can't recall.

[@Daftanemone]

I’d always wonder what the story behind this game was. It was released at the very end of the n64’s life cycle so it was mostly ignored. Thank you for this video because I’ve always wondered what the game was about

[@Sevoran117]

@@Daftanemone yeah if it wasn't at the video store I never would have heard of it. I dont even know why they had it lol. The lady there eventually let me keep FF7 because I was the only person who ever rented it

[@-ye]

Discovered this channel as the 56th subscriber! Good video, great content ❤

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks dude!

[@GreySectoid]

Great video man, looking forward for more content.

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks dude I'm working on another one

[@ayeitsgreasy]

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!

[@abnerfuentes1055]

Love this game, real sense of adventure !

[@practicemandarin3684]

Great video! Found your Diddy Kong Racing video through this one too, also great! Keep it up

[@dreamsleever]

I am Sub #69! Nice! I love retrospectives! I had never even heard of Aidyn Chronicles 'till your video :)

[@Sevoran117]

Nice! Yeah it came out at the end of the 64's life cycle, didn't sell too well and didn't get great reviews. I love it but I get why people don't like it or tend to avoid it. Lots of walking, lots of bugs lol

[@Flock_of_Seagulls]

My friend got this for his bday didnt like it but I loved it! He traded it to me for a code red mountain dew at school, best trade in human history.

[@Sevoran117]

@@Flock_of_Seagulls Damn you made out like a bandit

[@Flock_of_Seagulls]

@@Sevoran117 I also grabbed the Prima guide book on sale at best buy waaay back in the day could of used it during my 1st playthrough ha.

[@muppetpoppet216]

Never heard of this game. Great vid.

[@Sevoran117]

Thanks dude. I just stumbled on it by pure chance. The only advertisement I remember was a single page at the back of Nintendo Power

[@brock2443]

I have beat Aidyn Chronicles a few times. My only real complaint about it is the distance that enemies spawn from you in battle. Especially on multi group encounters. I would spend more turns trying to get to the enemy than I would fighting them.

[@Sevoran117]

@@brock2443 Ugh yeah and at the beginning people like Becan can barely move

[@tenofclubs2]

sholeh can be found in the desert fighting a chaos major you can aid her in this instance there is only 3 enemies in the battle at a time sholeh will be a guest for the battle

[@Sevoran117]

@@tenofclubs2 thanks, gonna have to look for her next time

[@jesselynds5411]

cool it's like an open world shining force

[@Sevoran117]

I had to look up Shining Force, I've heard of it but never seen it played. It looks awesome. I had a Genesis but only Sonic games and Golden Axe lol. Edit: Hey it's only 99 cents on Steam. I guess I'll try it out

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Play Shining Force! ​@@Sevoran117

[@Brianybug]

i don't know why I never tried this. I am gonna load it up on my handheld and dive in. I get a bit of an old school EQ vibe from the graphics, which earns big points in my book!

[@Sevoran117]

@@Brianybug My advice: save often! Lol. I never played EQ but I've always been curious about it. Alot of my older MMO friends preferred it over WoW back in the day

[@Brianybug]

@@Sevoran117 thanks for the tip! You can always jump on a free EQ server like Project 1999, The Al Kabor Project or a similar one. Still has a lot of charm and a surprising number of players.

[@andrewsegers7942]

According to my memory cards I have played this game for seven hundred hours in the last 25 years. Oops

[@justavian]

I had this game in college. I know i had it, because this is the only black cartridge RPG on the system. I vaguely remember the main character art work, but wow - i remember nothing else about this game. I'm not sure i have the patience to play this game myself at this point in my life, but i wonder if it would feel more familiar if i tried it out...

[@Sevoran117]

If I wasn't recording and note taking I'd say it took around 25 hours. I had forgotten pretty much everything past Erromon outside of Shamsuk's Tower. Even then I discovered my memories of that place were completely different, I remember it being much darker and having Chaos Generals all over the place, but nope

[@korbinianbavaria4473]

Isn’t it so weird that little Abrecan starts out at level 8 as opposed to the warrior of LONELY MOUNTIAN Becan at level 6? I figured with be much older and wiser his experience/skills should have reflected that a bit more. At least Becan can learn thief for more backstab damage. Pandara’s amulet I do believe will trigger a cutscene if Alaron is wearing it when you first enter through the Jundar desert and will give you some advice. Can’t remember what she says though…. Beg to report sir, I’ve heard of people on the game’s social handles who said you could fight and kill Arturo but never seen evidence of it before when you first meet him on the bridge. Side note: merging with spirit self (speaks backwards) gives you a few maxed-out spells, maxed wizard and stealth, along with some minor stat upgrades. Side note 2: Get your name from the dragon and then go back to Terminor to recruit Dougal to dodge his betrayal and keep him in your party if you so choose. Lodin’s sword and Light reaver are the only two weapons in the game that appear to be of their own special damage type that nothing in the game has resistances to which makes them so OP causing massive damage even to end-game enemies. To magic!

[@Sevoran117]

@@korbinianbavaria4473 wow I really missed out not putting Thief on Becan. And yeah I think I was wearing Shamsuk's amulet when I first approached the gate! I'm gonna have to play through again. I want to to a Abrecan/Rheda/Brenna run (where she lives) and a Keelin/Arturo run soon

[@korbinianbavaria4473]

@@Sevoran117 Baird and Donovan can also learn thief combined with their warrior skills. Arturo is basically just like Abrecan who can't learn thief or wizard. Teach Rheda shield, thief, and warrior with her magic and yeah I agree she is pretty amazing if your willing to spend the time and exp! Good luck with your keeping Brenna alive run HAHA, she never really makes it past Erromon for me….

[@korbinianbavaria4473]

@@Sevoran117 Sholeh can also learn thief and Niesen (if you don’t kill him off before going into the tower for someone else) can learn thief and warrior to make him way more helpful in Shamsuk’s tower.

[@AsilarWindsailor]

@@korbinianbavaria4473 I took Brenna to the End Credits. She has some fun banter with Keelin along the way and ended up being a more capable fighter then Abrecan (who I dropped for Becan in Erromon)

[@AsilarWindsailor]

I recall being able to fight Arturo but I don't remember if I was able to do so at the first meeting on the bridge. Pandara did come to help me solve the riddle at the gate of the Jundar Desert but again, don't remember how I triggered it. She flies around Alaraon like she did in the forest before and speaks in riddles herself if I remember right

[@Felix24148]

Shame you didn't pick up the wall of bones spell scroll near the swamp. Or fight the lizardman king and get his axe

[@Sevoran117]

@@Felix24148 I did, I just didn't mention it. That axe is beefy

[@awinter2807]

Can’t believe I’ve never heard of this it’s so cool

[@austinhearn6111]

Nice video

[@edgeldine3499]

I put a lot of hours into this game. I felt there was some missing content like stuff had to be cut. There was a lot of charm to this game. The music was weird but that was definitely part of the appeal. Part of me wants a reboot/sequel lol while keeping a lot of the charm. Also since I saw a recent review of it Drakken for the SNES was another favorite lol I know I just made like a thousand people mad.

[@Sevoran117]

@@edgeldine3499 I feel the same way. It does feel unfinished, like yoi can hear dogs barking in the fields but there are no dogs lol. And very few side quests. I think there are only like three or four

[@TheGollumGuy]

I remember it being hard as a kid! Not that I knew what I was doing really. I had to sacrifice brenna in order to beat kitarak. My save bugged and deleted itself when I got to the chaos demon island. I'd like to try it again!

[@Sevoran117]

@@TheGollumGuy Don't think I've ever made it through with Brenna lol. She's so squishy. It took me days to beat Kitarak...and I kept getting lost in the mountains.

[@prophet89]

The only reason i ever knew about this game was because Nintendo power had a walkthrough for it. I never found it at a store, flea market or second hand store.

[@Sevoran117]

I saw it once at a video store as a kid and then never again until a store had it in my town a few months ago!

[@crapgamer17]

New Video!!!

[@Sevoran117]

be sure to check back in another 4-5 months

[@TimedRevolver]

I really hope we end up getting this for Nintendo Online. Introduce a lot of people to this flawed but fun game.

[@JamesMohninger]

This was a great game! And it’s weird that some of the choices you made were the same as mine.

[@starlightxfury1256]

very cozy video!!

[@Visuwyg]

Man there is low poly, but this looks positively _abstract_

[@Sevoran117]

'Abstract' is a description I wish I had used lol

[@jjhill001]

So this is why all these kids named Aiden are popping up all over the place nowadays.

[@Sevoran117]

@@jjhill001 this game had generational influence. I named my first three sons Aidyn

[@csevrence1]

Looks like summoner

[@Pythoner]

yup my thoughts too

[@Sevoran117]

I've seen two people say this so I looked it up and have to agree...it looks awesome. And it's on Steam too

[@kodytiffany5686]

A couple things. First of all Mushroom was no perma issue to me on my 5 or 6 playthroughs... no clue about the shrinking thing. Secondly You gave no mention of the most broken protection spell in the game... Cheat Death gives a Chance to restore back to full health; or at least some health a character. Its a one per battle per character spell. After flat faces Bridge in that area is one copy of the spell and I forget where the second copy is found. Rhea, Aberon, Brenna... no substitutes Cannot help the choice. Buff and battle she is good with sword and bow; Alaron and Brena with spike balls to toss or swords and Aberon sword or bow. Magic was to expensive to really go ham with most times. Suk boss fight was the worst in the game... took about 10 tries as he kept one shooting my guys every match until I snuck around corners to surround and destroy. I actually remember the Barrow tomb in Jundar lands well. 2005-2010 was last time I played but forever I wish to see it come out remastered. Found multiple infinite fall SPOTS literal diameter of character areas on the map you could walkinto and by pushing forward exit. Kept replacing Aberon to check out new characters because game no other options. By the sounds of it you failed to scour the entire map; to many powerful weapons not mentioned and such... Did you know of cave near beach in first town near castle? Did you know of the hidden room in the castle you can access at start if you explore enough to find key before your team is full assembled that becomes inaccessible if team is made at start (3rd or 4th play through found it on accident near potion dude and the kitchen) might have fought a rat there. The Poison sword found in a camp near Kendals house. First play through I sunk 186+ hours into as I tried to find literally everything as I searched for a fight vs a dragon as the back of box showed... the fight was scrapped if what I heard was true. I am certain I still missed things. Best N64 game and I'll die on that hill. It tried to be Oblivion but was crammed into a N64 cartridge which explains all the bugs and glitches and generally incomplete feel of entire thing. To this day I consider the given final boss as a scam. According to Lore there should of been more.

[@korbinianbavaria4473]

@Sevoran congratz on hitting 10k+ views on this! @kodytiffany5686 you mention a lot of good stuff like Trahern's sword room side quest in Gwernua castle! But am wondering what cave along the beach near Gwernia? Do you mean getting the armor under the inn inside the town after killing the goblin for the inn keeper?

[@kodytiffany5686]

@@korbinianbavaria4473 Correct. Pretty sure it opened on to a strip of beach under the bridge that then met a piece of land going up to the backside of the Inn or a building near by..

[@Sevoran117]

I actually didn't know about a lot of this. I had cheat death but didn't mention it, and I should have explained more about Wall of Bones and how to get it. Also the different schools of wizardry. I feel like I find something new every playthrough.

[@kodytiffany5686]

@@Sevoran117 I tried the mad alchemist instead of Rhea once... not again goes against my play style. Beacon is the same; tried him once and was very much not impressed... no clue I only needed to wait for the cool dialogue. Biggest omission of yours tho was making a point about just how dark souls the fights with minions could be. Be travelling around stomping rats... exp and gold yay... no it was 1 rat and 9 bandits. F'n Bandits killed me about every other time they showed up in mass.. Thats why I had ranged weapon and melee on every member of the party. One would need to hit from far and fast and hard to even consider winning vs those A holes. I see a wild bandit and get antsy... well do I feel lucky; well do I punk... about sums up my thoughts. Chaos beasts much easier for me; they did not chuck death at me from across the map the whole fight like the bandits would. Plus they were basically cockroaches that would not die dodging and citing often on top of being everywhere.

[@Sothpawman]

This game is amazing, but the movement speed, ughhh

[@SDREHXC]

A lot of older games suffer from this issue. God bless emulation.

[@CordellPotts]

Could a Hack fix the running speed? I remember getting this game as a kid, Being really excited to play it... Then not understanding the battle system and being very irritated at the travel speed of your character. I 100% forgot about this game, Fixing to go download the ROM for my phone.

[@Sevoran117]

@@CordellPotts I think Project 64 can speed it up somehow, someone mentioned it in the comments somewhere, but I haven't tried it myself. I think it just speeds the whole game up

[@jeffreypeters5578]

I have this rom and almost started playing it yesterday but decided to check out fallout 3 on PC since I only had the PS3 version but it ran so poorly I never got far the PS3 version was trash I guess

[@Sevoran117]

Just save often and make multiple files if you can, this playthrough alone I crashed 3 times or so. Once in Elisheva's tomb, once in Shamsuk's tower, and once out in the desert. love the game but it does crash a lot :/

[@ZhuanRenLei]

this finally lmao

[@FenrirFrostborn]

the last boss was too ubrupt. i remember killing her easily and then thinking there was gonna be more but there wasnt.

[@Sevoran117]

Yeah I was hoping for a showdown with Rabisat or a dragon or something.

[@simondaniel4028]

sub no. 400

[@Sevoran117]

Invest early

[@papaonta]

i think i prefer summoner

[@Pythoner]

looks a lot like it

[@Sevoran117]

Never heard of Summoner but they do look similar, and Summoner released first it looks like. Interesting

[@papaonta]

yet aidyn has better gameplay. and summoner is a lot like gambling

[@bonnerjung3326]

This game was total trash and got terrible critics back than.

[@Sevoran117]

@@bonnerjung3326 the bugs and crashes put a damper on what otherwise could have been a generation defining RPG, imo. But they were indeed bad. And aside from treasures, the world is rather empty. But there is fun to be had, even so. The D&D bits of it were very appealing to me

[@jowston100]

No one played it because it sucked ass.