AdventureQuest 2.0: Revisiting DragonFable in 2021 

DragonFable. Now that’s a name I’ve not heard…in a long time. I literally did not know this still existed.

returning player here, from starry eyed 9-year old who couldn't fathom paying for an online game, to a burntout 22 year-old college student who can finally afford a dragon amulet. i have so many opinions on this game and am very confused why more people don't talk about this game. i mean club penguin was iconic so i assumed dragonfable would have a similar degree of discourse. i will say one thing though: this game grew up with me. the same way i (and many returning players) grew older and experienced playing the game as a 9 year old then immediately experiencing it a young adult, the game itself seemed like it grew up. same characters (some new ones), same world, but things kinda... grew up. i won't spoil any part of the overarching story for anyone, but i can at least confirm that the tone shift was a wonderful surprise. and that's great! if i returned to the game and it were still the same dragonfable built on cute puns, linear storylines, and 2d (in every sense of the word) characters, i would play it for 10 minutes just to satisfy my nostalgia, then leave. and while that game is and will forever remain precious to me, it is not that anymore. it grew up the same way we did: small indistinguishable changes every week. more than a decade later, the result is something engrossing, timely, and well-written, all without resorting to cheap tricks that lesser writers would employ in order to make their work seem more "grown up", like introducing unnecessary s3x and violence. i strongly urge all older players to replay the game.

ill never forget when my dad put me onto the original adventure quest when i was like 6 he said hey son come make an accoount on this i sat down like hmm lol didnt know what i was getting myself into. my first rpg

I remember watching my dad play this game back in 2007 or so. For some reason, the bit with the knight in the outhouse stuck with me as one of those memories you're not sure are real or from a dream

Compared to Adventure Quest, I think Dragonfable struck gold with a dedicated team that not only keeps pumping new content on a strict schedule but also dedicate their time and passion to keep the game updated and consistent. I recently watched a video replaying AQ from scratch and... man the game is MESSY! It's a lovable mess, but still confusing, inconsistent and somewhat scatterbrained. Dragonfable lead us with a timeline quite easy to follow, is always updating old content to match the new and the storyline certaintly progressed in maturity without losing the comedic edge.

BattleOn, DragonFable, Adventure Quest World and Mechaquest… I played all of them for hours and hours when I was younger and would still play them lovngly

I started playing Dragonfable in 2007 when I was only 9 years old, and I still play it in 2022. Such a great game, not a huge time investment needed, and will definitely keep playing it until it goes out of style.

I remember this game from back in the day. So many good memories. I remember finishing everything there was in the game at the time and always coming back weekly to do the new content. At some point I stopped coming back. I think I stopped playing after the end of the Orb Saga. Multiple years later I just randomly remembered the game and came back to it once more, but there was just so much more content I didn't know where to begin, so I stopped and told myself "Maybe I'll play it later when I have more time." Now, years later, perhaps it's time for me to log in once again and see what is new. I certainly loved it so much when I was younger and the thrilling storyline kept me engaged.

As somebody who decided to revisit DragonFable around the time this video came and got immediately hooked again, just like I did when I first played as a kid, there's just something really special about this game and it's not just nostalgia. While all its flaws and outdated parts are really obvious and so upfront you can't ignore, there's also a great world and often even a really intriguing story shining through all of it. And while the early parts are really dated, it really did grow up just like we did, while still retaining its identity. It's also one of the most creative fantasy worlds (even if it's sometimes by sheer size) that upon revisiting the game I realised it ruined most of fantasy for me, for not being as interesting. Also, a small factoid I'd like to add to the video is a specific shoutout to the Dragonfable team, who as far as I know actually operate fairly autonomously from the rest of ArtixEntertainment, mainly the lead writer Verlyrus, and the creative lead Dove (also known as Tomix), who maintain the world and of course everyone else involved.

I randomly remembered this game and now I’m about to make a new account cause i gotta re experience this again

Man Dragonfable, I still remember getting super psyched when I found out there's a trainer back in early 2010s, unlocking the dragon amulet felt awesome.

Damn bro just watching this video brought back memories I had stored in the back of my brain

Thank you!! Ive been trying to remember what this was called for YEARS

This is super high effort man good stuff, hope the algo picks you up

This was such a well made video. Dragonfable was a great part of growing up... Thank you for giving it a quality video.

So glad I discovered this channel, please keep up all of the wonderful videos you have been putting out.

Thanks for this well made video. Nostalgia is strong with this one. Happiest days of my life. The 7:08 part 😂. I remember in my days - the intro wasn't animated, Priestess and Twilly just slowly raised on the Dragon from below.

Reading these comments I'm glad we all gone through the same shared experiences together individually, and quite literally grew up with the game which hasn't left our side being more than just a fond memory, event though there' are better games in the market I still find myself coming back, ive started out at adventure quest when I was 9 and played all the way till aq3d, the game has been with me since grade school, high-school, college, military and wedding

Literally grew up on games from 97-2010ish and adventure quest was totally one I found by accident. In school before schools knew what to do about kids playing games online we all went to puff games and shockwave and played the street racing game, skull kid which definitely referenced popping a cap in busch, rag doll, and early 2000’s before schools banned “new” RuneScape we’d play when we could. Hell there was even a hot wheels drag race game that was badassss

I used to play Adventure Quest obsessively. I even convinced my parents to make me a Guardian, which was like a paid thing that gave you extra stuff. Oh my goodness the nostalgia.

The fact that I immediately saw an ad after your ad blocker dig..

I still play til this day DF has one of the greatest stories ever

8:57 I somehow never noticed that the table was actually Pac man shaped in all my years of playing DF

Great review, thoroughly enjoyed it as an ex-player.

My brother in law works as an artist for Artix Entertainment. He’s Thyton! I have the only Mechquest book that exists 😂 it was a gift when I was a kid. I’ve been to the headquarters a couple times! Adam was super awesome! This guys pretty much lives in his own world.

I have so many good memories of playing this after middle school in the computer lab with my friends around 2006 or 2007

Adam has won the game. Now he's just doing the side quests.

Dragon Fable and MechaQuest made my childhood gaming

Probably has been a good decade or more, since I last played this Game & Adventure Quest, as a kid. It's a good memory of those early 2000s flash games, nice to know the story behind and what's been going on as well.

I've played this game with my friend when it was still fresh out of the box ,I gotta say we loved it and going through holiday updates like Halloween and Christmas was simply awesome ,our childhoods were great ,couldn't believe we could have best of both worlds playing Mechquest and Dragonfable ,it was like all the great cliche's and cheesy jokes in two browser games and it was simply awesome .I downloaded Mechquest and almost completed it again and now I'm returning to Df as well ,these are unique games and they were ahead of their time ,me and my friend concluded in 2008 that 3D versions of these wouldn't make it justice .

this was a great video, thanks for the memories.

The only video game company that has seemed to maintain its integrity in my life.

Damn I loved that game 15 years ago. THanks for rememebring. Being a kid without expensive games that was the best grpahics in games I have ever seen. 3d always looked ugly. This was ART back in the day

I remember playing this as a kid and NEVER noticed the pacman until this video LMFAO

Freaking love Dragonfable. Still play it even after all these years

Masterfully done. I loved this video!

This was probably my first online rpg game that I got addicted to as a kid back in 2006. The nostalgia on rushing to computer cafe after class.

I always found it awesome that whenever you bought the guardianship, its only a one time payment. My account from when I was like 7 still has it to this day.

This is making me really wanna play this again, my ... uh oh god 15 year hiatus?

I spent so many hours on adventure quest and adventure quest 2. I wish I could go back for a day.

I replayed the ORB saga of Dragonfable a while back and had a great time, paid for the dragon amulet and dodged all the other micro transactions, art direction in Artix games is top notch.

Adventure quest and epic duel I still remember my logins I think lol

Honda's Accord 🤣🤣 (Quest from Shadow of the wind) It's actually a car model

Ahh I loved Dragonfable. I couldn’t wait play it straight after school. Sometimes even before school. I still remember my account password to this day. This game will always be my childhood game

My favorite flash game was radical aces, a little simple flying game. It was so awesome. I still like it till this day

The craziest thing about the weekly dragonfable releases is that the dev team is only 2 people

I will never forget the outhouse mission

Great retrospective

I’m amazed with how much my brain has filled in the gap and make the graphic look much better in my memory lol

I had a dragon amulet upgrade on a now-defunct email at least 10 years ago, too bad I don't remember the email

20 SUBSCRIBERS? ARE YOU FUKKCIGKNG KIDDING ME? great video!

I played the original adventure quest to a pulp as a kid. I remember really wanting to be a guardian and my friend telling me that the only way to become one was to stick a credit card into the CD drive.

Adventure Quest, Dragon Fable , Epic duel. Jesus what a time to live in back in the 2010s.

I love flash games. I still play Adventure Quest Worlds.

Dragonfable (and by extension Mechquest) is Perfect for the Gameplay vs Lore meme

I suddenly feel.... Old...

ADVENTURE QUEST!!! MY REACTION TO SEEING THIS VIDEO OMG. You should do a video on Miniclip too !! And linerider ! (Edit: OH SHIT I just realise you DID do a video on miniclip, hell yeah!!!)

MechQuest was such a classic.

Oh man. The memories. Kudos to the developers for not abandoning the game in a time where many companies prioritize on creating something new than maintaining something old.

You should do a video over KOTOR or Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic. That is a very old game that still carries an immense following. I remember back in the day my PC could barely play it and nowadays you can play both on your phone seamlessly.

Oh damn, I haven't thought of AdventureQuest in ages...

DragonFable was the absolute shit when I grew up, with MechQuest on a solid #2 Edit; My favorite class was the mage. Through my main account mage I bought a dragon amulet, and activated 5 other accounts. I've forgotten the password sadly

oh, man. so nostalgic. main reason why i love RPG games now.

I summon the Almighty Algorithm to boost this video. Exposure boost +1000! Seriously, though, great video, I hope you break through soon.

you're so underrated man

Epic duel was amazing also

Yooooo I grew up on that shiz. Never played the other spin-off games but AQ and DF were my jam

I loved this game as a kid man

Anyone else remember joining the DragonFable beta before it was officially released?

Oh man is adventure quest still a thing? I wonder if i still have my old guardian account

Idk if this channel was made just to be nostalgia for 90s zoomers but if so great job

Artix's Games are great, I love their PG sense of humor.

Yep still alive. So is it still available?

Felt like I was 7 again when I revisited Dragonfable.

5:40 Not sure if the ad placed directly after this was intentional, but still made me laugh either way

how is the robot game called? LOOKING FORYEARS

IMMA TRY AGAIN!

the difference between artix games and other free to play games is when you spend real money on it that money actually goes into improving the game. not just into the devs pockets.

I remember I use to beg my mom to buy Mr a dragon amulet

Bro this is so nostalgic

7:08 had me f###king dying lmfao

i remember playing dragonfable when I was 8. always tempted to buy the amulet but doesn't have money. im 24 right now. if they make a android version of dragonfable. Idk how much money I'll spend for this game. I love this game so much

Needs more comments and views! I may try this game again...

My favourite game rn

you mean to tell me they STILL get updates? i might have to go login- wow

I just revved up a new characted in DragonFable after 17 years of not playing it. Lets see whats new in store for me.

another adventure quest for mobile and ill be hooked. ive actually tried to play it on my phone….. to no avail. maybe i should just make my own adventure quest style game, with pvp and all for mobile.

sir ano is an in joke, referencing *Cyrano* de Bergerac, from the french litreture, hence the odd nose

I didn't realize that anybody but my cousin and me played this.

You know, Adventure Quest 2.0 is literally Adventure Quest Worlds... the sequel...

I don’t like the mobile game, I join for MechQuest but I like the click game style, I hope they bring that game style to mobile for MechQuest and don’t change it just make it mobile.

I hate how it always resets your class and they never fixed that :(. Also, if they can develop content, I wish they would fix some bugs but I know that’s too much to ask 😭. I wish dragon fable and mech quest were ported to a new engine or the mobile sphere as remastered versions and they pour their heart and soul back into it but it would require a lot of funds.

I remember this game because I played when I was a kid and always I made a new account because I always forgot the password 💀

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@slow #slow 04.56 - 05.43 Why is it a bad thing that they try to make you bye a one time pay thing when it is a free to play game? That makes no sense. 10.09 - 10.23 I would say that the Adventure Quest Classic gameplay can be quite difficult too and sometimes one has to be more stratigic about your fight(at least if one is fighting somewhat harder than normal enemies). 10.35 - 11.00 I think you did some spesific quests where there are very little varaity in monsters, because I have had alot more varaity in the enemies I have fought in the quests I have done then what you showed on screen there. 11.00 - 11.14 Why would one be left wanting more the gameplay is good enough on it's own. 11.14 - 11.27 Why would it be a surprise that normal enemies are not really that hard? From what I have heard the later story bosses are somewhat challenging. I don't think you got far enough into the story to meet those bosses. 12.56 - 13.05 Why would every road between different places need to have content? It is mainly a whay to get from point a to point b. Why does the combat stryggle to sustain your interest? And even if it does, that is not an argument that the game is dated, it just meanes that you spesificly don't find it fun.

Boys n girls club I’ll nvr forget this game they need to make this mobile istg they’ll make a lot of money off me

Ooo 😮 cool😊 13.7.23

I dont recomment this game since they are fixing all the cheats and banning all the people even though it is a SP game. People already spent 200+ even 300 USDs in this game and developers return their favor via banning supporters of the game.

I really wanna recover my account...

I never played this when I was young…. But I did try it recently and it was horribly boring ….