Austin recommends: Avatar - Frontiers of Pandora (Review)
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Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a lot like the movies - it isn't offering much in the story department, but the visual spectacle and world building are so dazzling that they carry the overall experience. Coupled with some improvements to Ubisoft's traditional open world formula, this is a solid showing from Ubisoft Massive that will please most, but is a must play for any who really loves Avatar.
Review code provided by Ubisoft.
Video written, voiced and edited by Austin B.
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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
@@needasnowbunny7 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.
@@needasnowbunny7the 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.
@@LilFeralGangrelThey sell a shit ton of games. Maybe other people then you still enjoy them. Your feelings aren't how everyone feels.
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
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
@@CrispyHulk1 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.
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.
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!
@@WizzlyBearW0rms WAIT FOR A SALE! ubisoft games always go on sale quite quickly and also significantly. Plus bug fixes and updates so you will play a better game.
@@WizzlyBearW0rmsits in instant gaming for 55, and for that price I reccomend 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
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
It's a shame Starfields alien worlds aren't this lush
You mean Star Loading?
@@maxbardus3019 sick as burn 😂😂💯
hehe bethesda= bad im so cool 😎 😌 🤪
im still crying by the fact that i bought this game on release
its becoming more and more obvious how hard they missed the point of being able to explore alien worlds. full of life and new plant life and geography to see
were too concerned with realism? because half the planets are giant space rocks lol
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
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.
You talking about the beauty of the game and immersed fully... Love seeing someone gush over something that makes them so happy.
"I feel right at home."
- Papa Smurf
the biggest thing i love about this game is how you can climb so much more than you expect .
Such a well crafted review! other sources barely mentioned some the the details discussed here! Kudos!
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
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'm convinced Ubisoft is truly a really great top tier game dev at its heart (after all they made AC2 way back when)... with some greedy ass execs constantly doing shit to ruin all their games.
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.
watched several reviews of this game, this is by far the best review (quality wise), thank you Austin!
The best editor is the editor that create the content for you. Great content, and a greatly put together review!
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 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.
Have been waiting for your review
Nice review Austin! I'll be picking this one up when it's on sale.
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.
What a beautiful looking and sounding game this is , proper enjoying what I’ve played so far :)
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!!
Great review Austin. I haven’t played Alan Wake 2 so I’ll be back for this after I am done with AW2
Man Austin would love Scavengers Reign
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
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)
Thank you for the review Austin, keep up the great work.
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.
Getting the ad for the game on a video for the review of the game..im surprised this hasnt happened before
I really am sold more on this thanks to Austin
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
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.
Solid review Austin, thank you!
I've been interested in this for quite a while, I remember back when we hadn't got the new consoles yet there was an interview and they stated they were targeting (at the time) next gen only
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
The world is absolutely insane. The noises, the colours, the weather. Truly remarkable
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
@@kristiannabizadeh8608 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
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 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
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
Very well written review Austin, keep it up
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
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 love playing it too. It’s fantastic
Gonna wait until theres more reviews and also patches, changes and updates. ✌🏻 But definitely going on my go to list
Yep... the Avatar fix I needed for the holidays...
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.
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.
Austin, I'm sold! And also very surprised that Ubisoft seems to have pulled this off. I'm shocked tbh 🤯
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.
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
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)
@@jeremybolt8950 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.
I’m really liking Austin’s reviews, it’s a nice change though I still enjoy Ralph’s long videos
Jesus the environment looks absolutely stunning
Welp, was going to buy it till 23:20.
It's a Ubisoft game. This has been standard for 10+ years now.
“It really makes you FEEL like the blue aliens from avatar” great review ign 10/10
LMAOO this statement will never get old
Look forward to pick this up later and play co op
All of this sounds really awesome tbh! It looks pretty dope even if its not winning any awards 😁
But no melee combat i would def consider a big negative...
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
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.
I look forward to playing this game. As a fan of Massive, it's nice to hear good things about this project. Thanks for the coverage.
Relieved, I was really worried about this one.
Ngl I'm surprised this got a reccomendation a liscenced open world game made by ubisoft are words to avoid but colour me surprised
7 hrs in and this game is 🔥 Having a blast!
Giving this a try on Geforce now and enjoying it.
poor soul
@@user-vz4sh7sx1qhow so? It’s a decent game
@@user-vz4sh7sx1q you’re a “poor soul” get outta here
Suuuure you are...
Can you create multiple characters? Just wondering given the co-op needs you and a mate to be at the same point in the story in order to play the story missions together.
Excellent review, nicely done!
Speaking as a not-at-all Avatar fan the world looks incredible, good job Ubi
Looks like they've sorted out the pop in issues too
Man, how I wish for a Predator game made in environments as good as this. Avatar is not my thing, but I know a good jungle when I see it.
So does Skill Up just not play games anymore?....
Is there no Friends Per Second Podcast this Week??
The difficulty point was something I thought might immediately become an issue when you said you were playing this on controller (especially with a weak spot mechanic). While I'd love to have the immersive haptic experience, my first reaction was that combat was going to be an issue if the enemies aren't completely inept. So it seems for those who can do both controller or KBM, it's a decision between getting the immersive haptics or a more reliable/viable combat input (assuming they don't want to play on the easiest difficulty).
Big ups Austin and Ralph! The best reviewers on CZcams.
Keep up the grind guys, your videos improve my days 🤙🏻
How many times do they say "bro" in the game
Not enough, brah
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
Is there any way to get this on both pc and XB? I have a 4090 pc but it throws out heat and it would be cool to play this on the XB. Maybe a play everywhere or through the Ubisoft program >?🤔
I’ve got a 2070 super and it runs perfectly fine on my PC! Gotta say I love it so far it’s one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played only beat out by cyberpunk and maybe 1 or 2 others
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.
Far Cry with Smurfs, not just slop but recycled slop.
Austin has truly leveled up the channel
One tiny detail i notice in the game is that when ur in a vent of some small compartment area when u try to stand up u hit ur head 😂
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.
Not a fan of avatar… won’t be picking this up but glad your having fun with it.
Me too ✋️
John Mercer? Should have been John Avatar lmao
Excited to play this later after work!
Damn, was hoping I could write this one off and avoid adding it to the backlog 😂 reminded me very much of FC Primal from some of the footage which was probably the last FC that I really enjoyed!
Love the channel and the review, but I have to bring something up that both Austin and Skill Up talks about (and sadly misrepresents or misunderstands) in many of their reviews: DLSS and rendering resolution.
Saying you're testing the game in 4K while using DLSS performance is ignorant at best.
DLSS performance renders the game at just 50% pixels per axis or in other words just 25% of the overall resolution, which means using DLSS performance in 4K the game is being rendered at 1080p. So being impressed that a 4090 can run the game at "over 60fps at 4K on ultra settings" is just baffling, because it's not running at 4K. That 4090 is only managing over 60fps at 1080p!
The *output* is 4K, sure, but the game itself is only *rendering* at 1920x1080, and then DLSS is doing its best to make that look like 4K. Don't get me wrong it can still look great, but you're not anywhere near rendering at 4K, and so telling the viewers that "performance is good" while a 4090 gets "over 60 fps" at 1080p is either just doing nVidia's marketings for them or you're misinformed or misunderstanding DLSS.
And for 1440p on the 3090Ti with high settings, with DLSS performance, you're rendering at just 720p and upscaling to 1440. So for that GPU to only manage in "50-60 fps" in 720p is not something that a reviewer should praise with and I quote "performance is good"...
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 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
FSR with frame Generation bumped my Ultra 1440p 3080ti from 55-60 fps to 100-120 fps
Glad you enjoyed the game Austin! I still ain't playing it though lol
Okay
Bah gawd, it's 'luke warm' skillup austin
It looks so good, best looking game made on this engine. I’m enjoying it so far pretty standard fair decent gameplay.
I am not an avatar fan and yet i think i'm going to find this game fantastic, it's designed in a way that i like to play my open world game, and i'm actually a big fan of the Ubisoft formula when done right and just a bit differently, which is the case here.
lmaoo,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 literally have nothing to do in this game except grinding out the same outposts over and over, gather the same old cooking material over and over and fly through a ai-generated world.
you are the reasonw hy modern gaming is cringe now. Developers just let their open worlds be created by Ai and make sure graphics are nice and that's it.