The AQW Retrospective: Throne of Darkness

This is a bonus episode of my retrospective series on AdventureQuest Worlds, covering the Throne of Darkness saga from top to bottom.
CHAPTER LIST
0:00 Intro
3:50 Vaden's story
9:19 Xeven's story
14:50 Ziri's story
20:14 Pax's story
24:00 Sekt's story
29:07 Scarletta's story
33:25 Plank's story

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  • @potatoirish1920
    @potatoirish19207 ай бұрын

    You sir, will definitely blow up in the algorithm, it's kinda incredible to have such high quality aqw lore videos out there FINALLY

  • @nebulaaax

    @nebulaaax

    4 ай бұрын

    blud thinks AQW and algorithm works xd

  • @samuellemos9575
    @samuellemos95757 ай бұрын

    PLEASEEEE DO THE DARKON SAGA

  • @hanakozaki_rin
    @hanakozaki_rin6 ай бұрын

    I can’t wait for Astravia Arc Retrospective.

  • @saurovaki
    @saurovaki4 ай бұрын

    I remember playing the Throne of Darkness when it was first releasing and it was my first saga in AQW after simply playing the main game for years. One of my favourite mini stories in gaming. Gotta love the writing in AE games.

  • @silvastone6989
    @silvastone69897 ай бұрын

    Your Retrospective videos on the game are some of my favourite aqw-related content on the internet in general, thank you for taking the time and effort to cover this game❤

  • @Dotwang2145
    @Dotwang21457 ай бұрын

    The man,the myth, the legend!!

  • @freakerzzzx
    @freakerzzzx7 ай бұрын

    Forever be thankful for your content, I am currently working now and embracing adult life but still longs for those days where I play this game when I was a kid.

  • @tecmangames69
    @tecmangames697 ай бұрын

    yooo, the best videos of aqw returned! and the best part when this video launch my vacations will finnaly start!!!

  • @jairuscookie2744
    @jairuscookie27444 ай бұрын

    Thank you for doing these

  • @B1lly_
    @B1lly_7 ай бұрын

    You've returned! Well it's worth the wait for you to cover this saga.

  • @Elevonday
    @Elevonday7 ай бұрын

    wonderful video as usual and thanks for the shoutout!

  • @migzcanplayae4397
    @migzcanplayae43977 ай бұрын

    Greatly enjoyed your first 3 aqw retrospectives. Really glad you made another one, thanks for this!

  • @Taevarth
    @Taevarth4 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: At 20:08 part of that release was actually made by some friends/guildmates of minem that's why their NPCs representing their characters are there. I think it was for the "write a release" contest. My memory is fuzzy but I think they wrote the BaconCat release a a joke. The Stars Release featuring Prime and Final were also my guildmates. Also at 38:03: If you checked the rep/AC shop for the DarkthroneHub/Mysterious Dungeon area, I am credited for the Black and Gold BLoD recolor. :D Unfortunately its only in the description of the AC version, because later on AE/Artix decided to use the rep version for a questline involving Artix's son who "inherited" it. and told me that for lore reasons they needed to change the description of the earned version, but my name is still on the 500 AC version

  • @goregemini
    @goregemini5 ай бұрын

    You made my life so much better with these videos.

  • @nicolasfajardo5512
    @nicolasfajardo55127 ай бұрын

    Thank you for bringing out content like this

  • @howarddaking7216
    @howarddaking72167 ай бұрын

    thank you for these videos,

  • @roeypervo3688
    @roeypervo36885 ай бұрын

    man you have becomed my new favorite youtuber love your storytelling format and the black hole sun refrence????? give this man medal of honor

  • @soupkitchen467
    @soupkitchen4677 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for these videos, I've always wanted to consume more of aqw but lost motivation to play after quitting around the 13 chaos lord.

  • @duskbringer4583
    @duskbringer45837 ай бұрын

    To be fair, Vaden's chef WAS Cooking random travelers. (I guess Pink forest was way to stop Artix.) And yeah I do love how Sekt went "FUCK THIS SHIT I'M OUT" when he saw Tachyon Blades (and fact he is only one remembering Xeven's full story being repeated). (And how Sekt fried Ziri's brain.)

  • @dimosvlahos
    @dimosvlahos4 ай бұрын

    Really appreciate your effort

  • @KJ-up7mc
    @KJ-up7mc5 ай бұрын

    Id love to see you make another retrospective those clips are fucking wildd ive never seen someone with such a passion and love for a 2d game and i can just tell you watching the whole retrospective on the chaos saga has brought tears to my eyes knowing that this game has been my whole entire childhood and has given me so many great memories i literally grew with this game and even though its not near perfect im grateful for it being part of my life no matter how corny that sounds i just wanna go back in time and experience it again but i cant and your retrospective videos have brought me a sense of closure knowing that i at least experienced some of the greatest highs of this game and ill probably never forget the feeling i had while playing this game as a kid. Sorry for the long parahraph just wanted u to know i gladly appreciate u putting so much effort into a game that gets barely any views on youtube. wish u all the best in life

  • @Dualblades47
    @Dualblades476 ай бұрын

    I love your stuff man, would love to see whatever you feel like making more vids on.

  • @martonk
    @martonk2 ай бұрын

    Pliz make more, I love your videos so much ✨✨✨

  • @Funtasy
    @Funtasy7 ай бұрын

    HES BACK

  • @Taevarth
    @Taevarth4 ай бұрын

    Pax is probably my favorite character ever made because of this Saga. I'm sad he never got a chance to make a re-appearance though.

  • @hristostoyanov2572
    @hristostoyanov25727 ай бұрын

    thank you for this video..

  • 7 ай бұрын

    It still bothers me that they never followed up on that ending.

  • @bennyjackson5149
    @bennyjackson51497 ай бұрын

    LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @varnyggdrasil3084
    @varnyggdrasil3084Ай бұрын

    ...and then they never returned to this bit of the story... However with the lore of us being in canon the newly crowned Verus Doomknight or going to be according to the Doom Saga...it'll be hilarious if we gathered Gravelyn some minions who'll help her deal with us if or when we fall to doom... That is if Cylisse even recalls this story bit... Many don't..

  • @vlamp507
    @vlamp5074 ай бұрын

    I pity you that you cant watch your own videos man, u made the 4 best videos of aqw ive ever seen

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    4 ай бұрын

    Really counting on someone making something similar on the remaining sagas, but I will do an analysis on Darkon's saga eventually, just because I really like that one

  • @Knightfiery
    @Knightfiery7 ай бұрын

    Can you do a retrospective of Darkon's Saga?

  • @Scarcheeze
    @Scarcheeze7 ай бұрын

    PLEASE MAKE QUEEN OF MONSTER SAGA VIDEO,i'm very confuse of the messy storyline>

  • @Xanderlorian
    @Xanderlorian3 ай бұрын

    New sub

  • @immortalolive3576
    @immortalolive35767 ай бұрын

    THE GOAT IS BACK YEEEEES! Are you excited for AQW:Infinity? What changes would you like to see? I'm not an expert on the lore and I stopped playing the game but what's the Queen of Monsters? Is that story line finished or a work in progress? Keep up the lore videos because they are GOATED!

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks man, I'll see if I feel like making more in the new year. Regarding infinity, I've been following the production closely. I'm not expecting too much. Of course there will be the new engine, animations and hints of new mechanics, but they stated that all maps won't be there on launch. I think this gives them a good opportunity to connect the world more. I don't really like how all maps NEED the map command to be accessed. It breaks my immersion a bit. If they made natural connections, and every release visible on the world map, I would be ecstatic and more invested in each locations. As for the Queen of Monsters, she is the one who manipulated the previous main antagonist (Drakath), to create the 13 Lords of Chaos. She then becomes the main antagonist for the second major storyline of the game. The reason I skipped her story, and went straight to the Throne of Darkness, is because it is difficult to retell her story in the current format of my videos. It is a very continuous saga, but it also constantly changed story direction, becase of fan backlash. I would need to restructure my approach of including all the side stories and miscellaneous releases, because it would hinder the flow of the video, and make my retelling unfocused, when it desperately needs a concise red thread. I want to document as much as possible, but it wouldn't make for a good video in my opinion.

  • @immortalolive3576

    @immortalolive3576

    6 ай бұрын

    @@bonaquadorRegarding the map command, I don't think they'll change it because it is the literal foundation of how travelling works, to change it would mean to change the system from the ground up. That being said, a better map layout would be nice and a mini guide for new players to guide them in the right direction while also letting them know about different maps they may want to visit. There's a TON of maps that most veteran players don't even know exist and there's no way of knowing unless you research. I have heard that the Queen of Monsters story had a ton of backlash, in terms of content, is the story finished or still a work in progress? Cuz in the map section after the 13 Lords of Chaos I saw there was a BUNCH of more story (like 3/4x the size of 13 Lords). One thing I'm very excited about Infinity is the new progression system which hopefully replicates that nice feeling of progression from other RPGs/MMORPGs because unless you knew what you were doing, you would constantly hit walls during the 13 Lords Saga because bosses were too strong and players were too weak.

  • @naciabell7903
    @naciabell79032 ай бұрын

    Say do you think you could do a retrospective on Elegy of madness? There isn't a video around that goes into the entire storyline due to how dense it is and easy to get lost if you miss one paragraph. It would beamazing to have one vid that finaly covers the whole thing.

  • @andreasskalsbrentsen269
    @andreasskalsbrentsen2697 ай бұрын

    Glæder mig.

  • @stremi9178
    @stremi91785 ай бұрын

    Anyone know the source of 29:42?

  • @Count_Rossolon
    @Count_Rossolon4 ай бұрын

    Do all the sagas

  • @daniloalves1139
    @daniloalves11395 ай бұрын

    Since I don't know if u read comments in older videos I'm going to comment in this one, but I'm still at the part 2 of the Retrospective. Try doing some things: Use your voice better. Sometimes it felt like u were recording this after 3 days without sleeping and I could barely hear you even with REALLY loud volume. Then, from nowhere you talk loud as fuck and I would have to turn the volume down... Also, in the same note, try maintaining the volume level the same through out the whole video so I don't have to be turning the volume up and down and having these moments were it's too loud or too low. That's is literally the MOST important thing. EVERYBODY would watch a video with bad images, NO ONE would watch a video with bad audio. Not that the audio was "unwatchable" but I won't lie, if there was any other retrospective in youtube without these issues I would watch that over yours just because audio is THAT important. That said: you're a very good youtuber, your videos are great so far, I'm subscribing and will be here for more!

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    5 ай бұрын

    Perhaps the first comment about constructive criticism I've received (And a really well written one at that). Thanks for the comment, I'm going to take it to heart and work on improving my craft. I've only just started writing a new video, so I'll look into it.

  • @farhan667rizal6
    @farhan667rizal65 ай бұрын

    are you still in production to make new aqw story content?

  • @bonaquador

    @bonaquador

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, but nothing that is past the script-writing phase yet. Currently focused on my winter exams

  • @farhan667rizal6

    @farhan667rizal6

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@bonaquador yo, i hope you past the exam

  • @Count_Rossolon
    @Count_Rossolon4 ай бұрын

    Now can I get all the classes for free

  • @salazarkennethgabrielb.6013
    @salazarkennethgabrielb.6013Ай бұрын

    Most annoying saga to finish