I tried the terrible Avatar game...

[@evanmarcus5975]

It hurts because this game looks visually almost there, and then you see it in motion and it all falls apart

[@latbil]

Bro look at 7:45 lmfao it doesn’t even look “almost there”

[@Itzyyyy1]

honestly a perfect description

[@azurraa]

It’s crazy to think the avatar game on 360 was a way better adaptation than this

[@JeskidoYT]

@@azurraa budgeting is hard for licensing these days

[@IcyLucario]

The comic scenes look a lot like the real comics, they did a good job on them.

[@TheUltimateBlaziken]

I like how Admiral Zhao, the MAIN ANTAGONIST of Book One did not appear in the game until the point of the plot where he literally dies

[@BuzzabeelYT]

I’ve never seen a game intended for preschoolers that also assumes you have an encyclopedia knowledge of the entire series before.

[@Milo-u4o]

Like imagine this is your first introduction to The Avatar. It would suck, I know. Because this is the first time I "experienced" the story of Avatar.

[@crispyhottakes]

@@Milo-u4o My condolensces

[@Beninja610]

Fun Fact: When Zhao says Your Alive he is referring to when he exploded Zuko’s whole ship but this game decided not to show that

[@TheVivi13]

"haha this looks like such bad old game" *Released in 2023* "what"

[@IconicZee-df8oq]

I don’t know how good it is, but there was an avatar game released for the Xbox 360. All I know about it is that it’s used for achievement speedruns because all achievements can be earned in the tutorial

[@randomrhynos]

At first I misread this as 2033, I was very confused as to how Alpharad got a game that's releasing in 9 years

[@TheVivi13]

@@IconicZee-df8oq I know exactly which game you're talking about lol

[@notdemomantf2294]

The only Avatar game I've played (excluding the browser ones) was the flippin Plug & Play which was STILL better than this.

[@elizabethsmith7224]

@@notdemomantf2294 The GBA game was ok from what I remember.

[@BuzzabeelYT]

The narrators being the White Lotus re-telling the story to each other is a really good idea and it’s a shame that this is the game it’s used in.

[@kyx5631]

I didn't even notice. Yeah, that's a neat idea. ... I guess they will use it as a means to diverge from the series, as they could always claim an unreliable narrator...

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

I like how they show Momo in a cutscene, but then he’s never in the gameplay whatsoever

[@SylviaGrome]

No he does show up just only in optional races against him that do nothing unless you want 100%

[@TriforceZard]

I assumed this was something from 2007, so when I saw the 2023 copyright I had to do a triple take.

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

The bumi episode literally had puzzles and action in it already, and they just info dumped the whole thing.

[@abbycaldwell3166]

A real "tell don't show" game

[@Hawkatana]

Holy shit, it adapted Netflixvatar.

[@TheiaOfTruth]

It barely even tells half the time

[@Kie30001]

I couldn't agree with Jacob more when he says that avatar deserves a good game with it's world!! HOW TF HASN'T THERE BEEN A GOOD AVATAR GAME RELEASED YET IT'S INCREDIBLE!

[@mr.sandman7339]

The only piece of Avatar content universally known for quality and substance is the original series (prob the novels too though they're not as well-known; Korra and the Netflix version are debatable). Any company that tries to do anything else with Avatar has unfortunately fallen flat or failed spectacularly. I think it's cursed bc the original was such a high bar to clear

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

I've heard the ttrpg is decent but haven't played it

[@Kie30001]

@@mrhalfsaid1389 idek what that is… might need to check it out

[@Kie30001]

@@mr.sandman7339 you are spitting facts tbf, hopefully avatar studios coooooks

[@mitkitty]

​@@mrhalfsaid1389the ttrpg is good (and im a fan of the publisher) though im not the biggest fan of the combat part of it. It's not BAD, just...more restrictive than it needs to be given the system they're using (PbtA usually has much less rule-heavy combat, more focused on using moves creatively and keeping the narrative flowing)

[@Fool_2K6]

Crazy how Jacob had more fun trying to get back in bounds than actually playing the game

[@master-of-dreams7455]

Everytime text came up on screen I felt like quoting Aslan's "Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written."

[@freddiefishton]

“i have low expectations” 0:14 “should’ve set them lower”

[@tailgrowth]

"I tried the terrible Avatar game" Me: ...which one?

[@danielslack9114]

Ngl, even the garbage mobile gacha one is better than this game.

[@KirbyKips]

At least give the others credit for not butchering the story the way this one did. This is the worst example of a summary I’ve ever seen in my life.

[@Waecholo]

The only good ones imo, are the 2 ds games they made way back.

[@Gamesmarts194]

What kills me is that for the “cutscenes” they can’t even stick to one style. One (very rare) moment it’s 3D, then next it’s a comic book style, then it’s literally just a box of text, then it just randomly picks between the three above.

[@notdemomantf2294]

This feels like they wanted to make an Avatar game to capitalize the lockdown popularity, then proceeded to cut everything that was not yet completed and use text scrolls between them.

[@Lummox874]

I like how they could have just copy pasted the original “fire, water, earth, air” intro, but instead chose to not only make a new one, but spoil the show as well. Fuck, they literally could have thrown in clips from the show, but chose to follow the stupid comic strip trend in modern single player games.

[@akechidhd]

i don't even hate the comic strip trend I know it can look good but.. 😭 it looks so bad here

[@jazycol5895]

This actually could have mainly been because of Copyright

[@Eira_99]

Not including Jet is wild, you can't skip him later in Ba Sing Se, so it's weird to not introduce him here. How are they gonna justify him knowing them and going to them later.

[@kyx5631]

"You can't skip him later in Ba Sing Se" The game: Watch me do this little magic trick.

[@Eira_99]

@@kyx5631 surely not... IT MAKES NO SENSE WITHOUT HIM!? they're just doing bad fanfic at that point if they make up how they find Appa and about the brainwashing.

[@SylviaGrome]

Oh they skip him due to the fact that Ba Sing Se practically doesn’t fucking exist

[@blakecook9266]

@@SylviaGromethere is no ba sing se in ba sing se

[@eljoel89]

10:40 This entire dialogue is taken from book two. We don't know Ursa or Ozai yet. We haven't met Zuko yet. There's no basis for this dialogue being here.

[@oreotaku4017]

How Can A Waterbender Not Swim??? SHE CAN CONTROL WATER!!!!!

[@comfyghost]

alpha was really focussed on the guy with an invisible shovel, but i was distracted by the woman in the background seemingly pushing an invisible wheelbarrow.

[@Silver_Sonic_23]

5:36 Rouxls Kaard puzzle.

[@NottSaying]

GOD DAMN IT

[@littlebabyman8494]

@@NottSaying I was gonna make that joke.

[@AceLeader101]

Bro, even the shyamalan live action movie didn't skip the climax...

[@squiddler7731]

I used to look at games and ask "how". Now I know from personal experience how, and instead I just feel bad lol.

[@Ringoblingus]

we didnt even get to see giant moon spirit subway surfers

[@paulhunter34]

This looks and plays like if a LEGO game weren’t LEGO.

[@JustsomeKid93]

And if it were just… worse overall

[@biastrafig]

Not true. Lego games have better storytelling than this

[@maxenswlfr1877]

At least Lego games have a lot of characters, creative graphics and humor

[@eviltables8510]

That's mean to Lego games

[@TotalyNotTony]

at least lego games are, you know, good

[@Mario583a]

Alpharad: 29:34 Why is he floating?? Me: Because, Alpharad, he is Avatar: The Last Airbender

[@DeftestAphid2]

I knew right when I tried to double jump that the gameplay was bad. A front flip is literally the definition of satisfaction. I give the VAs a pass though, they didn't have a choice.

[@milobytz]

I'm sure they were shown the paper look, which for this game is very deceiving because it looks pretty spectacular. But then got shafted on the actual game design. I bet they're super disappointed it ended up this shitty. As far as I know, the VAs are loyal fans of the series too.

[@Aeivious]

This game needed like atleast 3 more years to cook

[@FirstLastname604]

I feel like a game where you play as aang trapped in the iceberg and you HAVE to play the game for 100 years to beat it would be more enjoyable

[@SeijinApollo]

Mannnn, I really wanted to play through this with my sister.. I mean I didn't expect much, but holy shit.. I'll just watch this video together with her.

[@Pierceson-up8fs]

That constellation of Appa was amazing. It’s a shame, this might have been able to be something with more time

[@Neogeddon]

It only has four of his six legs 😭

[@juanchetumare]

Damn if this had been released back in 2009 it would have still been bad

[@samuelhacker7463]

Pitch: a battle royal of all the previous avatars with each one having unique moves in each style of bending. It would be so fun

[@kyx5631]

There was one, Spellbreak. It died.

[@octodaddy1602]

4:13 I cannot get over the fact that they drew Appa with FOUR LEGS

[@fhey7903]

45:30 Damn, Katara really is a talented waterbender...

[@elius1548]

Can I just say you’re pfp is super cute

[@TheDizzyDungeoneer]

I work at gamestop and the amount of people i warn about gamemill games who buy them anyway is astounding and a lot of them complain later about it. Like these guys pump out so so many games and theyre all bad this was made by the same people who did the gollum amd skull island games btw

[@fujinshu]

It was always in the name. They're literally a game mill, and all they do is mill out games.

[@TheDizzyDungeoneer]

@@fujinshu yeah I mean they're the most honestly named company for gaming that's for sure it's just absurd how many people ignore it and assume the games won't be garbage they like control most of the shovel ware scene now

[@icedragon7378]

How dare they skip "Secret Tunnel"

[@mr.sandman7339]

Just you wait for when he plays Book 2 and we get to read what happens in that episode

[@lil_Liam72]

So glad of all the parts they forgot they at least remembered the important part where they fell through the ground and then into the abyss!!

[@Captain_Bobvious]

I've never watched Avatar and this video just made me more confused than I was coming in

[@Evokalis]

I'm so sorry this was how you were introduced to this masterpiece of a world. Go watch the show for your own sake, its truly a lifechanger imo

[@lauraaube7877]

YOU MUST WATCH IT. Seriously you must. It is an incredible story.

[@Lilythetcccreference]

Yeah I watched the video and then was luke no way this is that bad then watched the show and I was right the show is so much better its such a good show watch it now

[@mossbugprincess]

man avatar as a franchise and world is so fucking cool and yet they just can not make any adaptations work

[@elius1548]

The adaptations of the original aren’t good, but what they’ve built off of it are. Especially the novels

[@mossbugprincess]

@@elius1548 true!!!

[@352eden]

Ah yes my favourite Avatar episode, the one where Aang falls through the floor and spends the episode running around trying to find his way back into reality. Classic episode

[@thanatoast]

This game truly feels like a retelling of series! Specifically, it feel like a retelling by your friend who only kinda remembers how the show went after they watched it 8 years ago.

[@Loser_boxes]

Little does he know the first 3d cutscene was the last

[@SylvieYawn700]

Imagine if this was the only piece of avatar media ever released so we would get all this cool, creative worldbuilding shoved into whatever this is with no elaboration

[@Vassilinia]

90 seconds in I saw the Viacom copyright/trademark at the bottom of the screen and that told me all I needed to know about the quality of the game.

[@MLGfenris]

I haven’t seen the series, wish me luck understanding anything

[@the_untitled__]

Save yourself, go watch it in the proper way, it's a gem

[@Betterthanyou26]

Go watch the series

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

I haven't watched but I know lots about it

[@bradyelliott1174]

I have seen the series. Where the fuck are the Blue tall people at?

[@shiftless215]

@@bradyelliott1174this is the prequel, the blue arrow grows and he becomes fully blue

[@dantheboss1236]

This game feels like it could actually work as an old licensed kids game on the Wii... not as a 2023 release on the PS5...

[@SEAkuaa]

i like that they mentioned that THE SPIRIT OF THE MOON DIES and instead of talking about how yue sacrificed herself they just dont mention the spirit again

[@Jav4nos]

oh my gosh, it's finally here, what a legendary game. I can't believe there STILL is no any% speedrun for this game

[@Nanabuggycat]

alpharad laughes at 34:09

[@noskillrequired9532]

It’s been 5 minutes how

[@syphilispakistan]

How

[@bonuslevel0340]

its been 9 minutes how

[@Bluutuber]

It's been 35 minutes, so now its fine

[@randomrhynos]

It's been 1 hour, it's expected at this point

[@D_H_VOLTAGE]

At least Yue got to live in this game's version of the story. Though there's no The Great Divide level? For shame, it would've made a great Subway Surfers level.

[@jingleheimerr]

This game uses the Sonic 06 hand animations for when someone is talking

[@dystopyxrose]

13:20 that's also the funniest part of the live action series!

[@cultiumera]

the cutscenes feel like if a content mill youtube channel made one of those plot summery vids on avatar

[@UsefulHarpoon]

THE COVER'S SO OMINOUS *WHAT??*

[@SubCruz]

"Avatar battleroyale goes hard" A shame that spellbreak didn't get popular man :c

[@fallerr-n7t]

Real. I played that game until it closed, I was distraught

[@SubCruz]

@@fallerr-n7t I couldn't play it back then, cause I had an awful PC. And now that I CAN play it, it no longer exists :c

[@flarithen]

oh damn i used to play that game a lot. i stopped bc of the microtransactions, but it was a hoot. didnt realise it closed, shame. it had good potential.

[@Prometheus1172]

This is like an xbox 360 shovelware game

[@AstralKeyNotParasyte]

The glitch made it so much more interesting

[@ARandomEliatrope]

Ok but like, who the hell is this game for? It misses out giant storybeats, okay, so it assumes you've watched the series... So teenagers? Adults? No, because the mechanics and gameplay treat you like a child... And the difficulty curve is non-existent... So... Children? Kids? No! Because they most likely would not understand the story without having seen the series prior, which i doubt most younger kids (8-12) have (unfortunately) So like... Who is this game for???

[@Tuxfanturnip]

the publisher, it was made fast and it was made cheap and it has a brand name on it. probably at least break-even even if it's terrible, just from people not bothering to return it, and they can have another title out the door in a few months.

[@romram7984]

Kinda funny how rushed each section feels, all to fit the whole story in one game when they could have easily split each book into their own games. Game 1 could go from the beginning of the story to the end of the book of water, Game 2 could have ended with the end of the earth book, and game 3 could end with the battle against the Fire Lord. I'm just going to assume we skip the library in the sands until I get to that part of the stream

[@SMPandanic]

This is the best unfinished not tested at all game I have ever seen

[@5ke1et0nTech]

Its interesting how the cabbage merchant was in all the wrong places.

[@Pixalborgsbabygirl]

18:57 hate how i immediately recognized that zuko was voiced by Vincent tong, lol.

[@SylviaGrome]

Little warning if you see a game was made by Gamemill don’t expect a good game. My evidence Miraculous Ladybug Rise of the Sphinx and a Cartoon Network crossover game that I don’t care enough to search the name of Also love how this game just expositions to you the interesting stuff and then makes you play all the filler episode stuff

[@metalicarus8372]

I feel like the voice actor for Aang is the same as the first voice actor for Lloyd Garmadon from Ninjago

[@shinyninja8107]

Just looked it up, it’s not. However, Zuko is played by Vincent Tong, who plays Kai

[@tirow]

So the game is the elders from White Lotus summarizing the journey to the Glitchland, during a game... that's why you upgrade with tiles... right?

[@Q_Tura]

It's fascinating how everything related to the AVATAR but the OG show is just trash in different ways

[@thegameplayer125]

why do i now want jacob to through the hell that is game mills library

[@qtacontessenu]

it looks like they started making the game and then the director showed up one day and said "i need this done by tomorrow" so they stopped everything and filled the in-between with info dumps in text format lol

[@juicyjuustar121]

this game has to be an elaborate prank by the developers. i mean come on, you'd think that by taking one of the greatest, most influential stories in the modern age and adapting it into a game, they'd at least get either the presentation, story, OR gameplay right, but not only did they manage to get all of them wrong, they managed to get them so wrong that there are literally no redeeming qualities whatsoever in the entire game

[@LittleLexi24]

I can’t believe they showed the ending of the story DURING THE OPENING MOVIE

[@Dlekdkm]

I just wanted to tell you I love how good this channel is already and I like how you are making it keep going!

[@ElectricalMatthew]

It’s a shame this game was so terrible cause there are older Avatar games that are much better.

[@Bill30006]

you've heard of show, don't tell welcome to tell don't show, the video game.

[@haylemoo]

Gotta love a game that decides to show all the most boring parts and tell the most interesting bits like a clip note * sigh… *

[@braden6986]

I played the Avatar game for PS2 and that shi was fire. This is just that, but with nothing added and half of the game taken up by dialogue boxes. The combat is like a mobile game version of what was made 20+years ago

[@captainjellystar1453]

For such a great series, their games have always looked like they were made by first year highschool art students for an exam. The models seem ok but animations are horrible, story is incoherent and mechanics are an abomination.

[@berg5332]

this is literally a early ps3 era platformer

[@lamparo7028]

Whoever said 'Toph Pov' during the black screen is diabolical

[@Bwitty03]

37:00 does the blue spirit have a talking animation for aangs dialogue

[@shimmerkerr2730]

The Avatar game for the GBA was infinitely better, even within the first ten minutes

[@gwenpomidor7492]

Some heroes don't bend and Jacob's one of them One of the most painful things I've ever watched Thank u for your service

[@KirbyKips]

Fun Fact: There’s been MANY AtLB games released over the years. Many of them are on the Wii, PS2, and XBOX, which I’ll remind you are around three generations BEFORE this game released. AND YET, those games have more quality and effort put into them than this game does. They don’t cut out content, the acting is good, and the cutscenes are actually animated. Like, we don’t need Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth quality, but they could do more than a butchered story summary and comic strips. It’s laziness at its worst.

[@Wazy002]

Dude I loved the vods I’m happy it’s edited down now

[@ZeldaOdelta]

This is somehow a significantly less coherent Avatar game than the ones I had on GBA and DS as a kid, incredible

[@thebigmystery7841]

What i find sad is I can tell that they used art from the artist or team that worked on the comics. Which are pretty good and go over extra stuff like zukos mom. Decent art and story. So to find they had their talent used for something that people will mock sucks a lot. :(

[@williamtatum2147]

King Arthur from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 30:04

[@essinia]

This game looking like a licensed movie game

[@DeK-]

Alpharad found the Hidden DLC of the game by complete accident.

[@RobertMischief]

I don't think Alpharad knows what a Barrel Roll is.

[@TheJege12]

It's crazy that they started off Avatar games with less quality than Sonic Boom

[@AG-fs8yn]

While this game was going on I felt like I was playing D&D for the second time. I feel super bad for not understanding it the first time I played with my neighbor

[@Gamer-G27]

I'm so to be so honest, I have seen the show and I still feel lost

[@raiknightshade3442]

.....they managed to make a game as bad as the movie was, and somehow WITH THE EXACT. SAME. PROBLEMS. HOOOOWWWWWW

[@ninjalex9791]

Wait, who's the voice actor for Zuko? Sounds way to familiar.

[@Debloko666]

The Avatar game on GBA is probably the only good Avatar game I saw so far, imo

[@radiatamusic]

i am fully confident when I say that zuko's boss health bar is almost always lower than the general enemies for the area he's in LMAO

[@buhbird4698]

okay but the rpg for the gamecube actually went hard