The Story of Axiom Verge
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- This might be the most ambitious single video I've ever done until now. It took almost two years from the inception to publishing. In the end it even provoked me to kickstart a new channel (this one). I've been doing UA-cam for more than 11 years now but this is my first English venture. Inspite of what "The Story of Axiom Verge" is, the channel itself won't be dedicated to story deepdives. It will instead focus on game design analysis. Stay awhile and... you know the gist.
As for the video itself I need to thank a few people in particular. First and foremost, I need to extend my heartfelt gratitude towards Orloth. She guided me during the entire process. Her help was immense and without her the video would not have been half as good.
I need to thank my Bulgarian test audience as well. TheLonewolf, BojoLalov and Deadset took their time in order to meticulously watch my video and provide valuable feedback. They gave me a some great ideas how to better visualize my thoughts and were very impactful for the user interface of the video.
I also want to shout-out Filip Tsonkin. He is one of my favourite illustrators of book covers. I am extremely happy he agreed to illustrate the thumbnail for this video. You can check how talented he is through his personal blog. Link in the pinned comment.
But above all else, I need to thank the face behind Axiom Verge. Thank you, Tom Happ! You changed my gaming reality.
If you feel like it, please join the discussion in the official Axiom Verge Discord. Link in the pinned comment.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:41 The Udug War
08:54 The World of Axiom Verge
14:35 Back to the Backstory
18:36 Trace and Hammond
21:54 Indra
27:48 A Stolen Body
31:24 Averted Tragedy
33:58 Indra vs Amashilama
36:18 After the Second Game
38:06 The Rusalki Did Nothing Wrong
40:51 Athetos Did Nothing Wrong
44:42 Trace Awakens
47:15 The Epiphany
49:27 The Inevitable Confrontation
53:13 Closing Words
54:24 My Hypothesis
58:34 Credits
Wonderful video, thank you for your hard work!
Very deep theory, amazing video .
This is the best story overview of these games I've seen yet! Doesn't get bogged down in the weeds of each bit of story you get from the notes, but weaves it all together into once complete narrative (or, well, one really unconvincing lie of a narrative, and one obviously accurate one). Well done!
Can't complete this video just yet, this is so cool that I have get the game and experience it. Your editing and writing is superb, incredible stuff! Looking forward to any other projects you may have!
Thank you! I am giving it my all. I will work on my pronunciation as well in order to improve the production quality even more.
I love all things AV, so thank you for this!
This is so easy to follow, thank you for the info cards!
I am glad they helped someone. They were the idea of the test audience. Their participation in this project was a game changer.
Got recommended this randomly, man I am getting myself this game and the sequel when I get home, this is gripping stuff!
I am first and foremost amazed that someone got reccomended the video. I like it.
But I love that you will play the games. Making you guys do it was a goal of mine from the get go.
@@kartacha your presentation style is really gripping, thank you for making this video and introducing people to this.
Might be the STEM bias from my career, but just exploring a grand story with simulation-theory philosophy is really interesting!
Yeah, Thomas Happ is a genius whose ideas and theories may not be entirely fiction. And the series' worldbuilding is masterclass. Fun fact, Tom Happ has the entire saga already mapped out, and his goal is to tell the entire story over the course of 5-6 games. The only problem is that he develops each game all by himself. Being a solo developer, it takes Tom 5-6 years to complete a retro-style game like this.
I am all in on the Axiom Verge saga. Will be there making videos about it in the future to come.
@@kartacha Glad to hear it.
Never heard of this game but I really enjoyed this video!
You can always try it out. I bet you won't regret it, if you liked the video.
@@kartacha I think I will! Just saw it’s on switch so I’ll check it out this week :)
Reminds me of deep scp lore. Looks cool
The blog of Filip Tsonkin (the illustrator of the thumbnail): filip_tsonkin.artstation.com/
The official Axiom Verge Discord: discord.com/invite/hngJJgz
Another video that you could treat as a companion to mine. It's more speculative in nature but still a great watch and very insightful: ua-cam.com/video/Kl_Sd4dryRE/v-deo.htmlsi=Fi1uLHB3ijfjnSjh
I hope you do one for Axiom Verge 2 as well. Never mind, I see that you covered both games.
I fulfil requests even before they were made.
Great video brother. I hope you cover more games.
Holy crap, THANK you man!
So I have a theoretical rinkle for this franchise. In AV1 you are actually much smaller than in AV2. I think the Xedurs in 2 are actually the same size as the one from AV1.
Interesting idea. What about the Sudrans then? Were they undersized. If so, were they smaller from back when they were on Kiengir or did they become smaller somehow after they travelled to Sudra?
Thought this was a Warhammer vs Star wars fan vidya
Milcho Kartacha got nothing on you 😄🔥