Xbox Critic Reviews

It may be a bit strange to handle at first, but once you get the feel of it, Azurik will astound you time and time again with it's lush graphics, wonderful sound, and massive environments.

Power through some early dullness and potential confusion, and you'll find a grand adventure in a rich and colorful game world.

The game demands a certain passion for the action/adventure genre, old and new and school alike. It also requires some time, some patience, and then some more time.

For anyone who played the game for an hour and says it’s no good should put a little more effort into the game because that is what the game is all about. If you expect to get anywhere in a short amount of time you can forget about it.

Overall Azurik whilst not setting the genre on fire with innovation remains still a good adventure game with an RPG style.

In spite of all the things that work well in Azurik (level of detail, plot, saving mechanism) there are too many things (enemy animation, level design) about the game that fall short of what we should expect from an action adventure game on the Xbox.

The plot was as dry as the Sahara desert, the graphics were weak, and the controls were downright comical.

Azurik does not have huge flaws that bring it down. It's a lot of little things that just don't add up to a sum I like.

The main problem is that you will roam freely to the point that you’ll wander around, trying to figure out what to do for much of the game because your goals are not laid out in a clear and linear direction.

Truly stunning visuals, excellent, non-linear map design, hours of playtime, and an innovative magic system help bring it up a notch above the competition. Unfortunately, the control problems, a few technical glitches, a slow start, and a lousy camera hamper the experience.