The E3 2021 Ubisoft Forward has already showcased a lot of cool stuff set to releasing soon. The French developers showcased new titles like Riders Republic and Rainbow Six Extraction, along with updates to many of their existing games. But their biggest surprise came in the end when fans received a World Premiere of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
The game is set in the world created by James Cameron for his 2009 blockbuster hit, Avatar. It’s a standalone story, and it’s not part of the movie franchise’s storyline with sequels arriving soon. Fans will play as a Na’Vi in the visually beautiful world of Pandora which will have some mind-blowing creatures and environments. Following the release of the trailer, fans thronged to Twitter to talk about this epic surprise.
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Twitter Reacts to Ubisoft Forward showcasing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
The Ubisoft Forward press conference shocked everyone when it released the first look of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. With four movie sequels planned to release this decade, it seems like the perfect time for Ubisoft to release a game about it. Following the release of the trailer, a lot of fans were excited about playing as a Na’Vi in the beautiful world of Pandora. This included Twitch streamer HasanAbi who was quite fascinated by these ‘blue aliens.’
FINALLY I CAN KISS THE BLUE ALIENS FROM AVATAR
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) June 12, 2021
That Avatar game looks promising
— Afro (@AfroSenju) June 12, 2021
Other than that, many fans were excited about the prospects of playing this game on the next-generation consoles. With such gorgeous visuals, it will be interesting to see how the game will play on the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X. It also remains to be seen how the game will use the many hardware features of these consoles including the controllers.
I don't even want to think about how the DualSense is going to handle this in the Avatar game. pic.twitter.com/0CFtzVkbUt
— Bob Marshall (@bobmarshall) June 12, 2021
Along with that, many of them were also excited about playing the game involving one of most revered movie franchises of all time. But many of them felt that the developers were a bit too late at developing a title on a movie that released 12 years ago. Even then it looks like with sequels set to arrive soon, now is the perfect time for Ubisoft to release a game revolving around the Na’Vi and Pandora.
That avatar game actually looks really good, but over a decade between the first movie and this feels like a bit too long.
— Lazear (@AMLazear) June 12, 2021
Oh…. an Avatar game…… 12 years after the movie…. Wooow, how exciting. #E32021 pic.twitter.com/0bggws3mVR
— 🌴Neptune Orbiting In Reverse🌴 (@PeculiarCurio) June 12, 2021
Additionally, the new game also brought back a lot of memories of fans regarding Ubisoft’s first attempt at an Avatar video game. The company released a prequel game titled James Cameron’s Avatar The Game which also released in 2009. It never gained the massive commercial success of the movie, and many fans believe that the upcoming title will be much better than it.
Since the new Avatar Game is trending shout out to the og avatar game that raised me as a kid pic.twitter.com/ixs0FJm67F
— Cherry ! (@CherryCxmet) June 12, 2021
Weird I don't care about the upcoming Avatar game but I absolutely want to play the DS game released in 2009 #UbisoftForward #E32021 pic.twitter.com/UoQqPrzRPM
— Colly (@somekiwi5) June 12, 2021
That was VERY unexpected 😯 Hoping Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be at least 100 times better than that 2009 game 🤞 #UbiForward @Ubisoft 🎮
— Haya Borham (@HayaBorham) June 12, 2021
Twitter unhappy about developers working on the wrong Avatar franchise
Many players were happy about a video game about the James Cameron franchise. But some of them were also disappointed to know that Ubisoft wasn’t developing a title around The Last Airbender. Additionally, players voiced their disappointment at the French company for not creating a world around characters like Aang and many more.
Bro seeing that avatar game just made me question why the fuck we don’t have a avatar the last airbender game rn like do you know how much you could do with that
— Z (@Z3R00X) June 12, 2021
avatar game it's the pandora one
trending and not the last
airbender pic.twitter.com/CxoB88CPYF— Dane 🎙 (@kojinkinzo) June 12, 2021
I saw Avatar game trending and I was like Avatar Last Airbender game? No, it's the most bought movie ever 😒
— Nyon (@Nyonfunnyhaha) June 12, 2021
they gave us them inbred smurfs avatar instead of the Avatar The Last Airbender avatar Ubisoft is a dub in life and as a company
— 🤞爪ㄖ乃ㄩ尺卂爪乇丂卄丨🥢🏺 (@YujiPlatinum) June 12, 2021
All this talk of an Avatar Game. I got excited… I thought it was Avatar The Last Airbender
Oh
It's that mediocre James Cameron film pic.twitter.com/A8bPlw777Y
— 🐾Banryu Big Wolf🐾 BLM (@BanryuWolf) June 12, 2021
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When an Avatar game is announced but its not The Last Airbender 😔 #UbisoftForward #E32021 pic.twitter.com/CMqoqVhDdA
— Jade 🎮✨ (@CallMeFisto) June 12, 2021
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It seems like players won’t get an opportunity to bend air, water or fire soon. But they can roam around Pandora with some unique characters next year when Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora releases. In the end, fans can’t wait to see some gameplay footage of it, and get excited about this 2022 title.
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