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big fan

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

if you havent played aidyn chronicles the firstmage you need to if you are a rpg (role playing game)er you run around on missions to save you'r self and others while gaining levels on the huge inviroment while fighting zombies and goblns and giant creatures the graphics are just barely ok but you get more party members and equip you'r people and buy potions, armor and shelds
the storyline is awesome! it sounds corney but it rocks and if you don't get new games often i wil remind you that it will take the average player a year to win. if you plan to buy this game and you need help email me at mayfieldj400@aol.com ask for johnny and also i had some memory pack trouble and my game was corupted a few times so it is a good idea to get a new one.

Wow

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 60
Date: August 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I think this game looks great! It is the first true RPG for the N-64 and from what I have read it looks really cool. And it is about time the 64 got an RPG because Quest was to lame of an RPG to even be called a game.

Aidyn chronicles

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I thought that the game lacked some fundumental basics of newcoming adventures and missions. The game tends to get repetitive towards the end. Altogether this is still a high quality game.

Try again!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It was a long time in coming but it wasn't worth the wait. The graphics are good and the story line is great, but unfortunately the turn by turn battles are repetitive, tedious and boring. What happened? There were a bunch of good RPGs for SNES. I've waited long enough for Nintendo to get their RPG act together for the 64. It's just not going to happen. Thank goodness my husband gave me a PS2 for my birthday.

A Medeval Fan of The Aidyn Chronicals

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I dont know why everyone thinks this game is so boring. I mean like someone else said the graphics are bad but the game isn't and another person said that the paragraphs were to long and I agree but Nick Thornburg and Kyle Westfall needs to get a life and needs to learn how to judje things when they finish it now like me and Bryan Alexander,well we must like medival games because I think medival things are great and all Iam going to say is Iam a kid that loves any medival game especially Aidyn Chronicals. 14years old

the enlightened rabbit is stupid

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: May 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

the "elightened rabbit" wrote a reveiw about this game saying this game was unsatisfactory. this is a great game with good graphics and story line. ....

One of the best RPGs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best games for n64- by far.
So what if its extreamly hard(I've had it for two years now, not even close)?The gameplay is great!You run around and talk to people like normal games, but when you run into an enemy, you go in to a complety different mode.Based on you states,some of you four charecters can move or attack.You have a certain space to move in to attack enemys.
The storyline is complacated, the game play never gets old or repetative,over all, this is a great game.I recommend it.

A great RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really like this game. The story is interesting and well laid out, yet you have the power to make your character complete his quest by means of number of different paths - and with a choice of forming your party out of a group of potential companions with varying strengths and weaknesses. The game contains a large 3-D world that is fun to explore and is full of all sorts of hidden treasures, caves, and ruins. The combat in this game is a sort of combination of the live-action and turn-based systems. For example, on your turn you can move your characters around the combat zone and strategically position them in places to maximize their offensive or defensive abilities - but you don't control the actual "swordplay", rather you just give a command to the character to attack or cast a spell upon a particular enemy. The only gripe I had with this game was in this combat system, I wish it was more live-action oriented than turn based; but that is merely a matter of personal preference. Other than the combat, I highly recommend this game and I liked all of the other aspects of its design, programming, artwork, story, and play.

An awful review I wrote 4 years ago

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

"Aidyn Chronicles is pure bliss."

Aidyn Chronicles is easily one of the best games I have ever played. It is also very different from any other game I have ever played. The battle system, storyline, character customization, and the overall feel of the game is completely unique and original.

Story: 9

Aidyn Chronicles is about a young orphan named Alaron who searches for a cure for his poisoned body and ends up searching for his true name. He also meets a strange spirit who tells him many strange things. I absolutely loved the story. It becomes more and more interesting the more you progress through the game. You get to travel to many large towns and meet many interesting characters. The towns are very different from each other. One is near snowy mountains, one is in the desert, and another is a port near the ocean (my personal favorite).

I think there are 13 different characters that can join your party. You can only have four party members at a time. Every character has his or her own unique personality. You will have a very different experience depending on who you choose.

The game takes place in a medieval fantasy setting. I think the setting is perfect.

There are two downsides to the story. One is the fact that the characters make the same motion over and over again while talking. This gets extremely annoying. The other is the ending. The ending is very bad. I better not say anything else about it.

Gameplay: 10

The gameplay is wonderful. There are two different modes of gameplay. They are trek mode and battle mode.

In trek mode you explore the world of Aidyn and go from town to town. Most of the areas of the game are incredibly expansive. The mountains and desert in particular are just amazingly huge. There are many different caves and other secret areas that aren't part of the main quest. Most of them don't have anything very good in them though.

To get into a battle you must get near enemies that are in trek mode. A lot of them guard roads or paths. If you have a high enough stealth rating you can sneak past them if you want. If you sneak up on them it gives a better position in battle.

The battles themselves are very original and fun. Your party members and the enemies have a certain amount of space in which they can move. It is a little bit like the Shining Force games. When you get close enough to the enemies you can attack them. Characters with a high thief rating inflict more damage from behind. If you want you can equip some characters with long-range weapons like bows but it never seemed to work well for me.

You can build up your characters however you want. It's probably a good idea to build up ratings like strength, dexterity, and warrior at the beginning of the game, but you certainly don't have to. Some skills don't have anything to do with combat.The loremaster skill lets you read more information from books and scrolls. The diplomat skill makes people give you more useful information.

The magic system divides magic into four schools. Each character can only learn magic from their own school except Alaron. He can learn magic from any school. Some spells could be more useful. I ended up using some spells constantly (like fireball) while never using others (like stupidity).

When the characters die they don't come back to life. If you want to keep them you will have to save your game often (which you can do anywhere). I personally like this feature even though it wasn't intentional. It contributes to the overall oddness of the game.

Graphics: 7

The graphics are a mixed bag. Some of the environments look great. I really like the way the mountains near Erromon look. But most of the characters look pretty bad. They have hooves for hands. Alaron's hair looks pretty ridiculous. It isn't as distracting as it might sound, though.

Music and Sound: 10

The music in this game is just grand. The song that starts when you first enter the town of Port Saiid is an absolute masterpiece. All of the music in the game is very strange. The chants that play during battles are bizarre. I love the weirdness of it all.

The sound is equally superb. The sound of footsteps changes whether it is on stone, grass, dirt, or many other textures. The flowing noise the rivers make sounds very realistic. There is no voice acting but I really don't care.

Length: 10

Aidyn Chronicles is a very long game. If you try to rush through and beat it as quickly as you can it will probably take about 50 or 60 hours. If you take the time to do absolutely everything it could easily take over 100 hours to complete.

Replay Value: 9

I have beaten the game twice and my two experiences were very different. Since there are 13 available characters and you can only have four at a time, you can have a completely different party every time you play through the game.

There are some negative things about playing through the game again. A lot of the characters that can join your party aren't available until quite late in the game. This is irritating if you just want to get one particular character. Also irritating is the first boss battle. It is extremely difficult to beat. It isn't very fun building up a few more hours to beat that boss again. But problems aside, the game has very good replay value.

Overall: 10

Aidyn Chronicles is an excellent RPG set in a massive medieval world. It is one of the strangest games I have ever played. It is also one of the best.

Like the old RPG's

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you are an "old" RPG player who like Ravenloft and Underwold you will like this one! Great inventory, spells, quirks like some characters are better in the dark others in the light... this just makes the game more complex and fun. This game allows you to use strategy in your attack. At first I did not like the very slow "action combat" sequences. Then I realized that it made the player only become deeper in the combat sequence instead of just pressing buttons. Great story... you can get threw the game without the guide (but it is helpful with maps etc). Great game!

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