The whole game was your “friends” making up the most silliest excuses not to join you in combat, game felt very lonely considering it’s about connecting clans together…
I found two games with a similar feeling. Dolphin Spirit (an indie game for kids, that I played with my son) and Car Mechanic Simulator. Dolphin Spirit has people that give you tasks but never help you. One of the people got credit for helping and I didn't see him put any work in. Then with Car Mechanic Simulator the only contact with people is in phone messages from customers. The cars just magically show up and leave. Not one person is seen and it is eerie. Just you alone in a shop without a soul around.
I think this game could be a lot funner if there was more friendly NPCS. They could roam the map and have natural engagements with the enemy. Always love it when games let you call in ai support as well, makes me care about them more.
That's the thing about open world games, they usually just feel so empty. I really enjoyed Horizon Zero Dawn but the open world was kind of boring, sure there were some roaming NPCs but it really felt like you were the only one existing in that world. It's why I still say years later GTA5 still has a more lived in feeling world.
@@Gatorade69it's crazy because when it comes to actually being able to interact with the world, HZD does a better job than GTA 5 by a long shot, GTA 5s world feels incredibly alive and believable, but it's just all set dressing.
That's something Ubisoft's done before too. In Wildlands you could call in the rebels your work with to drop mortars on sicarios or roll up in a truck with some rebels to raid a base.
I love the poetic imagery of you describing getting lost looking at the world instead of the minimap, while your camera is clipping through the mountainside cliff / flying banshee rock. (Yes I am taking notes for the quiz at the end of the video and-)
Looks like they spent most of the time building the world, then suddenly remembered they needed a story. They managed to make it gorgeous, but even without playing the story bits felt lacking.
...graphically dated? Really? I seem to recall most Ubisoft games of the era looked incredible. Splinter Cell: Conviction, Far Cry 2, Rainbow Six Vegas, Assassin's Creed II... definitely not "dated" when they came out
That unfortunately couldn’t be farther from the truth. Far cry 2 and assassins creed in particular were both stunning games visually, and really helped set the standard for generations to come.
I can’t agree with you more. I just finished the game and you said everything perfectly. I found myself subconsciously enjoying the more unique, explorative, parkour moments and dreading the combat. Excellent video, as always!
guided vs exploration mode has actually been in almost every Ubi game since AC Odyssey. they very clearly took inspiration from Breath of the Wild back then.
yea, it's a great option to have. Gives me more incentive to explore when I don't feel like I'm in a virtual tour with all the checklists but instead a virtual world
In many other open world game, the exploration mode exists but is not backed up by the gameplay and is therefore completly broken. For example, RDR2 or AC Origin you mentionned have a lot (if not most) missions which cannot be accomplished entirely without markers on your map. In Avatar frontiers of Pandora, the entire system is build around it. There are the navi senses and a lot of vertical/specific landscapes that help making mission goals more easily to recognize. And the whole is being supported by a parkour system which is the best part of the game.
@@hugotraverson I didnt mention origins, i only know about odyssey and it allows to completely turn off map markers and such--it'll tell you where to go by saying "its north of such and such" or something and only gives you the exact location once you're close enough to scout with Ikaros, not to mention that it is also supported by a parkour system lmao. its also the same in Ghost Recon Breakpoint, just replace the eagle with a drone. in both games, you can completely turn off the HUD too.
The issue is that sometimes they put the objective in such convoluted locations that there is no other way but to activate the markers for a bit, because the game was actually designed with markers in mind. It happens sometimes with exploration focused games, but usually it’s not as convoluted as Ubisoft makes them. Because those other games (like Zelda) are created with the baseline of using no markers from the get go. Ubisoft just allows to disable them and adds some clues, most of them clearly added as a second thought and sometimes not tested fully. I keep saying this but the 80/20 Pareto principle is good for digital development but not for games. Yet AAA game dev continue to apply the same principle.
I am not a fan of the movies but I like this game a lot. The movement is super fun. Jumping off a huge cliff into tree leaves or jumping off islands in the sky and calling your Ikran rocks. I found some fun dialogue from other Na'vi I like so it isn't totally boring or mediocre. I am still in the second act because I keep playing other games on a whim.
i think the game should have an asymmetrical multiplayer mode similar to farcry 4 where one side plays as humas and the other one as Na'vi, they original avatar game did a similar thing sames as far cry 4
i actually liked the second avatar more.. if 2 is save the whales then 1 is.. POCAHONTAS, save the blue native americans.. i think thats worse then whales, its one on one the story of disneys pocahontas.. i think the second had better emotional momments and more likeable characters.. greetings from germany..
I am getting more and more happy that I didn’t spend money on this game. Cause gameplay really does seem boring and extremely basic. It’s just like the Avatar movies, basically only trying to be pretty to look at but missing and engaging story arc. Good video though
I rolled credits on Frontiers of Pandora the other night. While it may have that formula, I personally felt way more incentive to explore and complete the side quests. I felt compelled to restore Pandora. That's where i think to formula works. I felt zero while restoring Montana in Far Cry 5 lol. Patiently awaiting my return for the DLC
Far Cry 5 was such a let down in that regard. The game was dripping in atmosphere, but they spent the whole story suggesting that this radical cult had taken over the county, where in-game you never saw any of that. All the townsfolk were just going about their day, apart from the rolling mobs of militia who were exclusively focused on lynching you.
@@ModishShrinkI’ve revisited FC5 for the atmosphere / soundtrack alone a few times and realized that they’re the sole things that I enjoyed about it lol
Don't get me wrong, I complete Far Cry 5 as well lol. I guess the idea of liberating and fighting against colonization is a pretty easy sell. But saving Montana from some religious family....Definitely doesn't hit the same haha. Side note: I think one of the planned DLCs for Avatar seems to focus on aerial combat
"621, I need you to travel to Pandora. That new RDA corporation has found a lot of valuable resources and Arquebus is interested in an "hostile takeover" of their operations. Good hunting, 621."
The last few Ubisoft games I've played - the Viking and Greek Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, some Far Cry game - have had the exploration mechanic toggle. I think it's the step in the right direction, but I think it would work better in a smaller, less formulaic worlds.
I feel that you overlooked one of my favorite parts which is the feeling of “removing the blight” from the land. Clearing the RDA camps turns the polluted wasteland into lush greenery and I thought that was pretty cool
I got this game for free with my GPU and didn't care enough to play more than a couple hours. The graphics are good but the gameplay and story are bland as fuck, doesn't help that I don't really care for Avatar.
Not gonna lie this felt like one of the most boring games I've ever played, it's basically Far Cry but with less things to do, if it was an exploration game like no man sky I would understand but it isn't, there isn't enough things to do or look at, there's few enemies so even if the world look stunning it also feels empty.
Have you played Sleeping Dogs, minimme? I don't know if it's necessarily one you'd feel the need to cover for your channel, but I do believe pretty strongly that it's a game you'd love.
I personally just couldn't get into it. The graphics are stunning and I am a fan of the Avatar franchise, but everything except for the environment was just... boring. Glad I didn't buy it but played it with Ubisoft+ because I had no interest in continuing after 7 hours
Ubisofts bs has put me off of playing anymore of their games, so I have zero interest in playing this. With that said, I'm glad that somebody is willing to talk about it without crapping all over it.
I wanted to buy this to test out my new gaming laptop, but all the complaints about the shallow story and combat (and the price) have put this on my "wait for sale" list.
I bought it when it was on sale for xbox and I am really enjoying the world. I've never played a Far Cry game, but am a huge The Division and Ghost Recon fan, so its kind of a fresh experience for me.
Oh man i've seen a lot about this game but nobody ever plays with guidance mode off. Didnt even know that was a thing. This looks sweet now Also this is by far the best video about this game
Tbh I want to give this game a chance because I quite like Pandora, but it just looks like it lacks a lot of deph we saw in Avatar 2. I know they probably couldnt add stuf like the whale hunters boats and the train lines and big cities but as it stands just the basic grunt and mech suit doesnt make me want to play. Maybe in a future with more enemies, more fauna to interact with, who knows. I might still get it in a random sale. But anyway, thanks for the video! I always like your very straightfoward non negative vibe, looking for things to like but with a critic view of the games you play.
It's too early to give my verdict after playing just a few hours, but i gotta say im really enjoying it. There's something in the formula that always brings me back to playing more. I paid ubisoft + for prince of Persia and ended up getting hooked on Avatar even more.
I'm not an Avatar fan and I think I like this game more than you do. While I agree with most of what you have to say here, I think the story stuff worked a bit better for me than it did for you. I think because it met a couple of fairly low bars you don't often see from these games. First is that it actually has themes and a cohesive message. While it's neither subtle nor nuanced, I find it rare that any especially big games have anything at all to say, unless it's some vague fashy shite. Secondly, I feel like we've never seen a first person open world shooter game be this sincere and positive before. Maybe it's corny, but it's a huge breath of fresh air after decades of edgy Far Cry, Rage and Borderlands stuff. I gave it a free pass for that alone. Finally, I think it's neat how they threaded the needle of having you play as a Na'vi while also making you a character with more human knowledge than Na'vi knowledge. The films just straight up centred some guy so that it could have all the other characters explain stuff to him, which made it fall into that ol' "white savior" trope, but here they really had their cake and ate it. All in all, as a non-Avatar fan, it felt to me like Pandora was made for this, to be a video game world. It made the movies feel like rush job adaptations of that game world in comparison, but as if they accidentally started by making the films. Sorry for the long response, but almost nobody is playing this game, let alone having good-faith discussions about it online. Thanks for the video, keep up the good work!
There is a lot of discussion among fans at least. Most of them, including me absolutely love it. But of course, the game has it's flaws. But the possibility to fly freely on your ikran in an open world Pandora alone, is a dream come true for us. And frankly I am surprised that you, as non fan like it :) Because it seems to me like lots of things there was made just for fans 😀 And I am also very pleased that you like the message. A rare sight in today's cynical world. Those themes are core to the whole franchise, not just this game.
I might be one in few people who doesn't mind being guide to the objective in a video I had a hard time getting into breath of the while cause I didn't know where to go without youtube a video
Great video mini but i have to ask i feel like you crank up the brightness a little to much when your playing. there's like no colour to your Video black looks Grey. It all depends on what you're playing on but I have to say I do think you turn up the brightness way too much lower it down a few notches get that color to pop. Putting your video side by side with somebody like digital Foundry or Gmanlives your color tones are completely off I'm not sure if you use a filter but it looks pretty bad.
I feel like FoP here particularly suffers because of the long dev time. It definitely LOOKS like a game that spent 7 years in dev hell, but you expect more interesting gameplay than...well, i guess the past 7 years of Ubisoft games.
This is one of those games where I loved the early game but the more I played, the less I liked it. The story doesn't really go anywhere, feels like Ubi thought "Be the Navi" was good enough and ran with it for a 40 hours. Unfortunately I think I left liking Avatar as a whole a lot less and I was a big fan of the first movie, this game made me realize the Navi aren't that interesting and they do a lot of weird things just because.
I got the platinum trophy a few weeks back and while I enjoyed the game, getting 100% kind of killed it for me. So many of the clan contributions and other side tasks are just so boring and tedious
Sorry but your Wrong avatar 2009 is a far far better game than this. Avatar 2009 was third person=better and let you choose human or Navi=better. Frontiers of pandora is bad and generic.
We just need a mod that removes all the story shit and turns it into a survival exploration game. like so many times Ubisoft have the all the components to a fun game, then they just arrange them in the most boring way possible.
I'm trying so hard not to judge the game without playing it, but the fact that it *literally starts* with THE BIG BAD HUMANS just actively murdering alien children is so dumb and on the nose. To be fair, it does sum up the writing of the original Avatar movie perfectly, but good lord... 🤦♂
Immediately clicked off knowing this review wasn't for me when you said avatar 1 was better than 2. I will never let go of the word unobtanium and how the humans wanted to obtain unobtanium.
I do really enjoy the world design, graphics, traversal and the core feel of combat, but everything else.. the story, the structure, the shitty ubisoft power level system and gear scores, etc.. are all really bad. The story in particular alternated between insanely dry/generic and unbelievably cringe. The writing in these Ubisoft open world games are really where it falls apart the most IMO. With that said, gorgeous audio/visual presentation and the immersion factor alone really made me enjoy this game more than most recent Ubisoft output. With that said, they desperately need to gut their formula and do something entirely new, it's beyond tiring at this point
hello everyone thank u for watching here's my original avatar game video th-cam.com/video/Y9JuOH1wEh0/w-d-xo.html
The whole game was your “friends” making up the most silliest excuses not to join you in combat, game felt very lonely considering it’s about connecting clans together…
It's a co op game. Playing with a friend is highly recommend and makes the game much more enjoyable
@@mackinblackwhat the fuck
@@mackinblackit’s hard when you got no friends to play with
I found two games with a similar feeling. Dolphin Spirit (an indie game for kids, that I played with my son) and Car Mechanic Simulator. Dolphin Spirit has people that give you tasks but never help you. One of the people got credit for helping and I didn't see him put any work in. Then with Car Mechanic Simulator the only contact with people is in phone messages from customers. The cars just magically show up and leave. Not one person is seen and it is eerie. Just you alone in a shop without a soul around.
@@mackinblackif you NEED friends then the game isn’t fun lol cleaning up shit with your friends will be fun 😂
I think this game could be a lot funner if there was more friendly NPCS. They could roam the map and have natural engagements with the enemy. Always love it when games let you call in ai support as well, makes me care about them more.
That's the thing about open world games, they usually just feel so empty. I really enjoyed Horizon Zero Dawn but the open world was kind of boring, sure there were some roaming NPCs but it really felt like you were the only one existing in that world. It's why I still say years later GTA5 still has a more lived in feeling world.
@@Gatorade69it's crazy because when it comes to actually being able to interact with the world, HZD does a better job than GTA 5 by a long shot, GTA 5s world feels incredibly alive and believable, but it's just all set dressing.
That's something Ubisoft's done before too. In Wildlands you could call in the rebels your work with to drop mortars on sicarios or roll up in a truck with some rebels to raid a base.
There are apparently distinct DS and Wii versions of the 2009 Avatar game ripe for review.
I played the android game it was fun
it took years to produce but I'm so happy they finally made a sequel to one of my favorite Minimme reviews!
The first avatar game was the first video I ever watched of yours, another absolutely fantastic video minimme thanks!
I love the poetic imagery of you describing getting lost looking at the world instead of the minimap, while your camera is clipping through the mountainside cliff / flying banshee rock. (Yes I am taking notes for the quiz at the end of the video and-)
Looks like they spent most of the time building the world, then suddenly remembered they needed a story. They managed to make it gorgeous, but even without playing the story bits felt lacking.
So basicially it's just like the movie!
That's kinda how the movie felt two, honestly.
THAT is the actual Ubisoft formula.
just like the actual films, then
It's funny because 2009/2006 Ubisoft was mostly seen as graphically dated but with strong gameplay and story elements. Now it's the total opposite
...graphically dated? Really? I seem to recall most Ubisoft games of the era looked incredible. Splinter Cell: Conviction, Far Cry 2, Rainbow Six Vegas, Assassin's Creed II... definitely not "dated" when they came out
@AnnDVine yeah, ubisoft games were never considered graphically dated...
How do you remember this kind of stuff? Or do you research it before you post
That unfortunately couldn’t be farther from the truth. Far cry 2 and assassins creed in particular were both stunning games visually, and really helped set the standard for generations to come.
@@AnnDVineDon't forget Blacklist, which is regarded as the second best Splinter cell Game in the franchise by the fanbase, behind Chaos Theory
Man, TH-cam's new compression settings just destroy the video quality.
I can’t agree with you more. I just finished the game and you said everything perfectly. I found myself subconsciously enjoying the more unique, explorative, parkour moments and dreading the combat. Excellent video, as always!
I’m an RDA. Registered dental assistant haha
guided vs exploration mode has actually been in almost every Ubi game since AC Odyssey. they very clearly took inspiration from Breath of the Wild back then.
yea, it's a great option to have. Gives me more incentive to explore when I don't feel like I'm in a virtual tour with all the checklists but instead a virtual world
Literally every open world game since BotW has taken at least some inspiration from it so that's kind of a given.
In many other open world game, the exploration mode exists but is not backed up by the gameplay and is therefore completly broken. For example, RDR2 or AC Origin you mentionned have a lot (if not most) missions which cannot be accomplished entirely without markers on your map.
In Avatar frontiers of Pandora, the entire system is build around it. There are the navi senses and a lot of vertical/specific landscapes that help making mission goals more easily to recognize. And the whole is being supported by a parkour system which is the best part of the game.
@@hugotraverson I didnt mention origins, i only know about odyssey and it allows to completely turn off map markers and such--it'll tell you where to go by saying "its north of such and such" or something and only gives you the exact location once you're close enough to scout with Ikaros, not to mention that it is also supported by a parkour system lmao. its also the same in Ghost Recon Breakpoint, just replace the eagle with a drone. in both games, you can completely turn off the HUD too.
The issue is that sometimes they put the objective in such convoluted locations that there is no other way but to activate the markers for a bit, because the game was actually designed with markers in mind.
It happens sometimes with exploration focused games, but usually it’s not as convoluted as Ubisoft makes them. Because those other games (like Zelda) are created with the baseline of using no markers from the get go.
Ubisoft just allows to disable them and adds some clues, most of them clearly added as a second thought and sometimes not tested fully.
I keep saying this but the 80/20 Pareto principle is good for digital development but not for games. Yet AAA game dev continue to apply the same principle.
I am not a fan of the movies but I like this game a lot. The movement is super fun. Jumping off a huge cliff into tree leaves or jumping off islands in the sky and calling your Ikran rocks. I found some fun dialogue from other Na'vi I like so it isn't totally boring or mediocre. I am still in the second act because I keep playing other games on a whim.
i think the game should have an asymmetrical multiplayer mode similar to farcry 4 where one side plays as humas and the other one as Na'vi, they original avatar game did a similar thing sames as far cry 4
Loves these drops, always a good day with a new minimme vid
As a fellow avatar fan, the first and 2nd films were both pretty well done.,
i have been following you since you made the Driv3r video absolutely love you content
thank you!!
also super random have you played the plague tale games would love to see you make video on them
i actually liked the second avatar more.. if 2 is save the whales then 1 is.. POCAHONTAS, save the blue native americans.. i think thats worse then whales, its one on one the story of disneys pocahontas.. i think the second had better emotional momments and more likeable characters.. greetings from germany..
I am getting more and more happy that I didn’t spend money on this game. Cause gameplay really does seem boring and extremely basic. It’s just like the Avatar movies, basically only trying to be pretty to look at but missing and engaging story arc.
Good video though
avatar movies ainr like that
I rolled credits on Frontiers of Pandora the other night. While it may have that formula, I personally felt way more incentive to explore and complete the side quests. I felt compelled to restore Pandora. That's where i think to formula works. I felt zero while restoring Montana in Far Cry 5 lol. Patiently awaiting my return for the DLC
Far Cry 5 was such a let down in that regard. The game was dripping in atmosphere, but they spent the whole story suggesting that this radical cult had taken over the county, where in-game you never saw any of that. All the townsfolk were just going about their day, apart from the rolling mobs of militia who were exclusively focused on lynching you.
@@ModishShrinkI’ve revisited FC5 for the atmosphere / soundtrack alone a few times and realized that they’re the sole things that I enjoyed about it lol
Don't get me wrong, I complete Far Cry 5 as well lol. I guess the idea of liberating and fighting against colonization is a pretty easy sell. But saving Montana from some religious family....Definitely doesn't hit the same haha.
Side note: I think one of the planned DLCs for Avatar seems to focus on aerial combat
"621, I need you to travel to Pandora. That new RDA corporation has found a lot of valuable resources and Arquebus is interested in an "hostile takeover" of their operations.
Good hunting, 621."
This game (Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora) needs playable mechs and human vehicles.
The last few Ubisoft games I've played - the Viking and Greek Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, some Far Cry game - have had the exploration mechanic toggle. I think it's the step in the right direction, but I think it would work better in a smaller, less formulaic worlds.
Totally agree. A smaller, more tightly crafted “hub world” style map in combination with the exploration mode would be fantastic.
I feel that you overlooked one of my favorite parts which is the feeling of “removing the blight” from the land. Clearing the RDA camps turns the polluted wasteland into lush greenery and I thought that was pretty cool
I got this game for free with my GPU and didn't care enough to play more than a couple hours.
The graphics are good but the gameplay and story are bland as fuck, doesn't help that I don't really care for Avatar.
I forgot this even existed
I want a Riders Republic/Steep style Avatar game
i wanna see the Na'vi doing Matt Hoffman BMX stuff
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I could not be less interested in the game itself but I'll gladly watch this for the chill minimme vibes
Not gonna lie this felt like one of the most boring games I've ever played, it's basically Far Cry but with less things to do, if it was an exploration game like no man sky I would understand but it isn't, there isn't enough things to do or look at, there's few enemies so even if the world look stunning it also feels empty.
This game has 2 guns…. 2…. Guns…. 2…. Theres 2 guns in the whole game…. 2
also rocket launcher but thats more of a pick up. And you have navi weapons
@@Noob-yx1cu Yeah... 3 of them
Another flawless Minimme video. Further saving me money and time with his concise, cozy commentary.
The game is fantastic
Have you played Sleeping Dogs, minimme? I don't know if it's necessarily one you'd feel the need to cover for your channel, but I do believe pretty strongly that it's a game you'd love.
The hand-to-hand combat was surprisingly good in that game.
The DLC that completely rips off Enter the Dragon was really fun.
@@arsenalfanatic09 I believe a combat designer from Bully worked on Sleeping Dogs.
I personally just couldn't get into it. The graphics are stunning and I am a fan of the Avatar franchise, but everything except for the environment was just... boring. Glad I didn't buy it but played it with Ubisoft+ because I had no interest in continuing after 7 hours
Same. I spent the rest of the month on Ghost Recon Wildlands.
It's almost like digitalfoundry played a completely different game than me
Ubisofts bs has put me off of playing anymore of their games, so I have zero interest in playing this. With that said, I'm glad that somebody is willing to talk about it without crapping all over it.
I wanted to buy this to test out my new gaming laptop, but all the complaints about the shallow story and combat (and the price) have put this on my "wait for sale" list.
How come you're previous Avatar video has such a low video length number in the thumbnail but its a much longer video if you watch it
20:45 bingo
This is one of the best gaming channels on YT
I bought it when it was on sale for xbox and I am really enjoying the world. I've never played a Far Cry game, but am a huge The Division and Ghost Recon fan, so its kind of a fresh experience for me.
Far Cry : Avatar edition
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Oh man i've seen a lot about this game but nobody ever plays with guidance mode off.
Didnt even know that was a thing. This looks sweet now
Also this is by far the best video about this game
Judging by the number of people that still get lost, guided does not add much.
If this game gets a sequel i wanna play as the Humans and use their technology
i want to love avatar but it breaks my heart every time i have to watch all the beautiful military tech get destroyed by longbows
5:50 im the opposite in games i need direct objective markers otherwise ill get lost i cant discern landmarks at all lol
I'm with this guy I won't play a game if it doesn't have a marker system
Tbh I want to give this game a chance because I quite like Pandora, but it just looks like it lacks a lot of deph we saw in Avatar 2. I know they probably couldnt add stuf like the whale hunters boats and the train lines and big cities but as it stands just the basic grunt and mech suit doesnt make me want to play. Maybe in a future with more enemies, more fauna to interact with, who knows. I might still get it in a random sale.
But anyway, thanks for the video! I always like your very straightfoward non negative vibe, looking for things to like but with a critic view of the games you play.
It's too early to give my verdict after playing just a few hours, but i gotta say im really enjoying it. There's something in the formula that always brings me back to playing more.
I paid ubisoft + for prince of Persia and ended up getting hooked on Avatar even more.
That’s a mighty fine lookin… *checks notes* diet horse. Yup, almost makes me wanna fly around on my um, my *shuffles papers* Icky-mon?
Ubisoft has been including this "exploration mode" in their open world games since Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018)
I'm not an Avatar fan and I think I like this game more than you do. While I agree with most of what you have to say here, I think the story stuff worked a bit better for me than it did for you. I think because it met a couple of fairly low bars you don't often see from these games. First is that it actually has themes and a cohesive message. While it's neither subtle nor nuanced, I find it rare that any especially big games have anything at all to say, unless it's some vague fashy shite. Secondly, I feel like we've never seen a first person open world shooter game be this sincere and positive before. Maybe it's corny, but it's a huge breath of fresh air after decades of edgy Far Cry, Rage and Borderlands stuff. I gave it a free pass for that alone. Finally, I think it's neat how they threaded the needle of having you play as a Na'vi while also making you a character with more human knowledge than Na'vi knowledge. The films just straight up centred some guy so that it could have all the other characters explain stuff to him, which made it fall into that ol' "white savior" trope, but here they really had their cake and ate it. All in all, as a non-Avatar fan, it felt to me like Pandora was made for this, to be a video game world. It made the movies feel like rush job adaptations of that game world in comparison, but as if they accidentally started by making the films. Sorry for the long response, but almost nobody is playing this game, let alone having good-faith discussions about it online. Thanks for the video, keep up the good work!
There is a lot of discussion among fans at least. Most of them, including me absolutely love it. But of course, the game has it's flaws. But the possibility to fly freely on your ikran in an open world Pandora alone, is a dream come true for us. And frankly I am surprised that you, as non fan like it :) Because it seems to me like lots of things there was made just for fans 😀 And I am also very pleased that you like the message. A rare sight in today's cynical world. Those themes are core to the whole franchise, not just this game.
I might be one in few people who doesn't mind being guide to the objective in a video I had a hard time getting into breath of the while cause I didn't know where to go without youtube a video
Great video mini but i have to ask i feel like you crank up the brightness a little to much when your playing. there's like no colour to your Video black looks Grey. It all depends on what you're playing on but I have to say I do think you turn up the brightness way too much lower it down a few notches get that color to pop. Putting your video side by side with somebody like digital Foundry or Gmanlives your color tones are completely off I'm not sure if you use a filter but it looks pretty bad.
8:58 same intonation as Bella in Twilight
This easily the most positive take I've seen on an Avatar game! Still not going to play it lmao, but thanks for the vid
Now all that remains is the iOS version of the 2009 Avatar game :)
It's funny, in the UK there's a tory MP called John Mercer.
Amazing website
About the voice "acting": you should hear Mirage's Basim; AI-level bad.
perfect video to watch with my breakfast. cheers
The graphics look great but maybe it is the video but it looks choppy/ jerky? Is that the framerate or gameplay?
This felt so much like a Far Cry game only prettier vegetation and blue people
Always wondered about this game might wait for it to be cheaper and pick it up thanks minimme
Could always get ubisoft plus for a month
@@datdamadude Good idea thanks!
I feel like FoP here particularly suffers because of the long dev time.
It definitely LOOKS like a game that spent 7 years in dev hell, but you expect more interesting gameplay than...well, i guess the past 7 years of Ubisoft games.
Avatar Cry
Is this made on the same The division engine? because I can see some graphics, design and missions like in the division 2, even the coop
Yep. Engine is called Snowdrop.
Finally I can decide whether I want to buy this game or not.
this is one of the reviews of one of the videogames of all time
Was this whole review recorded in HDR or has my ability to see colour heavily lessened.
Most boring Smurf game ever, you don't even get the theme song
Even as an Avatar fan I simply do not want to play Far Cry
It's a shame that they didn't keep the good elements of the 2009 game.
Why do I never get recommendations even though I'm subbed. No matter, glad theres another vid to watch
This is one of those games where I loved the early game but the more I played, the less I liked it. The story doesn't really go anywhere, feels like Ubi thought "Be the Navi" was good enough and ran with it for a 40 hours. Unfortunately I think I left liking Avatar as a whole a lot less and I was a big fan of the first movie, this game made me realize the Navi aren't that interesting and they do a lot of weird things just because.
minimme discovers morrowind
finally
Titanfall 2 mentioned!
People who hate avatar are usually people that watch too much marvel and are upset a new fresh ip can make money in the theaters too.
I got the platinum trophy a few weeks back and while I enjoyed the game, getting 100% kind of killed it for me. So many of the clan contributions and other side tasks are just so boring and tedious
It's also been on sale a few times now for $30-40 I'd say it's definitely a good pickup.
Also free with RX 7000 GPUs
Imagine paying $40 for this slop
It a real shame how ubisoft screwed this up
So, summed up: Beautiful world, mediocre gameplay, and bad story. That's the Ubisoft formula!
i thought the original title of the video was pretty good
Sorry but your Wrong avatar 2009 is a far far better game than this. Avatar 2009 was third person=better and let you choose human or Navi=better. Frontiers of pandora is bad and generic.
We just need a mod that removes all the story shit and turns it into a survival exploration game.
like so many times Ubisoft have the all the components to a fun game, then they just arrange them in the most boring way possible.
You should review Predator concrete jungle
James Cameron is my man.
lol holy shit just checked out your website it’s fucking amazing
Play it on hard mode
New vid from my favorite nerd 🍿
In other words.. if you're gay, you will love it.
I'm trying so hard not to judge the game without playing it, but the fact that it *literally starts* with THE BIG BAD HUMANS just actively murdering alien children is so dumb and on the nose. To be fair, it does sum up the writing of the original Avatar movie perfectly, but good lord... 🤦♂
Immediately clicked off knowing this review wasn't for me when you said avatar 1 was better than 2. I will never let go of the word unobtanium and how the humans wanted to obtain unobtanium.
ubisoft is very hit and miss with there games
Mostly misses lately imo
Ubisoft suck !!!
It sounds incredibly dull to play.
I wish this game was 3rd person, I'd appreciate it a lot more, but the Ubisoft formula together with FPS action just isn't for me.
AVATAR 2 GANG RISE UP!
Wait a second... Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Avatar FOP. OH NO, THE STORY IMPLICATIONS. FAIRY! GOD! PARENTS!
Oooo cool😮
Honestly I hope this will become a trend for well made licenced movie/show video games.
I do really enjoy the world design, graphics, traversal and the core feel of combat, but everything else.. the story, the structure, the shitty ubisoft power level system and gear scores, etc.. are all really bad. The story in particular alternated between insanely dry/generic and unbelievably cringe. The writing in these Ubisoft open world games are really where it falls apart the most IMO. With that said, gorgeous audio/visual presentation and the immersion factor alone really made me enjoy this game more than most recent Ubisoft output. With that said, they desperately need to gut their formula and do something entirely new, it's beyond tiring at this point