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Avatar took ten years to make and cost nearly $300 million (or more) but that doesn’t necessarily make it a good movie. I enjoyed the action, enhanced by 3D but got thoroughly bored in the middle when the movie just seemed to drag on aimlessly. And then there were the clichd characters populating the horribly clichd plot. But all said and done it was an enjoyable blockbuster choc-a-bloc with high octane moments that could have translated into an awesome game. Add in some cinematic moments a la Uncharted 2, incorporate a few RPG-esque elements and top it all off with solid shooting mechanics a la Gears of War and you would have had an awesome game to complement the movie. Instead we get a game that’s dull, boring, broken and repetitive. Enter Avatar: The Game (but I strongly suggest you don’t). Like I mentioned earlier, a riveting plot was not one the movie’s of the stronger points so I really didn’t expect the game to boast of one but I did not expect such a snooze fest either. No explanation is given to you regarding the planet Pandora or the evil RDA corporation except for a one minute monologue by Sigourney Weaver’s character. Voice acting is dull and drab and I had to skip a lot of the in-game cut-scene to prevent my brain from falling asleep. Oh and in case you haven’t seen the movie yet, here’s the lowdown on the world of Avatar in a nutshell. Evil white man invades beautiful yet highly dangerous planet to suck it dry (from its valuable resources you pervs). Evil white man faces opposition from local blue colored cat like humanoids so he tries teaching them his way but they tell him to shove it. White man gets pissed and starts owning the Smurfs with brute force who later on under the leadership of another white man in a Na’vi Avatar (hence the name) fight back sending Evil White man and his congregation away from the planet. As far as gameplay is concerned, Avatar: The Game is broken up into two parts. You start off with the Marine (RDA) campaign and after a painfully long and not to mention boring tutorial of sorts you’re given the option to align with the Na’vi or stay faithful to the humans. Thinking that as the Na’vi I’d get to do all kinds of cool stuff I betrayed own kind but little did I know how stupid that move was. |
Tags: Avatar: The Game , Ubisoft , James Cameron
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