TAMING & FLYING IKRAN COMPARISON 2009 vs 2023 - AVATAR FRONTIERS OF PANDORA [4K]

[@shlingusdingus4174]

I don't care what people say about the new game, taming your ikran was beautiful. It actually felt like a right of passage. And man, it really scratches that itch to fly around freely as this dragonesque creature/rider.

[@vdog22100]

IT DOES! the new game is so much fun imo, and the world is so picturesque, I find myself staring at the views every 10m

[@paigeroy6059]

Along with the other skills you can by after to improve your riding too, its amazing

[@MakaronCZ]

That first ikran ride with the bombastic music in the new game was a magical experience

[@celestinonatale]

It really was! First time I got legit chills from a game in a looong time.

[@GhostRiley-vj5ft]

“A rock flies better than u” best line ever

[@dimensionalalchemist7184]

They probably got that from the first movie when Tsu'Tey says "A rock sees more than him."

[@kibathefang6022]

Only OG players know how horrible riding Ikran was in 2009. Playing Frontiers, it's so much easier to control.

[@djidjiii7522]

Sorry, but I loved it in 2009.

[@miskogajdos5528]

Well honestly it wasn't that bad only problem for me was that I couldn't use it anytime I wanted and most likely it was useful in Inknimaya part. Frontiers has better Ikran functions + you can use it anytime and even custom it and use weapons from it so this makes it a lot more useful (dearhorse is same as at 2009 and Frontiers cannot custom or have one of your own only find it in wild)

[@green_mark]

Of course it was great in 2009... because it was 14 years ago and everyone was probably still a child. We enjoy things very differently at that age 😂

[@Kira.ttv_4]

it was aids it was honestly a skill to master

[@frikkinpenguin]

It was a pain to master but once you did it was actually kinda fun. I spent hours just messing with the flight mechanics and I’d gotten so attuned to them that I literally landed half on top Beyda’amo, because it was quicker than walking all the way to him, because the ikran fits through the entrance way of his place. Or that small stone bridge you walk over at the bottom of the Tipani home near the water fall, right in front of where you spawn in the village. You actually fit under there with the ikran. Or the cave right below where Beyda’amo is, you can fly in there and out there in one swoop.

[@Myuutsuu85]

I do have some fond memories for the 2009 game. Used to play both RDA and Na'vi path multiple times, but I have to admit, the armor and weapons you got as RDA soldier was a little more epic.

[@bynxtypebeat]

how much game play hours do you think you can get out of with RDA and Na’vi path? are there multiple playthroughs? new game +?

[@orange_tweleve]

​@bynxtypebeat I think I had a total of around 500 or 800 hours but thats because I was a kid and really liked this game and with no access to Internet like now , I spent hours trying to find secrets etc like the night time. Suppose now people wouldn't really bother plating it since the missions on maps were very repetitive with a bunch of side quest ish missions thrown in. Just the bioluminence and floating rocks and trying to climb them was fun.

[@Silvermist_]

​@@orange_tweleveI am too much of a coward to play rda since I feel its harder to kill the na'vi than it is the rda so uh..Mind sharing the rda ending?

[@emeret2049]

Graphics are quite impressive for 2009

[@Gackt54]

Crysis was 2007 so... nope

[@PPCAPOGAMING]

​@@Gackt54You can't compare everything to crysis😂

[@thegreatestnewb614]

​@@PPCAPOGAMINGnot with that attitude.

[@mrraptor7519]

@@PPCAPOGAMING yes you can. It set a very high graphical standard for years

[@Jayyrains]

@@mrraptor7519 Comparing everything to the best of the best sounds like a miserable thing to do

[@dixienormous227]

That trip up to your ikran was really something. the music hits so well during scenes like that.

[@madamefiou9958]

I had chills the entire way on the path, and when I got to fly, I was grinning like a child !

[@itssbubblegum]

ugh i need a ps5 NOWWW i need to play this game so bad

[@aloysimp962]

As someone who played the old avatar game I have to say: the old ikran controlled terrible

[@tyrnial8095]

terrible is a understatement

[@-YaeMiko-]

@@tyrnial8095true it was literally Grueful

[@blakenelson8202]

It was bad but I don't remember it being half as bad as it looks in this video. Has been forever since I played the 2009 game though so maybe I just need to go get a refresher lol

[@aloysimp962]

@@blakenelson8202the actual controls used were simple. What was bad was the ikran response: slow turn + needing big space for going different directions

[@melanieschmidt8222]

yes me too.

[@aureski79]

i love how with 2009 you play as a sky person who switches to their avatar to save pandora, having to fight for your role on the alien planet.. with 2023 it’s more like you were stolen from your clan, fighting to escape mercer and save both yourself and the planet from rda, but this time you don’t have to fight much with a role as you are already navi. while afop was super magical, i personally loved 2009 and honestly wish it was open world 🤷‍♀️

[@catboyy]

Shame we can’t use the Thanator again 😭

[@OtachiKaiju68]

Yea indeed, would be fun to run around on that thing terrorizing the RDA with it :D maybe they’ll add that in a DLC who knows?

[@alex-ragnarson3482]

And To'ruk ?

[@agamer1016]

@@alex-ragnarson3482Frontiers of Pandora is canon, we won’t be using Toruk as that’s a huge event that would unite all clans. It doesn’t just happen. Thanators are a possibility though, maybe in the future 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@helpineedchannelname899]

So you can ride Thanators in the old game I thought I was just trippin

[@catboyy]

@@helpineedchannelname899 yeah you could 😞

[@NOELQUEZON]

2009: Ikran Pushing me. 2023: Eetu Pushing me.

[@vermathrax]

The ikran is supposed to try and kill you. The new one didn't capture the intensity of that introduction

[@michaeltenn983]

Well the old one didn't either, in fact I'd say it did less, more dramatic sure but that's just because of the music, the "try and kill you" scene in frontiers was when your character was in the hollow vines, in the old one your character literally just fell off the cliff and it caught him, bro wasn't tested whatsoever

[@Thetopglaze]

that never made sense to me if an Ikran likes you then why does it try to kill you

[@atokirinax]

@@Thetopglazein the game the ikran is teasing you, but they do that to assert dominance

[@Thetopglaze]

@@atokirinax oh I was thinking it was like to see if you’re worthy like thors hammer or something

[@vermathrax]

@@Thetopglaze it's probably just tradition and it's easier to get close to one if it doesn't run away but the ones that don't run are still giant toothy monsters

[@ethandudash1073]

I love the new game it's amazing truly. Looking down and seeing your characters feet move so precisely is just 1 of so many many small details they hid in the game and it truly is wonderful! Especially to avatar fans

[@voltgaming2213]

The graphical fidelity in the old game was nice and this new game has some of best graphics fidelity now

[@YodaOnABender]

This is nowhere near the best graphics

[@crispycream6385]

@@YodaOnABenderin the new game yes it is man. You should actually try playing it and seeing it on your own tv. This is only a video on your phone

[@kxmode]

The new game is awesome! \o/ That first time the world of Pandora opens up. ✅ That first time you discover the Na'vi sense. ✅ That first time you can swim underwater. ✅ That first time you freestyle parkour through the forests of Pandora ✅ That first time you rise up the Ikran roost ✅ That first time you fall only to have the Ikran save you you ✅ That first time you fly fast and dive hard on an Ikran ✅ That first time you discover the upper plains! ✅ (I'm still going through so there are many more firsts coming) 😄

[@Woods1st]

The first time in gaming history you can swim underwater. Truly a game of all times

[@AlmightyChastor]

the game sucks ass

[@overheatedeskim054]

@@Woods1stYeah see i was all anti-Ubi, just another Farcry game but then i actually played it. It's better Farcry game than Farcry is. The opening mission really is Farcry with the intro with the antagonist but outside that it's great and has RT reflection & RTAO.

[@retohuber8794]

if you want to play the story with me, my PS5 name is ReBa1121. i've played most of the story through but i'd love to play with someone else for once

[@psychoherobrine3406]

Never played the 2009 game but it looks so painful to control and sensitive too. Frontiers is a big W to a massive improvement to the flying mechanic though.

[@CrissKarma23]

Man im seeing everyone say the controls sucked in the old game but i played the old 2009 game and i did not have such a hard time flying the ikran. I got the hang of it pretty quickly

[@crispycream6385]

Getting the hang of it is one thing. Actually liking it is another

[@bynxtypebeat]

Im bout to replay this game, its been more than a decade man. its insane.

[@Zemmacraft]

I remember playing the 2009 avatar as a kid and i STILL thought the riding mechanics were frustrating in that game. I always remembered it being alot more fun than it actually was, maybe because im nostalgic about it. However... I cant deny it; frontiers is definitely better when it comes to flying.

[@crispycream6385]

Frontiers is better in every way. As it should be

[@shazrielmjar]

first time flying in frontiers of pandora was amazing. if i could experience it for the first time again, i would.

[@nohelypelaez2283]

I loved the new avatar game im just speechless of how realistic they made it❤

[@HazbinHotel_fan21]

I am just head overheals for Frontiers.. The game is worth it, I don't care what the haters say.. This is better than the first game in 2009.

[@vaibhavtyagi6148]

The only people like older ones are the people driven by nostalgia factor. Avatar frontiers of pandora is sooo beautiful and awesome, the only issue i have with it is the repititive missions and monotone story.

[@Kiri_Sully399]

I’m so glad someone made this video

[@Raptors2019Champs]

I miss 3rd person mode

[@KightLane]

Me noo

[@TheDragonboy91]

​@@DCKnight0077-jw4bwclearly you like your own comments when you're the only one who thought of that lmao

[@rye5968]

If anyone is debating on getting the new game or not? Definitely get it. You won’t be disappointed ✊💯

[@DodgyDamRogue]

Agree 100% ! After 100+ hours in I still can't stop roaming Pandora !

[@kasslewis6473]

I just wish it had a 3rd person option. I wish I liked 1st person but I’ve tried and hated it idk why I just do

[@ilfabbro8114]

@@kasslewis6473 i would have loved that too, it’s a great missing imho. But i guess that would have taken a lot more time to do all the various parkour and movement animation. Still it’s a masterpiece, as an OG of RPGs and a true Avatar movie lover i’m stunned by the beauty of the world these guys have created. Chapeau

[@Alert111]

make me feel like playing farcary primal. I love the survival aspect kinda cool little thing to add to Farcry mechanic.

[@aharttsx8019]

@@kasslewis6473 I too wish there was an option for 3rd person, but I have come to appreciate some of the little details of first person. Namely just how well it portrays the scale of the Navi in comparison to the humans and their buildings,etc, like how you have to duck down through their doorways and kneel down when speaking to Human NPCs so you converse eye-to-eye with them. Still, it would be nice if 3rd person option gets added in at some point.

[@blackworld69]

Still a Shame that you couldnt Tame a Thanator or walk on the Ground/stick to a Wall with your Ikran or even control it to help you fight when on the Ground. So much Potential. It was a good Game for sure, but there was so much more they could´ve done to make it even better... idk why they wouldnt think of it.

[@chazzhill-hayr9201]

Great game! Loving playing co op on it.!

[@guildarts381]

Flying the banshee(ikran) in the first one blew my mind as a kid

[@lexuslaportiayelush]

Wow, I did not know there was another game before this…. You definitely can tell how they upgraded the animation. Things are a lot easier. I definitely can tell from playing old games versus playing the new reinvented versions of them that you feel more part of the game. I definitely see that with avatars as well.

[@kaivercetti2207]

2:23 2009's graphics didn't bothered me until I see the 2023 one...

[@tvdb698]

I wish we could be Toruk makto in this game

[@quanthai201]

its kinda difficult because the game is canon and there is only 1 toruk makto which is jake

[@tvdb698]

@@quanthai201 really good point you are making there!

[@PositiviteaTheFirst]

​@@quanthai201Maybe we could be slotsyal makto. Not as legendary, but it would be a great achievement

[@trustissues2664]

I really wish we could tho maybe ride a thanator I hate the fact we couldn’t become leader or something

[@wildrouseacer]

​@@quanthai201what do you mean by canon!? What that means? You mean canon weapon or ... i dont understand?

[@grandeena8746]

Avatar Frontiers is WORTH the $70 for the game. Im thoroughly enjoying it. The story is good. Theres a lot to do and explore. And the game itself is gorgeous. The map and environment even more so

[@randyrrs7028]

It is NOT worth $70. I played on performance mode and it looked like ass, with a lot of fps drop, screen tearing, shimmering and ghosting. You can't say a buggy game like this is worth $70

[@grandeena8746]

@randyrrs7028 that's your experience my friend. My experience has been the complete opposite.

[@littledeer551]

I 100% agree. I've bought and played a lot of games in my life, but THIS one was worth every penny I spent. If I had to spend 100$ on it, I still would. It's so beutiful

[@littledeer551]

​@@randyrrs7028 That sounds like 100% a computer problem with handling the game. Because no one I've seen play it ever had those issues on a GOOD computer.

[@karaelzexceed666]

damn I didn't know there was a 2009 version, thx on behalf of the crappy hardware squad :D

[@teamofone1219]

The guy taunting you is right that flying is terrible.

[@sebjoines7958]

It’s not easy

[@HazbinHotel_fan21]

In the first game, flying controls were really hard and frustrating.

[@pomyata_myata]

i like how bouncy the camera is in 2009 game while flying, feels so much more immersive.

[@ShaddowBladeGaming]

I named my ikran storm

[@ironbloodangel4112]

I wish they would have remastered the first game and release the two as a bundle

[@TamiresPMelo]

It's funny but I also miss the 2009 avatar

[@sweet_s0ci0path28]

Dude I remember the 2009 game ;-;

[@jacobedwards8301]

There was a 2009 version?? Wow

[@wildrouseacer]

It was and it was amazing !!! You could play as rda too driving cars flying helicopters...it was amazing and for the 2009 was soo ahead of its time

[@wildrouseacer]

The graphics were too good for 2009

[@Truthy-Women_always-hatred-men]

If you notice the first game na'vi anatomy don't have sahelu(forgive or fix to me for incorrect this word)

[@cloudsgone]

Yeah! btw Tsaheylu is the bond the Na'vi make with the creatures and everything else on Pandora, the term for the neural queue that's protected by hair they have is "kuru"😊

[@cloudsgone]

and yeah, the 2009 had a lot of stupid mistakes like that, even a small thing like the Na'vi not having hair at the end of their tails or the fact the ikran you get to ride already has a saddle on it when it probably has never even interacted with Na'vi lol

[@Truthy-Women_always-hatred-men]

wow, your answer such knowlege like sciops, thank you very much@@cloudsgone

[@Truthy-Women_always-hatred-men]

you know for riding Banshee i try to attack like NPC Banshee when I played as RDA and got killed many time ,lmao@@cloudsgone don't say about riding Direhorse just run away or dismount while look at Direhorse rider they can ride and kick enemy! why we can't!? and ride Winged-lion for what i tried press mouse 1 it's look like catching scorpion but no any enemy at last just to Eywa

[@wildrouseacer]

​@cloudsgone also you aren't connected with the hair to your animal..anyway for the 2009 that was to high to have may e the technology didn't permited for many things to apply

[@akinoichiro3434]

Oooh Frontiers reminds me of flying your bird in Zelda skyward sword. The 2009 game made flying so tiresome and boring, but I'm really excite for this game

[@1998topornik]

Improvement in every way!

[@LiamGers-cx1kn]

I’m honestly surprised People still remember the 2009 game!

[@malevolence-3778]

Man that avatar 2009 game was so nostalgic and now a there is a new game

[@vaibhavtyagi6148]

Ofcourse its nostalgic because it older captain obvious 😭😭

[@phisalaymang9869]

Never played the 2009 and I’m glad I didn’t . Flying seems like a nightmare lol

[@mitchelkvedar674]

I wish we could fly the scorpions in this one tho, those were so fun

[@wildrouseacer]

The cockpit is too small for a Na'Vi if we were rda just like the old game it was posibble but when here we are just Na'Vi its impossible to fly them being too big for them to enter

[@nkbluerosegaming]

I miss avitar 2009 though... I never beat it... and the music when you were flying was do beautiful

[@thewormarchives7876]

I just got the game and love how smooth the platforming is, i was really looking forward to the flying and its certainly not the worst i just wish i could do flips and have a little more control over the ikran (I never played 2009). I also wish you actually got to fight the ikran not just lasso its jaws shut.

[@crispycream6385]

You can do flips

[@bynxtypebeat]

its been so long since i play 2009 version its been years.

[@user-dc7jf4qc3z]

Cool. Amazing

[@queenriko6181]

I didn’t even know there was a 2009 game…

[@varunthapliyal8960]

Textures are 4k, still the physics, flying and combat mechanics looks 20 years old. 😂😂

[@antoniewest]

Sometimes I wish avatar frontiers was in third person

[@inksplosiongames]

"Now name her [SKIP SKIP SKPIPPPPPPP]"

[@melanieschmidt8222]

wow.

[@Lilypadsthoughts]

I cant wait to get an ikran, i just had a feeling eetu would help us get our ikran

[@Lilypadsthoughts]

How do you tell what chapter ur on though?

[@mangamaniac4519]

It would be better if they made first person flying so you can apreciate the size of the Ikran more

[@guymoore3794]

Its would have been cool if you could dchoose race like in the first game so youd have two different stories

[@jeremyhammond8115]

Didnt even know there was another game😅

[@dylanlowry9883]

I miss the First game so much

[@splattermaster9540]

I never played the 2009 game, but I love the 2023 game

[@christelleroderick524]

Take flight is my favorite chapter

[@ardamutlu765]

İ fukin love the old game so much

[@sCuFfEdDoG0.0]

Honestly i didnt like how slow the diving was i wanna go fast😂

[@kysco]

I hate this in all new games. If it is not specifically a simulator, it tends to be a miniaturized version of everything. Speeds are slow, distances are small... all too "arcadey" :C

[@skullkraken_resurrected9857]

ubisoft wasted potential they could've literally made avatar 3rd person with parkour but they made Farcry Avatar instead

[@crispycream6385]

Absolutely not 3rd would have ruined this game🤣

[@skullkraken_resurrected9857]

​@@crispycream6385it's already ruined nothing more to ruin lol what are you talking about.

[@SkyclanTheAdventurer]

Now imagine this on VR

[@AlphaChinoz]

Is it possible to play as the human military in this new game? Like fly around in those helicopter things and shoot machine guns at blue people? I was never a big fan of the blue aliens either way, too ooga-booga for my liking

[@May-mw9pt]

No, it's not an option. No shooting blue ooga-booga people 😢

[@GsusSonOfGod]

Who else got Messenger baited?

[@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300]

Wait there was a avatar game from 2009? I guess it's one of those obscure liscened games

[@flyingplantwhale545]

Never played it but the 2009 one looks AWFUL to control

[@blutigerbella1338]

Can you choose your own coloir ikran or is it pre-assigned?

[@shaelynncollier1801]

In the new game you can pick any color that’s given, once locked in you have to earn new colors. So be certain which one you really want before the first flight and afterwards you begin collecting new colors available in the game. 😊

[@crispycream6385]

Did you not watch the video?

[@HazbinHotel_fan21]

Yeah you can.

[@mr.exceptional]

But in 2023, it's still a face animation from 2009

[@agnieszkamatuszewska7035]

Ciekawe czy będzie następna cześć gry ❤

[@ironick917]

Much better and fun

[@Player-zx4ps]

I don't think a gamer was behind the footage

[@theflyingluxray3365]

I fucking knew this game existed!! but i never fucking found it💀

[@Piroo.salah91]

Still i dont understand why ppl hate this game...

[@HazbinHotel_fan21]

I love this game, apparently those that hate it think the storyline was bad or something for a beautifully and carefully crafted wilderness. I am looking forward to the update for this game.

[@acfan2135]

I didn’t know even know they had a avatar game in 2009

[@katerinaaqu]

Yeah and I heard you had more options to animals you ride or even what side you are in. You could play both as Na'vi and rda

[@wildrouseacer]

​@katerinaaqu i played it back in 2009 when i was 21 it was amazing i played rda and Na'Vi too you had a new area and you could travel in different parts of the pandora planet it was an amazing game with new things every time...fast forward to todays game we only have one area which will became boring overtime...thats why 2009 is better

[@wildrouseacer]

Plus in 2009 in rda sidewe had cars buggys helicopter ships to drive and fly rather than now when we are only by Na'Vi side when we have only one ikran

[@katerinaaqu]

@@wildrouseacer agreed many people said that who played both I didn't disagree. I made some humor that the Ikran is supposed to be hard to handle hehehe

[@wildrouseacer]

Think in 2009 we piloted even the toruk makto

[@NanoNano-tk7ev]

Imagine being able to ride a hammerhead

[@lunarkun3327]

It would be fun 😂

[@88vok]

кто из модеров фанатов серии аватар несмогбы зделать лучше ?!

[@HaydrogenBomb24]

Man, why can't we have flying animals that we can mount on Earth? 😭

[@Riley_Kates_Kreations]

Where/on what can I play this?

[@qtn.technology]

game chơi đã, mà gần 2024 rồi cấu hình thấy cũng ko đã cho lắm

[@joooooooooooo9083]

I feel the avatar game should've been more like horizon forbidden west

[@nara97]

Huh???? You have to "befriend" your ikran??? Not fighting like Jake did??? And then a man yeets you down a cliff? 😂 Whuatttt. When Jake nearly fell off Neytiri was so worried

[@danielzertuche7053]

I didnt even know there was an avatar game from 2009, what plataform was it forv

[@ForrestAxel]

Ps3

[@primeradiant827]

360

[@BigBlackGlock]

PC

[@raykarpp]

Switch

[@Greenmonkey552]

Still the same boring gameplay pumped out by Ubisoft 15 years later. Got to love the state of the games industry atm

[@big_bird8597]

this game shouldve been 3rd person

[@Jgamer8246-kd5bi]

Agreed but very good so far

[@big_bird8597]

@@Jgamer8246-kd5bi atleast toggle 3rd like some climbing and such seems odd in 1st person how is it?

[@big_bird8597]

@@DCKnight0077-jw4bw wut?

[@Thetopglaze]

@@big_bird85971st person is more immersive to me. seeing my 10 foot tall blue monkey cat man doesn’t really immerse me into the world

[@big_bird8597]

@@Thetopglaze fair enough for emersion purposes i understand that

[@Endstufe-R2]

....AVATAR FRONTIERS OF DOWNGRADE....yey...

[@HazbinHotel_fan21]

It's really not a downgrade.. controls are smoother, the wilderness is beautiful. Graphics are much, much better. There were a lot of mistakes with the first game.

[@moonlights9490]

How you go down.

[@mikeysellars6444]

Now…can you tame the big one

[@user-zj2pk8hr9z]

If youre talking about toruk then no

[@Fishing_and_Travel63]

Ну обзоры уже посмотрели - игра не стоит денег.

[@brydenmulloy7486]

The old one is beter its just hard at ferit

[@MisterRhul]

No side by side? Meh

[@majorsparkles5133]

2009 Avatar was so bad LOL

[@HazbinHotel_fan21]

At the time, the game felt great back then but compared to the 2023 version (and playing as an actual Na'vi), it's so much better than the original..

[@maddogstudios9889]

I prefer the original just because it’s 3rd persons.

[@Thug9030]

Graphics look similar

[@eclipsexfade9522]

Are u blind😂😂😂

[@RiriTnt13]

HAHAHAA

[@Nugnugnug]

Anything to justify the bandwagon.

[@Lewis-4]

Found the troll

[@kxmode]

crack heads... lol

[@jakemalm7810]

That shit looks vertigo inducing, id rather fly the skyscale in gw2

[@TheWolfalpino]

also the 1009 wasn't bad at all. Can't remember the Ikran controls anyway

[@tonyleidyiii1652]

I wish tears of Pandora was related to the 2009 avatar game