The AQW Retrospective: Humble Beginnings (part 1)

This is the first part of my three-part AdventureQuest Worlds retrospective series, where I try to document and discuss the game in as much detail as possible.
CHAPTER LIST
0:00 Introduction
5:27 The other AE-games
9:06 Tutorial
16:36 Prologue
23:59 Exploring Lore
27:47 1st Lord of Chaos
32:55 The Chaos Twins
36:46 3rd Lord of Chaos
43:14 1st Birthday Event
46:53 4th Lord of Chaos
52:03 Nythera Saga
57:56 5th Lord of Chaos
1:05:55 Miltonius' Nation
1:08:50 6th Lord of Chaos
1:14:00 Dage's Legion
Credits for the footage I "Borrowed"
• =AQW= How to EARN FREE... How to earn AC's
• AQW RAP - Warriors Of ... AQW RAP
• aqw no class overview No Class Review
• World of Warcraft: Gam... Ragnaros kill
• AQW - Red Dragon Pwnin... Red Dragon kill
• Dragon Fable Battling ... Dragon Drakath
• Dragon Fable Sepulchur... Sepulchure's Flying Fortress
• Dragonfable - Wrath of... King Alteon
• Dragon Fable Titans of... Titans of BattleOn
• aqw|first cutscene in ... First Cutscene
• Noobshire Walkthrough Noobshire Walkthrough
• AQworlds-SAVE CHUCKLES... Save Chuckles
• Battleon Teleport Event Moving Battleon
• AQW: Quibble Coinbiter... Quibble Shop
• AQW LIVE CHAOS EVENT (... One-eyed Doll Event
• AQW how to go to milto... Tercessuinotlim
• AQWorlds Miltonius shop Miltonius Shop
• Dage666 party! Dage666
• Aqworlds--walkthrough ... Legion Shop
• =aqw= dage the evil me... Legion Token Shop

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  • @sfqm1083
    @sfqm10839 ай бұрын

    You didn’t mention how back in the day, people in maps would form parties and take turns dying to the map boss and goto-ing to take over the fight so that the HP doesn’t reset

  • @commandertoothpick8284

    @commandertoothpick8284

    9 ай бұрын

    The good old days when people needed to socialize, form parties and play like a team to beat bosses

  • @izmizzle

    @izmizzle

    7 ай бұрын

    As soon as i got one soloing class, it was over

  • @Nafeels

    @Nafeels

    6 ай бұрын

    To be fair there are still some impromptu parties being formed when facing ultra bosses today, as it was 15 years ago. Having this game exclusively being coded with Flash presented similar challenges of typing the goto command right before the boss dies as it was back in the day when lag was still an omnipresent issue. Imagine being the guy who missed a fight with Azalith.

  • @dabikerboy

    @dabikerboy

    3 ай бұрын

    Back when necromancer was the best solo class

  • @Gojiradogzillagodzilla

    @Gojiradogzillagodzilla

    Ай бұрын

    @@dabikerboy Nah this was before necromancer, and when Necro did release it literally shook the game, you just KNEW someone was a badass if they were walking around with Necro's skeleton pet lmao

  • @jaypeadieL611
    @jaypeadieL61111 ай бұрын

    Nostalgia when you called for help for red dragon. My fave moment is the "save the dragon from the princess" twist. Also the epic sepy vs king alteon fight

  • @vibertparis1837

    @vibertparis1837

    4 ай бұрын

    I remember asking for help at red dragon....

  • @ctnke
    @ctnke9 ай бұрын

    I did not know that a 1 minute 17 video could let me take a 12 year journey to the past. I missed this game so much

  • @bennyjackson5149
    @bennyjackson51499 ай бұрын

    Wow, this is honestly one of my favourite video's that's come out all year. It seriously speaks to my autism in the way no other video this year has. The undertaking of going through each storyline as released is just such an amazing way to experience the game in a way that I don't think 90% of the dumb kids playing at that time could've, as at least I was completely unable to follow anything in order when I was playing in like 2013. So having you take us through the quests with such passion and detail is just fucking amazing. ALSO HOLY SHIT YOU JUST HAD TO ADD THE BEST SONG EVER OUT OF NOWHERE????? Like you had to drop specifically the live version of Long Season on us like that?? Like having an amazing script and flawless editing wasn't enough, no even your music throughout this whole video just also had to be fucking incredible as well. Goddamn.

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks man, I'm glad I hit the nail with my approach for you. I really wanted to add more songs that I love, but I had to severely turn down the volume on some, which wasn't satisfying, so I switched to OST's in the other parts.

  • @bennyjackson5149

    @bennyjackson5149

    9 ай бұрын

    @@bonaquador Yeah you killed it, also good foresight on the audio there. It's really tough using complex Post Rock and shit as background music cuz it's so detailed and captivating that you compromise with the mixing. The ost's work a lot better in that sense lol, but it really doesn't give the video that same personal touch as having your favourite music does.

  • @icoz5316
    @icoz5316 Жыл бұрын

    Great work, hopefully this gets the attention it deserves.

  • @SxT_AE

    @SxT_AE

    9 ай бұрын

    🧡

  • @brazuketodooou8906
    @brazuketodooou89069 ай бұрын

    Awesome, seeing it really makes me feel nostalgic, I didn’t remember most part of the lore,good to see this game isn’t dead.

  • @ggolden
    @ggolden8 ай бұрын

    thanks for making this vid, i honestly forgot about the lore of the game by this point, 10 years after playing this, the lore had so many weird swings and changes and remakes (especially the beginning/tutorial)

  • @freakerzzzx
    @freakerzzzx10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this videoman, aqw was 100% my childhood. I dont play anymore but watches content from time to time for that sweet sweet nostalgia. The clips you showed especially the dragonlair red dragon flashes me back to my childhood, and thats an experience that a few things in this world will give me.

  • @spicypepperz
    @spicypepperz8 ай бұрын

    This is amazing thank you for making this, it brings me all the way back to the good ole days:)

  • @elmataclachado
    @elmataclachado9 ай бұрын

    This was a great watch! had a lot of fun.

  • @bykewl
    @bykewl9 ай бұрын

    This vid deserves much more than it has. Its crazy, your work is crazy and so entertaining. Please keep it up. Would love to watch more videos from you, even if new vids derive from the lore of aqw. Keep it up mate 🫶🏻

  • @ThomasBD
    @ThomasBD8 ай бұрын

    This video is AMAZING! I've necer seen a video of this quality that resumes so well the story of AQW even with the events that i didn't even remembered were part of the story lika Nythera's! Amazing work!

  • @olive3749
    @olive37499 ай бұрын

    This is such an awesome video. I played a lot of AQW on and off through my childhood and I recently got back into it on my original 11 year old account because of the AQWI news

  • @dar5k163
    @dar5k1632 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the trip down memory lane

  • @NotAnAstronaut2k
    @NotAnAstronaut2k7 ай бұрын

    You are the man for making this vid dude.. you brought my child hood back to life

  • @gray2742
    @gray27426 ай бұрын

    amazing video! keep making those lore explaining aqw content!

  • @Courtesyyy
    @Courtesyyy9 ай бұрын

    I might be few months late But as Someone who played adventure quest and AQW i really love this story breakdown and deatils on the gameplay, looking forward to Watch the next eps after this one!

  • @MelkortheDoom
    @MelkortheDoom7 ай бұрын

    I recently got back into AQW after several years of not playing. It's great to see this videoseries to remind me of the good times, as well as the story beats that I had forgotten. I had thought about starting a new account and documenting all of the releases in order, but it looks like I wont have to do that now.

  • @MFBosshunting
    @MFBosshuntingАй бұрын

    Great work. Honestly.

  • @SxT_AE
    @SxT_AE9 ай бұрын

    Honestly great guide for new players too!

  • @sadumi
    @sadumi9 ай бұрын

    Love this so much! Amazing nostalgia

  • @trezorqisko9191
    @trezorqisko91916 ай бұрын

    Commenting at 0:28 into the video so I've barely started and I CAN ALREADY FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT VIDEO

  • @rodrigovasquez9322
    @rodrigovasquez93227 ай бұрын

    The nostalgia is overflowing as I'm watching this

  • @shellohd8421
    @shellohd84216 ай бұрын

    top quality series

  • @austinhopkins1313
    @austinhopkins13134 ай бұрын

    Still play on and off to this day, my biggest break was from 2016-18 and yeah that made me rethink what the direction of aqw was heading towards and if I should still play at all. But hear I am still loving the game for what it truly is. Absolutely love this video. NULGATH NATION FOREVER!

  • @lvkk45
    @lvkk45 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video bro keep going

  • @romulusnuma116
    @romulusnuma1164 ай бұрын

    Been hoping for a video series like this

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    4 ай бұрын

    I know right? But it never came, so I had to do it myself.

  • @d4eda1us
    @d4eda1usАй бұрын

    Man those inquisitor gears looks dope man cant even

  • @3DMVR
    @3DMVR9 ай бұрын

    The server wide fight was fun but characters were unloading fireballs from what I remember

  • @3DMVR

    @3DMVR

    9 ай бұрын

    It was a one off release forsure, it was very cool at the time

  • @Vid4050
    @Vid40508 ай бұрын

    Love it !!!!!

  • @sarunmrzn
    @sarunmrzn2 ай бұрын

    may algorithm gods be with you

  • @ehcsitroM
    @ehcsitroM3 ай бұрын

    the amount of nostalgia, i still play it but wow.

  • @virom4
    @virom47 ай бұрын

    They couldn’t find a solution that felt fair, translates to: “Cysero had a hissy fit when the player base didn’t like his original solution and in a passive aggressive show of power removed all the items” You could tell that what Milt did made a lot of AE’s higher ups mad. Cysero being chief among them. I hated AQW when he ran it and I am glad he is gone. He was a jerk and the majority of the player base dislikes him. Edit: it was a real laggy SShow. Eye was there lol

  • @AllenHirt
    @AllenHirt15 күн бұрын

    5:18 Lord_Incubus aye hail the LEGION

  • @b3nd0v3r28
    @b3nd0v3r289 ай бұрын

    Cool to see a Dane covering AQW content :)

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    9 ай бұрын

    Wow, how could you tell?

  • @b3nd0v3r28

    @b3nd0v3r28

    9 ай бұрын

    @@bonaquador Commented after the first 2 min or so. A Dane can always tell apart a Dane haha. Really well English and superb video, gonna watch ep 2 and 3 tmrw morning. Ruined my sleep bcz of this masterpiece

  • @andreasskalsbrentsen269

    @andreasskalsbrentsen269

    8 ай бұрын

    Was looking for this comment. ;)

  • @adeghesthai
    @adeghesthai9 ай бұрын

    Why this has so few views? Amazing work!

  • @gendengraven5049
    @gendengraven50494 ай бұрын

    back then it wasnt Miltonius Nation but Miltonius Minion, but later it changed into Nulgath, thus Nulgath Nation.

  • @Dnyn
    @Dnyn9 ай бұрын

    I remember how long soloing the mana golem took

  • @adeghesthai
    @adeghesthai9 ай бұрын

    Nice video

  • @gothyoutubeviewer
    @gothyoutubeviewer8 ай бұрын

    Aww man this is awesome! I played when it first came out and just recently got back into it and was so sad to see that people don't really play the storyline anymore. I keep dying to the chaos beasts bc of it. So now I'm working towards building my level up so I can solo them hopefully. Kinda sad, but at least we still have players at all!

  • @dizzy128

    @dizzy128

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey I’m trying to go through the story as well if you want to play sometime my username is xTotal Chaosx

  • @mitchleigh2369
    @mitchleigh23693 күн бұрын

    I remember when the main farm was red dragon.. some mech and some knight in citadel that would drop some op mace

  • 7 ай бұрын

    Wolfwing actually takes you up on the offer if you spare him, but the silver arrow kills him nonetheless.

  • @adeghesthai
    @adeghesthai9 ай бұрын

    Fun video

  • @Dnyn
    @Dnyn9 ай бұрын

    Aqw omg death_element here loved it.

  • @cburton99
    @cburton997 ай бұрын

    Im gonna cry man, i just got my 15 year bonus shop items and this popped up on my recommended

  • @swiff
    @swiff7 ай бұрын

    Bludrutbrawl used to be super active in 2014-2016 era! I remember full lobbies around the clock on the Safiria server

  • @vancrrr2658
    @vancrrr26588 ай бұрын

    the 13 lords of chaos bears a striking resemblance to wheel of time stories

  • @daryllim1597
    @daryllim15972 ай бұрын

    I remember when necromancer was the best class ❤

  • @Fizbun
    @Fizbun3 ай бұрын

    I thought the MechQuest takes place in the past of DragonFable because of all the mechs and tech laying around.

  • @efrostraven3321
    @efrostraven3321Ай бұрын

    OMG, the 4. Lord of Chaos ist the Shredder from TMNT! Illiminati :D

  • @juansales7665
    @juansales7665 Жыл бұрын

    gj bro

  • @SxT_AE
    @SxT_AE9 ай бұрын

    OG forsure i will play till i die idc 🧡

  • @chito2701
    @chito27019 ай бұрын

    my childhood pc game

  • @Darches
    @DarchesАй бұрын

    I think you missed a point about the chaos twins: IIRC Drakath did a switcheroo with a mirror world twin so he actually has 2 evil twins.

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    Ай бұрын

    That isn't revealed until the Bloodtusk Ravine storyline. I cover it in part 2 of the retrospective

  • @prayeddanny
    @prayeddanny7 ай бұрын

    your music taste is fucking INCREDIBLE

  • @prodnai6719
    @prodnai671911 ай бұрын

    crazyyyy

  • @Thepokedek
    @ThepokedekАй бұрын

    Interestingly the account of dage666 is in the void, meaning nobody has played on her long enough to go inactive, while dages dage the evil acc is lv 40 and active. Beleen, ai no miko, rolith, tomix, ezio, zazul, randor the red current and former employees accounts are also into the void.... Which shows you how much they care for their own games.

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    Ай бұрын

    Bear in mind, a lot of those staff members are either not working on AQW anymore, or have functions in the company that exist entirely outside of the game.

  • @Thepokedek

    @Thepokedek

    Ай бұрын

    @@bonaquador i do, but not logging in, into your acc for that long till it goes in the void.... cysero's acc is functional i just think that not logging in god forbid once a year is insane

  • @christopheringram3597

    @christopheringram3597

    23 күн бұрын

    ​@@ThepokedekBeleen got done dirty. I wouldn't log in either

  • @jakethompson2095
    @jakethompson20954 ай бұрын

    Holy shit never seen anybody else reference chibi knight before when talking ab flash games.

  • @3DMVR
    @3DMVR9 ай бұрын

    So wild theyve done breakingn benjamin for aq3d

  • @patrickdastarfish7705
    @patrickdastarfish77059 ай бұрын

    I went evil side too I wanted the skull knight only thing that came as close to being as cool as a beta zerker

  • @tjyankowich7082
    @tjyankowich70829 ай бұрын

    Great vid bro!! Feel like I personally know you😅 can you make a GTA V retrospective?

  • @DarkReaperK97
    @DarkReaperK978 ай бұрын

    Can you keep making AE related videos? They make me feel very nostalgiac I would appreciate

  • @berkanbayraktar9046
    @berkanbayraktar9046Ай бұрын

    ah i remember this game was playing it back in 2009 and tried it today with new account because somehow i cant find my old account i think it was banned or maybe hacked. but i noticed something about this game that it has became pay to win but other than that its not bad game if you missed your childhood

  • @Ton_____
    @Ton_____2 ай бұрын

    39:25 i guess i can never truly escape from kglw can i?

  • @adeghesthai
    @adeghesthai9 ай бұрын

    Commenting for algorythm

  • @MKW-oc8fj
    @MKW-oc8fj7 ай бұрын

    Hey I'm thinking about coming back to this game and play (invest my time). Do you think it's worth it? Cause some others were saying the game is no more good as the cash grabbing is getting even more ridiculous

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    7 ай бұрын

    From my experience, the game plays like it did back in 2008, and I think that type of gameplay has aged poorly. The game was special because of the time we played it. I don't think I missed the game, I just missed the good memories I had of being a kid and playing it. As for the hate of microtransactions, I don't think it's warranted. There is a lot of it, but it is purely cosmetic, and has always been the business model, to keep it free to play. The modern hardcore fanbase seems to be the predominant voice of the community. Sadly, many are very toxic and misogynistic towards the staff. So should you invest time? You can if you want to, but I don't recommend dedicating too much of it. If you get too invested, you risk joining the hate mob who'll never be satisfied. It's best to just enjoy it for what it is, and not expect more.

  • @adeghesthai
    @adeghesthai9 ай бұрын

    Omg, another comment for the algorythm

  • @dakotadoyle7573
    @dakotadoyle75739 ай бұрын

    Actually Mech Quest takes place before Dragonfable

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    9 ай бұрын

    Oh word? My fault OG. That's what I get for just reading the wiki-article on the game for the synopsis😅

  • @thetexanpilot5301
    @thetexanpilot5301 Жыл бұрын

    Whens part 2?

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    Жыл бұрын

    When its done

  • @Fringewonder
    @Fringewonder9 ай бұрын

    Its not dated. It was relevant for its time. 🤷🏾

  • @thetexanpilot5301
    @thetexanpilot5301 Жыл бұрын

    First

  • @lushbIood
    @lushbIood8 ай бұрын

    I'm sad as fuck

  • @ragtagboyrebel
    @ragtagboyrebel5 ай бұрын

    Apart from your cringe god-awful wrong pronunciation of O-Dokuro's name, this video was pretty decent.