Man, I think it's pretty ballsy to give players the choice to play as an RDA soldier, slaughtering the Na'vi. Even if they imply that it's the immoral choice, it's still a fully viable way to play and that's dope.

@ashchisalleh1454

Жыл бұрын

RDA side... Is Rad.. Pack with weapon, but wild creatures sure give challenge like black looking tiger.

@randypoole9491

Жыл бұрын

You'll get canceled for something like this nowadays

@Longder09

Жыл бұрын

well get it when the game out back in 2009, and play as RDA about 3 times campaign, and for navi just once as gman mention, yes starting of the campaign for them is pain in ass.

@ElectricKitty

Жыл бұрын

people do seem to be missing more evil options in games these days

@laughingseal2282

Жыл бұрын

It's also one of the colorful games to come out at that time. In 2009 everything was a gray and brown shooter.

This game was amazing back in the day! Even the multiplayer was quite enjoyable, it was a glorious mess of Navi, Mechs and explosions

@Feasco

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised anyone remembers there was a multiplayer, I got into it for a hot minute before the match ended and I never touched it again

@jacksonconstantine5740

11 ай бұрын

If it wasn’t for mw2 it would’ve had the best multiplayer on 2009 imo. Clubbing dudes in mechs during games of capture the flag was so satisfying.

Finally, someone's giving this game an actual chance, this was a huge part of my childhood, played it five times

@goldenman8825

Жыл бұрын

Just get a life maybe?

@govardhanposina17

Жыл бұрын

@@goldenman8825 you want my child self to not play this game to get a life? Okay...

@sandercohen9712

Жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm almost at that age where I end up in a nursery home reading that this game was a huge part of your childhood. 2009 feels like 5 years ago to me.

@hop-skip-ouch8798

Жыл бұрын

@@govardhanposina17 You are alive. Your child self succeeded.

@shpoopyshpoop

Жыл бұрын

​@@sandercohen9712it's worse than that. It came out in 2005 lol. I was 14.

The movie license game *X-Men Origins: Wolverine* is arguably an underrated gem as well.

@anirvana

Жыл бұрын

fuck yeah, that shit went hard

@arnox4554

Жыл бұрын

It was pretty good.... But Ninja Gaiden II got there first and was better. Admittedly though, NGII was BALLS TO THE WALL hard. What separated the men from the boys.

@Brownaut1993

Жыл бұрын

Not even arguably. It was very underrated. Very good game

@shpoopyshpoop

Жыл бұрын

​@@arnox4554I hate that they made the so called sigma edition worse than the original ninja gaiden 2. And it's harder to get the original now except through Xbox marketplace

@warbosswurldsmasha5414

Жыл бұрын

​@@arnox4554 Yeah, but that wasn't saddled with being a movie tie-in.

This game IS underrated especially since it's one of the few actually good games that ties in to the events of a movie while not being too overbearing. The Riddick games are also good examples of a video game tie-in to a movie IP that is pretty satisfying. Also, the RDA campaign is actually the canon decision considering you take part in the final battle against the Navi at the Well of Souls.

@VexAcer

Жыл бұрын

It's pretty insane how high budgeted and ambitious Riddick manages to be despite being a licensed tie-in game. And how they manage to pull it off properly too. They took a risk with the game instead of just making a cheap/safe cash grab.

@Feasco

Жыл бұрын

I question how well it ties in, it takes place before the movie but you'd think it would have a bigger impact on things like relationship with the Navi or the Avatar program or the potential of another avatar going native before sully comes along as it is the most that's happened is vehicles get spears lodged in them the RDA maybe shot up a school for navi one time

@benamram9978

3 ай бұрын

I’m going to download and play it

The open world is completely devoid of side content, there are no consequences for dying, and yet, I had such a blast playing this game back in the day. I sank a lot of hours into aimlessly wandering Pandora and shooting the fauna. XD

i was playing a lot of crappy games back on the 360, especially licensed ones, but this one was pretty good. repetitive and a bit clunky, but more ambitious than most tie ins. i kinda miss games like this nowadays...

@MrTonycoughlan

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I’ve still got my 360 and ordered a few movie tie in games from EBay. Including the Disney Pixar ones.

@MrPolicekarim

10 ай бұрын

Compared to the annual shitwave that is COD, and the pay to win triple AAA fest, it was an golden age of gaming!

I remember avidly playing this my junior year in high school, it was/is a surprisingly good and addicting game. Edit: to answer your question about "being shot from nowhere" there are actually human sniper perches in some of the missions (little dugouts which contain humans with precision rifles) Also one thing that separates the human and na'vi factions are how quickly you can gain spare lives. With the na'vi you can gain it by harvesting plant material while with the RDA you can only gain it as drops from defeated enemies. (you need to collect 10 pieces of material to gain one spare live with a total of 5 spare lives)

I remember being a kid in italy in the early 2000’s and not owning a ps3 or a 360. One day a classmate invited me to his place and he had a ps3 with this game, needless to say i was totally blown away and at that moment i got hooked to games for life. Prior to that my favorite game was metal slug, i used to play it in a neogeo cabinate they had at my dad’s favorite bar which also had a fishtank with live piranhas

@ManateeMentality

Жыл бұрын

You mean late 2000s or early 2010s right?

@thatitalianlameguy2235

Жыл бұрын

Dioporco

@lucignolo8333

Жыл бұрын

@@ManateeMentality yeah i was 10 in the late 2000’s

@ManateeMentality

Жыл бұрын

@@lucignolo8333 yeah but you said early 2000s

@cn.st.182

Жыл бұрын

I somehow love the little details about your dad's favorite bar 😂

This game was so freaking fun those mech suits were insanely fun to control here’s hoping for a an actual high budget version of this game we NEED it

@cenciende9401

Жыл бұрын

Did you not notice the year? This was a high budget game. That's what third person games looked like in 2009.

@Assassin5671000

Жыл бұрын

Well Ubisoft is making an Avatar game ,but only from the Navi perspective witch sucks since I want to shoot the blue people ;D

@spectredeadgaming7874

Жыл бұрын

@@cenciende9401 my bad I mispoke, what I meant was a modern high budget version. Just hoping they don’t do it cheaply and have it be a cash grab

@squelchotron8259

5 ай бұрын

@@Assassin5671000 The new game is cringe as fuck.

Wow, I didn't realize 2008-2009 was such an amazing time for games. Yeah, looking back, we took it for granted. The fact that a 5/10 back then can be viewed as a 7/10 currently, says more about the current state of the industry than anything else.

@toxinqwerty

Жыл бұрын

Says more about your pretentiousness than anything else.

The fact they let you choose your campaign is amazing. RDA here we go

I loved the 3rd person mech driving xbox game. What's really neat is that Cameron only added the mechs in the film after he saw them created in the videogame first.

I played this game when it came out. I bought the Nvidia 3d vision 3d glasses and monitor to play it on. It was EPIC! The 3d gaming was 100x better than movie 3d! Had no idea stereoscopic gaming looked so good. Been gaming in 3d that way with 90% of my games ever since, and Avatar the game was the catalyst.

Running this game on a 9800GT back in the day I was truly impress on the graphic quality and performance ratio.

It's just like how chronicles of Riddick was an under rated movie game. Loved that shit.

@mechanizedmind2472

Жыл бұрын

Escape From Butcher Bay was so damn good. Genuinely good melee combat and it demanded you to think carefully and explore cautiously.

@turdzilla1675

Жыл бұрын

I wish it was on the Xbox backwards compatible list.

@mechanizedmind2472

Жыл бұрын

@@turdzilla1675 For real.

@ZAWFUL

Жыл бұрын

@@turdzilla1675 I think you can still play it on PC that's how I played it originally. Can use an Xbox controller too if you prefer. Shouldn't be too taxing on modern laptops or PCs.

@ZAWFUL

Жыл бұрын

@@mechanizedmind2472 yeah kind of reminded me of the condemned games in some areas.

Finally someone else who played this hidden gem, it's such a good game and didn't deserve the crap it got

I'm glad I'm not the only one that had a great time with this game. So much fun playing as the RDA. Reminds me of the Deathworld books. Great looking game too! Too bad the upcoming Avatar game limits you to playing as a Navi.

That ending talking about all the god tier releases towards the end of the 00s, that zapped me back into so much nostalgia. We really did have it all

Choosing between an RDA and Navi really is an interesting concept they put in this game. They really did watched the movie’s plot,and made it into a game where we can choose from a soldier or a Navi.

Best. Intro. Ever.

I remember there was a time my parents would buy me licensed games quite frequently, and as you can imagine the quality was always pretty poor. I still vividly remember getting this game from a rental shop in 2010 and LOVING it. i never did end up bringing it back! thanks for making this video!!

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@BoSPaladin-102

Жыл бұрын

Allen from Generation Films/Tech was right!

I’m glad you gave this game some recognition. I remember getting this game when I was young and I played it recently and I thought it was such an underrated game.

YES!! I've loved this game for so long and I've always heard more people say it sucked than hearing people give it any praise whatsoever. Never understood the hate. Loved this game more than the movie.

Love Your Videos man! Keep up the good work!!

You really just unlocked a recessed memory i pushed deep down... Like, i completely forgot this game existed but i remember loving it

I recently remembered this game when watching the way of the water. I was a kid and my uncle was visiting from Florida during the time and I remember having a lot of fun with it. It was relatively stable from what I remember and the gameplay felt good and varied. It’s cool seeing this obscure game get any positive coverage.

Yes! Love that this game is getting more recognition. I got it near when it came out because it hit the bargain bin pretty quick and special edition came with a figure. By the standards of most movie games, it's a surprisingly competent lite open world action RPG. My favorite aspect is that the game has a Metroid Prime-style scanner in which you scan objects, enemies and NPCs to unlock lore entries in the encyclopedia, and naturally between the two very different campaigns you get different opportunities to scan certain things. I'm not sure if there was anything exclusive to each campaign, but it was still fun to try to get all the encyclopedia entries and see the neat little worldbuilding lore they wrote into the game.

Your editing-game is an inspiration to us all, always guaranteed a good laugh

I like how generous they are with the rewards. You level up very frequently, and when you do you’re rewarded with tones of guns, skills and awesome looking outfits all at the same time. It’s very generous and keeps you playing.

Just wanna say: Your reviews are really good and entertaining. Even though I probably won't play 90% of the games you present.

@adamrogowski2748

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

I remember playing the game when it came out and enjoying it. I didn't become aware of its negative reception until later and I never really fully understood it. I mean, yeah, it's not like the greatest game ever or anything, but I thought it was fun enough.

Hello, i'm your average youtube gun nut, and i'd like to spend a word about James Cameron's ability to create some of the most credible, versatile, interesting and realistic sci-fi weapons i've ever seen. You are probably thinking about the alien franchise, but no, today i am talking about the CARB modular weapon system seen in the Avatar franchise. These weapons (unlike the overwhelming majority of sci-fi terrible looking crap usually put toghether with whatever the department could find) look belivable, usable, reliable while still being recognizable. Some people might say that they look generic, but honestly they do not. Sci-fi weapons who try to be realistic are normally just real life weapons with plastic stuff glued on top, while the team of Avatar actually took the time to create something new that still looks like something people would actually use and you can even still guess the role of each weapon and how they work. You can see the assault rifle with the underbarrel semi auto grenade launcher/shotgun (depending on the ammo) that can be removed and used separetely. Unfortunately the revolver is the usual "normal gun with stuff glued on top", but still i liked the effort.

I genuinely love this channel, I watch almost every video even if I’ve never played the game because you make it entertaining as fuck.

Sam Worthington kills it as Alex Mason in Black Ops. He’s not totally talentless

@MrTonycoughlan

Жыл бұрын

His accent slips a bit but apart from that I agree.

Dang! The shade at Sam! The Earthling campaign gives me serious Lost Planet/ Earth Defense Force vibes.

I was just thinking about making a video on this game the other day, one of my favourite games from the 2007-2012 era of games.

@realkaibr

Жыл бұрын

The nostalgia around this game is crazy to me, really want to replay it.

The multiplayer was great, but I don't think the devs intended that. When I played, the servers were empty, you'd get a 2 v 2 at best. But the low player count turned the game into a Predator-like team deathmatch, where the phase run and invisibility skills were the best skills to use. Combined with the airstrike/bird swarm thing, it was a team deathmatch ruled by gorilla tactics. The Navi bow was so hard to use, but super powerful. Sadly the RDA pistol and rifle were the most OP weapons in any multiplayer, and were basically Insta kills at short or long range respectively. While it might have been a tacked on mode, it was pretty fun and a gem of a mode that I won't forget from 2009.

Oh Gman, you are full of surprises! 😁

I remember playing this with the 3D glasses on a big 3D TV at the armageddon expo in NZ back in the day. That was a unique experience!

1:41 it's not a gmanlives video without that classic fart over an explosion... keep doing the lords work brother 😌

Every time I watch any of your videos, I really appreciate your sense of humor. Misty Stone surely approves.

I was kinda addicted to this game when it came out, loved the multiplayer

For me the biggest sell of the game was being able to play as the RDA. And as someone who replayed the campaign tones of times, the RDA from a gameplay sense was easily the best. If I can’t play as the RDA in Ubisoft’s new avatar game I don’t want it

It's so funny that you played the COD sound effects while I was playing MW3 Spec Ops

definitely agree man... there's also that stigma of movie Titan games just like games tied in the movies that people are wary of but occasionally we get these few gems that pop up and it's glorious...👍

I remember really enjoying playing this game on the xbox back in the day when I was released. A lot of my friends gave me a hard time because it was a movie tie in game, which there were many that I enjoyed and some that I did not. This was one of the few that actually stood out to me. I still haven't my collection and like to pop it out and play it from time to time period my 8 and 10 year old have recently enjoyed playing it as the new movie has released and they have been getting into that world. I thought it was cool that they used the far cry engine as that allowed them to create the nice jungle look that the movie had and thought it was cool that you could play as the Na'vi or humans. That said I'm glad the game is starting to get noticed again for the good things that it had. Seems like I've been seeing a lot of older games from the 7th generation that are starting to get a second look and more praise than what they recieved upon release.

As a man who enjoyed the avatar games as a kid, I’m glad you made this video

Awesome review man, awesome review. 🍻

Another quality video as always

While in the process of collecting the xbox 360 library,I made my way to movie based games and Avatar came along. It sincerely impressed me,good to see it get some love!

1:40 Ah, you're calling in an airstrike on the poor bastard already?

The game is actually pretty easy to run on modern PC despite its age, in fact i didn't have a single compatibility issue, it support various resolution, high framerate, smooth mouse & keyboard controls (tho i needed to edit 1 line in a config to disable mouse accel but it took me 5 seconds honestly) and i think the game hold up pretty well on PC, specially for a 2009 title.. let alone compared to those horrible PS3/X360 versions, night and day 👍🏼

I was able to pick this one up on eBay for 8 dollars despite the ridiculous price increase most likely due to release of the second movie.

Hearing the Tourettes Guy laugh clip was such a joy.

It's sad how much older games are more enjoyable to play, then compared to a lot of today's games coming from triple AAA developers.

@0ffguy248

Жыл бұрын

Retro gaming forever, bitch! 💪😎

I used to play this all the time as a kid, and I loved it honestly, was so fun. I'm glad to see it getting some love

This game was really fun. I though nobody knew about it. Glad to see a nice review of it after all these years.

I never realized how old the "BOSCHITT!" voice was until now.. I mean I heard it back in 08, but I never considered it outside of being "DASBOSCHITT" INTRO.

Lost Planet is a nice game to star drawing comparisons, this one does fill more expensive than the other one despite the lack of graphic fidelity.

I used to have this game on PC. I had such a blast playing as both factions and using their different abilities and weapons. And the Environments are actually really beautiful

I remember playing at the moment It launched, quite fun and enjoyable to be honest

The world of avatar is so interesting it's really cool. We have games that you can explore it on the world with

I'm really looking forward to a new avatar game and I hope it's good, I think it suits the world more than the movies do.

Finally someone says it hahaha Ngl i loved being at Pandora back then. Even got the 1k Gamerscore :O

Y'know just because I been playing them and deciding on actually playing through them all I hope we can see a look back/retrospective of The Borderlands games

Had no idea there was even an Avatar game but gotta say, it looks cool. Definitely nice with the visuals and the fact the gameplay isn't shit feels illegal for a game based on a movie.

@Feasco

Жыл бұрын

I mean you say gameplay isn't shit despite all the things he says about the gameplay that indicate otherwise

Multiplayer, especially on the night maps was really fun and reminded me a little of warhawk

I'm guilty how fun I found it sending those Na'vi flying with the shotty.

@faizasadiq2015

Жыл бұрын

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HOLY HECK I REMEMBER THIS GAME! I LOVED IT AS A KID

Remember my dad coming home with this game cause I loved the movie so much. Great memory from my childhood. Thanks pops

Woo! I frickin loved this game when I was a kid and have been talking about how underrated it is for years, so glad to see someone else talk about it lol

Being an avid fan of the movie, I was really excited playing this game and always had a lot of fun. Especially during the night sequence and the luminescence comes to play!

Remember playing this game a long time ago... completed it despite having a budget pc and fps being near if not single digits for the whole playthrough.

Think I had gotten this from Gamefly back in the day. Did enjoy my time with it from what I recall. Being able to play either faction, which handled very differently was surprising, too.

Missed opportunity to mention The Abyss, a great James Cameron movie

6:09 🤣 That Houston reporter's a freakin legend!

Hey gman you should totally review the old ps1 army men games, especially the ww2 ones.

I remember buying this when it came out. Never got far in it but it was really cool to choose between the Navi or the Solider, i think that was the first game Little old me played that offered a moral choice and it kind of threw me for a loop

I remember this. Playing as a Na'vi felt like playing a Predator. Hiding in trees and cloaking. Then calling in a thanator to mess up an amp suit then going ham with the dual blades while blicking everywhere. While RDA is while just a SIG SPEC you become a one man army with lmgs and flamethrowers calling in airstrikes and dropping repulsors to send wildlife flying back. Damn it was fun. Then mucking about in the Planes of Goliath. The warzone was amazing to fight in

3:23 funny you said that as Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is often referred as "just another Far Cry game"

Ay Gman that was actually a good video you gave it what it deserved after long time! btw love your takes & reviews specially on FPS games! Would love to know your opinion about that Rythm Shooter game called "Metal HellSinger" You rly should give it a try as a Doom Fan! Such pure Dopamine that is!

Loved playing this on my 360 when I was young wish I still had it

I loved this game as a kid. Even played the multiplayer a bunch.

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Game performance dropping was probably done to avoid game crashing due to memory limitations.

Nice to see Gman is a man of TIGHT(s) culture!

God, this was my childhood. One of 3 movie games I owned (the other two being transformers 2 and 3 iirc) and by far the best of the lot. I weep every time I remember that I in fact don't have it anymore, that it was lost during a move. One of the best 3rd person games I owned up to that point, and one that I desperately wish to get my hands on again. RDA was just so unbelievably fun and all the vehicles were just chef's kiss.

I adored this game as a kid, it wasn't groundbreaking, but being a fan of the movie made exploring pandora a dream! Even the online was a lot of fun.

AYYYEE I used to play this game on the 360 when I was a kid, loved It so much. I remember It crashing a lot tho, the disk was messed up I think.

Reviewers backed then could easily destroy a game's chance. Happy this one plays well

@nimrodery

Жыл бұрын

Back then, as now, most people don't read reviews.

@Feasco

Жыл бұрын

reviewers literally play hundreds of games as their jobs, at that rate what gamers think should be an 8/10 would have to do a lot more to Garner praise

I got some army of two vibes from the RDA segments here, man I miss that game, oh now I'm sad

0:05 “Sargent Woods, you look like Hammered shit”

I played this shit soooo much back in the day. I loved it

It's my dad's favorite game we played it together when it released, we are both very excited for the sequel.

Humanity for the Stars, mulch for the blueskins!

Humans are the good guys.

I only completed the Navi campaign back in the day, but I found the game to be pretty competent even if it didn't make a big impact on me. It was good enough to keep me playing till the end.

@BSzili

Жыл бұрын

@Hope died last LMAO. Don't blame me, I played it shortly after watching the movie :D

@Zelldic27

Жыл бұрын

​@Hope died last reject humanity, embrace blue monke

yooo. I remember loving the multiplayer of this