- Platform: Xbox
- ELSPA Minimum Age: 3
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- 3rd-person, 3D action/adventure game
- Assume the role of an apprentice Lore Guardian named Azurik
- Intense hand-to-hand combat
- Amazing seamless environments
- Elements of adventure, console-style action, and story-based RPG
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The design document for Azurik, the first role-playing game released on the Xbox game system, must have read like a recipe. Take all the ingredients of a good console RPG (3rd person view, tons of combat, a freaky little world to adventure in and an world-threatening evil to defeat), mix in the role-playing stock of Zelda with the spicy action of Soul Reaver 2, and you get Azurik.
To be sure, this is a strange game with an offbeat storyline that pits the young warrior Azurik against an enemy who, through a massive battle, has shattered the elements that power the world into tiny gems. Azurik must quest for these gems; fighting evil creatures with his massive two bladed axe-staff and solving puzzles to achieve his objective and restore the world. The gems represent earth, air, fire and water the game's massive and generally well-designed levels follow that theme as well.
The graphics are up to the task and often impress. Specifically the monsters and the game's sense of scale, rooms and some of the boss monsters are enormous. The special effects are good, particularly the weapon effects, but this is also the first Xbox game to feature some minor graphics glitches that indicate the game wasn't as polished as you'd expect from the company that also brought you the console.
The real problems with Azurik involve the unresponsive controls, which suffer from a tiny but noticeable amount of lag. Azurik looks cool while swinging his weapon, but you'll never feel in complete control. Since combat is 90% of this game, poor combat control is a serious flaw. Also the controls aren't customizable at all. You'd think with the hard drive space they could easily offer this option but instead you're stuck with the default controls: A for jab, B for a sweep attack and Y for jump. The trigger is used for special magical attacks involving the gems you'll pick up. But despite it’s minor flaws Azurik is a pretty satisfying RPG console experience. --Jamie Sopoloder
Manufacturer's Description
In Azurik: Rise of Perathia a third-person, 3-D action-adventure game designed to showcase the capabilities of the Xbox--you assume the role of a young apprentice Lore Guardian named Azurik.
Sworn to protect the sacred elements--fire, water, earth, and air--you must stop an apocalyptic prophecy that threatens to condemn your world to destruction. Featuring intense hand-to-hand combat, intuitive puzzles, amazing seamless environments, and vast exploration, Azurik combines the best of three genres by including ample doses of epic adventure, fast console-style action, and intriguing story-based RPG gameplay.
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