Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC - An Incredible Showcase For Cutting-Edge Real-Time Graphics
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- Ubisoft Massive's Avatar Frontiers of Pandora is a simply incredible game, the studio's Snowdrop Engine entering the next generation age with a stunning level of detail and ray traced lighting. In this exploration of the game, Alex Battaglia takes us through Avatar, showcases its micro and macro-level detail - and in a last-minute change to the video, talks us through the 'unobtainium' max settings preset that addresses almost all of his minor quibbles on the game's visual features.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:39 Next-Gen Lighting with Ray Traced Global Illumination and Reflections
00:08:11 World Detail On the Small-Scale
00:09:49 Vistas, Skies, and Volumetrics
00:11:43 Interactivty and Physics
00:13:15 Next-Gen Ray Traced Audio
00:15:07 "Unobtanium" Max Settings and Room for Improvement
00:17:52 How does it play?
00:21:54 Conclusion 
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!['Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora' Is A Mixed Bag [W.I.P. Review]](/img/1.gif)
Thanks for noticing the acoustic rendering features we put in Alex! If you really want to hear the ERs and pseudo-LRs shine through though, you could fire the assault rifle while turning on the spot. Even with RUclips's stereo fold down you can hear the different reflection points render with their own physical-based filter states. All the best, Robert Bantin (Snowdrop Audio Architect).
You guys did an absolutely incredible job with the sound design, even on my lousy headphones and on PS5 (although the PS5 is such a lovely little beast that it looks like it does get away with reactive audio in some games). Every creature's location rendered precisely enough that I can follow animals just from *the sound* of where they are, which in an Ubisoft game with relatively minimal UI is actually kind of important. Since I often use the relatively minimal Exploration mode for my UI, to give this old Avatar movie fan the feel of being a Na'vi. Kudos for the incredible tech work from all teams when it comes to getting Pandora right.
Don’t comment often, but I had to shout it for all to hear: playing this game on XSX and Atmos with my HT setup is beyond any experience I’ve had in any game. Please know you guys did such a great fucking job and should set the precedent for all future games out there!
Audio still seems to remain such an underappreciated part of games. I feel like ever since Microsoft dumped hardware audio with Vista things took a downward spiral, as features like Creative's EAX got nuked (and they gave up on ALchemy). I could even tell the difference right on the desktop with Windows sounds.
Thank you for creating something we can point to to show people what good audio in games sounds like, without even needing a HRTF setup.
The power of raytraced audio is underappreciated currently, I'm very excited for how it will be developed and utilised further.
It has the potential (especially in VR) to add striking and captivating realism to games.
Hi Robert, does the game support dolby atmos for headphones on pc?
being one of the enviroment artist that worked on this game, this warms up my heart to hear!
Yeah man Skyrim climb the hill with Charged crysis Jump, Such brave design bro
Fantastic work! Thanks for all the effort and hours of labour to bring this to life.
@@ac3d657such negativity get laid bro
@@ac3d657 that is not what an environment artist does lol
You helped create something jaw dropping and gorgeous. Be proud!
The Snowdrop engine team should be given a prize. They handled the DX12 transition way better than many of their counterparts (cough Frostbite), very capable of large open-worlds, great multiplayer capacity, versatile (this engine was used to make the South Park game) and very beautiful. Bonds well for the Star Wars game.
It's also the engine used for the two Mario+Rabbids games.
bodes * and yes, I hate myself for having typed this
Seek. Help.
@@xBINARYGODx I too noticed that, wtf does bond well mean haha. but yes does bode well for the star wars game, honestly its the dream star wars/ space exploration game I have been waiting for
@@ac3d657🤣🤣
It's crazy how much better DF's capture looks than anything I saw from Ubi before launch.
I agree this wasn't even on my radar until this df deep dive. Super impressive.
Yes, this time PR was really weak. Even AC Mirage have more cool trailers than Avatar
@@JakeMoran09 no doubt. Its only on EGS though so that's a no go for me. Maybe it will come to Steam at some point, bummer
Holy wow seek help
Honestly yeah I was considering skipping but this game looks super dope here in DF's tech video. Trailers were probably from console versions.
Game is just insanely looking and I very much enjoyed playing it compared to some of their past titles.
Doesn't quite sound like this is saying much.
@@thealgerian3285 Should it? They're just saying it looks nice and was more enjoyable than past titles from the dev
Your review is honestly what got me to buy the game. The idea that there are quiet moments in equal measure to combat encounters was very appealing to me.
@@willuigi64everyone is so cynical. God forbid a game is just a good game…. Nope, that means it’s “mid” or “trash”
Some folks just can’t enjoy something for what it is. It’s sad.
@@fuzzy3932I agree. Nowadays if a game isn’t perfect, you will be judged if you enjoy the game. Not every game needs to be perfect, nor do they need to score a 9/10 to be considered “good”.
One of the best looking games I've ever experienced. Literally just wandered around for hours exploring the unbelievable scenery
You forgot to mention that after you were done checking out some plants you proceeded to do same-y mundane missions with mind numbing gameplay.
Why did you change the title of your video though?
@@Glotttis when you buy a ubisoft game you know what you are going to find, and still did better than expected, in some areas only a little and in others a lot
@@Glotttis😂😂 so true
For some reason I read "scenery" as "sorcery". Tbh, getting this level of visuals from Snowdrop feels like sorcery.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's rather mindboggling how little marketing the game has gotten given the IP and the amount they have invested in its development for like 6 years.
probably because the algorithm didn't think it was relevant to you. i'd been seeing plenty of videos for it, especially over the past two or three months, but I also am on youtube often for na'vi language videos and streams. I almost didn't get the game, thought it would be just "pretty to look at" but when I heard how well the language was spoken in the title song I preordered almost immediately. 13 years and I have never seen spoken na'vi that didn't get micro analyzed for every flaw. The title song? It's the subtitles in the video that are typoed. The rest of the game truly reflects that same level of care.
This game basically just drops in almost out of nowhere and ends up being the most visually impressive game released this year if not in the history of gaming so far. Well done Massive.
It's not all the impressive looking imo. It's the lighting for me.
Lighting looks really flat in a lot of areas.
I'd take something like cyberpunk 2077 pathracing over this. Or the witcher 3 with rtx. Could even make a strong argument for crysis 3, AC unity or fuck it even just heavily modded skyrim.
If the lighting was nicer then I might see why people are impressed by this but so far it just looks like foliage everywhere + raster lighting.
Kinda reminds me of far cry graphics stylistically.
@@trevorveillette8415low quality bait
not for me i have been following it for 3 years since it was announced.
i thought it would be good but it has execeded my expectatations which is rare these days its a game that shouldent be but it is.
Nope... I love Cyberpunk like it's my child and Frontiers of Pandora slaps it silly graphically.
Hell no, its not even close to the most visually impressive game ever, lol
Snowdrop is a very underrated engine. Division looks really a good looking game without much performance issue.
I played a lot of Division 2 with my brothers, underrated game and looks great IMO. Particularly always liked how fire looks in that game.
💯
@@sparkydeltorro Division 2 looks amazing and so much attention to detail and the gameplay is fun as hell and not to mention I get to play as Hunk!
Yep, division was revolutionary back in 2016
This is the best engine I’ve seen that balances beauty with playability. In Division 2 everything is so clear and easy to see/play.
I did not expect this game to go so hard visually. And the sheer amount of foliage alone and excellent lighting is pretty awesome. It really is a stunning game.
I love walking through woodland and looking at the ferns and moss on trees etc. I think I’m going to love just wandering around the game world, I’ve never seen such high quality detail on such small assets before. It really does make the game stand out from its peers.
Yeah. Only small complaint I notice from the video is that the small plants seem to be a bit over animated. They seem to move a bit too much. If it's supposed to be the wind, you can't tell from which direction it is coming.
And still you get people who will tell you that it "looks the same as 2015 games" and that its "unoptimized"
@@damara2268 The kind of people who would say that are the ones who said "this looks lame" when the trailer came out.
His points about the gameplay loop are interesting, you're kinda forced to keep crafting and upgrading your gear, you do get given gear pieces via story missions but not enough to sustain the way the levelling system is formulated. Late game gets tough if you don't have good gear.
the natural world in this game is just unreal, this is what i used to dream of as a kid, i know ''graphics dont matter'' but to a lot of ppl they really do, just wandering around this is spectacular
graphic dont matter? huh?
@@khalidkhalil5437 lots of people believe that. Usually it's because they don't have the hardware to run games at 2K/4K at max settings or they don't play single player games. Hardcore multiplayer gamers don't care much for visual fidelity, and on all the eSports titles they usually run all the settings on low to achieve max FPS.
Would have liked to see more of a comparison as to what the unobtainium settings actually change
I guess there wasn't enough time
That sounds like something that will be touched upon in the optimised settings guide.
Yea he said that he only found out about them after he had the video basically finished.
@@leonro i hope so. its running well on my 2080ti system but i would like to hear alexes recomendations as then i know what the settings do.
Don't bother, they are shills, shilling their ubisoft shareholder connections
Hats off you Ubisoft for delivering a pretty stellar open world on both PC and console that runs perfectly. Crazy Ubisoft being the one to get this right at the tail end of the year
Love to see a comeback
Hats off to Massive. Ubisoft's gameplay is supposedly what hampers this game.
its shocking that they have put out a game with no problems on day one its ubisoft one of the publishers that do not have a good track record.
but the game has been in development for 6 years which shows if you put the time in you get great results most of the time.
sadly most games have a 2 year development if that and its not enough time.
@@editing5157fully owned by Ubisoft since 2008, Massive IS Ubisoft
Wgym crazy? After rockstar and sony its Ubisoft who always creating awesome looking openworlds
Not to mention Division, now look at AC Unity, its 9 years old a NO ONE was able to create such dense city with insane amount of npcs
this water wettness effect on objects inside water is sooo nice, such a small detail but it actually makes this one of the best water surfaces ive seen in video games
Yes that impressed me the most ! Also the way it connects to the land !
@@ectoplasma5 yeah exactly it looks right.
Right?? Also when I was walking through the creek at the very start when you enter the forest I looked down into the water and was like, _damn_ those rocks are covered in fuzzy algae they look so good lol
Too much water
UBISOFT is cool again?
The audio work is the most exciting thing for me, I had no idea they were doing that kind of work but it's super impressive!
honestly i wasnt impressed by the trailers and gameplays and i still think graphics is bad but plant interactions and audio that Alex showed made me consider playing it
ok, later Alex compares it to Crysis, thats quite a recommendation
Yea the audio is good, reminds me of how Battlefield 3 sounded 12 years ago.
Ray traced audio already existed in other games.
@@manoftherainshorts9075Wave traced, not ray traced.
I played the game for a few hours, it looks stunning. And the sound design is super immersive!
The foliage in this game is just glorious. No other game comes even close this.
Ark ascended foliage looks considerably better. It's hard to compete with Unreal engine 5
@@cormac8613 no
@@cormac8613Have you seen the gameplay trailer? It doesn't even look half as dense, reactive or varied as this game. I'm also sure that ark won't be as optimised as Avatar, considering its UE5.
Crysis did it in 2007
Forbidden west...
The Unobtanium settings bring my 4080 to its knees, but it’s so cool to see how far it can scale!
The game pushed my 4090 at ultrawide and whilst using DLSS. It's also made me realise that my 12900k needs to go. It's bottlenecking my system.
does it add any visual difference or does it just simply push LOD settings to the max?
@@originalityisdead.9513what are going to replace it with? A ryzen 7 9800x3d?
@@CaptToiletthey likely don’t know or care. it’s just about pushing the specs to the max.
I wish he woulve done more comparison shots
I can't believe they actually made an amazing Avatar game. Wow, absolutely stunning.
Now that they’ve announced the division 3 watching this makes me even more excited because regardless of how you feel about the game as a whole you can’t deny that the worlds they built for the division look and sounded great so seeing that they have massively upgraded the engine I am beyond stoked
Kudos to Massive Entertainment and all the teams that worked hard on this one. Really enjoyed playing last night, and thanks Alex for bringing attention to stellar efforts with your reporting.
Massive so underrated. Been doing hit games for as long as I can remember.
i would send them a gift basket if i could.
I can't wait to see how their new Star Wars game looks running on this engine.
Same
OMG yes, cant wait.
This game was not on my radar at all, now I am making it a priority. Great job devs, and great job Alex for showcasing this game!
I've had so many moments in this game, where I just stop and look in awe at the world. This is the forest I as a kid dreamt would one day be in a game. Now it is here.
Stepping out into the world for the first time after you escape the RDA facility is a true Crysis moment. The only other game to do that recently is Doom Eternal when you teleport into Urdak.
Probably my favorite Massive game and one of the best looking games of the year. Gave the 7800x3D and 4090 a workout on 'Unobtanium' settings-
What frames are you getting at native 2k and native 4k with max settings? Then what frames are you getting with frame gen, dlss etc.? Thanks.
I have the same setup. I'm gonna have to try this game as much as i don't care for avatar.
@@bustercherry8734you can get it from steam and then ask for a refund after you tried it
@@MrAnimescrazy With 4090 and 7800X3D, in Native 4K it's in the 20's -40's. Looks absolutely gorgeous but to make it playable I use FSR3 ultra quality + frame gen = 55-90fps. FSR3 looks better than DLSS, which is softer and I like sharpness...
@@nabushdinosaure damn ok thanks for the info and what about native 2k with everything maxed out?
Looks awesome, I kind of wish they'd make the engine available for licensing of not only to challenge UE and unity :) also pretty cool to go through all this for a movie based game where they could just bank on the title
Licensing an engine requires a lot more work than just making one - you need to build a lot of user friendly tools, write doccumenation, have customer support and all of that requires constant maintainance. That why most studios dont license their inhouse tech.
Unreal engine looks better more like cgi
@@vickie_g "write documenation", the hardest part..
@@wingedhussar1453Unreal Engine is worse imo.
Been saying it ever since UE5 was announced: it is an overhyped engine. It won't be in the top 5 best engines of the generation and studios such as CDPR fucked themselves by switching to UE5.
@@vickie_g Lol as a dev, even I sometimes find myself too lazy to write documentations for my code.
Also god knows how many pieces of code of their engine consists of hacks and smart workarounds.
Just look at Quake 3 Arena's Fast inverse Square-root operation and its famous "WTF" comment.
I am so happy RT audio is being used, it's something iv hoped we'd see more of by now. Audio cant have a big compute cost but the effect of good audio on a game/film is massive.
I hope we see some more videos for this game, maybe a comparison to UR5?
Super cool to see a engine push graphics so hard that's not Unreal, id like to see more engines covered.
Considering how bad the average user's audio equipment is, no surprise that companies don't prioritize that.
Most gamers dont give a f**k about audio quality unless they have sound problem, like muffled audio, stuttering, static, missing bass , etc, most gamers are not audiophile
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558Considering how vertical this game is, I love that it has proper Atmos support.
@@krisiscovesounds interesting, but i dont know if it make difference in games on average audio device used by gamers
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 Oh of course I agree. With that said I appreciate the effort massive put in even more because it is a niche market they are catering too.
This is the most amazing looking game I've ever seen.
Finally, someone who doesn't think the game is just far cry with Avatar characters. Well done for the professional observation. It feels and plays so much differently. Way too many unfair comments out there!
It is just far cry with avatar characters, its not a good game, keep coping
@@russia4biden221look at ur name pls
It is not far cry with avatar characters,its a good game,i support your statement
duality.
The people who say that haven't played the game ...... Plus they are from the "I hate everything in my life" crowd .... I really can't understand how people can go through life that damned miserable all of the time ......
This just make me more excited for Star Wars outlaws
Opinions shared tastefully, beautiful graphical showcases with exceptional quality on RUclips. Thank you, Alex
This makes me really want a division remaster. The concrete jungle. The snow falling. Accumulating and melting. All the different lighting in the game. Would be amazing.
The future is looking great for Massive and The Division fans. The Division has always been one of the best looking games despite not having the latest and greatest tech. Massive shows that they can do cutting-edge tech while complementing them with very much needed details and art style.
I want to see this game in VR
It would be a great way to complete the Cycle
That would be the only thing that gets me to buy it. Otherwise its Just another boring movie adaptation.
The night time bioluminescence of the plants reminds me of the bright colorful neon lights and particle effects of Infamous Second Son, loved the lighting in that game.
One thing that helps me to enjoy this game is that I haven’t played a single FarCry game since the first one around two decades ago. So I’ve missed out on the FarCry-specific things that makes this feel tired to many, and thus this game is SO much fun
Darn... I feel like I'm looking at some high quality UE5 forest tech demo. Such a tasty looking game.
UE is trash in reality
I can’t believe it’s from Ubisoft. Ubisoft used to be one of the best in pushing graphics and then they got stale till they dropped this game. It’s genuinely a very good game and I am actually enjoying it compared to their other titles.
@@Lord_ofcinder Honestly, I think Massive Entertainment is the best studio Ubisoft has right now.
This game, plus Star Wars Outlaws coming next year? That’s impressive!
@@NintendoGamer2011 Holy crap, I know. I can’t wait for Star Wars: Outlaws.
Keep in mind, this is running on a $2000+ GPU. Personally, yes, it looks nice at these settings, but not nice enough to make me run out and spend two grand on a GPU alone.
Despite crashing every hour of gameplay for my pc, (Please don’t make fun of my outdated graphics card) this is one of the only games to make me say “oh wow” out loud and actually smile. Climbing the rookery was one of the most immersive, awe-inspiring, beautiful thing I’ve seen in a video game.
The title of this video alone is impressive enough. And that alone just made me realize how much I appreciate DF. These guys have a massive impact on my life, more than I would like to admit.
Truly a visual masterpiece, this might be the first time I’ve been completely blown away just from the graphics of the game, and it is well polished as well haven’t noticed any major glitches or bugs. Honestly I was not expecting that, I haven’t watched any avatar movies and this my first time getting into anything avatar yet it still holds my attention and interest. The team that worked on this game should give themselves a pat on the back, you all have truly created a masterpiece. Thank you.
I'm looking forward to your analysis on the FSR3 implementation in this game. There's talk that it's vastly improved from the first games the tech was demoed in.
Hardware Unboxed did a video. They seem impressed. I'd actually written it off based on their initial verdict and others.
@@formulaic78 yes I watched theirs. I want to see Digital Foundry's analysis and opinion specifically though.
I trust HW Unboxed for a better unbiased opinion. I've really grown skeptical of DF videos of late.
Hmm FS3 that could be what is cause the chromatic red / green image after image weirdness on edges possibly. if it is that should make it easier to track down the issue.
@@michaelmcnamara3866 I was a bit skeptical that Steve's colleague whose name I forget could deliver as good DLSS content. But he's more than proved himself and I agree that I might just defer to their opinion over DF on such matters.
this is a spectacular looking game
I paid no attention to it leading up to release, all of the sudden I'm really interested in trying it
Only reason I care is I got a free key with my laptop. I cant play until xmas though. Looking forward to this being the first game i play on my laptop.
It's so ironic how the Visuals make me want this now, just like the movies. Just shows how beautiful this fictional world is and how good of a job they did replicating it here.
Ubisoft are great when it comes to making great looking games...It's the gameplay that they struggle with.
The gameplay is fine, now go back to walking around in the dark with a torch or a sword.
I disagree, their games also have very consistently very very solid gameplay, in fact i would they are some of the best in the Open world category.
@@SuperBallani if you've played 1, you've played them all. They rarely deviate from their formula. AC, Division, Far Cry, Ghost Recon... Are all similar at their core
@@HacksawJimThuggin Open world games usually have something to do in them, an enemy to fight, something to take over and make yours or make free. AC's play very differently to the Division, FarCry plays very differently to all of them. At their core the loop is similar, because what else are you going to do in an open world game? People want to shoot or kill things and feel the progression. Why is this wrong?
The engine scales so well. The PS5 version obviously doesn't have all the bells and whistles but is still extremely nice looking and runs well with so much detail on display. Also, thank you Massive for the FOV slider - something Ubi does not usually implement in their other first person console games.
This should be in VR I mean this looks good
Best comment so far
i have avoided VR as i dont like wareing a huge device on my head but for this game i would go for it.
pick a small device, there are sizes for everyone's taste.@@stephenmeinhold5452
Looks better than every UE5 title so far. Kudos to ubisoft for properly utilising the snowdrop engine.
I feel like this is one of the best videos on the channel. Watched the entire thing. I really appreciated the detailed explanation of the gameplay in addition to the technical analysis.
I turned on the explorer mode the first time I started playing and it's such an interesting challenge. I'm so unused to actually getting lost in a game world and it feels great and immersive. I was just thrown into this world to find my way around and I love the freedom that gives me
At 8:32 the ground with all the leaves is impressive ! First time I see something like this in a video game !
I would like to see a ground like this in RDR 2 PS5
The water suffers from a "Swimming pool" effect. Its like the ripples are too evenly dispersed and move too quickly, Almost feels like its scaled wrong for the type of water thats being shown. Thats about the only visual element I see that takes me out of just being absolutely stunned by a live scene in this game.
I thought the same thing. Felt like my video was playing at 1.5x speed (or higher), but it wasn't. Hopefully they'll correct this in a patch, along with the other visual discrepancies Alex mentioned.
I’m not a hardcore gamer, but this is the only game I can walk around in for hours without actually playing it. Just enjoying it and get away from the real world.
Nothing beats this game at night! The sounds from the world around you. Plants,animals,and the music.
I just love this game!
A huge thanks to the developers for making this masterpiece 😍👌🏻
This is my favorite kind of video DF delivers, looking at the technical aspects of the pc version of a new game. Very well done, as always!
The greatest Alex compliments equate to the frequency of Crysis 1 comparisons haha that’s a good thing to me!
I've been trying to play this on pc. Not having much luck though as I can't move 10 feet without my jaw dropping and me having to hit up photo mode. Think I've taken 60 plus screen shots, all wallpaper worthy, in first 3 hours.
When a storm hits and the skies are grey with high winds... omfg
Was really disappointed that no one had made a big enough deal about how special this is... until now 😊
I just have to say the quality of your videos is unmatched. The attention to detail and technicality, as well as your editing and writing, truly sets you guys apart from most other similar channels. Keep it up!
What I like about the team at DF is they look at game a bit differently. Alex's description of what he likes about the game and how he enjoyed it was very much in line with my thoughts. I find this kind of analysis is missing from most reviews.
Cringe. Seek help
Some great editing in this Alex.
It honestly drops frames very noticeably on Series X but I'm still enjoying it immensely. It's a great open world sci fi game, and it's nice to get one of those this year after all.
For me it only has ever dropped once. I did notice it runs alot better on performance mode as when I got to the grasslands everything was flickering and dropping textures but going to performance mode definitely stopped it
@SubaruWRC1996 I'm on performance mode as well, and it drips quite a bit during rainstorms. On quality I was choppy in general. I expect some improvements will be made but it's already a great experience.
Glad you're enjoying it! :D.. I only play games on PC.. so was curious: Does it have Ray Tracing on Series X?
It's heavy as f* on PC too, should require a lot less from the hardware according to the visual fidelity, the water looks really weird for the most part
@@DwarfNobleit does, surprisingly
This game could do with a VR mode. Actually being there in Pandora, would be awesome.
Also, that first bit of the game where you make your way out of the ship to the forest, reminded me of Unreal 1, and I had the same jaw-dropping moment I did here, as I did back in 1998.
The Division is still one of my favorite-looking games, the Snowdrop engine is incredibly capable and the way that they flex their technical muscles with an art team to match was incredible. This looks like a worthy new game in that lineage. Super stoked to try it. Your description of it as closer to Crysis than Far Cry has me wanting to buy it.
8:50 this is parallax occlusion mapping right? Using real geometry would be insane
a comparison between console and PC would be great and a comparison between unobtanium and ultra setting would be great too.
6:40 "Pandora at night is lit up not only by the moon" - Pandora is the moon here, it is lit up by it's planet =)
Check the Note in the bottoming left when I say that
Absolutely stunning! Great video and thanks for the gameplay part which I was worried about with reading and watching some reviews, this is much better than previous open world Ubisoft games
The environments are absolutely drop dead gorgeous. It definitely is a bit cookie cutter mechanics wise from far cry. But this is definitely through and through a good Avatar game.
Hats off to Massive, stunning work. I do wish the motion blur looked better. It looked quite off in trailers and early footage, and it doesn't seem to have improved at all.
The Snowdrop engine has built in VR support. I can't wait to experience this game in VR.
It's Far Cry in Pandora, but oh man it's the best feel good game I've ever played!
The random events and fighting is some of the best Ubisoft has ever done.
If you think open worlds are overwhelming, skip this it's the most overwhelming map yet, but if you can conquer your fears, my god is it rewarding!
If this game can overcome the Ubisoft Schema that so bedevils most of their games then it might be something I could play. The visuals ARE stunning, and rather jaw dropping in the scope of the ambition realized here.
I also thought that this Avatar game reminded me very much of Crysis, it looks incredible, love just discovering it. The only thing I don't like so much is the water.
Agreed, the water doesn't look right. Waterfalls I like though.
The water moves too fast. I wonder if it's just a technical physics/framerate limitation or if the team actually thought it looked right. If so, they need some distance or a third party.
Hearing Alex sitter there talking all the technical bed talk about this game made me buy it..
Thank you so much for making this video, the amount of time, editing, even the way this is narrated, amazing work! Liked and subed! Love this video it actually means a lot to me that you made this because I love this game
Appreciate getting a PC build analysis first for a change, you guys should do this more often. It helps showcase how good these games really could be given the resource and optimization.
100% agree with this.
7:38 Here I see it pink! While this is red 7:53
Nice preview Alex, awesome job Ubisoft team! I would have liked to see condensation buildup on exterior facing windows; this would simulate the difference in humidity and interior temperatures. This could also in theory mask lower quality RT reflections if used.
Didn't expect much from this but my mouth fell open the first time I went out into the forest.
The game is beautiful and fun to play, I went in with low expectations and was blown away once I stepped out into Pandora.
So was I. Very rarely do I play a game and go "wow". When I stepped out into the forest for the first time, I just sat there and looked. I was stunned. Absolutely phenomenal!
oh man, that is excellent sound design....really nice
Always nice to hear a happy Alex
I like how you can see the wind blow ripples in the water. It's the first game I've seen with that effect.
This is just as impressive as the movies my god.
Facts bro
Needs a path tracing upgrade to destroy PCs like Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2.
Why does the lighting still look so flat?
One thing I'd like to point out, and that's not even a technical point, but it makes everything so much more lifelike. The way the small brooks ondulate with waves, and how it makes their border change. It's amazing. Not many (if any) devs would add this kind of details. Small puddles and brooks are usually flat surfaces which only move thanks to texture shaders...
Terrific looking game and as always awesome video.
Definitely gonna play this with all the markers off and immerse myself in the world.
This is such an insanely pretty game, I wish 3Dtv were still a thing, because I get the feeling this game would look amazing in 3D.
a man after my own heart!
It's a crying shame that stereoscopic gaming went down the gutter in favor of the party trick, that is VR.
I had incredible times playing in 3D
Check the part at the end of the video “how it plays”
Honestly, this is the sentiment that I’m catching in a lot of reviews. If you turn off all the HUD and just go full immersion, this game, hits the right marks!
This is the first game in a long time, I’m seriously tempted to double down, and buy on release. Might be an early Christmas present to myself.
Although that said I’m not sure whether I can personally justify spending 70 quid on one game. That’s a hell of a lot of money. I might just wait till January and it will probably hit the sales at some point.
But that said, I kind of want to support a game like this. It seems like the devs intentions were good, trying to focus on the right stuff, really trying to make an immersive game.
I gave the exploration mode that Alex recommends a try. Try to find my comment on this video for a full impression of it as a brand new player. The short version is that it can sometimes leave you hanging and I wish it did a little more with in-game context clues. Exploration mode is great 9 times out of 10 though. I'm gonna keep at it but it can be tricky for reasons external to the gameplay itself.
I’ve been enjoying this game so much, it’s insanely beautiful and unique feeling! Definitely deserves the glowing review from DF
It feels like I'm looking at the 2007 Crysis tech demo finally being playable
I've tried it on my RTX 4090 PC and my PS5 and can barely notice any differences. So nearly everything in this video also goes for consoles.
Good god… these developers really out did themselves with the floral density.
when i first got it, i was playing it like a fps game. But then idk i just started running and jumping and just experiencing it and it became so much fun
Snowdrop is indeed insane. People who play Division 2 know how good the game looks even in 2023. Great W for Ubisoft massive.
UBISOFT ACTUALLY DELIVERED ON GRAPHICS VS TRAILER 😂 AND BOY DOES IT LOOK AMAZING 💙 NOW IMAGINE WHAT SPLINTERCELL REMAKE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE!!!!
"Remake" because they are creatively bankrupt ....
Cool that this is not Unreal engine 😊
As a fan of Avatar movies I am very happy that we got opportunity to step into such a beautiful world. Hopefully one day on some future hardware and headsets we will experience it in VR.
I love Snowdrop Engine . I played Division 2 on dx12 for 12 hours straight and didnt notice 1 single micro stutter. Im sure it will be the same for this game!
If you’re a fan of Pandora like I am then it’s worth it
I enjoy it a lot. Mich more than the other Ubisoft Formular games lately which I also played and liked so far. This game has something special besides beautiful graphics. Real nice pacing inmo
This is the first open world that really looks like in the trailers to be honest. I have been playing this game since release and OMG and stunned by how good it looks. The environment really is ALIVE and it feels like that. I mean, I was at a river side hunting storm beast and suddenly a big fliyng dragon (not the small ones they ride on) lands at the river, the stormbeast run away like hell I was like "WOW WTF is happening right now!"
Storywise it's ok and very solid.
The only thing I was scared off was how easy you can kill the enemies but you can play the game in hard difficulty and that changes everything. Humans deal damage but not that much the robots will fuck you up. Just how I wanted it.
Game of the year in my opinion
9:00 Another amazing example of this is when I was looking at the fish in the hunter logbook and I notice how the light was being spread over the scales and that honestly kinda amazed me.