Minecraft - “Shadow of Israphel” REVIVAL SPECIAL (Fan-Made Ending)

[@alkimia1791]

I knew that someday, somewhere, someone would make something like this. But this seriously deserves more views. Watching this later tonight, but just from that intro alone I know this is going to be awesome. I just wish I'd heard about it sooner!

[@justinthomas2081]

This deserves way more views hope it blows up

[@noahnator99.gaming]

I appreciate it!! 😎 glad you enjoyed!

[@partypete2542]

12 years I've waited. I'd given up. I was but just starting secondary school. Glasses, acne, bowl cut, an old family laptop that could barely run MC at 30fps. I've now graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and have been working as an engineer for 2 years, going to get married soon, home owner soon. You guys really have put my inner child to rest. Thank you so much for all the effort by everyone, in front and behind the camera.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Man... your experience is like exactly why I wanted to make the video in the first place. Insane to think that there were tons of other young kids out there watching SOI like me, then we all grew up and still had this feeling of no resolution. Wishing you the best in future endeavors and I hope this helped with closure!

[@TouchTheGarlic]

I had so much fun acting in this video, and I sincerely hope it gets seen by all the people out there who I know would enjoy it.

[@ZiaHorizon]

This is incredibly well done and faithful to the original. I'm glad there is still a lot of love for SOI after 10 years. I've always hoped and prayed their little teases over the years would lead to a continuation of such a good story. you really did well! keep it up friend!

[@noahnator99.gaming]

I so appreciate these words! :D Glad to see another fan return

[@Zophuh]

This is an excellent love letter to the community and the series as a whole. You captured the feel of the series so well and the story fits wonderfully into the existing lore. I appreciate all the hard work from you and everyone involved in the project to make this happen, It was a blast to watch.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

So glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@TheLegendMaster]

The true ending as far as I'm concerned! Really brilliantly done, I honestly don't think it could be better. Well done to everyone involved.

[@mitch_universe4058]

It’s really cool that someone did this. It’s not the official ending, but I’ll take anything I can get at this point. Great job!

[@wol5fe]

ok fine make me cry. I didnt know the ending of them stepping through the portal would hit me so hard but dammit here we are. It feels right to finally have some closure.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Absolutely love to hear it 😁

[@SarguCopperpotClassic]

I loved the video, as well as the effort and love that you and your friends have done to make it possible!!! Great job

[@jonathankrikau]

Daniel Yount soundtrack is so nostalgic

[@plaguedoctor8180]

I can most definitely point out every portion of where Vexx randomly pops up in the videos. I can't wait to see the blooper reel, too!

[@SteamMasterGaming]

It was a blast to be part of the project and the video turn out perfect. Zofferz described it best... A love letter.

[@nightdruid540]

this is so awesome!! I am SO happy I got recommended this. thank you for putting a capstone on the most legendary Minecraft series in ancient youtube history :).

[@noahnator99.gaming]

It indeed was the freaking best 😆

[@moldytaters4190]

I nearly lost it when I saw "Isarphel Ending". I thought after 12 years it finally finished. Even though this wasn't Lewis and Simon, this was an amazing end. Couldn't have asked for better! Edit: Damn, that ending... What a tribute! Very touching.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Love to hear that!!

[@the_mariounhinged1211]

This is excellent! I am so glad I could take part in this project!

[@fogey_]

How am I only discovering this now?? This is AWESOME! Well done guys!

[@MinuteMedia]

This was an awesome exprience! Glad to have been a part of it.

[@Relytspie]

Finally, some closure.... This was amazing! Great work and I loved every second of it!

[@jimjim7616]

Made me tear up near the end there, fantastic work to all of you!

[@jackpelleaon55]

Yeah this is heat. Incredible tribute and honestly satisfying conclusion I’d totally accept as a canon ending. Childhood fulfilled, thanks guys

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@drjk7565]

I just rewatched the entire original series, and I have to say I enjoyed your version of the final moments of the story immensely. In a TL:DR format, my overall critique is that you managed to stay true to the spirit of SOI while adding your own twists and artistic liberties, and delivering a satisfying conclusion that allows us fans to get some form of closure. I'm not sure if the Yogscast themselves have seen this, but I hope they do someday because it shows that fans like myself are still passionate about the series and the impact it made on Minecraft SMPs and even Minecraft as a whole. Remember, these guys (along with PaulSoaresJr's Man vs Minecraft) pioneered the Minecraft SMP roleplay long before Dream SMP and Hermitcraft blew up the format into mainstream popularity. Now for the "essay": i) I LOVE how you guys told the story from the viewpoint of two new characters rather than trying to continue as Simon and Lewis, as this would have made the film feel forced. The Yogscast had a unique blend of comedy and drama that would have been impossible to imitate, even as a tribute. By being yourselves, there is a more natural banter between you two, and it adds a new dynamic with the other existing characters. That being said, I do like how you borrowed some aspects of Simon and Lewis' character, such as your tendencies to get distracted, and a level of "incompetence" that led to several characters dying. That's definitely a signature of the old Yogscast, and it reminds us of the story we are in without going into forced imitation. ii) The cinematography also feels authentic to the old series, such as the intro sequence to every location. I even loved how you started the film with an airship crash, which is a nice tribute to how the original SOI started. iii) I also love how you managed to incorporate the new additions to Minecraft since SOI's hiatus into the story and keep it feeling natural i.e. like it was part of the SOI world all along. For example, I particularly liked how you incorporated the Warden into the quest to save the lost dwarves in the mines. Even stylistic choices like the use of new blocks really breathe new life into a location without completely transforming the place into something unrecognizable. iv) At first, I wasn't sure of the fetch-quest style storytelling, where you have to accomplish tasks to advance a retelling of the SOI finale, but it's okay in this instance since as mentioned before, emulating Simon and Lewis' story beat for beat would not have worked. Instead, you get to go on adventures of your own, making it feel like a natural continuation of what came before. Telling the story this way also reminds me of how in some adventure games, you are given the option to complete an "epilogue" via side-quests to tie up loose ends in the story after finishing the main quest. These help to bring the world of a story to life, making it feel like a real place occupied with real people. v) The ending did hit me in the feels, as you guys got to "meet" Xephos and Honeydew themselves to say "Thanks guys". In a way, you were doing what all of us fans wanted to say to them. vi) My only major criticism is that Knight_Peculier's apparent revival from death wasn't explained much outside of him saying he recovered from a nightmare of the future. Since we didn't see Peculier's "death" from the heroes' point of view, our mind is left to fill the gaps as to what exactly happened. I assume the "nightmare vision" he was referring to is the same one Xephos and Honeydew had when they touched the map fragment, in which time froze, and someone pulled them through a portal into the future. I assume something similar happened to Peculier, and he was then ejected into a safer area, but it would have been nice to actually show that in the film.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! As I read all that you wrote, it was nice to see someone catch onto a lot of the random little bits of symbolism/callbacks I tried to do to the best of my ability. Regarding the Peculier "Nightmare of the future" line, that was in reference to the unfinished cutscene called "Nightmare Awoken" that Lewis showed off in 2018 on a Jingle Jam stream. You should check it out if you haven't seen it! It shows the Sentinel waking up in a vision of the future that KP has whilst unconscious in lava. Lewis said from what he remembers, that cutscene was going to be at the start of the next episode, showing Peculier wake up from the lava in a room very similar to the one I showed in the video. Granted, even that cutscene doesn't give much of an explanation as to how Peculier survived. Regardless, without redoing that entire cutscene, I figured me having a line dedicated to it and treating it as canon would be a good approach. Hope that's a satisfying answer to some degree 😜 Thank you though for the kind words. You definitely understand the approach that I was going for in trying to make it feel like ANY FAN could've been the one on the adventure.

[@PurpleHeartE54]

Not even five seconds in and I'm already feeling nostalgic..

[@yaboigavin13]

Obviously not the OG but by Notch is it awsome! Thank you so much for giving the fandom a love letter we can appreciate with excellent writing and classic comedy. You have done great.

[@ChevyChase301]

Only thing missing is that charming old texture pack

[@MichaelValoria]

This is so cool! It makes me so happy watching this, had to come watch this before the carnival one!

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Hope you enjoy both! 😎

[@plasma8321]

This is pretty well done

[@NotaroName]

Wow that was so good! My dumb old heart when the yogs skins appeared at the end. I wished it would be them really.

[@roastpork8032]

amazing! seriously well done to everybody involved, the ending gave me goosebumps and some hit right in the feels. i love this so much.

[@igirisucosplay3084]

Coming across this video has made my younger self so happy. I remember waiting for each upload of the Shadow of Israphal story from the start. this is an amazing love letter to the series and community

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Yeah those were definitely the good ole days. thanks for watching and I hope it gave you some sense of closure!

[@Hosomi]

Checked how long the video was and realised its a whole ass film

[@meh4675]

Big W on this video, glad to help out even just a little bit.

[@sillybantercouk]

Thank you for given an ending worthy of the original. It means a lot

[@DvilMatch]

More people need to see this!!!

[@allenaju1856]

God this is beautiful, honestly thank you for this I really wanted to see a SoI style video

[@VBESIEN]

This did put a tear in my eye... After waiting so long.. We finally have an ending. It might not be official but it is good enough for me! Well made, tons of eye for detail that any old fan would recognize. Great work.

[@Keyfur91]

This video was good But when you said "Thanks guys" at the end? This video became amazingly good You and everyone who worked on this, give yourselves a pat on the back. You were all fantastic

[@stifnex9092]

That ending got me so emotional.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Glad to hear 😄

[@TyleStyle]

Just found this on Reddit. I kind of lost it when I saw this. Wish I knew about this project. I would’ve loved to help out!

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Ah dang! Well you’re still welcome join the discord!

[@plaguedoctor8180]

We're working on other projects, you're free to join and help out!

[@OddsNEndsMedia]

This is amazing thank you for this

[@spike5718]

Thank you for making this :')

[@noahnator99.gaming]

No prob boss :)

[@DvilMatch]

Is there a map download from this anywhere would love to look around this looks great

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Yes! More of the classic SOI map recreation are available on our discord, but here's a download to the assets from the Revival Special! ⬇ drive.google.com/file/d/1z8u81XAnxYdtV-53PHbo5itSVbWlin-H/view?usp=sharing

[@DvilMatch]

@@noahnator99.gaming nice one Thank You! Keep the videos coming eventually all the old fans will find them !

[@_Synthronix_]

Really nice story so far (about halfway through) do you plan on releasing this updated map to the public any time soon? Would love to explore a modern interpretation of the SOI World.

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Yes! I already shared this in another comment, but here's a download to the assets from the Revival Special (See below) It includes the map and resource pack. Currently working on a follow up series that will use an updated GeruDoku pack too. drive.google.com/file/d/1z8u81XAnxYdtV-53PHbo5itSVbWlin-H/view?usp=sharing

[@_Synthronix_]

@@noahnator99.gaming thanks so much!

[@_Synthronix_]

@@noahnator99.gaming thanks so much! Excited to look around!

[@dewlemons]

I’ve only watched about 10 minutes but I love this lol. The voices and feel really captured the nostalgia. Out of curiosity, why did you choose to not continue the story where it left off in the desert oasis?

[@noahnator99.gaming]

I'm glad to hear :D So if I can remember what I was thinking a couple years ago, I wanted to break the story up into the perspective of four old characters. I might have done it differently now, but back then I was unsure what would happen after the oasis, so my goal was just to get them to Icaria as quick as possible to meet up with Lysander. Then from there I could tell a story I felt confident would honor the original intent for the series. Hope that's a decent answer lol

[@aaww1010]

What’s the map being used? I’m just curious because I’m using the original map back from 2011 and trying to move it up to the modern version of Minecraft

[@noahnator99.gaming]

It’s a somewhat janky replica made by the SOI discord members. I went around and modernized it, but there’s still quite a few minor inaccuracies because I didn’t use the best recreation available when I started to update it. The discord team has the most accurate recreation available on the discord server tho if you wanted to check it out!

[@aaww1010]

@@noahnator99.gaming oh cool I might join I play on the leaked map of the world of shadow of israphel and I think I found the ending room

[@aaww1010]

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[@Beetless]

did you guys think of using beta?

[@noahnator99.gaming]

It was definitely considered! The original series often showed off new features/impressive mods, so I figured it could be interesting to do the same with this video 12 years later

[@Bobbob-iz6pd]

PLEAASE make the map able to be downloaded!!!!

[@sillybantercouk]

also do you chaps have the world download?

[@noahnator99.gaming]

The SOI discord server has an archive with a recreation (And many other related leaked worlds) discord.gg/Vp6knhPCyc

[@noahnator99.gaming]

Unless you're referring to this specific video's world, in which case I do have a link for that too: drive.google.com/file/d/1z8u81XAnxYdtV-53PHbo5itSVbWlin-H/view?usp=sharing