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Could be the surprise game of the year.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 20 / 29
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game has the potential to be the surprise game of the year. It has the potential to be what all of us wanted Zelda to be on the gamecube but will not be because of the extremely childish graphics. This game has amazing graphics, it is made specificly for the X box to show off its graphical capabilities. Someone said the characters looked like they had a low polygon count, like many this person had no idea what they were talking about. The main character is constructed from 7000 polygons, there are no loading screens because of the hard drive, the story should be deep and immersive and should not completely bore adults out there. On several other sites it has also been mentioned that the game promises 75 hours of gameplay, a total that will rival even final fantasy. This game has the potential to be one of the greatest ever and looks like it might just be the best action adventure game of the year and should blow zelda out of the water. I give this a definate 4 stars with the posibility of a 5 or even going off the charts.

Should have been so much more...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 16 / 23
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Impressions after ~15 hours of play:
Average things:
Graphics are par-for-the-xbox; hyper-colorful, smoothly animated, no real pop-up. Sound is ok, but not spectacular. Controls are mostly ok; the camera is completely under your control, which "fixes" problems found in other games with auto-cameras, but it takes some practice; expect early camera frustration until you get the hang of it.

Exceptional things:
Level design is gorgeous. Enemy character design is very creative and well done, sometimes reminiscent of MDK.

Poor things:
Save game pads are WAY too infrequent, causing WAY too much retreading (either after getting killed, or backtracking after any major milestone). Collision detection with ground is horrendous; jumping/platforming in general stinks to high heaven in Azurik. Character development is much too slow and limited; should have strength, or health, or power boosting after so-many kills. Instead, it plays more like a very long Tomb Raider.

Summary: Eh. Shoulda rented before buying; you should too. It's the only adventure so far for XBox, but it's DEFINITELY no FF or Zelda.

Great!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think that this game is awesome, it has very good graphics(not perfect), and is a very long adventure game, that gamers will like. But I should say this game is not for everyone, it is not for people that get frustrated easily.

Great game that will be loved by all true action/rpg fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I've noticed that most 'proffesional' reviews of this game I've read give it a poor or mediocre rating, but all fan reviews give it a great or perfect. Hmm... Obviously the people who took the time to play it through found it to be alot of fun. Basically, this game is fun if you like the genre. I think its absolute bull when people say Halo is a much better game or something like that. Comparing two games of two different genre's is pointless and inaccurate. Okay, down to the actual review. I found this game to be very addicting. The world is huge with tons to explore. The world is also very imaginative and original. The main character is also very well done. I really liked his personality. The music isn't that great, but it definitly adds to the atmospere. It can get downright creepy at times. The controls were a little tricky to get used to at first, but after about half an hour, you get used to them and they don't become a problem. There are points in the game that seem pretty frusterating, but it doesn't really take away from the fun of the game, it just adds a challenge. Overall, I definitly recommend this game to everyone who considers themselves a fan of action/rpg games with alot of challenging puzzles.

What game are you guys playing?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

To those who hate this game: I am not sure what game you guys are playing because I think it is great. I can only guess that it is to hard for some people but the difficulty is what appeals to me. If you are not sure about this game please do yourself a favor and rent it first, I rented Halo and Azurik at the same time and think they are both great games but I only bought Azurik and not Halo. There is so much area to explore in the game that I spent 3 1/2 hours the first time I played it and only saw a small fraction of the world. If you want the freedom to explore a new and pretty cool world then this game is perfect for you. If you want a game that tells you were to go, when to go, and how to do it then this is not the game for you.

You'll need skill and patience to play this one

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: December 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Graphics are good, sound is ok. If you like Zelda for N64 then you'll like Azurik too.

Rent it first, then you decide to buy it or not...

Not so solid, but a run for your money

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: June 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have heard a lot said about Azurik, some negative, others positive, mostly ngative. I just want to make a few things clear, this here is a GOOD game, it shouldn't be overlooked by Action/Adventure fans, oh, there's sort of a RPG feel, but in the long run,it's just not there. I have played this game a lot, twice just for the run, the others for the feel, I love the feel, it's true action for your hands. Yes the controls are hard to get, well actually, the buttons on the controller are colored as the elements in the game, so it's easy to get the element right in the heat of battle. Fast hands develope better skils at element triggering. So, here is the overall scoop, a good game at a good price and many hours glued to your tv screen. A better pick than Oddworld, Genma, and Obi-Won. Pick it up, or rent it.

Avoid this game like the plague!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: December 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game with an open mind and no preconceived notions as to how it should be. Unfortunately, that didn't help me one iota in trying to like this game. First, I'll cover the good stuff:

The graphics are good but nothing special. (DoA3 has FAR superior graphics.) The sound is good. The level design (from what I've seen) appears quite good.

Now the bad stuff...

The controls are completely non-standard to any other game I've played. In short, they are very awkward. I wouldn't have a problem with that except for the fact that they don't allow you to reconfigure the controls even the slightest amount. Sorry, but if you're gonna go with a non-standard control set at least let the players change it how they want it. In fact, there's nothing configurable at all in this game. You do get use to the controls after awhile but they still feel awkward in the end.

Save for the well done level design, the game offers little depth to gameplay. In truth, this is a first person shooter with RPG clothes on. That probably sounds pretty good until you play it and find it offers nothing to the genre other than the fact that it runs on the x-box. Simplistic gameplay and poor controls do not = success. They tried to mix two genres and failed on both sides.

I experienced a couple of bugs in the game as well but I won't go into it since they are level implementation related, and not general.

Of the 5 games I've played on the x-box, I liked this one the least by far. All I can say is buy Halo and DoA3 before you even bother looking at anything else. Then you'll know what a good x-box game is. Compared to those two, this game is pathetic.

Good graphics, but what's the point?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: July 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has decent graphics but there doesn't seem to be any point. You just run around like a freaked out smurf, slashing things that basically just stand there most of the time. The story line is non-existent and the main character is void of any personality at all. There aren't any mid-level saves and it's easy to fall off of a cliff and have to weave your way through areas you've already explored. Oh, and did I mention that you have to pick up coins as you progress? (GROAN) I mean, haven't we moved past that in the video game world? On a platform as great as XBox, there are far better games out there, rent don't buy.

bunk game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 13
Date: December 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is flawed and over rated. the graphics are weak, so far as I can tell there is no story, the fighting is incredibly repetitive, there are not nearly enough places to save, and over all it is a frustrating and disapointing experience. If you're thinking of getting an action game for the x-box you should consider Oddworld: munch's oddysee or Halo wich are both incredibly good games and make the x-box worth buying.

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