Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Review
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2023
- Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PC. Also available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna.
"Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora features a stunning alien world to explore with a refreshingly uncluttered approach to navigation, countless enemy bases to destroy and Na’vi clan sidequests to complete, and no shortage of exotic flora and fauna to harvest and hunt. However, its combat is pretty one-dimensional, its mission design is a bit on the repetitive side, and its environment is generally lacking in any major surprises beyond visual splendor, meaning that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a solid shooting adventure that’s more inside the box than truly out of this world." 
Игры
Ubisoft needs to take a leap of faith and let its developers try something new. New ideas, a 5 years project.. anything new
...This was their 5-year project.
Yeah that would be nice. They have so many extremely talented animators, coders and artists. And yet they are held back so much.
No they need to fire all their devs
@@seaofrage Yeah OP comment is great they need their GTA. And this comment is great too. They do have great animators coders and artists, and they dont have any bad designers, because they dont have any GAME designers!
The teams are definitely talented, but their game-play loops are stale and outdated
Sounds like everybody is in agreement that the game reuses the Ubisoft formula faithfully without inventing anything new or exciting, except this time it's on Pandora. Then the scores diverge depending on how sick the reviewer is of the Ubisoft formula and how interested they are in the world of Avatar.
Exactly. You’d think for a change Ubisoft may try to do something interesting with all that $$$
@@twobucca Not if they've been hired by Disney specifically to make a Far Cry game set on Pandora.
This is the perfect way to sum it up. I'm gonna be quoting you.
Ubisoft mediocrity strikes yet again. Like do they ever actually create an interesting game?
@@marcusesser3889 yes
Who else knew this is gonna be another 7/10 Ubisoft game?
They are the king of mediocrity
@@Marky-Mark1337A 7 is not mediocre.
@@_Cetarial on IGN's scale, a 7 is 'average'
@@_Cetarial A 7 means C, so that is the definition of mediocre
@@albanier8426that would be 5
I’m just glad it’s a proper narrative driven single player experience.
plus repetitive .. all boxes checked
And boring
@@kill3rbyysightacting as if multiplayer wasn't repetitive af 😂
@@kill3rbyysight that’s the trouble with most open world games, the missions are usually forgettable, repetitive and have little to no reply value. Halo Infinite is a prime example of this, unless you actually liked the boss fights.
I’m glad the game is a game
Its the most ubisoftiest 7/10 game of all time
It literally is a downgrade compared to far cry 5.
Do you Ubisoft hating morons actually think you're saying anything original?
"literally" @@Peaceiscoming669
This is basically just a
Far Cry 7: The Last Avatar
@archshade7891 bro commenting this on every chain hoping someone notices
Honestly, it doesn't look half bad. Not super original or outstanding, but seems like way better than most movie franchise to game adaptations.
Why can't it be original for once? After all these years? Honestly I'm not fine with this. We need improvement, innovation, new creative ideas, new game design, change of engine etc.
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441the. U do it then 😂 stop whining
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441ubisoft looovveees to play it safe
See Robocop: Rogue City for a more interesting movie adaptation tbh
@@IskenderCaglarM41B441game engine is new bud
one of the Ubisoft games of all time
Definitely one of the best games to NOT buy
Spoiler comment
This is such a game! Can wait for December 7th!
Definitely one of the worst of all time
@@BH-wk8vd.. why u say that for man
A 7 is not a bad score, but when IGN keeps giving movies and games a 7, it’s hard to take the score seriously.
It’s 72 on metacritic, so not bad at all
Ign are maybe same people who were giving Call of Duty 8s and 9s up until recently.
A 7 for a game based on a +2 billion dollar franchise is definitely bad
@@albanier8426no it's not
@@albanier8426its not.
Most innovative Far Cry game since Far Cry Primal
Far Cry 7: The Last Avatar
It’s not this guys style to kill alien horses but he’s okay with slaughtering armies of humans.. GOAT
Man primal was so underrated, and is actually my favourite after 3.
@@Dean-SLC it was pretty fun.. a lot more engaging than the other far cry’s but they should have pulled away from the far cry name and made it its own thing because it still felt like the same stuff that’s been overused
@@Dean-SLC Same
you guys really gotta bring back the 20 or 100 point rating scale...these 7s are getting a little much
70/100?
Except they have given lots of other ratings than 7 this year.
They need get rid of numbers at this point. They're useless
@@canorivera395 7.4, 7.8, etc. If everything is gonna fall in that range, why not diversify it a little
Imagine experiencing this world in VR, that would really be amazing
Big Fail on ubisofts part to not turn this into a proper vr game similar to assassins creed Nexus or Half life Alyx.
Pass and will play asgards wrath 2 next week
Btw: VR Game „Stormland“ from Insomniac Games has a very similar world to explore in VR with great graphics and gameplay
vr would degrade image quality isn't worth it now a demo with movie visuals would be nice not every game needs vr!
falling and forgetting the button to call your ride would be wild.
Play call of the mountain psvr2… it’s basically this
Exactly!!
Travelling through Pandora and I've yet see a single Claptrap, Skag or Bandit, the enemies don't even drop any loot. WTF is THIS?
REFUUUUND
This is a prequel, after humans mined it of most its resources and discovered the vaults it turned into a hellscape and the natives either left or got mutated
@@15thCrypthow is it a prequel when they literally mention the events of the first movie
No CP birthday parties???? 0 of 10 would not recommend
@@TearintimeAre you slow?
Picked up Avatar Frontiers of Pandora on PS5 and man the graphics are absolutely stunning! It’s the first game since Horizon Forbidden West that has blown me, the world of Pandora is so lush, the natural environment, lighting is top notch. Flying around on the Ikran is a treat, Far Cry Primal is one of my all time favorite games and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora captures the vibe of that game perfectly. 😊
Nice 👏 😊
The enemy ai is rubbish, the gameplay is like every other ubisoft game....
Damn! You’ve had not only one but two games blow you by the sounds of it. I’m yet to get to second base like that
Such a shame they make these enormous worlds with hardly anything worth finding or doing in them besides going from point A to A and collecting same old resources,
I'd rather have a smaller map with more hand crafted stuff and locations, tons of meaningful stuff to find collect to make game better etc.
That would be so much better.
Like Skyrim, the Witcher 3, or red dead redemption2. All three unique open worlds yet all three nailed the every inch of the open world was enticing u to explore it almost always leading to something rewarding in the form of a INTERESTING side story, SPECIAL loot, etc. All open world games should model themselves after any of these 3 and “fetch quests” need to die a horrible death never to be seen in any game ever again.
point A to B dumbass
Then play a different game...
@dangwood91887 the witcher 3 world was pretty empty and unimersive, it was the story, graphics and combat that made it a masterpiece
Ign is a bad review . Look up acg . Way better and in depth
First Ubisoft game that didn't got ruined by an excessive HUD design and 20 flying markers around the screen. Most immersive Ubisoft game ever made. 👏
Play Far Cry 2. That game invented immersion.
far cry primal?
Cool world and one dimensional stories is what Avatar does best
Exactly
Ikr? 😂
Hardly 1 dem.
And Ubisoft. Truly a match made in heaven
@@iluvmusicqwe Ubisoft just reskinning the same game for a decade now...they are the Call of Duty of open world games
They tried HARD to make this game sound special with that IGN developer interview, but we all knew this was more Ubisoft mid tripe.
Ubisoft and 7/10 are more synonymous than IGN and 7/10.
Cmon man You could have done better than that
@@WizzlyBearW0rms 👏👏👏 ...
Praise it in the previews and hammer it in the review. As always. As if they didn't see those flaws in the previews.
previews are marketing if you don't know that you are dumb
Those previews were like an hour or two right? Their biggest criticism was “it is repetitive” which is obviously hard to tell from that little play time.
Well done for having the dumbest comment on this.
You do know that there's an embargo for reviews and opinions for games ?
But ain't we all old enough to expect a repetition of missions in video games? Especially a Ubisoft game?@@MarcusTSMarcus
The atmosphere in all the areas look incredible!
It seems inconsistent honestly. Some areas look gorgeous but some look dated/unrefined
@@redpandafireeethis is hilarious 😂 I’m on ultra settings and am absolutely blown away by every single piece of this world, the atmosphere and lighting and textures is a completely new level of gaming
@@redpandafireeethat is odd, especially since the guy at digital foundry said this is basically the best looking game he's ever seen.
@@nuttyaccentzI'm looking forward to trying out the unobtanium settings, have you tried those out yet?
@@jonny5143 haven’t heard of those settings haha also don’t see it as an option?!
It's a Ubisoft game. Everybody called it right from the very first reveal trailer, it's Far Cry blue. This would've been a massive hit 10 years ago, sadly Ubisoft is perpetually stuck in 2013.
Ubisoft's character details and animations really need an update.
Both this game and recent titles such as AC Mirage suffer from a noticeable lack of graphic fidelity.
What? The graphics are probably the best thing about this game
Agreed, visuals are rough especially the 2010 UI choice
@@melissaahhhthe visuals for characters, the world looks pretty great though.
agree their facial animations and in general lacks two gens back they haven't improved much if at all on that front compared to other studios work!
They are great at building breathtaking worlds but the problems come in writing,acting, storyline,side content and most importantly finding the "FUN"
Still excited for it though but open world games struggle alot with finding stuff to do often.
If you like the Far Cry series then this is basically just Far Cry 7: The last Avatar
@@archshade7891yh mate u already said that
@@archshade7891think you cool or smart saying that a billon times we get it
I’m honestly done looking at YT and the comment sections for other peoples opinions. People have no clue how to appreciate things anymore, it’s really weird. The amount of negativity being spread is next level nowadays, and I’m just over here with my jaw on the ground from the absolutely beautiful world that Ubisoft created. The atmosphere, sounds, lighting, weather, flying, weapons, all feel amazing to me. I’ma get off the internet and go back to thoroughly enjoying the world of Pandora! 😁
Yeah, people expect this game to look better than gta vi, which will be in 2025. lol
That being said, the avatar game looks average. It does look like a ps4 game.
One of the most Ubisoft games of this planet
Not even a minute in and we’ve already made comparisons to tears of the kingdom, breath of the wild, and Elden Ring.
all open world games? 🤷♂️
Annoying honestly, this is why games can't be unique because everybody thinks there is only a single winning formula.
Because they're the gold standard of open world?
@@_CrimsonBladeyour mums not open world she's just one huge level
Elden crap
how many hours is the campaign if you do minimal side stuff?
Is it possible for you guys to do a review without spoilers ?
They nailed the graphics and atmosphere. Honestly, the graphics are the best thing about this game. Everything else is just average about it.
Every Unreal 5 game looks like that...Ubisoft only cares about graphics and boring cutscenes they are so disappointing
Beautiful game marred by lackluster combat and bad ai. This game could have been something special and it shows while playing it from your character feeling like a giant in human areas down to your movements but to many times it stops just short at being great. To the landscape being downright surreal in places. But things like bows being as loud as an antimaterial rifle alerting everyone within a mile where you are to enemies stumbling around in the same back and forth area seeming to have endless bullets to spray the forest in no particular direction. Also so far the story is very by the numbers.
Why no third person mode 😡
Why is it FIRST PERSON Jesus they blew
They got rid of all the bloated map markers which makes this a completely diff experience from a exploration perspective
So the game is just like the movie: visually stunning, aesthetically gorgeous, and agressively average in every other way
The video gave it a 7 but the reviewer’s words gave it a 5. 😂😂
Seriously
well a 5/10 means no more free copies
it's shite
why cant it be on steam? its gonna go there eventually, why not just release it there?
"...really makes you feel like a 7 out of 10 IGN review."
Truly one of the reviews of all time.
Far Cry 7: The Last Avatar
@@archshade7891we get it
@@liamray8736they’re blue
Dont blame the player, blame the game
I’m enjoying the game so far, the world is amazing… I’m sure plenty of patches will come out to clean the game up …
me to u on ps5 or pc?
@@user-he8eu3ue5n … I’m playing on PS5
@@user-he8eu3ue5nhello xbox
True but it might become worse with patches
Is this a Farcry mod with avatar skins and weapons?
Why are the graphics lacking?
Thank you for the really sarcastic review, that was really helpful
Definitely a get on sale type game.
Already $40 @ best buy
Not wasting more than $15 on this
@@iluvmusicqwewell from someone who played it, it has its flaws but it’s worth a tad bit more than that
The fact that we don’t get to pilot one of those crab-subs from the sequel is honestly devastating for me
Keep making great videos bro!! This was a great year for gaming!
Seems like perhaps they missed the boat not having you inhabit an Avatar like in the film, giving you a chance to decide at the end to stay or go. Also, the gameplay elements you could have human only missions, etc. Idk.
In all previous avatar games you play as an avatar, so at least it feels fresh.
The original Avatar game was way better than this. 2 campaigns RDA and Navi based on your choices, but this game just seems PC as hell, barely anyone in the modern gaming industry has the stones to make an actual dark and gritty narrative through choice.
@@battlefieldpro12345agreed the original was phenomenal but ig it reviewed badly? No clue why bc you had actually choice in that game and could go down the bad human path which was just fun in the setting of the world - and hey if you wanted to be Navii you had that there too
pandora and box quote at the end was fire.
Why would you give details about the ending in your review before the game even comes out?
As a big fan of the Avatar series, it’s sad to hear so many criticisms about this game. I’ll still be playing it though.
Wait for sale
@@NeverSaySandwich1 Yeah exactly.
@@NeverSaySandwich1 If you have money. Bet you gonna use parent's money to buy.🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mavvynne444what are you yapping about? It's valid, waiting for a sale makes sense.
You do realise that most of the criticisms are because it is a ubisoft game and people are just tired of the same formula. It’s not that the game is bad, it’s just the repeated formula is leading to reviewers then feeling like it’s more of the same. If you are an avatar fan and don’t play many ubisoft games, i’m sure this game will feel amazing
That Nickelback dig at 7:42 had me dead
why is the video in 1080p? And we're back to 7/10 trend.
8:30 cover is difficult. Those are plastic tubs and would provide no protection at all. However the game needs to be clear about what is and isn’t cover
As usual, Ubi's pre- and post-launch gameplay is so different graphically.
If ur already going for morning jungle jogs in a game..ur into it.
Fps looks quite low, is this the definitive version?
I'm always excited for your uploads.
Excited to get this on sale
it should've been a 3rd person game to really enjoy the "stunning landscapes" and movement mechanics
Which you can do when flying or riding? 🤷♀️
Yes enjoy the environments more with a quarter of your screen being obscured by a Navi backside. 🙃
It’s great because you don’t feel the pressure to paint every mini in great detail like in 28mm. You can get ‘em painted and on the table fast!
what's with the ps2 graphics at 10:31?
This doesn't look fun to me at all.
Seeing how the bow and arrow works in this game doesn't seem fun like in zero dawn and forbidden west. The horizon series still stands out
The game with the best feeling bows imo is Destiny 2
horizon is def a mid game. although the graphics are better in horizon
Horizon Forbidden West is a top tier game what are you on about@@MrPonte37
@@MrPonte37didnt play horizon huh
It's closer to something like Far Cry. In fact, it's pretty much a Far Cry game in most ways.
@6:10 guess the devs forgot that navi bones have naturally occuring kevlar
The UI look kinda charming in a 2003 DVD menu way
Best looking game I've seen for a long time. The moment when you finally leave the building and enter the forest is just breathtaking
Snowdrop engine for ya
It is not the best looking game after a long time. Maybe you haven't looked at other games visuals released in past a couple of years. Check out Pleague, The Finals, RDR2, AC Mirage, AC Valhalla, Horizon Zero Dawn etc. These games are way better in visuals and appeal. Avatar isn't bad visually but not the best looking one.
Really? From this video it looks average
@@riddheshzaveri8103there Is no way this guy said the finals has better visuals ahahha
Looks like a Rage 2 spinoff . Will be deeply discounted sooner than you think .
You knew the final score by the middle of this review, didn't you?
Your videos are always on point.
This should have been a 3rd person perspective game
So far cry primal with blue man group dlc players.
man the way the character holds the bow is so confusing to me. The main character is left-handed?
Why is the archery left handed?
It's a Ubisoft game. Don't expect greatness.
Love how Chase tells the truth while playing the game. Respect.
How much the copyright costs?
Wish they game would be in 3rd person. Especially for climbing this would have worked way better.
It’s weird this game isn’t in VR as well considering how important that was to the movies.
It still may be. The latest horizon vr didn't come out for a bit after the main game came out.
How is VR important to the movies lol
@@ErenTheWarcriminalfacts
@@ErenTheWarcriminalidk lol I’m scratching my head here - did they ever don vr gear? (Lol wait he probably means taking over another body - as in THE avatar
@@ErenTheWarcriminal You really don't see it? Think about how they control the Na'vi bodies.
going into a ubisoft game thinking it will be provide a new experince?
Will this run on a 2070 super at 1080p high/med settings? System specs got me worried lol. Game looks cool might get this on Christmas as well as other games.
Seems like only people who like avatar will like this game.
This just illustrates that up to a point graphics don't matter. The Devs need to focus on creative gameplay/combat...you know, the parts of the game that make it FUN. It does just remind me of Far cry.
They really think making the best graphics would solve the repetitive gameplay lol. Ah ubisoft you are comedy.
Creativeness doesn't exist or not allowed in this company anymore. They just forgot to make innovative games.
It already is far cry. Far cry with blue skin, that's all. Nothing special just same crap.
''This just illustrates that up to a point graphics don't matter'' really if that where so games would all look like Fortnite
Ubisoft knows how to make a very beautiful game. That being said a lot of their games lack the “fun” factor which is what should be priority #1
yeezus why not release a VR mode of this game. This would be insane on the Quest 3 or PSVR2.
This should be a third person game
Crazy how obsessed Ubisoft is with no innovating. They're allergic to trying anything that isn't a formula they made 10 years ago. They just coast in pre-existing IP to do all the work.
Check other reviews. They clearly say this is very innovative, focused more on exploration rather than shooting enemies. They do have some new mechanics plus it's first person. But to each his own man, people will never be happy anyway.
@@Alex_Donnovan I've seen a few reviews that say otherwise.
A review video not in 4k is not acceptable nowadays...
amazing videos u make, but not having 1440p quality settings makes me want to vomit at the graphics the videos show considering the game actualy looks super sharp and beautifull when u play it.
So, it's really an IGN out of 10...
Lmao 😭😂
Hahahaha
Programers: how much bloat can we get away with?
Ubisoft: yes
did anyone else think this new generation of gaming was going to look better?
Looks like December is the month of catching up on my backlog
If you like Pandora, this looks awesome.
im honestly having a lot of fun playing it
The world looks stunning too bad there doesn’t seem to be much to explore or do in it. I’m worried about the upcoming Star Wars game now.
Dw, we all are 😅
You can always count on Ubisoft for the world. They haven't failed once. Gameplay is just what remained same since decade.
It’s Ubisoft……
Exactly the same as ghost of tsushima yet that was praised for nice graphics and a world with nothing to do in it
Didn't expected more from ubisoft.
3:00 why would you spoil that the villains don’t die and get away? Having no spoilers is like review writing 101.
And you just spoiled it now. Thanks dude
This is what happens when you underpay your creators.
Performance?
This review needed a spoiler warning ⚠️
For real...
It really is the Avatar experience. Beautiful world. Puddle deep story. Faithful homage 😂
is just me or you guy's also think that the atmosphere looks bad
Is it ACG reviewing the game?
I'm so shocked about everything said and the score.🙄