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This Game was developed by Ubisoft and is Limited to First-Person, what does this mean? It means the only respectable way of playing it is by Pirating and Modding it- Amazing! 😀
I was playing this morning, and I shot an arrow through a fern at an rda mech, and not only did the mech’s front glass shatter leading to a unique animation where the soldier inside was scrambling for his mask, but the fern I shot through lost only the part of its mass that the arrow went through and the rest kept standing except for where I’d disconnected it with an arrow…I’m blown away by the tech here
@@peterpop-off yeah, today’s day and age I’ve been really impressed with some of the technical leaps forward that we have seen that will likely make gaming and development in the future compound their successes to give us a truly next gen experience. A little humility tends to go a long way.
@@peterpop-offthe whole game is excellent but if you wanna keep calling it mediocre because it's made by a company you have a personal problem with for some reason and miss out on playing this gem yourself thats your loss man. Sad that you're full of this much hatred that you feel the need to spread it where it's not wanted or needed.
I hope RoboCop and this game help remind movie studios how well tie-in games can do if they don’t cheap out and are willing to invest in competent developers.
@@shaneregan7745 not even a little bit off topic. thats exactly the kind of thing dude was talking about. but imagine the way he sees the world, with ray tracing and an OLED screen, thatd be WILD
And also be willing to release a game well after the movie's release. Forcing movie tie-ins out day and date with the movie is why so many of those older ones were crap.
this is what makes me sad because i remember a time when Ubisoft was known for making and publishing good fun games. They have completely squandered their reputation.
It's basically Far Cry: Pandora, so of course it wasn't going to be terrible. They've honed Far Cry to a formulaic edge, so there was pretty much a road map pre-made for it. All they had to do was figure out how to apply it to being a big blue alien.
As nice as it is to hear that this game came out looking great, I feel it shouldn't be a surprise that the team that made the best looking/feeling urban environment in the first Division game was successful in making a great looking natural environment as well. That team is at the top of the environmental immersion game. Ubisoft would be smart to use this team to boost their other teams' projects as well.
totally agree. I just adored walking around the division 1 soaking in the world. I did the same today with Avatar. They are excellent at giving their players a beautiful packed world to explore.
Yes and no. I think the marketing for this was horrible. Everything screamed Far Cry 7, and Ubisofts track record didn't inspire much confidence. However, that's where game reviewers really do a much needed service. Between this and ACGs review I went from "maybe when it's on gamepass" to a definite buy
@@sean6793 Austin and ACG are definitely exceptions wouldn’t you say? The most common reactions I’ve seen are folks dunking on this game because it has low review scores. That said both reviews I appreciate since they understood the ways this game isn’t Far Cry
Just want to say that I absolutely love the addition of Austin to the review roster, not only do we get more reviews for games but every single review no matter the reviewer is top class. Loving the channel lads
@@ericwindsor339yeah i unfollowed i unsubbed after, its so cringe, if hes lazy af at least say it, hes just busy spending his money from audience while his employee spans videos, its so weird, also who the f did i subbed to
How similar are Austin and Ralphs views/opinions. Ralph is my most trusted reviewer and ive never failed to agree with everything he says, so Austin being around muddles the waters.
I was so hesitant on this game because it just looked like another farcry. But after watching the release reviews, it has completely changed my mind, and now I want to play it.
The level of care, detail, and variety in the world is one of the reasons I love open world games like this in the first place. To explore places like this is such an experience that I end up coming back to it over and over again.
the dev videos on youtube in the game's leadup are a great little watch, they show how much they worked with Cameron's team right down to the tiniest detail and care so much about getting it right, and for my money, i think they nailed it.
@@NF_Redux Dude... have you heard anything about James Cameron? If they didn't nail it it wouldn't come out... hahahaha Cameron might be an egotistical diva that thinks he's 100 times better than anyone else, but to be fair... the man is a genius when it comes to film making and he doesn't settle for anything than 2 steps ahead of what's currently possible... all of his movies hold that standard... Terminator 2 pushed film making to a very very new era... the Titanic in terms of visuals is a masterpiece... Avatar pushed us to the new age of what's possible with 3D... and so much more... A James Cameron movie will NEVER EVER BE MEDIOCRE... and he would never ever let them push out some bullshit based on his work... the dude cares about his reputation more than any other director... Now, can we have a WW2 shooter directed by Steven Spielberg??? Pretty please??? 😋
Something I love so far is how well they’ve nailed the feeling of being a giant blue person. Running through the tutorial section and regular corridors basically being air vent sequences where you have to crouch - they just nailed the scale of it. Especially compared to Armoured Core where most levels you just felt like a regular sized thing, not a huge hulking mech.
How is it Ubi get their main franchise all wrong yet get this so right. I’m a big Avatar fan so was really wanting this to be something so definitely looking forward to grabbing it!
Because their franchises already have a solid idiot install base so pumping out a sequel every 2 years makes financial sense. Avatar was overseen by James Cameron and his studio and every decision had to go through him. Basically because Ubisoft weren't allowed to force out shit it will be much better than usual
I dunno but their 3rd party franchise games have been a cut above their own IP as of late (the nintendo colabs and now this). Might be they dont have the creative chops at the studio(s) anymore to realize/make their own world building work (or the creatives are just tired of their own IP). Here they dont have to do as much work in that department since there is already established lore and world for them to draw on... but who knows? Whatever the reason is, this looks way more bespoke than their usual open world adventures. Peace
Worldbuilding isn't Ubisoft's strength, or at least it hasn't been for a long time. Adapting a preexisting world into an interactive format, however? Not as difficult as building something new from the ground up.
Played a few hours today and am impressed. Feels like a sister game to Sony's Horizon series in a lot of ways...but with blue people. Massive is pretty much Ubisoft's secret weapon at this point.
Makes me so happy you like this one Austin, was waiting for the review to go up on this channel before deciding to get it. But Avatar fan and this made me much more excited to play it.
I'm only a few hours in so far, but i've been blown away by the visuals and how pretty the music is to go with it. It runs decently well on my old potato PC as well shockingly
If you had told me I'd be more excited to play an Ubisoft open world movie based game, rather than a new Bethesda IP, I'd call you a liar... And yet here we are.
I have played the 1st hour and so far I like it a lot, I can't say I love it yet because it's only been one hour but I can see it happening. Pandora is so damn beautiful
Great review. Honestly sold me on this. I wouldn’t consider myself an Avatar fan but I DID love the world and lore itself. This review honestly swayed me and I’m looking forward to a sale in the future, tbh
he sold you on one of the most mediocre and generic, invested time disrespecting game this year. But at least Open World is nice. (it got generated by AI so yeah) sadly u have to fill it with interesting quests, mobs, loot and stuff manually... that's where they stopped because people like austin will push the game anyways and people like you will enjoy it because OH MY GOOSH big world 2 explore UwU *repeating same copied outpost over and over while exploring the map"
As a huge fan of Avatar, I'm pleasantly surprised Austin strongly recommends it! Avatar's strength is always the world and it's themes, and Ubisoft were definitely the right pick for this. Also, feeling vindicated in choosing the PS5 for the controller, it sucks going back to normal rumble!
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
This is legitimately the most stunning setting I've seen in a video game in a long, long time. It blows my mind the way so many critics just toss that out of the equation saying things like "good graphics bad game" or "skin deep". When you play this game I just don't understand how you can be so numb to not appreciate the incredible amount of work and technology that went into this. It's obvious where the work was put and it's a very critical aspect of Avatar, it's deeper than just graphics and critics that can't get that are discredited IMO
Will this year please stop ambushing me with all these great games! Now I gotta finish Cyberpunk and Robocop and get around to Alan Wake 2, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Lies of P, Final Fantasy 16, AND NOW THIS! 😊😊😊 This year has just been spoiling us.
I had not heard of this game until a week or two ago. I saw your review pass by and decided to give it a shot. You are completely correct in saying that the world they have crafted is next level, including the characters and sounds. While it has some tedious open world elements, you can safely ignore those if you wish. The world and story are plenty engrossing and engaging. Really made me feel like I was in the Avatar movies at times.
I'm not an Avatar fan, but I am a big fan of exploring alien worlds, so I've been interested in this game. I'll be waiting for a sale, but I'm looking forward to playing this eventually.
Thank you for including the dualsense compatibility, since Returnal used it soooo well, I’ve been trying to find a game that also uses it to its potential. 🙏👌😎
Game is so fun and my God it makes you feel like you are on pandora and it's beautiful hands down the best I have seen and play on explorer mode with no map markers that's when you have to use your memory eyes and ears so so good
xDDDDDDD lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
I love when games like this apear out of nowhere. Games where the developers just say "here...take this beautifull world and...just have fun." I was nowhere near excited for this title but now im really looking forward to try it out.
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
@@destate2 it seems like you're describing ME Andromeda which had all those flaws but i ended up having a blast playing it nonetheless. Sometimes a game just clicks despite whatever problems it may have.
lmao thanks for supporting forming cringe modern gaming industry that use AI to egenrate open world but fails to manually fill this world with a cariety of mobs, points of interest and loot @@MiguelXisto1
I'm a huge nerd of the films. The first movie was very weak but the lore and world that James Cameron built was absolutely incredible. The second movie really stepped it up with the story and writing. I'm watched dozens of hours of lore videos, learning everything there is to know about the Avatar Universe. So when I tell you I was way more excited for this game than most people, I'm not kidding. I've only been able to play 4-5 hours or so, but I'm really enjoying my time so far. It doesn't feel nearly as much like Far Cry as I expected. I love those games, have close to 1000 hours in the entire franchise but I was glad to see this felt like a new game. Can't wait to do everything there is to do and fully experience an interactive version of Pandora.
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot. Have fun doing everything there's to do aka repeating the same stuff over and over because there isnt much to explore except some generic and copied outposts and the same cooking materials over and over xD
if only ubi decided to get more than two gameplay designers on this project, we would have something worth playing in. is is QUITE just a tech demo and stops being a game around item power level 10. yup for some reason this game uses the worst itemization leveling system (destiny) to make whatever enjoyment you get out of this game die a painful death, and thats depending on how many bases you clear out since that is the complete main mechanic of the game: pulling switches to get weakpoints to take out copy and paste bases. it is ALL to PAD OUT the world. The jungle is the most beautiful environment I have seen and the plains are pretty and boring, empty of anything other than copy paste bases and an occasional story bit. They'll probably have a good gameplay loop by the third game if they get to make one but I think they following the Avatar movies too closely by focusing on being nothing but the most pretty yet thing yet with a boring , drab, derivative core that absolutely neglects the world build around it. Combat LUL playing on hard and you watch robot suit after robot suit do its little dance trying to find you. The only challenge is when the game artificially gates you from progressing with its item power levels. items and weapons are boring. gear gives me % to sliding dmg yay. Avatar is all about quality and not quantity LUL. this review is a joke. the hacking tool "I felt like a spy using this". Im starting to think this dude is an AI made by shillup so he can get some vacation time.
This game has like 6 weapons, 2 enemy types, no dynamic or moving NPCs, dreadfully boring and time wasting fetch quests, a paper thin villain with 20 minutes of screen time, boring traversal that turns into run/fly in a straight line for 5 minutes, absolutely no memorable characters and a story that is relegated to an Avatar filter arc. It's crazy to see how a reviewer I usually trust dropped the ball so heavily here, at least for me.
Man, MASSIVE is really the one Ubisoft-Studio that still delivers as far as I can tell (and especially their Snowdrop-Engine delivers so hard for many years now) If nothing this makes me more exited for StarWars Outlaws honestly (and an eventual Division 3 maybe) but for now I will look into maybe trying this game in the future (when I have more time)
XDDD lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
@@destate2 Well, because I haven't played this specific game yet, I can only tell you what THIS and OTHER REVIEWS have said so far and while some of the Ubisoft-spirit of more basic game-design are obviously in MASSIVEs games as well, I can't say I have heard many of the problems you listed from anybody else (especially the performance-problems which are the once that are the least subjective that you listed here and therefore the easiest to talk about) The last Massive-Game I played was Division 2 and I really liked it and in addition it was technically more than impressive for it's time (with complete real-time lighting from every light-source and honestly some of the smarter shooter-ai in recent years)
honestly i kind of hate the avatar movies for a lot of reasons, but i am not immune to gorgeous immersive open-worlds to explore so i'm actually excited to try this out (probably on sale)
In my experience, the game got worst the further along I got. I really enjoyed the first Act, but then in act 2 I realized i'm just doing the same quests over and over again only in a location not as beautiful as the first and in act 3, I had to force myself to finish the game, I really really did not want to.
This is Far Cry Primal with a few xtra bits,its pieces taken from all Far Cry games and especially Blood Dragon,heres the most honest review youll hear...wait til the sales and get this for cheap,if youre not an Avatar fan or a Far Cry fan then wait for a month or so.
I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. But I will say, if you opt for "exploration mode," be prepared to spend A LOT of time just trying to find quest objectives. That extra bit of immersion definitely has a cost in terms of time spent.
4:05 Every time I want to be excited about a new Ubisoft game, then I listen to a snippet of dialogue and it kills the mood for me immediately. Its like they hire their normal floor developers to do the writing and voice acting.
The video game community loves to live in a spiral of hatred for anything that’s not a perceived masterpiece. A side of the backlog/fomo culture of people wanting to play “everything good” It’s like they can only justify not buying the games if they actively hate on them. I wouldn’t pay full price for this, and yet I think it’s worth checking out so I got Ubi+ to play it super cheap
Can you blame them? Ubisoft has shown that they will willingly invest low effort if it gives them a quick buck. The ubisoft formulae didnt come out of nowhere, they created it, copy pasting shit across all there games. Its good that this is an anomaly, if l get time l will pick it up since l love the movies. But l understand why many are skeptical with ubisoft open world games.
@@alispeed5095 I wouldn’t blame anyone. It’s an observation. Apathy towards Ubi copy paste games I’d understand. Indifference is one thing but the active hatred this game has received based on review scores is something else entirely. Mind you that games like this and others that get hated on right upon release aren’t even games that anyone has played. It’s the whole mob mentality thing of people hating games that their favourite TH-camrs hate. Like they were interested initially and now need to hate the game to justify not buying it. Hating a game you haven’t played is juvenile at best. Mind you I used to do the same thing too until I played Days Gone a few years ago. Dunked on release and much better a later when I picked it up for $20.
I can barely believe that I have been enjoying this game as much as I have. It is absolutely STUNNING to look at. There is something about the “FarCry” formula that really fucking rocks in Pandora. I’m truly shocked tbh.
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
You're the reason the gaming industry is getting more cringe with every year. People will be pleased ass long as the surface is nice and shiny, doesn't matter how generic and mediocre the actually product, it'll be successfull so why should profit driven companies like ubisoft should put any real effort into a game if they can make a fortune without being innovative and dedicated? Shit stays shit doesn't matter the setting. @@Brokenlance
@@sneaky5141 i'm not talking about live service, just some more details that could be on the game and would make it cooler, for me avatar is all about the wildlife so more interaction would be nice
I will add it to the wish list and get it when it's on sale. Not paying $90-170 for games, even for the GOTY. I will wait for an ultimate edition a year later when all the bugs are sorted and DLC has arrived. Never pre-order, ever.
Glad someone else is willing to voice their appreciation for Avatar. It was a tremendous marriage of cutting edge tech, world building and masterful blockbuster writing and direction (even if the story and theme were somewhat derivative). The second one bored the pants off me though.
The strong points of Avatar is definitely it's tech and presentation. I'm glad this game lives up to that. I can't really say the world building is a notable strong point simply because there's not much to it. Not necessarily a bad thing but it is how it is. Unfortunately I'm not a fan if Avatar because the story just isn't really intriguing. It's definitely a "blockbuster story". It's perfectly serviceable but nothing truly interesting. That's the one thing that's putting off on the game. I don't dislike Avatar, but I'm not a fan either. I'm afraid I might buy it then lose interest since there's not much substance to compel me. Or I might like it. I've liked games worse than what this sounds like. Just don't know. I'll probably wait for a sale.
@@sawdust8691for me the world building is strong because they so vividly imagined an alien world. When you first step into the jungle in the game everyone gets blown away. I also think the story is really interesting, or at least the premise. A human literally manages to inhabit an alien body, but yet still has the weakness of humans. Terminator 2 is a better movie, but it's really the premise that makes it, the story is just one long chase sequence.
That would be an incredible amount of work. They would have to do high quality animations for both first and third person. There is a reason why most games choose one orientation, getting one right takes tons of work, let alone having both. A lot of games that add another orientation don't add another set of animations and just reuse the original ones which are always lower quality than if they made custom animations for it.
18:21 that's actually very surprising. Very impressed by how much thought they put into this game. Hopefully it pays off so they feel encouraged to experiment more with these interesting features. Really happy to see the quality over quantity hunting and gathering.
The only nitpick i have is i wish the game didnt go into a black screen going into and out of cutscenes, wish it was simultaneous. Other then that little nickpick im really enjoying it so far
@@zomgpie2 Genuinely wouldn't be shocked if Ralph was simply just horribly burnt out from having to play so many massive games all the time to review. It's literally impossible for anyone to keep up with everything nowadays.
The physical copy of the game requires online authentication and account registration to download and install the game, another step back for game preservation. Seems like big AAA publishers are doing this nowadays to their big ganes from Activision, WB, EA and now Ubisoft.
Listen man, I'm an unashamed Farcry enjoyer. This looks quite lovely and I can't wait to pick it up. When it's on a steep sale. Couple of years from now 😂 Love you, Austin!!! You're the best man! My blind Charr Ranger, Vesik Ashmark, loves you as well!!
I am really happy that this one is actually good. However, I will sadly not play it myself as I will stick to boycotting any full price game that includes an unnecessary cash shop. Still hope that anyone who plays it will have a lot of fun with it :D
@@gotworc It is about having some principles, not about having to "resist some bundle". I do not care what is sold, it can be cosmetics or power ups or progression. When there is a cash shop in a full price non-live-service game, I simply won't play it. You can choose to play it but you don't have to act like an idiot
I mean when your reviews are the exact same as the guy who popularized the channel it’s easy to see why people like it. Too often tho it’s just a pale imitation
@@RM22201 what on gods green earth is this take? it’s the same style sure, but I wouldn’t call “pale imitation” It’s under the skill up banner so you couldn’t just take in completely new direction Austin keeps the core of what makes a skill up review good, but I feel like it his own spin on it, it’s exactly what you’d want if your a fan of skill ups reviews
@@Krinab9878 You absolutely could take it in a new direction. He doesn't have a spin, at least in my opinion. I'm starting to miss more of Ralph's reviews, he is so much more charismatic. Austin's supplementation is just not great and brings the channel down imo. It makes it feel more corporate, more like outlets like ign that become homogenized behind multiple different writers. I would watch more of Austin's stuff if he were at least trying to be unique, but as it is he isnt.
Ubisoft always builds amazing looking worlds they are great at that , really really good i would say.... Sadly the gameplay and story of most of their games is always horrible
@@thedoomslayer5863 No, Ralph is the guy who started the channel. Austin is his editor but recently has been doing his own videos ("Austin recommends...")
Ubisoft dropped the ball on this. Considering this is one of the biggest IP in the world they chose to not put their normal full marketing budget into this game. It seems like the felt the game was poor and "thought" other people would have the same reaction after playing it. They were wrong and no matter how good this game actually is, not enough people are aware of its existence.
I love this! Let’s normalize having games reviewed by someone who is actually a fan of the series/license 🥳 … I hate reviewers who say they have open world fatigue … THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PLAY THEM ALL.. most of us don’t!!!!❤❤🎉🎉
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I hope you can play Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader one day!
Does the game break immersion with modern day politics?!
@@JoesCaribbeanVanLife what do you mean by that?
This Game was developed by Ubisoft and is Limited to First-Person, what does this mean?
It means the only respectable way of playing it is by Pirating and Modding it- Amazing! 😀
@@DracobyteHe wants to complain about wokeness in a game with Aliens that don’t exist. Ignore him. 😂
I was playing this morning, and I shot an arrow through a fern at an rda mech, and not only did the mech’s front glass shatter leading to a unique animation where the soldier inside was scrambling for his mask, but the fern I shot through lost only the part of its mass that the arrow went through and the rest kept standing except for where I’d disconnected it with an arrow…I’m blown away by the tech here
Haha an arrow taking down an armoured mech.
@@timothychapman3265 the arrows are like spears, so…
And did this experience keep you invested in the game? Or is it a distraction from the ubisoft mediocrity
@@peterpop-off yeah, today’s day and age I’ve been really impressed with some of the technical leaps forward that we have seen that will likely make gaming and development in the future compound their successes to give us a truly next gen experience. A little humility tends to go a long way.
@@peterpop-offthe whole game is excellent but if you wanna keep calling it mediocre because it's made by a company you have a personal problem with for some reason and miss out on playing this gem yourself thats your loss man.
Sad that you're full of this much hatred that you feel the need to spread it where it's not wanted or needed.
I hope RoboCop and this game help remind movie studios how well tie-in games can do if they don’t cheap out and are willing to invest in competent developers.
Kinda off topic but man I wish we could get another Riddick game.
@@shaneregan7745Yo that would be sick
@@shaneregan7745 Comment of the week😁
@@shaneregan7745 not even a little bit off topic. thats exactly the kind of thing dude was talking about.
but imagine the way he sees the world, with ray tracing and an OLED screen, thatd be WILD
And also be willing to release a game well after the movie's release. Forcing movie tie-ins out day and date with the movie is why so many of those older ones were crap.
I can't believe this game is not horrible what a shock
this is what makes me sad because i remember a time when Ubisoft was known for making and publishing good fun games. They have completely squandered their reputation.
@@LilFeralGangreltheir game sales show otherwise.
Its made by Massive... division 2 is by far the best shooter Ive played.
It's basically Far Cry: Pandora, so of course it wasn't going to be terrible. They've honed Far Cry to a formulaic edge, so there was pretty much a road map pre-made for it. All they had to do was figure out how to apply it to being a big blue alien.
HONESTLY! I was so surprised, I was expecting something reeeeal bad, but it actually is looking like a solid title.
As nice as it is to hear that this game came out looking great, I feel it shouldn't be a surprise that the team that made the best looking/feeling urban environment in the first Division game was successful in making a great looking natural environment as well. That team is at the top of the environmental immersion game. Ubisoft would be smart to use this team to boost their other teams' projects as well.
Agree
totally agree. I just adored walking around the division 1 soaking in the world. I did the same today with Avatar. They are excellent at giving their players a beautiful packed world to explore.
Yes and no. I think the marketing for this was horrible. Everything screamed Far Cry 7, and Ubisofts track record didn't inspire much confidence.
However, that's where game reviewers really do a much needed service. Between this and ACGs review I went from "maybe when it's on gamepass" to a definite buy
Massive Entertainment is an underrated studio. I've been a big fan since Ground Control 2. They've only made good games.
@@sean6793 Austin and ACG are definitely exceptions wouldn’t you say? The most common reactions I’ve seen are folks dunking on this game because it has low review scores. That said both reviews I appreciate since they understood the ways this game isn’t Far Cry
Just want to say that I absolutely love the addition of Austin to the review roster, not only do we get more reviews for games but every single review no matter the reviewer is top class. Loving the channel lads
I'm always disappointed when it's an Austin review
@@HULKHOGAN1 Same. It's not even because Austin is bad or anything, he seems great. But I subbed to the channel for Ralph, not his friend.
I hate it, i unsubbed and unfollowed, i followed the skillup guy dont know why hes forcing me to watch these weird vids because hes lazy
@@ericwindsor339yeah i unfollowed i unsubbed after, its so cringe, if hes lazy af at least say it, hes just busy spending his money from audience while his employee spans videos, its so weird, also who the f did i subbed to
How similar are Austin and Ralphs views/opinions. Ralph is my most trusted reviewer and ive never failed to agree with everything he says, so Austin being around muddles the waters.
This would be brilliant in VR. All those people who wanted Pandora to be real would be in heaven! 😂
Just reading this comment made me motion sick
Given that it's an unreal 5 engine, the praydog unreal engine VR mod coming out this month should be able to play it.
And financially bankrupt, but hey
there would instantly be a sex mod lol. i remember simping for navi was a whole thing when the first movie cam out.
@@azap1378you can get a quest 2 that can play pc vr games for less than $200
I was so hesitant on this game because it just looked like another farcry. But after watching the release reviews, it has completely changed my mind, and now I want to play it.
its awesome!
dude just repeating what he saw in another video
It's kind of a far cry but i like Far cry(enough to play it even though it's slightly above average) so imo, it's a decent game to consider.
Lmao sounds like a commercial
Well, it is just Farcry on Pandora though
The level of care, detail, and variety in the world is one of the reasons I love open world games like this in the first place. To explore places like this is such an experience that I end up coming back to it over and over again.
Really happy they actually cared to make a good Avatar game. I love the world building James Cameron and his team did for the movies.
the dev videos on youtube in the game's leadup are a great little watch, they show how much they worked with Cameron's team right down to the tiniest detail and care so much about getting it right, and for my money, i think they nailed it.
@@NF_Redux Dude... have you heard anything about James Cameron? If they didn't nail it it wouldn't come out... hahahaha
Cameron might be an egotistical diva that thinks he's 100 times better than anyone else, but to be fair... the man is a genius when it comes to film making and he doesn't settle for anything than 2 steps ahead of what's currently possible... all of his movies hold that standard...
Terminator 2 pushed film making to a very very new era... the Titanic in terms of visuals is a masterpiece... Avatar pushed us to the new age of what's possible with 3D... and so much more...
A James Cameron movie will NEVER EVER BE MEDIOCRE... and he would never ever let them push out some bullshit based on his work... the dude cares about his reputation more than any other director...
Now, can we have a WW2 shooter directed by Steven Spielberg??? Pretty please??? 😋
Something I love so far is how well they’ve nailed the feeling of being a giant blue person. Running through the tutorial section and regular corridors basically being air vent sequences where you have to crouch - they just nailed the scale of it. Especially compared to Armoured Core where most levels you just felt like a regular sized thing, not a huge hulking mech.
So you recommend it? It’s worth $70
i love standing next to people it’s so trippy being twice their height sometimes i’m crouching next to a person and forget i’m crouching😭
@@WizzlyBearW0rmsi would recommend it if you’re a fan of either the far cry games, or the avatar IP. as a fan of both i’m in heaven currently!
@@WizzlyBearW0rmsits in instant gaming for 55, and for that price I reccomend it
@@WizzlyBearW0rms no, get the Ubisoft plus subscription for $17 a month then cancel after your done with the game
90 mins in approx and absolutely loving it so far. Amazing graphics and gameplay, seems very polished, the jungle looks amazing.
So absolute
LMFAOOOO
Graphics are amazing, what a shock
Did it hold up 2 months later? Curious if I should get it
How is it Ubi get their main franchise all wrong yet get this so right. I’m a big Avatar fan so was really wanting this to be something so definitely looking forward to grabbing it!
Because their franchises already have a solid idiot install base so pumping out a sequel every 2 years makes financial sense. Avatar was overseen by James Cameron and his studio and every decision had to go through him. Basically because Ubisoft weren't allowed to force out shit it will be much better than usual
Probably because it's not Ubisoft proper making it. This the studio behind The Division, no? Let Massive do the next AC.
I dunno but their 3rd party franchise games have been a cut above their own IP as of late (the nintendo colabs and now this). Might be they dont have the creative chops at the studio(s) anymore to realize/make their own world building work (or the creatives are just tired of their own IP). Here they dont have to do as much work in that department since there is already established lore and world for them to draw on... but who knows? Whatever the reason is, this looks way more bespoke than their usual open world adventures.
Peace
Worldbuilding isn't Ubisoft's strength, or at least it hasn't been for a long time. Adapting a preexisting world into an interactive format, however? Not as difficult as building something new from the ground up.
They don’t get far cry wrong. They just have done way too many of them, it’s sickeningly old now and it’s just not a fun formula anymore
Played a few hours today and am impressed. Feels like a sister game to Sony's Horizon series in a lot of ways...but with blue people. Massive is pretty much Ubisoft's secret weapon at this point.
Makes me so happy you like this one Austin, was waiting for the review to go up on this channel before deciding to get it. But Avatar fan and this made me much more excited to play it.
the biggest thing i love about this game is how you can climb so much more than you expect .
You talking about the beauty of the game and immersed fully... Love seeing someone gush over something that makes them so happy.
The world is absolutely insane. The noises, the colours, the weather. Truly remarkable
I love the game so far. As a fan of Pandora and the Na’vi (not so much the storylines of the movies) the game is extraordinarily satisfying to play.
You sound acoustic to me 🤓
@@AmbitiousPanda not sure what that means
@@nerdoutreachprogram5358acoustic is like calling someone austistic. Makes 0 sense to me it sounds kinda ironic coming from him
@@ogjesseesquivel878 lol gotcha thanks for the info. Maybe he doesn’t speak English well or something.
@@nerdoutreachprogram5358its a meme
I'm only a few hours in so far, but i've been blown away by the visuals and how pretty the music is to go with it. It runs decently well on my old potato PC as well shockingly
"I feel right at home."
- Papa Smurf
If you had told me I'd be more excited to play an Ubisoft open world movie based game, rather than a new Bethesda IP, I'd call you a liar...
And yet here we are.
I have played the 1st hour and so far I like it a lot, I can't say I love it yet because it's only been one hour but I can see it happening. Pandora is so damn beautiful
Wait til you get the ikron, thats when it really opens up.
Great review. Honestly sold me on this. I wouldn’t consider myself an Avatar fan but I DID love the world and lore itself.
This review honestly swayed me and I’m looking forward to a sale in the future, tbh
Ubi plus is a great way. $23 to bang out the game in a month.
he sold you on one of the most mediocre and generic, invested time disrespecting game this year. But at least Open World is nice. (it got generated by AI so yeah) sadly u have to fill it with interesting quests, mobs, loot and stuff manually... that's where they stopped because people like austin will push the game anyways and people like you will enjoy it because OH MY GOOSH big world 2 explore UwU *repeating same copied outpost over and over while exploring the map"
@@destate2 no one asked, my dude.
As a huge fan of Avatar, I'm pleasantly surprised Austin strongly recommends it!
Avatar's strength is always the world and it's themes, and Ubisoft were definitely the right pick for this. Also, feeling vindicated in choosing the PS5 for the controller, it sucks going back to normal rumble!
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
@@destate2 who are you talking to? I suggest you write a review of your own. Get a friend to edit it first
stop being passive-aggressive and playing dumb.
Just bought it yesterday, and was ready to play after work today. Happy it is decent.
Thanks for the review Austin!
xDDD hope u enjoyed that waste of time
This is legitimately the most stunning setting I've seen in a video game in a long, long time. It blows my mind the way so many critics just toss that out of the equation saying things like "good graphics bad game" or "skin deep". When you play this game I just don't understand how you can be so numb to not appreciate the incredible amount of work and technology that went into this. It's obvious where the work was put and it's a very critical aspect of Avatar, it's deeper than just graphics and critics that can't get that are discredited IMO
Man Austin would love Scavengers Reign
It was nice seeing Ralph nerd out with a flawed but fun Robocop game, and now Austin with a flawed but apparently fun Avatar game.
Will this year please stop ambushing me with all these great games! Now I gotta finish Cyberpunk and Robocop and get around to Alan Wake 2, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Lies of P, Final Fantasy 16, AND NOW THIS!
😊😊😊 This year has just been spoiling us.
I had not heard of this game until a week or two ago. I saw your review pass by and decided to give it a shot. You are completely correct in saying that the world they have crafted is next level, including the characters and sounds. While it has some tedious open world elements, you can safely ignore those if you wish. The world and story are plenty engrossing and engaging. Really made me feel like I was in the Avatar movies at times.
I'm not an Avatar fan, but I am a big fan of exploring alien worlds, so I've been interested in this game. I'll be waiting for a sale, but I'm looking forward to playing this eventually.
Getting the ad for the game on a video for the review of the game..im surprised this hasnt happened before
“It really makes you FEEL like the blue aliens from avatar” great review ign 10/10
LMAOO this statement will never get old
I really am sold more on this thanks to Austin
Absolutely know SkillUp wouldn’t recommend this but this is Austin so I know he different
Thank you for including the dualsense compatibility, since Returnal used it soooo well, I’ve been trying to find a game that also uses it to its potential. 🙏👌😎
Demon souls uses it very well
@@eldenchad7130 awesome! Thank you 😊 I downloaded that but still haven’t had time to even start it up 😭😭🤣🤣
@@eldenchad7130cyberpunk is also underrated
Looking forward to picking this up at a heavy discount in 2026
2026? More like heavy discount next year for black friday/christmas, and probably a goty edition to add. Cant wait (no sarcasm).
Lol, Ubisoft games usually go on sale a month after release
Heavy sale in January
@@DrViperVideos let it be heard my man!
this will be $20 by july
Game is so fun and my God it makes you feel like you are on pandora and it's beautiful hands down the best I have seen and play on explorer mode with no map markers that's when you have to use your memory eyes and ears so so good
xDDDDDDD lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
I love when games like this apear out of nowhere.
Games where the developers just say "here...take this beautifull world and...just have fun."
I was nowhere near excited for this title but now im really looking forward to try it out.
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
@@destate2 it seems like you're describing ME Andromeda which had all those flaws but i ended up having a blast playing it nonetheless.
Sometimes a game just clicks despite whatever problems it may have.
lmao thanks for supporting forming cringe modern gaming industry that use AI to egenrate open world but fails to manually fill this world with a cariety of mobs, points of interest and loot @@MiguelXisto1
I'm a huge nerd of the films. The first movie was very weak but the lore and world that James Cameron built was absolutely incredible. The second movie really stepped it up with the story and writing. I'm watched dozens of hours of lore videos, learning everything there is to know about the Avatar Universe. So when I tell you I was way more excited for this game than most people, I'm not kidding. I've only been able to play 4-5 hours or so, but I'm really enjoying my time so far. It doesn't feel nearly as much like Far Cry as I expected. I love those games, have close to 1000 hours in the entire franchise but I was glad to see this felt like a new game. Can't wait to do everything there is to do and fully experience an interactive version of Pandora.
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot. Have fun doing everything there's to do aka repeating the same stuff over and over because there isnt much to explore except some generic and copied outposts and the same cooking materials over and over xD
if only ubi decided to get more than two gameplay designers on this project, we would have something worth playing in.
is is QUITE just a tech demo and stops being a game around item power level 10. yup for some reason this game uses the worst itemization leveling system (destiny) to make whatever enjoyment you get out of this game die a painful death, and thats depending on how many bases you clear out since that is the complete main mechanic of the game: pulling switches to get weakpoints to take out copy and paste bases. it is ALL to PAD OUT the world.
The jungle is the most beautiful environment I have seen and the plains are pretty and boring, empty of anything other than copy paste bases and an occasional story bit. They'll probably have a good gameplay loop by the third game if they get to make one but I think they following the Avatar movies too closely by focusing on being nothing but the most pretty yet thing yet with a boring , drab, derivative core that absolutely neglects the world build around it.
Combat LUL playing on hard and you watch robot suit after robot suit do its little dance trying to find you. The only challenge is when the game artificially gates you from progressing with its item power levels. items and weapons are boring. gear gives me % to sliding dmg yay. Avatar is all about quality and not quantity LUL. this review is a joke. the hacking tool "I felt like a spy using this". Im starting to think this dude is an AI made by shillup so he can get some vacation time.
This game has like 6 weapons, 2 enemy types, no dynamic or moving NPCs, dreadfully boring and time wasting fetch quests, a paper thin villain with 20 minutes of screen time, boring traversal that turns into run/fly in a straight line for 5 minutes, absolutely no memorable characters and a story that is relegated to an Avatar filter arc. It's crazy to see how a reviewer I usually trust dropped the ball so heavily here, at least for me.
Man, MASSIVE is really the one Ubisoft-Studio that still delivers as far as I can tell (and especially their Snowdrop-Engine delivers so hard for many years now)
If nothing this makes me more exited for StarWars Outlaws honestly (and an eventual Division 3 maybe) but for now I will look into maybe trying this game in the future (when I have more time)
XDDD lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
@@destate2 Well, because I haven't played this specific game yet, I can only tell you what THIS and OTHER REVIEWS have said so far and while some of the Ubisoft-spirit of more basic game-design are obviously in MASSIVEs games as well, I can't say I have heard many of the problems you listed from anybody else (especially the performance-problems which are the once that are the least subjective that you listed here and therefore the easiest to talk about)
The last Massive-Game I played was Division 2 and I really liked it and in addition it was technically more than impressive for it's time (with complete real-time lighting from every light-source and honestly some of the smarter shooter-ai in recent years)
7 hrs in and this game is 🔥 Having a blast!
Giving this a try on Geforce now and enjoying it.
poor soul
@@Jack_Pliskinhow so? It’s a decent game
@@Jack_Pliskin you’re a “poor soul” get outta here
Suuuure you are...
honestly i kind of hate the avatar movies for a lot of reasons, but i am not immune to gorgeous immersive open-worlds to explore so i'm actually excited to try this out (probably on sale)
What a beautiful looking and sounding game this is , proper enjoying what I’ve played so far :)
The best editor is the editor that create the content for you. Great content, and a greatly put together review!
In my experience, the game got worst the further along I got. I really enjoyed the first Act, but then in act 2 I realized i'm just doing the same quests over and over again only in a location not as beautiful as the first and in act 3, I had to force myself to finish the game, I really really did not want to.
This is Far Cry Primal with a few xtra bits,its pieces taken from all Far Cry games and especially Blood Dragon,heres the most honest review youll hear...wait til the sales and get this for cheap,if youre not an Avatar fan or a Far Cry fan then wait for a month or so.
I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far. But I will say, if you opt for "exploration mode," be prepared to spend A LOT of time just trying to find quest objectives. That extra bit of immersion definitely has a cost in terms of time spent.
Fr man, sometimes is impossible to find the objective and you go around with your na'vi sense trying to find it
4:05 Every time I want to be excited about a new Ubisoft game, then I listen to a snippet of dialogue and it kills the mood for me immediately. Its like they hire their normal floor developers to do the writing and voice acting.
An immense amount of the dialogue is just plain stupid and tiresome throughout. At thus point though, that's kind of ubiquitous with a Ubisoft game.
The video game community loves to live in a spiral of hatred for anything that’s not a perceived masterpiece. A side of the backlog/fomo culture of people wanting to play “everything good”
It’s like they can only justify not buying the games if they actively hate on them. I wouldn’t pay full price for this, and yet I think it’s worth checking out so I got Ubi+ to play it super cheap
Can you blame them? Ubisoft has shown that they will willingly invest low effort if it gives them a quick buck. The ubisoft formulae didnt come out of nowhere, they created it, copy pasting shit across all there games.
Its good that this is an anomaly, if l get time l will pick it up since l love the movies. But l understand why many are skeptical with ubisoft open world games.
@@alispeed5095 I wouldn’t blame anyone. It’s an observation. Apathy towards Ubi copy paste games I’d understand. Indifference is one thing but the active hatred this game has received based on review scores is something else entirely. Mind you that games like this and others that get hated on right upon release aren’t even games that anyone has played. It’s the whole mob mentality thing of people hating games that their favourite TH-camrs hate. Like they were interested initially and now need to hate the game to justify not buying it. Hating a game you haven’t played is juvenile at best.
Mind you I used to do the same thing too until I played Days Gone a few years ago. Dunked on release and much better a later when I picked it up for $20.
Did you enjoy the game?
I can barely believe that I have been enjoying this game as much as I have. It is absolutely STUNNING to look at. There is something about the “FarCry” formula that really fucking rocks in Pandora. I’m truly shocked tbh.
Sounds good that they give you a break from everything pointing to tge main quest and let you get lost in the world of pandora
Such a well crafted review! other sources barely mentioned some the the details discussed here! Kudos!
I’m happily surprised on how this turned out. Looking forward to playing it.
lol, characters have 0 depth, questlines be like "run from a to b to c and back" terrible level system where mobs only nee 1 or 2 shots to kill you if you are only 1 level únderneath them. Awkward leveling through gear which makes gearstats comletely irrelevant since you only need it to not get one or two shot. A huge AI-generated open world with aölmost nothing in it except some flora and a few mobs. Gamebreaking bugs, performance issues (even on console lol) and a story that's really nothing special jsut black and white good and evil basic plot.
@@destate2 Cool, didn’t ask. Glad to know you’re one of those unappeasable type I guess.
You're the reason the gaming industry is getting more cringe with every year. People will be pleased ass long as the surface is nice and shiny, doesn't matter how generic and mediocre the actually product, it'll be successfull so why should profit driven companies like ubisoft should put any real effort into a game if they can make a fortune without being innovative and dedicated? Shit stays shit doesn't matter the setting. @@Brokenlance
@@destate2 👍 go cry about it and watch Luke Stephens or something.
;* @@Brokenlance
watched several reviews of this game, this is by far the best review (quality wise), thank you Austin!
I hope they keep it updated with new content, maybe add more interactions with the wild life like baiting a bobcat into a camp on farcry
oh my god just enjoy a videogame and move on this isnt destiny
@@sneaky5141 i'm not talking about live service, just some more details that could be on the game and would make it cooler, for me avatar is all about the wildlife so more interaction would be nice
@@sneaky5141they already have 2 dlc planned, what the fuck is ur problem?
@@oozy1333 lol the irony
@@sneaky5141 lol ok whatever
I will add it to the wish list and get it when it's on sale. Not paying $90-170 for games, even for the GOTY. I will wait for an ultimate edition a year later when all the bugs are sorted and DLC has arrived. Never pre-order, ever.
Glad someone else is willing to voice their appreciation for Avatar. It was a tremendous marriage of cutting edge tech, world building and masterful blockbuster writing and direction (even if the story and theme were somewhat derivative). The second one bored the pants off me though.
The strong points of Avatar is definitely it's tech and presentation. I'm glad this game lives up to that.
I can't really say the world building is a notable strong point simply because there's not much to it. Not necessarily a bad thing but it is how it is.
Unfortunately I'm not a fan if Avatar because the story just isn't really intriguing. It's definitely a "blockbuster story". It's perfectly serviceable but nothing truly interesting.
That's the one thing that's putting off on the game. I don't dislike Avatar, but I'm not a fan either.
I'm afraid I might buy it then lose interest since there's not much substance to compel me.
Or I might like it. I've liked games worse than what this sounds like. Just don't know.
I'll probably wait for a sale.
@@sawdust8691for me the world building is strong because they so vividly imagined an alien world. When you first step into the jungle in the game everyone gets blown away.
I also think the story is really interesting, or at least the premise. A human literally manages to inhabit an alien body, but yet still has the weakness of humans.
Terminator 2 is a better movie, but it's really the premise that makes it, the story is just one long chase sequence.
Half ***** kids. Thought we’d left that term behind in the 90s.
My only criticism is I would like the option to stay in third person at all times instead of switching between the two
That would be an incredible amount of work. They would have to do high quality animations for both first and third person. There is a reason why most games choose one orientation, getting one right takes tons of work, let alone having both.
A lot of games that add another orientation don't add another set of animations and just reuse the original ones which are always lower quality than if they made custom animations for it.
18:21 that's actually very surprising. Very impressed by how much thought they put into this game. Hopefully it pays off so they feel encouraged to experiment more with these interesting features.
Really happy to see the quality over quantity hunting and gathering.
In a year as stacked as this there doesn't seem to be much room for 7/10 games. Definitely think I'll grab this on a sale though.
Cool thing Is you can get it through Ubi’s subscription for $15/ month. Even if it’s for only a month, can’t beat that price lol
I don't think you watched Austin's review.
Yeah, it seems very much "fine." I'll get it on a deep discount but "fine" isn't worth full price.
The only nitpick i have is i wish the game didnt go into a black screen going into and out of cutscenes, wish it was simultaneous. Other then that little nickpick im really enjoying it so far
Ngl I'm surprised this got a reccomendation a liscenced open world game made by ubisoft are words to avoid but colour me surprised
Solid review Austin, thank you!
sure seems like Ralph is outsourcing as much as possible these days lol
Yea and he didn’t even bother reviewing starfield ( I mean it was shit but still)
@@zomgpie2 Genuinely wouldn't be shocked if Ralph was simply just horribly burnt out from having to play so many massive games all the time to review. It's literally impossible for anyone to keep up with everything nowadays.
The physical copy of the game requires online authentication and account registration to download and install the game, another step back for game preservation. Seems like big AAA publishers are doing this nowadays to their big ganes from Activision, WB, EA and now Ubisoft.
this game had me at cash shop and in game currency! cant wait to buy some exclusive Barbenheimer emotes
I’m really liking Austin’s reviews, it’s a nice change though I still enjoy Ralph’s long videos
Welp, was going to buy it till 23:20.
It's a Ubisoft game. This has been standard for 10+ years now.
Listen man, I'm an unashamed Farcry enjoyer. This looks quite lovely and I can't wait to pick it up. When it's on a steep sale. Couple of years from now 😂 Love you, Austin!!! You're the best man! My blind Charr Ranger, Vesik Ashmark, loves you as well!!
Glad you enjoyed the game Austin! I still ain't playing it though lol
Okay
Villain disappears after the intro and doesnt show up in any substantive capacity until the end... Classic ubisoft first person RPG moment
I am really happy that this one is actually good.
However, I will sadly not play it myself as I will stick to boycotting any full price game that includes an unnecessary cash shop.
Still hope that anyone who plays it will have a lot of fun with it :D
Lol
It's useless cosmetics lmao
"omg I can't resist buying the $5 t shirt and pants bundle in the shop!!! Argghhh omg ahhhh" ☠️
@@gotworc It is about having some principles, not about having to "resist some bundle". I do not care what is sold, it can be cosmetics or power ups or progression. When there is a cash shop in a full price non-live-service game, I simply won't play it.
You can choose to play it but you don't have to act like an idiot
I love these Austin reviews, I hope we get more in 2024
I mean when your reviews are the exact same as the guy who popularized the channel it’s easy to see why people like it. Too often tho it’s just a pale imitation
@@RM22201 what on gods green earth is this take?
it’s the same style sure, but I wouldn’t call “pale imitation”
It’s under the skill up banner so you couldn’t just take in completely new direction
Austin keeps the core of what makes a skill up review good, but I feel like it his own spin on it, it’s exactly what you’d want if your a fan of skill ups reviews
@@Krinab9878 You absolutely could take it in a new direction. He doesn't have a spin, at least in my opinion. I'm starting to miss more of Ralph's reviews, he is so much more charismatic. Austin's supplementation is just not great and brings the channel down imo. It makes it feel more corporate, more like outlets like ign that become homogenized behind multiple different writers.
I would watch more of Austin's stuff if he were at least trying to be unique, but as it is he isnt.
Trump 2024
So Ubisoft can make a good game w/o too much bloat; go figure. Looks really impressive!
IGN and most reviewers gave it 7/10 . Its definitely Far cry reskin with same repetitive formula and repetitive tasks
Ubisoft always builds amazing looking worlds they are great at that , really really good i would say.... Sadly the gameplay and story of most of their games is always horrible
@@Shivam-vr6eh Yeah this game got pretty much the same mid/polarizing reviews as Starfield. I'm confused by these comments.
but of course had to egregiously monetize it
another game to skip sadly by that alone
@@TheSpartan227well this game did what we expected to do, starfield did nothing other than less of what we expected
Nice review Austin! I'll be picking this one up when it's on sale.
The game is yet another far cry game. How is this recommended?? This will only lead to more Far Cry Outposts takedown games in EVERY Ubisoft franchise
It’s the £70 price tag which puts me off massively, will grab when it’s on sale
You should see the amount of work they’ve put into it. I’ve spent $188 on the ultimate it’s not that bad 😂
@@FROSTYSHEEPSyou should see the amount of work we put into our $70
I love playing it too. It’s fantastic
I just know ShillUp went to Austin and said ´´ nah man, Im good, this is all you :)´´
Keep coping brother
Have been waiting for your review
Ok so don't get mad but this is the first Austin review I've watched and is it just me or does Austin sound so much like Ralph
Are they not the same person?
Perhaps, Austin is Ralph's AVATAR.
@@thedoomslayer5863 No, Ralph is the guy who started the channel. Austin is his editor but recently has been doing his own videos ("Austin recommends...")
Voice, not really. Cadence, yes. Playing the same song with a different instrument. ;)
Not many people know this, but Austin is actually Ralph trolling his viewers with an AI-modified voice.
Yes, they are the same person.
Yesterday I was really wanting this game but I listened to some reviews and became undecided. Let's see if Austin can sway me one way or another
Not a fan of avatar… won’t be picking this up but glad your having fun with it.
Me too ✋️
A nice surprise I'm glad they did the game justice and didn't release pure garbage.
Looking forward to when this game comes on sale, 70 euro is just a little too much for a game imo.
Great review Austin. I haven’t played Alan Wake 2 so I’ll be back for this after I am done with AW2
Since this is arriving too late for 2023 Geoff's Game Awards, we're going to need a 2024 box-office bomb game award category next year.
Austin, great review. I thought it was very fair...only - we don't say half-caste anymore.
Bah gawd, it's 'luke warm' skillup austin
Ubisoft dropped the ball on this. Considering this is one of the biggest IP in the world they chose to not put their normal full marketing budget into this game. It seems like the felt the game was poor and "thought" other people would have the same reaction after playing it. They were wrong and no matter how good this game actually is, not enough people are aware of its existence.
I love this! Let’s normalize having games reviewed by someone who is actually a fan of the series/license 🥳 … I hate reviewers who say they have open world fatigue … THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PLAY THEM ALL.. most of us don’t!!!!❤❤🎉🎉
"The combat is okay, but running around the world is better" ..i miss Anthem sawr much though....
i wish theyd remake that
All I see is big pretty open world with nothing to do, but pick flowers.
Apart from the visuals & music, I don't rate this game at all! Its so boring its beyond belief! Huge disappointment!
It's typical ubisoft game😂
What? Ubi making a good video game, based on a movie franchise??? Holly Molly what a year for gaming.