Jeff Grubb: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is in bad shape

[Deleted member11191]

It looks like Ubisoft may have had other reasons for delaying the game; Acording to journalist/insider Jeff Grubb, the state of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is not the best; the game is visually pretty, but the gameplay is rough shape, which would have led to the delay. The information is reportedly from a month ago, which means that the problems are still likely present in the most current build of the game;

What I heard is that the game looks pretty and the gameplay is in rough shape. This was about a month ago.

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View: https://twitter.com/JeffGrubb/status/1550149593698017280

 

[ToddBonzalez]

Well, obviously there was a reason why it got a big delay haha.

 

[ILikeFeet]

pretty and runs well enough?

good enough for me

 

[Macija]

Nooooo :/

 

[Noppie]

pretty and runs well enough?

good enough for me

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Yeah, who needs good gameplay in a game.

 

[Theorry]

Anthem 2

Book it

 

[RockmanBN]

Yeah, who needs good gameplay in a game.

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Who needs the game in Video Game

 

[JustJavi]

Giving me Anthem vibes.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I'm sure it will play absolutely fine when it eventually releases. They've literally made 1000 Far Cry games.

 

[ultraluna]

no shit

 

[SasaBassa]

On brand for avatar

 

[LongDongJunon]

Ubisoft is in bad shape

 

[NoobSauceG7]

Not surprising

 

[Yerffej]

Wish I could work a "blue myself for nothing" joke in here.

 

[JEH]

pretty and runs well enough?

good enough for me

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Avatar is the avatar of gaming

 

[IDreamOfHime]

And everyone assumed they were delaying for years because it was in good shape

 

[Keyser S]

A game in rough shape many many months before release?

Truly shocking, would never have expected this.

 

[xtib81]

Bummer. I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[CloseTalker]

Not sure there's much here to base a worthwhile discussion on.

 

[J-Spot]

I was just expecting Far Cry Primal with an Avatar coat of paint. How did they manage to fuck that up?

 

[Neural]

Damn, so sad to see Ubisoft in such a shape. It was my favorite publisher back in the OG Xbox and 360 days. I don't even want to ask about the new Splinter Cell, my heart is old and it gets easily broken.

 

[est1992]

I feel like a lot of Ubisoft games have had rough gameplay lately

 

[Samaritan]

I'm shocked, this is my shocked face.

At this rate, I'll be genuinely surprised if Ubisoft manages to survive into the next generation.

 

[data west]

call Bungie

 

[xir]

will this effect the mobile game?

 

[Santos]

Ubisoft is on a roll.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

A game in rough shape many many months before release?

Truly shocking, would never have expected this.

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I think you'd want to get the basic gameplay loop down before making $150 million in pretty content.

Or you can do it the FF vs XIII way I guess. For this and Skull & Bones.

 

[Katbobo]

I wonder how much of this is from the massive upheaval after Ubisoft's toxic culture and problems were revealed, and the subsequent shakeup in some management areas. Like is it a situation where Ubisoft wasn't ready to cleanly fill in those gaps, and it's causing development issues? Or just coincidence?

It seemed like for a while there they had things down to a science for good and bad, where they could churn out big games at a steady clip, at the cost of them all being similar templates. So them suddenly having multiple big setbacks feels a bit new for them.

 

[ThisIsBlitz21]

I think it will turn out okay, still. I'm sure they can get this in a better state with the much-needed delay it just got.

 

[Chumunga64]

ubisoft went from the workhorse company to a mess on almost level real quick

call it karma for the shit they pulled and swept under the rug

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Shock

 

[cw_sasuke]

Ubisoft is in bad shape

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[jett]

lol you don't say

Yeah, who needs good gameplay in a game.

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When's the last time a Ubisoft open world game had good gameplay tho

 

[trashbandit]

What I heard is that the game looks pretty and the gameplay is in rough shape.

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So it's a Ubisoft game

 

[Strafer]

what the hell is going on at Ubisoft.

 

[mojo]

I still think this gets cancelled

 

[Milennia]

2030 with the 9th sequel

For real though, Ubisoft seems like it's bleeding bad, at least from our perspective

 

[CJCW?]

"Looks good but lacks substance" is par for the course with Avatar, so I'd say they're on the right track.

 

[s y]

Yeah, who needs good gameplay in a game.

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Worked out well for red dead 2 tbf

 

[ElephantShell]

Did we think they delayed it just for fun? Obviously something was in bad shape.

 

[LordBaztion]

looks pretty, though

 

[nofuckinidea]

So it's a Ubisoft game

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A Ubisoft Original

 

[peixe2]

well, Disney probably not very happy with this

 

[Deleted member 95442]

I always assumed it would be a reskinned Far Cry. I am guessing they tried something different enough to run into trouble?

 

[Plinkerton]

I was weirdly looking forward to this, even though I'm tired of the Ubi formula and don't really care about the Avatar films. Something about that initial trailer just appealed to me.

Hopefully they have the time to pull it together now.

 

[Dust]

Sounds just like the movie itself.

🤭

 

[Jawmuncher]

Has me worried that the game is going to end up as another casualty of the "Ubi Formula". So it'll end up just being Watch Dogs Legion/Far Cry where there's stuff to do on the map with a checklist and that's kind of the whole game.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

I still think this gets cancelled

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Not a chance. The film is going to be huge and they probably paid a fortune for the license not to mention probably well over 100 million in development costs so far.

Did we think they delayed it just for fun? Obviously something was in bad shape.

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Well before we knew this info it could have been delayed because not all the content is finished or they're giving the team a handful more months for polishing. A delay doesn't have to signify problems with development or that the project is in bad shape.

 

[Nakenorm]

Not that surprising since the delay couldn't even specify a year.

 

[u_neek]

pretty and runs well enough?

good enough for me

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…and Ubisoft too normally