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The Avatar: The Last Airbender AAA RPG, Which Was Supposed to Be 'The Biggest Video Game in Franchise History,' Is Dead (www.ign.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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[–] 69 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Avatar really is a case study in mismanagement. At it's core an engaging story with deep characters and lore with many parts unexplored, with a special place in many hearts after the initial series. The perfect ingredients to turn into a lifelong franchise. Yet it cannot seem to shed the curse of rights holders and suits smothering it's potential success.

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  • [–] 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    It's wild how they had a fire TV show that changed people's lives, and they then proceeded to fumble every other piece of media since

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    It's strange to look back at the Legend of Korra and realise it was totally fine, just worse than the original show, when comparing it to literally everything else that's come from the IP since.

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    • [–] 52 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    "the biggest video game in franchise history"

    what does that even mean?

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    • [–] 43 points 4 months ago (19 children)

    I wonder how this relates to the recently leaked (because Paramount decided on no theatre run) Avatar film.

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  • [–] 30 points 4 months ago (9 children)

    Probably heavily. Companies seem allergic to show A:TLA some much-deserved love.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    I'm so glad it was leaked. I'd gladly see it again in theatres, or buy a disc. Paramount fully earned their "my cabbages!" moment.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Oh? Was it good?

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It was excellent. The only thing keeping it from perfection in my eyes was the pacing, which didn't really let many moments breathe. At one point it bordered on Monkie Kid and Rise of the TMNT-style of pacing from their 11 min episodes, both series of which Flying Bark Studios worked on.

    The art style, design, and BG art was to die for.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah imo they needed like an extra 30min (at least) of runtime to let moments breathe and tell the story they wanted to.

    Otherwise, animation, art style, choreography, etc, all 10/10 though.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    I would KILL for an extra 30 min for the movie. If nothing else, just to add more quiet moments. The whole time I was watching the movie I could FEEL the story wanting to slow down a bit and just let the scenery speak for itself.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    I quite liked it. Some choices I wouldn't have done myself, and I was sorry not to hear Dante Basco doing Zuko again. Overall pretty great, compared to what you'd reasonably expect from a highly anticipated, highly belated sequel.

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  • [–] 25 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    I struggle with Avatar right now. It's great story telling, world building, compassion, and just a cool world. Unfortunately, it's owned by Paramount, which I'm unwilling to give a dime to. I have the same problem with Star Trek. There are, of course, ways around giving them money. I just wish these crappy companies would stop being so crappy. I don't expect giant media companies to be good, but like not comically evil would be a good start.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

    That's what I did to watch the leaked movie.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Paramount can FOAD, I wouldn't give them a red cent.

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