That Bad Avatar game is somehow getting worse

[@HoswayVideoGames]

There is no war in Ba Sing Se because it doesn't fucking exist

[@SylviaGrome]

That sounds like a joke Alpha himself would say if he made a video on the game on his main channel

[@Ceo0fBr4wlStar5]

The Boulder is conflicted over his absence from this game.

[@aterribleperson9119]

Sounds to me like you're jealous, Boulder!

[@Tatch151]

​@@aterribleperson9119 The Boulder is over his conflicted feelings.

[@draconis17]

The fact that Jet isn't even mentioned at all while XIN FU of all people gets an entire boss fight is crazy

[@Modie]

But they didn't know if Jet died. It was really unclear so I guess they skipped him.

[@josephmuir4189]

@@Modiethey left it “unclear” because Nickelodeon wouldn’t allow them to say a kid died directly in a kids show. The writers confirmed it and they went as far as they could to confirming it in the show

[@Modie]

@@josephmuir4189 It was a joke referencing the show where Sokka says this exact thing during the theater episode.

[@unkindled6410]

@@josephmuir4189 i find it funny how he died to an attack that honestly the rest of the cast would have shrugged off as if they just got a punch. a punch thats landed squarely, but still. dude got stone edged crit apparently.

[@ChonkersCentral]

I forgot who that was

[@MegAmi24]

I like that Aang constantly reminds the player that he's the avatar, and apparently that was more important to include than half of the original show's plot

[@tattersthebat6253]

At this point it'd be easy to forget he's the avatar if he didn't tell us

[@Haizou]

“Im the avatar!!🗣️🗣️🗣️” sayin ahhh😭

[@Yamartim]

Since the plot isn't there how would you know though??

[@milobytz]

Some real M. Night Shyamalan shit right there, just say "I'm the Avatar!" and it fixes everything 😂

[@Squink200]

The speedruns will go crazy, especially since the game skips most of the cutscenes from the show for you

[@sunnyd1722]

This game IS a speedrun of ATLA

[@danielbarnes1241]

TRUE

[@ct1542]

After Toph joins the gaang, the game skipped Zuko Alone, The Chase, Bitter Work, The Library, The Desert, and The Serpent's Pass, all of which could have been levels

[@LagrimaArdiente]

The Chase and Serpent's Pass, especially, I think could have very easily been turned into levels even by this game's extremely narrow definition of gameplay: The Chase could have another Appa Surfer level and Serpent's Pass could have had Aang facing against the Serpent, but not even that. 🥲

[@deusex9731]

yeah that would have been work to do and we cant have that

[@illegalmemedealer3549]

Why is Avatar cursed to never get any good media outside the main two animated shows

[@techmuse8]

you should go read the Chronicles of the Avatar novels then

[@meee_5155]

Because only the main shows and the comics are made by the creators of the series

[@ExplodingSteve]

they did make that one kora game for psp too bad it doesn’t exist anymore

[@ARandomEliatrope]

@@ExplodingSteve it wasn't just for the psp it was on general consoles too

[@beikann]

I mean, there is a korra game that Is not that good,but it's not that bad either

[@poiichi]

the game where aang has dementia and only remembers a lil

[@TehWhiteTiger]

Me and Toph didn't get along? That's crazy, we were always best friends!

[@erisuvt]

I love how Toph was just in the wrong outfit when she was with her parents, she doesn't get her home attire, she's just in her fighting outfit the whole time

[@Missingno_Miner]

And then there's Iroh casually standing in Ba Sing Se with his full dragon of the West outfit, complete with topknot, even though Zuko clearly got a redesign.

[@squiddler7731]

11:42 Just want to point out: there should not be any people in the audience here. In the show, the only people in the audience were Toph's dad, her earthbending teacher and team avatar. So not only is this a mistake, it's a mistake that cost them extra work to draw those people, lol.

[@squiddler7731]

Now that I think about it, I bet this was a shot meant for Toph's introduction as the blind bandit, when there was a full on audience watching the fight. But then that part got cut and skipped, and they reused the art for her fight later. For all we know there could've been tons of moments like this that were cut, and this was just one of the few we can see.

[@CheesyLizzy]

Wait, hold up They built an entire level set for Omashu, but still didn't use it in the first book????

[@notdemomantf2294]

-made by people who read the plot on an ATLA wiki at some point idk

[@TKize777]

nah don't be rediculous, the wiki has way more detail

[@elius1548]

The game feels like they went in order of importance for events, and then just randomly said “that’s good enough” and filled in the rest with cutscenes

[@r-dragon2538]

it´s like the wiki put into chat gpt with the order: give me 10 important plot points from this story

[@LagrimaArdiente]

I love how Katara subdued Azula by freezing her in the show ONCE-during the finale episode as part of a last resort, life-or-death moment-and the developers for this game decided, "That's it! Ice should be Azula's easily exploitable major weakness for the ENTIRE game! Just have Aang hit her with a bit of ice in every boss fight of Book 2 and she gets super staggered each time!"

[@gungy_vt]

Spawning in characters for an "ambush", followed by paragraph of text, followed by location change is some wild game design that I don't think the world will ever be ready for.

[@SupermewX300]

Obviously they were only able to make 1 Iroh model, so they gave him his default fire nation clothes, because we'd see him in those more often than his earth kingdom clothes. ... Right?

[@shawnheatherly]

What they choose to cut and keep is genuinely baffling.

[@Squink200]

I can't tell if something got skipped because of editing, or if the game just didn't include it.

[@LightningBea]

The game just didn’t include it😭

[@TotalyNotTony]

trust me, it's the game

[@somerandomgamer9065]

13:07 We SKIPPED *ZUKO ALONE*?

[@EduardoRato420]

It's like the easiest episode possible to make a level out of

[@somerandomgamer9065]

@@EduardoRato420 and it’s one of, if not the most, loved episodes of the show

[@squiddler7731]

Honestly that one is kind of understandable to me. Zuko's story is always happening at the same time that Aang's is, but for obvious reasons a game can't just have you constantly alternate between playing as Team Avatar and playing as Zuko. So it just skips all the Zuko stuff, and Zuko Alone is no different.

[@somerandomgamer9065]

@@squiddler7731but from a story standpoint, skipping all Zuko stuff makes his joining of team avatar make no sense.

[@acessofspades]

I actively avoided these videos until today because I haven’t watched Avatar yet, and yesterday my friend (who HAS watched Avatar) asked if I’d seen them yet “No,” I said, “I’m waiting until we watch the show. Yknow, for spoilers” “Oh that doesn’t matter,” she said, “You won’t get any.” I was a little skeptical but decided to risk it and watch them anyway and… yeah she was right i have no clue what’s happening. but im having a good time and that’s all that matters 👍

[@bramrutgers207]

We so back for this beautiful game! I love rewatching Avatar without any of the plot!

[@theconfidentchicken3414]

with the insane things they were cutting and keeping i was half expecting the Great Divide to be a full level

[@alyxs131]

ME TOO

[@wraith.ferron]

"Wait. Why did I even come? I don't know." Avatar sounds like post-nut clarity.

[@kathleenfullin6098]

RIP Zuko's entire book 2 development 😭 they didn't even show that he was the one who rescued Appa, from the game's perspective Appa just shows up on his own 😅

[@evanmarcus5975]

Please finish this, I can't wait to see the fire Lord ozai fight done in a text box

[@ElectricalMatthew]

When making this game who thought it would be a good idea to either skip important scenes or episodes or put them in a text box.

[@supergummytaco9588]

This games plot made me so uncomfortable that I genuinely want to watch the show again to just appreciate it

[@dalefreund]

the missed opportunity of when playing as toph you only see the world through seismic sense is something i will lament until the end of time. (my idea is the world is completely dark and only a range around the character is illuminated by the “ripples” or glowing rings coming from toph)

[@temmytoa]

I love how when the carts hit Azula they explode into more material than they were before impact

[@juanchetumare]

If it weren't for Jacob this would be difficult to even watch. Such a bad game ffs

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

It’s crazy they take out fights from the show just to put fights in that didn’t actually happen.

[@Nuoance]

As someone whose never seen Avatar, this game is like it was made from my memory via tiktoks alone. I have an approximate understanding of the story but lord knows what goes where.

[@5ke1et0n-ow4rv]

THEY SKIPPED CATUS JUICE! 😭

[@potatoqueen5248]

Watching the drill segment reminds me of when I introduced my boyfriend to avatar, and he was genuinely upset at the "using waterbending to cut the beams" because the water didn't have grit in it, so it was the most unrealistic thing in the show about people who have control over the 4 classical elements. But that oversight feels right at home for this game.

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

Ah yes, a very fitting death sound for Toph “I wasn’t strong enough!” Definitely something she would actually say if she ever lost in the show. I can’t think of anything more in character!

[@TokoNim]

This game is somehow the worst adaptation I’ve ever seen and I haven’t even seen the source material

[@skyltie]

what are you waiting for? its a great show

[@lukiwei9468]

At least it’s funny bad, and the characters are mostly intact. Imagine if there was a movie that completely ruined both the plot and cast. Good thing the Netflix remake was just meh!😅

[@leikosakuray]

2:07 I’m surprised to see a character named Bohai, the name of Bolin and Mako’s grandfather, here. Either that is just a weird coincidence or at least one person tried to genuinely put in a neat little Easter Egg and I kinda feel bad for them…

[@Xtraaa444]

16:56 why did they rock bounce like that 😭😭

[@Dat_DekuBoi]

I like how some conversations just end with “Let’s go!”

[@nellhalls60]

"toph wasn't too pleased to see aang" let me hold your hand while i tell you this

[@sharkyyy134_bs2]

Hello alpharad you are way better than terrorism

[@AdrieneTheDarkestHorse]

Very specific

[@LukeLGamer34]

Wrong

[@sarahmellinger3335]

@@LukeLGamer34 ya whats up with these terrorism haters

[@shponglemcdongle5387]

depends

[@AussieDragoon]

Considering we didn't see him in book 1 and likely won't play the liberation of Ba Sing Se in book 3, why didn't they just give Iroh's on model the end of Book 2 design, and not the season 1 design he'll never use again for the rest of the series?

[@Haizou]

Alpharads commentary acting as if this was his first time experiencing avatar is so funny lol

[@ultimateform8714]

There is no Ba Sing Se. This game is so cursed

[@shyndoni4102]

I've never watched avatar, feel like I should have been spoiled, but feel like I'm not at the same time ? Weird...

[@isaacscifi_]

I would love for an avatar game to be in the style of breath of the wild/ tears of the kingdom

[@Too_Tall_64]

10:00 God this is just as bad at story telling as the Bible... "I will feed 1000 people with this fish" And he did... like, do you think you could elaborate on that? just a bit maybe?

[@maiam388]

Lmao Bible narrative criticism real, they did not give justice to half the wacky things mentioned in there, yet for some reason foot washing gets an in-depth mention🤔🤨

[@maximedelice6691]

A reminder that Gamemill Entertainment fucked the devs on time and that's a major reason as to why this game is peepee poopoo garbage.

[@Lexthefazworker]

Another weird thing, if they never met jet, how would they know about lake laogi? They were just like “let’s ask around”. They talked to one person and said “could we take your ostrich horse to lake laogi?”

[@Flapjackie]

Watching Alpha play this game hurts my soul. No joke. The series is one of the greatest memories of my childhood. Cannot believe how they cut it into little pieces, randomly glued them together and stomped on whatever abomination they created until it was unrecognizable to anyone. :( At least we did not have to watch Jet die again, right?! ... :(

[@_maxmur]

honestly as someone who hasnt watched the show the lack of any story in this shitass game makes me want to watch the show so i get to know wtf actually happens

[@basicallybrownie1313]

i sure am glad that the excellent and incredibly fun Legend of Korra video game got pulled from stores so that this masterpiece is now the only Avatar game on the market

[@kayden2119]

God an avatar game should be so easy to make good but they are never given any money to make one

[@rainbowboyyt2703]

Return to omashu, Return to development

[@Marshadow_Boi]

The bad avatar game is somehow getting worse (apparently)

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

33:28 Oh yeah he definitely wasn’t wearing fire nation getup. They only got the one model of him it would seem and it’s not the correct one. He still has his ponytail

[@Foxeriguess]

I love avatar from wish and temp at the same time

[@luigiclone0286]

Oh, he changed Not Alpharad to Alpharad Live. That's why I sometimes eat vods up instead of videos, I've been juked for being clueless

[@TehWhiteTiger]

This is somebodies first Avatar experience...

[@nanowears7478]

WHO is Iroh?!?!

[@jacobthekirby]

Lmao the way Aang says "you can earth bend?? ALL ALONG?!?" i always chuckle.

[@eights6070]

This game is an awesome finished game

[@Bill30006]

I started watching avatar because of the last video on this and now I understand your confusion. This is indeed a game that can be played.

[@FruityGroovy]

Like, I know that historically, the ATLA video games haven't been great, but I feel those old PS2/Wii games were better than this. At the very least, they told most of the story.

[@DragonSlayer2189]

I've never seen avatar, this is a great introduction to me

[@RythmicRaindrops]

If only they didn't have deadlines, I think they should have absolutely had you play out the full show, or at the very least for the BEGINNING OF THE THE GAME

[@xinf3ctdx]

Yeah, because I’m sure a lack of deadlines would have made this game much better. >.>

[@Funny-NuMbE7]

Exactly like the show, I couldn't see any differences

[@SylviaGrome]

I think you might be Toph then

[@Wooperdooper2008]

25:53 look at my mans smile when he saw appa. He looked like he dislocated his jaw.

[@thumb5225]

So glad after all this time Alpharad LIVE could introduce me to Avatar: The Last Airbender.

[@zuriamariya7004]

Appa got all of his gear back on just to throw that guy into the sea.

[@Stormsaber]

Speedrunning shorts got nothin on this game 😂

[@DylanofScreenTime]

The cutscene animation looks like it was done by the people who animate RWBY. Not even the cool action stuff, just the bits where they're talking.

[@nevrikx]

Funny thing about Iroh taking so long to appear: his design is anachronistic

[@literallyredacted1934]

This game is the epitome of "tell, don't show"

[@Luke0_27]

I still wonder who let this game happen

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

Okay, the drill isn’t the end of book two in the slightest, but that’s quite a lot they skimmed over

[@noahpauley]

This game is a masterclass in what not to do with game design

[@StarGrimmchild]

This game is making me want to rewatch the show cause this is absolutely atrocious 😭😭

[@blu______]

damn avatar am if right

[@n0dash18]

8:32 “Use Toph’s Seismic Sense to reveal which walls *she break* to clear the path forward. Complete the challenge to master this ability!” - A $50 game …Yeah, I know this is probably one of the less tilting aspects of the game, but I’m still unreasonably pissed looking at it. This is crap I’d expect from a ten dollar game, or, like, one to three times in a game that needed to be translated to English. This is a text box you’re forced to see as part of a tutorial, in a game that is originally in English, that is as expensive as, and in some cases _more_ expensive than, games on Steam that have gameplay more complex than box puzzles. The people who set the price expect you to pick this over two LEGO games. Also, I’m just kinda one of those people who are annoying about grammar.

[@Cinderspear]

this was so fun to watch live

[@ezekielbaskerville2710]

19:20 Oh, so the Jo Dee gets an introduction, but literally everyone and everything important just gets randomly namedropped in this game. If even that, because I'm only just realizing that they completely omitted Zhao killing the moon. Like, no mention is made of that whatsoever.

[@possessedpicklejar4762]

Only one model for toph, so she’s in her full Pro-earthbending garb instead of her dress while she’s at her home where her father knows nothing about how powerful she is.

[@some_williott]

Karts in omashu: *shatter into a billion giant pieces* Breakable walls in the rest of the game: *peace out with no ore than a pebble or two and a little dust effect* I love continuity

[@plazmurr]

"Did Jett just die?" "Who?"

[@Alleister207]

Find someone who looks at you like Sokka looks at Appa at 25:52

[@BuzzabeelYT]

I’d like to remind everyone that Nickelodeon approved this. You’d think that with ATLA being one of two successful franchises they have left they wouldn’t just loan the IP to just any studio, right? Right??

[@gudenau]

This game seems to be suffering from bad management, not enough money and not enough time. An Avatar game would be a good candidate for six rounds of DLC if made well. (VR Avatar where you actually bend when?)

[@Jay-mx9hp]

25:52 look at Sokka's face.

[@Smollest_Jordie]

literally nothing happens in Ba Sing Se

[@caseyclark5174]

I hope in book 3 when you play the disguised headband aang section he keeps walking around the fire nation going "i AM the avatar!"

[@dralx2042]

Zuko joining the team is gonna be the most confusing thing 😂 Also, I can't wait for them to skip over Aang getting sniped by Azula 😃

[@Solemn_Dullahan]

i feel so bad for anyone who paid full price for this garbage

[@lamparo7028]

18:43 bro screamed in undercase

[@ChemoorVodka]

actually I was wrong, this game isn’t early alpha, this game is just a game of the recap play near the end of the last book.

[@kittyfromsaturn]

“Princess? She’s brother of Zuko?!” I’m sorry but I lost it

[@thezekroman]

36:48 Was that the first time we see Azula's lightning in this game?

[@Roboboboto]

25:50 fnaf 2 withered foxy jumpscare

[@theman6422]

I honestly expected a secret tunnel rhythm game. It just makes sense at this point

[@LJ_973]

When they skipped over Ba Sing Sae someone in chat said “there is no level in Ba Sing Sae” and I nearly lost it

[@imafluffycupcake]

I am 98% sure they're using comic books panel of the official comics on the cutcenes and just lazily moving things around