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@blackmars2811

Жыл бұрын

Ooooof

@blindmanjones8848

Жыл бұрын

nuh uh

@arbiter1175

Жыл бұрын

Come on baby

@humbertovazquezperez7536

Жыл бұрын

Great video dude

@digiguy4

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kev, there’s a good game beses on a movie based on a board game. BATTLESHIP!!🚢🛳️⛴️🛳️

This game is a rare gem and deserves more attention. Definitely better than most movie licensed games by a longshot

@lCKWER

Жыл бұрын

I agree I played this so much and beat all routes way back when

@stuartbagley2586

Жыл бұрын

King Kong is up there too.

@---Kyle---

Жыл бұрын

@@stuartbagley2586 oh for sure

@jmz2144

Жыл бұрын

They should do another Avatar game but like Halo

@halo129830

Жыл бұрын

Aside from terminator resistance I agree

Can we just take a minute to pay our respect to the artist who is making all of those thumbnails? They are cool as hell.

@Kevduit

Жыл бұрын

Kros is UNBELIEVABLY talented, her artwork looks like it could just come to life as a cartoon

@pistoletsrouge7304

Жыл бұрын

The art looks really cool

@georgelapsley2662

Жыл бұрын

Kros is an amazing artist

@fableshearth2457

Жыл бұрын

It really is awesome

@TheRealBillix

Жыл бұрын

Making* 😁

Playing as humans: fun power fantasy, realistic outcome Playing as Na'vi: pain festival, masochistic outcome

@strangewolf1261

Жыл бұрын

Accurate!

@mannamoth918

Жыл бұрын

Humanity! Heck Yeah!

@krajicsek13

Жыл бұрын

Was I palying a different Avatar? Because I had more pain playing as a human because of the damn plants

@mannamoth918

Жыл бұрын

@@krajicsek13 what's easy for me won't be easy for you

@strangewolf1261

Жыл бұрын

@@krajicsek13 This is why the HOLY FIRE of the Flammenwerfer exists fool! Yahahahhaha!!

Holy shit this is a giant nostalgia blast When I realised this was basically two different games if you choose sides and playing the story through both side pov was amazing

@CT-Polski

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t of agreed more, I still remember hell’s gate

Was such an underrated game I loved exploring and the fact it had two campaigns depending on what side you wanted to be on! Muah 👩‍🍳💋

@joeydevereux1708

Жыл бұрын

it was perfection

@isaiahcheecham9148

Жыл бұрын

It was alright

@johntorres9551

Жыл бұрын

this was my childhood. I grinded this game so hard and literally didn’t even get to the avatar part of the game

@RicFF13

Жыл бұрын

Remember when games like Avatar, Aliens vs Predator, Sonic, etc had multiple campaigns, with DIFFERENT stories? Yeah... Good Times.

@User-kq3od

Жыл бұрын

@@RicFF13 AvP was fuckin sick, I love still playing this

For those that are new to playing avatar don't worry about picking sides because as soon as you pick a side it creates another save called undecided allowing you to have a rda and navi playthrough edit : why are people putting a smiley face ?

@Karmanya779

Жыл бұрын

:D

@foxhound2-668

Жыл бұрын

@@Karmanya779 why did you put a smiley face?

@kpdelaney6460

Жыл бұрын

@@foxhound2-668 :D

@How_To_Play1

Жыл бұрын

@@foxhound2-668 :D

@alaskamark4562

Жыл бұрын

@@foxhound2-668 :D

This is the only game that made me feel that "i remembered the graphics super realistic" literally remembered it like avatar 2 lol

@pirateswife

7 ай бұрын

Tbh it's pretty good for when it came out and it doesn't look bad even now

The thing I enjoyed most was the Pandorapedia. It had a respectable amount of work put into it and scratched that itch some people would find looking at Avatar’s world.

@caseyhall2320

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I read the entirety of it twice over as a kid. It helped a lot in loving the game and movies (extended edition being the other movie). I mean, I already loved the movies, but the Pandorapedia made my love skyrocket lol.

@orange_tweleve

Жыл бұрын

@Casey Hall dude you don't know how much I went exploring in this game after seeing rhat monkey thing on pandorapedia thinking its an in game animal that exists which actually doesn't .

@skootmeister3994

Жыл бұрын

@@orange_tweleve I hear that. But learning there’s a day and night cycle… worth it.

@orange_tweleve

Жыл бұрын

@Skootmeister oh yeah that was dope af , specially in the final map well of souls ( u can get it ) oh and you can actually land your dragon gunship in some of the crevices in that strip where you gotta fly only. And btw I used a teleport trainer ( i couldn't find the same one again when I played the game recently ) and what I did was basically go into thr building in hells gate and teleport out of it back to outside , doing that makes the hells gate fences dissappear and you can technically walk upto the jungle you see on the entry cutscene with the Valkrie shuttle landing. If you go towards thr upper left corner of the map that way you actually can find a flyable samson which is thr only flyable one in the entire game. So technically just fly a samson in hells gate.

@caseyhall2320

Жыл бұрын

@@orange_tweleve I looked for that monkey too! 😂

Still loved how the major quest giving NPCs you come to know and possibly respect are the major bosses of the opposite routes, and how the different routes don't just all use the same maps. there are some that are exclusive to one campaign or the other. The maps themselves seem a little empty, when looking for things to do, but hot damn were they dense in literal foliage and visual spectacle

@jaydenshepard7928

Жыл бұрын

Most of the maps are actually exclusive to each side, only a few of the maps are shared between the two campaigns. Its very impressive.

@orange_tweleve

Жыл бұрын

@@jaydenshepard7928 it would've been cool to visit all maps of both sides once the game was completed tho.

I lowkey love this game. There's no penalty for dying, and the open world is completely devoid of anything to do, but still, it was so much fun to explore Pandora. Prolly one of the greatest movie-based games.

@Batcena

Жыл бұрын

Spider-Man 2

@purefoldnz3070

Жыл бұрын

I remember playing this game and there was nothing surprisingly good about it. This is just a below average Ubisoft game.

@Velossitee

Жыл бұрын

It's just such a fun beat em up. Especially online matches. I loved the biomes too.

@sirrhosis4638

Жыл бұрын

​@@Batcena X-Men origins: wolverine

@Batcena

Жыл бұрын

@@sirrhosis4638 That a Good one as well

Wow, I had to look this up on Wikipedia but It's canon in the movie that Jake Sully is the first soldier to pilot an avatar. But this guy is running and gunning with every weapon and vehicle. According to the wiki though, he's technically a "signal specialist" which is a technical term for "we didn't wanna break continuity, but still wanted someone to run and gun".

@bubbajoe117

Жыл бұрын

Well according to the video apparently this game came out before the movie did, so maybe the creators of the game weren't privy to the full scope of the plot of the movie and were only able to create what they had based purely off whatever lore and design concepts they were given, props to them for making such a fun game despite the limitations.

@FrostbiteDigital

Жыл бұрын

Apparently now the game has been deemed non-canon since the release of Way of Water

The human armor in this game was one of the main reasons I chose the human side

I loved how there was friendly ai and enemy ai fights always happening you could join in

I remember this game exists every couple years and end up replaying it and remembering how difficult the Navi story is

@kiulloa6491

Жыл бұрын

I loved the game it was amazing

@mateoabregu5083

Жыл бұрын

for me it wasnt that hard, that hammer... long... stick whatever was op, i remember one shoting enemies with it

@xanderlaskey2753

Жыл бұрын

Navi was the easiest one Lmao

@jays9869

Жыл бұрын

Huh, makes one think that it might suck, being an indigineous, tribal people, fighting off monkeys with advanced technology. xD

@emca1597

Жыл бұрын

I just spam the bow, it makes the game slightly easier

Was really interested to see if you were going to stay with the humans. Seems like the game wants you to side with the Na'vi and gives you a second choice between the humans and the Na'vi if you initially choose human

@DustinBarlow8P

Жыл бұрын

This game won't corrupt my honor! I

@theonpointheavy4401

Жыл бұрын

Nah boi! human supremacy! hail to the god emperor of mankind!

@comanderdre1569

Жыл бұрын

​​@@theonpointheavy4401raise be to the emperor of man

@PhoenixT70

6 ай бұрын

And then there’s the new one, which doesn’t even give you a choice.

@legendofnone3037

6 ай бұрын

@@PhoenixT70 tbh, I've been waiting for the new one for the past 2 years. I'm optimistic... or at least I was... but after watching the first half of the second movie, I'm not holding my breath

Had hundreds of hours into this game when I was a kid, nostalgic af.

Such a fun and underrated game. One of the few first games I’ve played on Xbox. Good for 100% completion and achievement hunting. Worth playing both campaigns.

@haitai927

Жыл бұрын

My brother got it’s a deal with his Xbox from cex and we had full on argument about which race to be. As two mixed race kids it was hilarious and maybe racist but such a fun game

I like how playing the human is the evil choice but it's the most fun choice with the carpet bombing

@BLOODKINGbro

Жыл бұрын

What is a little bit of genocide amongst friends

@Subject-106

Жыл бұрын

Evil human genocide bombing for fun. 'Looks at Warhammer' I can understand that.

@elpsykoongro5379

Жыл бұрын

It's the "evil" one but in reality it isn't Humanity is desperate for resources of course they will resort to anything

@BLOODKINGbro

Жыл бұрын

@@Subject-106 break out the heavy flamers it's time for an exterminatus

@Synthia17

Жыл бұрын

Well picking human side just makes you play as human, later you can still side with the na'vi

This game is etched into my memory. Perhaps one of the rare gems of those times that still empresses with it's achievements in writing and gameplay.

I played this back in 2010 during my Avatar obsession phase. I never did the human side play-through, but the Na'vi side was very satisfying. While it broke with the movie on some nit-pickable levels, it was still nice to run through the world setting, and I was impressed with how well it even held its own as a video game independently of its movie tie-in and source material.

@1495978707

Жыл бұрын

It also butchered the language. B isn’t even a sound in Na’vi and a main character has it in his name. Sran is pronounced like srayn and many other cringeworthy errors

This game was my childhood, i replayed it like 6 times It deserves a remake or remaster

@hardrivethrutown

Жыл бұрын

You're in luck, Massive/Ubisoft is making a next gen game at the beginning of next uear

@Venas254

Жыл бұрын

@@hardrivethrutown Hope you can play as a human as well like this game haha

@Karak971

Жыл бұрын

@@Venas254 frontiers of pandora is going to be about playing one of the Na'avi so that is most likely not happening

@shamainebest4031

Жыл бұрын

@@Karak971 I'm fine with that

@rytlocknroll

Жыл бұрын

@@Venas254 Duh.

I remember loving this game when I was younger, I played as humans exclusively because both the guns and the vehicles. Also I wish this game was available on Steam

@Nyanroro

Жыл бұрын

It **is** on steam but not available for purchase due to it using the "games for windows live" servers which no longer work

@rexzync9958

Жыл бұрын

@@Nyanroro How do you get this game on whatever platform

@Nyanroro

Жыл бұрын

@@rexzync9958 used xbox 360 copies can be played on an xbox one; otherwise PS3 is your only other option. it's also available on the wii but that version of the game is completely different

@thegamingwolf5612

Жыл бұрын

@@rexzync9958 maybe you can buy a copy on g2a or some site

@AythadisRaven

Жыл бұрын

Any valid Steam keys for Avatar are not cheap. Ive seen codes sell for around $100, and that's on the cheap side.

Dude this game carried me through a good chunk of childhood it’s so underated and I’m so happy someone else has experienced this

Being a forest kid myself I loved Na'vi side. It was always such a fun time playing it and now after all those years I'm giving it another shot with a friend and it's already so cool to play it

I remember playing this game at a friends place years ago each of us taking a seperate side in the game trying to see who can reach the ending faster which was wild at the time.

@foxhound2-668

Жыл бұрын

I've completed it in about 6 or less hours and i spent almost 3 doing the conquest minigame

I remember playing the demo for the game on PC and I don't know what was wrong but my god it was completely broken when I tried to play it. And that was the only time I played it.

@neosainz3883

Жыл бұрын

I heard it was horribly optimized on PC but I had a great time on Xbox

Gotta love how Kev manages to change suits every time he changes position, masterful

I feel like this needs a part 2, especially since Zane might not know Allie sending the secret code was just a mistake and a very strange coincidence. Plus we don’t know what happened to the real agent dark.

I thought people might find this interesting: Paul Eiding and Gregory Alan Williams both voice acted in this game (Paul being Karl Falco and Gregory being Doctor Victor Monroe). Both of these people voiced various npcs in Fallout 3, NV, and 4; and Paul voiced some npcs in Skyrim as well. Gregory is most known for voicing George and Cliff Briscoe in NV and Paul (Like Kev said) for being the Vault Tech Salesman.

@sillik1329

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I I’m so glad it wasn’t just me recognising the voice actors from fallout. Thanks for clarifying everything 🤙

@immortalonidragon

Жыл бұрын

And to piggy back, Paul also voices Roy campbell from Metal gear solid. so if you thought the vault tech sounded familiar, well, there ya go!

@ryanjackson2808

Жыл бұрын

Let's not forget Ben 10s grandad

@tybudvarson1734

Жыл бұрын

@@ryanjackson2808 thats who i heard

Bruh I played tho game RELIGIOUSLY to the point where as a child I would start a new game everyday and beat it within hours because I knew it so well. I ended up losing it after a bad break up and miss it everyday Low-key talked with the characters cuz the dialogue is permanently drilled into my brain-

@BlueDolphinGamerWoLS

Жыл бұрын

Did you watch the original movie a lot as well? Bc when you fall in love with Pandora it practically becomes your favorite thing

@Stylus02

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueDolphinGamerWoLS I did, I watched it endlessly, often both at the same time

@BlueDolphinGamerWoLS

Жыл бұрын

@TheNeonCypher now that's what I'm talking about, have you seen the second one already?

@Stylus02

Жыл бұрын

@@BlueDolphinGamerWoLS not yet, I wanna watch it in the cinema to get the full experience but I've been real busy with work

@BlueDolphinGamerWoLS

Жыл бұрын

@TheNeonCypher that's fair, it's amazing, however I don't think it's fully worth seeing it in 3D. You notice a lot more in the non 3D I've watched it twice now and I love it. I've also read part of the Pandora manual thing and there's just so much detail put into Pandora.

I really enjoyed that game. Had to do multiple replays to get all the different stories since you'll have at least two times to choose your side. Also loved the details, as a human you get XP by shooting plants and killing animals and as an avatar i think you didn't get any XP by doing the same (nature euqals friend).

Kev spending the entire video calling the Na’vi avatars is hilarious to me

Yes this game was my childhood and nobody talks about it

@truedarkness4052

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it's an Avatar game alright

@Prod_JS

Жыл бұрын

@@truedarkness4052 yes, i heard its a fortnite adaptation

I can't believe you played this! This was one of my absolute favorite games as a kid that inspired my love of alien life and the exploration of other planets.

@rjk537

Жыл бұрын

So how many planets have you explored yet?

@vladorkiba1718

Жыл бұрын

Ooo nice one smart-ass you really got me

@rjk537

Жыл бұрын

@@vladorkiba1718 gotchu bit ch

@vladorkiba1718

Жыл бұрын

@@rjk537 lol

They turned mad max into a game and it's genuinely fantastic

@christopherregan1654

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, and it was developed by Avalanche Studios, who were responsible for the Just Cause franchise.

I've been playing this game for years. If you wait a full 2ish hours in game, it cycles to night for a solid twenty minutes. Is it worth it? In some locations, yes. If you use the Tree of Vision in the Willow Glade in Swotulu and teleport back to the village it'll remain night time. Also the bows do more damage if you hold the trigger down.

@orange_tweleve

Жыл бұрын

Yo yeah that's true lol , nighttime also exists in the final map ( tree of souls ) and I gotta admit its very pretty. But my favourite place was the lost cathedral in hanging gardens. I spent hours doing parkour and hill climbing on this game 😂

One of the best, if not the best movie game adaptations.

@wesleyward5901

Жыл бұрын

The movie was based off the game, he literally says so in the first 30 seconds.

@BluntMatcheteAstartes345fghew

Жыл бұрын

@@wesleyward5901 it was a joke the movie was written during titanic movie production.

@gamerguy6990

Жыл бұрын

That goes to toy story 3

@Elico-du1oi

Жыл бұрын

@@gamerguy6990 That game sucked on the wii

@insertjokeh3r3

Жыл бұрын

Its pretty good but i don't think it can compete with the really really good ones like the lord of the rings games.

I remember playing those when it first came out. In multi-player if you played with humans, got an automatic victory

@thebossman972

Жыл бұрын

They gave humans super humans abilities for who knows why

This game is my childhood but I always choose the NaVi... I loved the online capture flag mode and disarmed bomb mode, I found myself dominating the game as I knew the good hide spots 😀

This video was a blast of Nostalgia. I remember playing this on ps3. The campaigns were great, and the PvP was much better than one would expect.

This game was part of my childhood, i loved playing RDA and always searched for the mechas lol

Man I was fixed on this game when I was little. I replayed it countless times, and the fact it had two campaigns on what side you went with was insane for my little brain. Occasionally I remember this game exists and drag my old xbox360 out of storage and plug it in to play. Loved this game :))

This game actually wasn't bad. It was actually really enjoyable.

Duuuuude, this is an unlocked memory from my childhood. My dad got it for me for Christmas and I loved it. I lost the game years ago and I've never been able to find it since.

I bought this game when I was 10, I loved the crap out this game. The na’vi staff, bow, and the duel swords were so good. The RDA air strike, nail gun were overpowered as all hell. God I loved this game and still do

@TY-km8hj

Жыл бұрын

That staff was OP

@300kyuubi

Жыл бұрын

@@TY-km8hj oh my god it was, and it had some serious range on it and did a good amount of crowd control

@TY-km8hj

Жыл бұрын

@@300kyuubi frr I legit neglected the swords by the end cos there was no point when I could just use the staff. Staff and bow was all I needed

My favorite part of the game was it showed the other weapons the Navi should’ve used in the movies like the crossbows, clubs and hand carved swords and the game gave the Navi more magic powers too and they used them in battle.

Brooo I remember I’d play the shit out of the multiplayer 😩 I miss it! This new avatar movie BETTER have a video game tie-in

Man I miss playing this game, I replayed it over and over years ago when it came out, it was so much fun

Honestly. I was just thinking the other day that I wanted to see Kev play this. Good things come to those who wait I guess.

Everytime kevduit uploads I am blessed with both his funny content and the *GOD LIKE THUMBNAIL ART*

every video of yours that shows up on my recommended is a nostalgia bomb for me. from eragon to naughty bear to this. i didnt even know i had the games until seeing your vids reminded me of their existence.

I love that you've kept the undaunted helm, even after you stopped making content for eso. Gotta say I miss them but happy you're still here making videos.

I genuinely had a lot of fun with this game back in the day. Really enjoyed the variety of weapons & upgrading them, the whole choosing a side aspect, and the environments & creatures were interesting enough. And being able to pilot or ride many of the vehicle's and animals is pretty sick.

2009 was a weird time, like really weird where a lot of strange games came out with a quality that is all over the place.

@Demicleas

Жыл бұрын

Probably cause it was the time people wanted to copy other games while trying there own thing. Like singularity and inversion and that one game where you fight alternate history Soviets that involves time travel can't put it on the top of my head.

@Tucher97

Жыл бұрын

@@Demicleas The only two games that involves soviets and time travel are Red alert and Origin War. One is alright but more so 3, Origin war I think it was like two alternate timelines coming into one. But in the 2009s, there were like a lot of gears of wars clones, lots of graphic games (games that focused on graphics with gameplay that is better else where.) a handful of CoD clones and other "Squad shooters".

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how funny Kevduit is!! The commentary was brilliant 😂

I loved this game back then it felt like EDF and lost planet 2

idk why but i got this for christmas one year or something and after being put off by the alien storyline i didn't play it for a bit then came back with the human campaign and got way more into it and found a pretty decent game.

I played it through two times. First as the blue guy then as the human guy. It was very good in my opinion.

I'm so impressed by you Kev, you grew your channel like no other, congrats! That valkyn skoria helm is just a reminder of good days. Peace.

@Kevduit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That helmet really stuck with me as a reminder of all those that supported me in those days, and how blessed am I to be here, it's been such an exhilarating ride!

YES FINALLY!! Ive been waiting for the video essays to start on this game. I LOVED this game, even though I didn't love the movie. Ive been preaching about this game for years. Im so glad you covered this man, thank you.

honestly it really is a surprise, pretty fun game for what it was, the guns felt good too.

A game I hold a soft spot in my heart for. It’s genuinely quite an impressive game, especially from a tie-in perspective. I’m always glad when someone covers this game and gives their own views on it.

I remember having way too many saves on this game as a kid. Although it took me way longer than I can admit, to realise I could choose to be a Navi at the start. My first lot of playthroughs always begun as a human just cause I thought I couldn't join the Navi right at the start haha.........

This game was so much fun, I appreciate getting to live through old memories with these videos!

I remember staying up late at night playing this game, as a human loved having the avatars thwack the hell outta me and actually fighting at a distance, and as an avatar running up and murdering them with animals

This game actually looks pretty solid, if it got a hd remake, it'd probably be pretty fun to play on modern hardware!

@orange_tweleve

Жыл бұрын

There is a mod someone made , HD reshader

so glad someone went over this video this was childhood dude

I had this title on the Wii; it is vastly different. Still, I remember watching playthroughs of this version; hella nostalgic. Fantastic video as always!

Loved this game with all my body. I had a blast watching this video thank you Kev straight down the memory lane

Can we have a minute of silence, for the new game, avatare frontiers for being not that good.

Thank you! You have no idea how relevant this video is to me. I've been replaying this game recently in anticipation of the movie and am also a firm believer that the humans are the good guys.

This is the first video i have seen from you recommended by KZread! like 20 seconds in i subscribed i love it!

I remember playing this game with a feeling i would abandon it on the first minutes, ended being a really cool game

omg i forgot the map strategy part. Iconic. More games need ot do both its sick

Thank you bro. I was waiting for a video paying tribute to this game. It rocked as a kid

"Have you ever looked at space nine times and said... Wow... That's deep" this caught me off guard I laughed so hard it scared my dogs hahaha

This game has always been mad underrated.

I absolutely loved this game as a kid and i could not be more excited to play the new one.

I remember playing this game when I was like 8 and just using the slow mo mode to make epic moments, by far one of my favorite experiences in any videogame to date.

I'm glad you included the facial reference to the Brink characters. Most have forgotten Brink but it will always be remembered.

I swear Kev is cursed to crash/get stuck every vehicle he ever touches.

The RDA campaign kicks ass in this game

It's been a long time since I've cared for any youtuber that isn't a review channel. This guy is really good, can't stop watching his videos

i played this as a kid, it’s got a huge nostalgia factor for me, i’ve been nervous about replaying and it not being as fun as i remember and sour the memories

Nice! I loved playing this game.

i actually remember playing this game and i enjoyed every second of it

first time seeing your videos. Really good entertainment, well done man thank you for this

I loved this game so much i was addicted!!!! TY FOR THESE MEMORIES RETURNING!

Great game back in 2009, damn, beats most games today, and if you past it you get to experience the thrill of it all over again :D

I remember playing Avatar on PSP, that game was different but also lit. It had stealth and everything.

I was just thinking about going back to this game man I’m so happy you made this video!!!😅

I remember there being a thing you can do when your progressing the campaign and it’s literally the game Risk, which depending on what side you on fight for control over a virtual pandora. I had fun play the main and side game, seeing the game being played now just gives me fond memories.

this was like my childhood, and the better thing is that they're making a new one for the new movie

Dude it is just amazing how you keep finding these hidden games!! I had no idea this game existed. Seriously lol 😂. Actually I recommend one game for you. The Hobbit 2003 made by Sierra Entertainment. I played it like crazy when I was a kid! It’s really fun!

I still play that game here and there, it's one of my favorite game that I played when I was a kid. Glad to see the game is getting recognized 😁

I LOVED this game when I was a kid, crazy to see anybody addressing it in 2022 lmao

Recuerdo jugar el juego en la xbox (la demo), soñaba con jugarlo completo, no lo hice nunca, pero lo vi en KZread cuando pude, me encantó.

I LOVED THIS GAME OMG! A few months ago I put my old 360 on my bedroom and started playing some old games and then I found this Avatar and was just planning to play it again

I remember that I was very impressed by the game grahpic way back at 2009, to the game's gameplay it wasn't completely wrong and its multiplayer was rather fun :) My biggest gripe was that the single player campaign felt a bit drawn out.