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41 of 44 found the following review helpful:
Suprisingly good!! Dec 16, 2009
By Lou Diesel
This game is lots of fun. I have been playing it all weekend and am still addicted. The game has little story but makes up for it with non stop action. It's true that the game doesn't do anything new and amazing but it's a movie tie in. When has a movie tie-in done anything revolutionary?
The game plays almost like a single player version of a multiplayer game. You run around a huge map killing every enemy thing you see. Yes, most of the missions are recycled in different ways but the nature of the game is a shooter. The missions just giving you different reasons to do it.
I think the Na'vi side is a bit more fun because you have close range melee attacks that work well up close. As well as an awesome bow and arrow that can take out most tiny soldiers with one satisfying hit. Plus for some reason, I guess because they are tribal, you get the urge to play with a more hunting style. Climbing to the tops of giant trees and stalking tiny humans and taking them out with your bow and arrow really nails the tribal hunter awesomeness. The RDA side is shooter style only with no melee at all. That can be annoying because when enemies get to close they can be difficult to target because they move so fast when up close. But at least they are huge targets.
The graphics are unbelievable. The Jungles are so detailed and amazing to look at. The best part are the night areas. Everything glows in the dark. The trees, plants, animals. It looks almost like under the ocean. The perspectives are fun too. Playing as the Na'vi everything looks tiny including the humans. When you play as humans everything is huge. It helps to make both sides of the game feel original even though you are actually playing on the same maps.
The movie looks like it'll be awesome, and I think most of the gamers here will become big fans of the sci-fi adventure. It's unfortunate that the low score game magazine reviews will discourage so many people not to try this game. Hopefully after everyone sees the movie they will be inspired to try this awesome, entertaining game.
29 of 32 found the following review helpful:
 The good, the bad, and the ugly. Jan 22, 2010
By Maja A. Carter
"Velexia"
First, the Good: The game is absolutely beautiful. The environments are wonderful... This is why I bought the game. Exploring the world as a Na'Vi is quite fun. I didn't do much as an RDA Human, but it was just as fun.
The Bad: There are many aspects that are grossly lacking in this game. The foremost in my mind is the creatues, as a Na'Vi. First of all, there is no connecting of the queue, you just hop on. As far as I can tell, my Avatar didn't even have a queue (no long hair braid). There was no personal Banshee that you were bonded to, you simply rode them around in special parts of the story that allowed you to.
Worst of all in regards to the creatures, you could not attack from any of them. I expected to be able to fight with my Banshee and also to fire my bow from atop it. But no... Riding any animal in the game completely removes your ability to attack. Which means riding a horse into battle is a sure way to get the horse killed. Same with the Banshee. The "Thanator" has it's own attack which is surprisingly pathetic and often misses, because when it is attacking, it can't also move.
There is no stealth in the game. No sense of sneaking around, stalking RDA. You are either running full speed or walking, but no crouching and moving stealthily. There is a gimmicky invisibility ability, but that does not give the feel of a tactical game, more along the lines of ... oh no, I am about to die, invisibility! Or, I don't want to fight those guys right now, invisibility!
While the environments are beautiful, you feel walled in, heavily walled in. You can only fly so high before you hit a glass ceiling, and in some cases a glass floor. Additionally, flying the Banshee around was alright, but trying to land with it was a total drag. It could only land on perfectly flat large areas. Many a time I had to choose an out of the way, lame landing spot instead of a perfect tactical choice. We really should have been able to shoot bows from the Banshees... without that, there's almost no point in flying them.
There are a few spots where you can get stuck permanently and have to reload, and NPCs will have dialogues with other NPCs even if only one NPC is present, but that's nothing compared to the other issues.
The Ugly: The plot of the game is on par with that of a Uwe Bolle movie, if not worse. You are sent on mission after mission where the goal is exactly the same as the last mission. There is no variety and it gets old incredibly fast. I wasn't even halfway done with the game before I was completely sick of the missions. Go find this guy, fight RDA, talk to this guy, fight RDA, talk to this guy again, fight RDA, get "Shard". Now go to other guy, find a new guy, fight RDA, talk to new guy, fight RDA, go find this guy, fight RDA, talk to this guy, fight RDA, get "Shard". Talk to this guy, fight RDA, find this guy, fight RDA, talk to this guy, fight RDA, get "Shard". Talk to this guy, fight RDA, find this guy, fight RDA, go to this spot, fight RDA, gather "Song". Go back to Hometree, talk to this guy, talk to lady, sing song with lady, talk to lady again, talk to this guy.... and then repeat that three times. (And that was the last half of the game, in it's entirety).
I'll be you were incredibly bored just READING that. Aside from that, your character is a complete imbecile that you never grow to like, ever. You don't even get to create your own character... You select from a few premade characters which probably have the exact same dialogue, story, and name (I have no intentions of slogging through the terrible plot again to see if there is a difference).
I think the final sequence sums up the game very well. A Taruk (big red flying lizard) lands near you, you go over to it... reach your hand out, and voila, you can ride it now. I noted that it only had two eyes, but whatever. You jump on it's back and take flight... woo, it's big, it flies fast, yay. You fly essentially down a tunnel (you can go up a little, down a little, left and right a little, but not much) to an area that looks huge, which is completely walled in invisibly. There is a giant orange beacon for you to land on. You land on it, you walk over to a tree. The end. And that is the first and only time your ride the Taruk, amazing...
...sigh.
At least it's pretty.
16 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Gateway to Pandora Feb 16, 2010
By A. Dent
"Aragorn"
QUICK IMPRESSIONS
After watching the movie twice (once 'regular' 3D, than on IMAX, getting a copy of 'Avatar - the game experience' came naturally, regardless of the so-so reviews I found at Amazon. To my surprise, I do NOT regret making this purchase - not because Avatar is an exceptionally innovative game but because it keeps the world of Pandora alive and teaming with life and conflict as we are all waiting for some more affordable 'at home' 3D technology to make the real Avatar and maybe a sequel or two possible in our living room.
So, briefly, the game is VERY good at giving us a sort of bird's eye view of Pandora - the color, the features, the wild life, RDA's war machines are all pretty good renderings of Cameron's cinematic masterpiece - a 3D mode is possible but we don't have that kind of a TV so we can only imagine what a 3D game would look like. Gameplay itself, while a bit repetitive, is not that bad and the lack of variety in weapons and skillsets is compensated by the several play modes. As for replay value, it really depends on how much you enjoyed the movie. By the way, I would not recommend playing this game unless you watched the movie because you can't play Avatar with a cold heart.
GAME SETUP
You have the ability to give your character a first name - last name is always Ryder and you are a signal specialist. The game lets you shape you gender and appearance and, while at it, you will see how both your human and Na'vi face are going to look like. There are no difficulty settings so, unless you want to tinker with the sound settings or other minutia, you're ready to go.
Of course, there will come a point in the game where you will have to choose between sticking with the humans or joining the Na'vis.
GAMEPLAY
The beginning doesn't look like much - you show up at the base and you run chores. Well... as you do that you gain experience points that bring more skills and you are allowed to access more articles from the Pandoran version of Wikipedia that can give you some idea of what you are dealing with. Eventually, in the story mode, you will have to decide on which side you really are. If you stick with the humans, you'll be riding mechanized vehicles and firing range weapons and lay waste to Pandora's wildlife and native population. If you pick the Na'vi, your bow is complemented with melee weapons and you'll be riding those amazing Pandoran dragons and... well... slaughter the little machine-gun firing but rather fragile humans.
The game play is very simple and easy to learn. You can evade, jump, shoot, and slow down time temporarily for climatic moments. You can do a lot of climbing in some parts however you cannot grab on to ledges and the terrain can get very confusing because of that. Sometimes you have to endlessly look for some vine to climb after giving up your attempts to climb the terrain without it. As a human, relying on ranged weapons exclusively can annoy some people because they constantly have to retreat from incoming enemies. As a Na'vi you have some melee weapons that can make many enemies easier to kill if they get too hard for your normal bow and arrow.
GAME MODES
If you want to take a break from story mode there is the conquest mode. Here you can command armies to conquer territory - send the humans back home if you are a Na'vi or eliminate the Na'vi if you are with the humans. All you see in the conquest mode is the statistics of what happens so don't expect any climatic cut scenes. This mode can also benefit the normal story mode by giving you spoils as you progress through the game. These two parts of the game can refresh each other continually.
If you do multiplayer you go head to head with other players around the world on different maps throughout the game. There are many scenarios and maps so it stays fresh for a while. This mode can also help your skills for single play as well to help you get better. You usually pick between the Na'vi and humans so you can pick the side you are best with but, with good players it can get quite predictable with the humans continuously retreating and firing their weapons and the Na'vi trying to get close and engage in a melee that they almost always win.
So, to summarize, you can play Avatar as follows:
- Na'vi in story mode
- Human in story mode
- Na'vi in contest mode
- Human in contest mode
- Na'vi in multiplayer
- Human in multiplayer
MY RATING
Avatar could have been a blockbuster, the way the movie is but it's not quite there. It's a competently layout game with stunning visuals and offering some variety but there is very little as far as character development goes, there aren't too many weapons and the action, whether playing the conquest or the shootouts can be a little repetitive.
I've enjoyed playing Avatar for the first few hours and I expect to come back to it from time to time but, while a 'good' game, I would not call it 'top notch' so it's going to get 4 stars overall.
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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great game if you have the ability to play it in 3D Jul 28, 2010
By hilmaster
I must admit that I bought this game for the 3D function that was mentioned in different reviews, because it is not officially stated anywhere.
At first I was disappointed, I do own a new Samsung LED 3D TV with active shutter glasses and I have been able to watch a couple of 3D movies and played a couple of 3D demos I have downloaded from PSN and the 3D effect in both movies and games is simply amazing, I cant get enough of it!
When I first played this game and went to set set-up options, I did find the 3D feature but whatever settings I tried I could not get the effect. I was even considering returning the game because of this. This game as opposed others, does not activate the 3D feature in my TV automatically, I had to do it manually by going to the 3D settings and select the compatible option with the game. In my particular case I chose the check-board side-by-side 3D both for the game and the TV and voila! The 3D popped up and it is simply amazing!
Judging by my first impression, this is primarily a shooting/war game, which I am not really into. However the quality of the graphics in 3D makes it an awesome game to play. I have not played much yet but the game got me hooked on it once I got familiar with the story line and the features. I would definitely recommend this game, especially if you own a 3D capable TV.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Much more than your typical, disposable RPG Jul 08, 2010
By eman
Overall I really enjoyed this game. The play control is quite good once you get the hang of all the different weapons and skills. I particularly like how unlike most games, Avatar isn't burdened with too many customizable settings. Moving, aiming, switching weapons, etc. is very intuitive and ergonomic. The camera control is likewise very good once you get the hang of it. The music is great and the beautiful, lush landscapes are awesome! The load times are minimal, especially given the quality of animation, and unlike games like GTA IV (which I also love), more R&D and play-testing went into this game than just the usual "okay, it's entertaining now. Ship it."
Players have a choice of 24 human skins for their character, 12 male and 12 female. Furthermore, every three of these skins are paired with a different Avatar, so there are also 4 male and 4 female Avatar skins. Add to that the different armors encountered throughout the game and every character goes through a litany of changes to their appearance.
At first I thought the game was too easy, what with infinite ammo for the default weapon, ammo recharge stations every 5 or so screens, infinite lives and minimal punishment for dying, three different ways to recharge your health, the fact that it auto-saves your progress in most battles, and the fact that you can always re-load the game and all your health, ammo, etc. will come back (in case it's too burdensome to walk for 10 seconds to find another ammo station). And then there's the radar/mini-map and territory maps that perpetually show you where to go next, making it impossible to get lost. Plus there are teleport machines which make traveling to the furthest reaches of the map more than once unnecessary, and allies to help in the battles, and auto-targeting that allows you to obliterate your opponents without even needing to look at the screen...Come to think of it, maybe this game is too easy.
Other things I loved about Avatar are the auto-save function which effortlessly prevents the accumulation of redundant/outdated saves, and the way that the game is effectively two games, depending on whether you fight for the human side or the Na'vi side. That combined with the diversity of character skins gives this game tons more replay value than your typical "interactive movie" type RPG. There are also enough random powerups scattered throughout the maps and frequent enough weapon/armor/skill, etc. upgrades to keep you engaged. The "skills" in particular make it possible to employ a number of different battle strategies. There are even in-depth in-game write-ups about nearly every facet of Pandoran/Na'vi history and whatnot for those interested. I haven't even tried the 3D mode, but that would make the game even cooler. (There are also several mini-games that I haven't even gotten into yet.) I paid $39.99 when Avatar first came out for PS3 and I still think that was a great deal for this game. $30 or less is a steal. Even disregarding the content I have yet to unlock (mini-games, online play, etc.) I'm still comfortable giving this game 5 stars. Overall, I'm quite certain there's enough entertaining content here to keep me busy until the sequel comes out.
I'd like to thank James Cameron for sharing his vision in both the film and this game. Not since Jim Henson's film "The Dark Crystal" has such a richly layered, wondrous universe been presented so vividly. It's obvious that a ton of thought (over three decades worth!) went into planning the setting and back-story for Pandora, and it really shows. Frankly I'm astonished that as of the writing of this review there are only a couple dozen reviews for the PS3 game and only ONE faq on gamefaqs dot com. Then again, I grew up on the 8-bit NES, I never play online games, and until I played Avatar I always cheated my way through every 1sr person shooter from Doom to Quake to Halo. The low-key challenge presented in this game is a refreshing change of pace for me, providing the opportunity to explore the amazing Pandoran landscape without the threat of spending tons of time getting back to where I was when I died, all with no cheating needed!
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