GymWolf
Member
Potató potato, massive is still under ubisoft and it's not like division games showed groundbreaking gunplay that was vastly superior to far cry, it was just good at best.
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mitch1971
Member
That's a perfect GAF game then.
King Dazzar
Member
I respect your reviews and that you're a passionate gamer. But I just cant agree with you on Far Cry 5 and 6 being messes. 6 had some technical engine issues and for me was way too easy, but still loved both of them. But now as you didnt like FC 5&6 but liked Avatar, it makes me wonder if I wont like Avatar lol Oh well, will have to wait for more impressions. Did you get to try either of the console versions and any performance impressions?
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Some gameplay:
Looks fun.
Looks fun.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Where dem PS5 impressions at
Will download after work
Closing out the year with bonafide junkfood gaming
Will download after work
Closing out the year with bonafide junkfood gaming
Krappadizzle
Member
Yeah, I was actually looking to. Was just gonna add it to my follow list for a future sale and was surprised not to see it. I thought Ubisoftened their stance on putting games back on Steam? I know Valhalla came to Steam recently. Though I just checked and see Mirage isn't on there as well.Too bad it’s being held back from steam.
Hey Ubisoft..
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Magic Carpet
Member
6 pages in and I'm just now learning it's not available on Steam?
Instead I'll stick with my original plan, If Baldurs Gate 3 wins game of the year tonight I'll buy that on PC.
Avatar can wait
Instead I'll stick with my original plan, If Baldurs Gate 3 wins game of the year tonight I'll buy that on PC.
Avatar can wait
TrebleShot
Member
Had some credit on my PS5 so picked it up, runs mostly under 60 in performance mode sort of high to low 50fps.
Haptics fantastic as always, audio amazing too.
Resolution looks fairly low but not unplayable
If I had to guess 1080p upscaled , looks like medium settings.
Once you start playing you won’t notice too much.
Has full haptics and cross save on PC , massive props to Ubisoft to that approach.
Haptics fantastic as always, audio amazing too.
Resolution looks fairly low but not unplayable
If I had to guess 1080p upscaled , looks like medium settings.
Once you start playing you won’t notice too much.
Has full haptics and cross save on PC , massive props to Ubisoft to that approach.
Where dem PS5 impressions at
Will download after work
Closing out the year with bonafide junkfood gaming
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Nice. Quality mode it is. I wanna see the graphics in all of their splendor.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Ubi has been doing this since Valhalla/Immortals. All their games have save sync through the Ubi account. You can sync saves across PS5, XSX, and PC.
King Dazzar
Member
Thanks, that's me out then.
TheUndeadGamer
Member
Thank you
. I was waiting for someone to say this. 7/10 should not be considered trash. I just don’t get Gaf at times. 
I will wait for a sale on the game though. Mostly because of backlog.
For info what was the stream you watched ?
It's like 50% more FPS, so it's definitely worth it.
TacoSavage
Member
any word on console performance and settings? i cannot find anything online and no console code was provided for reviews. i dont want to spend 75 bucks on a console version that has no reviews online
TVexperto
Member
fidelity 30 fps
performance 60 fps
Denton
Member
Played few hours on PC. It feels like a Far Cry game, hell even the engine feels like Dunia eventhough it is Snowdrop.
Story-wise it is cliche-ridden trash of course.
Graphics is great, runs 60fps stable on ultra, no issues.
I think I might have fun with it, but I will prioritize the main questline. Not gonna spend 50 hours in this.
Story-wise it is cliche-ridden trash of course.
Graphics is great, runs 60fps stable on ultra, no issues.
I think I might have fun with it, but I will prioritize the main questline. Not gonna spend 50 hours in this.
Krappadizzle
Member
I will say I'm pleasantly surprised by the game so far. It VERY much is Far Cry Primal + Avatar.
I'm not a big Avatar fan by any stretch. I think I watched the first one 3 times or so and the 2nd movie once. I enjoyed them enough, they are spectacle through and through and the game seems to capture that forest really well.
I'm enjoying it way more than I expected at least. I really dug Primal and 5 but thought FC6 kinda sucked. I'm not the biggest fan of the series, but I've enjoyed Far Cry enough. Especially in the co-op setting. I'm hoping I can convince someone to rent it for a month like me and give it a shot.
I think Snowdrop is a really impressive piece of tech and so far from what I've played and seen with Avatar, it really is a looker. Not perfect, maybe not the best, but it's gotta be up there. It looks great on PC.
GymWolf
Member
It's decent for now, great graphic and the bow\melee feels powerfull enough, and i can see having fun with the parkour.
But having minigames to pick plants and fruit must be one of the most stupid ideas i ever seen, i get that the fuglies are in touch with the nature and shit, but you can't put minigames when harvesting is the main way to upgrade stuff, you pick stuff all the time in this game.
Yeah i enjoyed primal way more than fc 5 or 6, and this one is more similar to primal.
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Calverz
Member
Look we all know you a sony boy, but come on, dont make it so obvious!
Game Information
Game Title: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5 (Dec 7, 2023)
ClanOfNone
Member
Comparisons to Far Cry Primal have me interested, but it would've been heretical of me to not purchase Warhammer: Rogue Trader instead.
MacReady13
Member
Guy is an absolute hack. Cannot stand him and is part of the reason I stopped watching pretty much all DF content.We’re getting another video with him crying about the state of pc gaming.
TVexperto
Member
what did he do ? i only remember him cause he is shilling hard for scam citizen
Fake
Member
I take back some of the critics I have with this game. Looks decent, besides this stupidy of online requeriment.
MacReady13
Member
Main thing I remember him doing is having a go at someone for going on to Colin Moriarty's podcast. These gaming hacks are just awful people.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
This game destroys PS5 controller batteries. Haptics for everything it’s insane.
You can feel the insects buzzing around you.
Pretty awesome stuff. And it’s fucking gorgeous.
You can feel the insects buzzing around you.
Pretty awesome stuff. And it’s fucking gorgeous.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Just get it in ps5 and pirate on pc if you must. Their launcher sucksToo bad it’s being held back from steam.
Hey Ubisoft..
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
Can’t look worse than aw2 on ps5. Seriously. Devs need to stop using fsr2. Just fucking 1080p with taa if you must. Use fsr1 to upscale which is just bilinear upscale but a bit better.
But by god…. Never use fsr2. It ruins image quality and it’s not free. They could get higher base res without using this terrible upscale.
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Topher
Gold Member
Nah....it's fine. You click Games. You click the game. You click Play. How hard is that? Certainly not enough to advocate piracy.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
It’s another layer in digital gaming. I just don’t need it
Masterofchapter
Member
But want steam to steal 30 percentage from developers
Topher
Gold Member
You are overstating a couple of clicks my man. Still not good enough reason to advocate piracy (if there is one). Be better.
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Methos#1975
Member
Where can the all the preorder and deluxe set cosmetic junk be found, not showing up at all in game.
AJBungah
Neo Member
Played for about 5 hours on PS5. My thoughts:
It's absolutely gorgeous to look at. I played on Quality mode first but switched to Performance when I started to get in more fights. It still looks amazing and that increase in framerate is arguably essential in my eyes because it's parkour/aim heavy.
The sound is fantastic, the feedback on the DS5 is very well implemented.
The combat is fun on the whole but I think there are too many mech suit enemies personally.
BUT
The story, characters, quests, dialogue are all pretty trash which I guess is on brand. Also most of the additional gameplay systems feel very half baked and tacked on to include resource gathering, cooking, crafting as well as fairly uninteresting +% skill trees.
It's by no means a bad game but I'm going to return it tomorrow and recoup some money while it's still at a higher value.
It's absolutely gorgeous to look at. I played on Quality mode first but switched to Performance when I started to get in more fights. It still looks amazing and that increase in framerate is arguably essential in my eyes because it's parkour/aim heavy.
The sound is fantastic, the feedback on the DS5 is very well implemented.
The combat is fun on the whole but I think there are too many mech suit enemies personally.
BUT
The story, characters, quests, dialogue are all pretty trash which I guess is on brand. Also most of the additional gameplay systems feel very half baked and tacked on to include resource gathering, cooking, crafting as well as fairly uninteresting +% skill trees.
It's by no means a bad game but I'm going to return it tomorrow and recoup some money while it's still at a higher value.
Masterofchapter
Member
Modern day gamers wants huge boss battles and cinematic set pieces, it's sad how much gaming has fallen, avatar is not about that its about immersion ubisoft nailed it here
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King Dazzar
Member
Well I dont. The problem is. From what I've been reading. Its not very immersive if it doesn't hold a locked 60fps on either of my consoles and the story and missions are bland. It comes across as the blandness of things is immersion breaking in of itself. i.e they've created a lovely looking world, which has technical issues, together with a fatiguing gameplay loop.
I've yet to play it myself, but these are the impressions I've got. And I aint dropping £70 to £115 on that basis.
sendit
Member
I'm about 5 hours in to the PC version. Struggling to continue, gameplay loop isn't capturing my attention. Pretty game sometimes, visuals are way too inconsistent.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
GTA and TGA totally killed any anticipation and hype for this game.
Gambit2483
Member
There was hype?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
4 pages worth of it.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Hype Check - Where's the hype?
Because Avatar and it's lore and world suck (outside of looking pretty) Another high IQ guest here.
Gambit2483
Member
4 pages worth of it.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Hype Check - Where's the hype?
Because Avatar and it's lore and world suck (outside of looking pretty) Another high IQ guest here.www.neogaf.com
More than half of those posts are either shitting on the game, on Ubisoft or even questioning if the hype even exists
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Random, but earlier today, I had a discussion with a buddy who happens to work at Ubisoft. We were talking about Avatar and how disappointed they are that a 120Hz VRR mode hasn't been implemented for current-gen consoles (they're playing it on the PS5). They believe it could have helped in improving the latency, given that the game doesn't really drop below 48 fps in performance mode, thus staying within the VRR window.
Now, here's the interesting part they shared with me. They're actually part of the dev team working on an upcoming Snowdrop Engine title slated for release in the future, and they're intent on pushing hard for a 120Hz VRR mode on both XSX and PS5 in this game which I can't really name.
Now, here's the interesting part they shared with me. They're actually part of the dev team working on an upcoming Snowdrop Engine title slated for release in the future, and they're intent on pushing hard for a 120Hz VRR mode on both XSX and PS5 in this game which I can't really name.
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