Bought this for my son who is 16, he hasn't stop playing it. he says the games is the best one yet. so thanks for making a teen ager happy.
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I couldn't find the activating key the asked for. And if you go to the USI site,
they don't know either. It's not on the Disc, package, manual. So, I sent
mine back. Maybe next time, they will make things clearer.
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After seeing the movie, I had to try the game, just to get some more Avatar story into me. I pretty much agree with everyone on terms of the pros and cons. Though, as I played this game, I could tell that the people making this game really wanted to make it, a good game, but fell shot due to deadlines. In a weird sort of way the game reminds me of KOTOR II where there just empty plot holes that could of been explored more either with cutscenes or gameplay. Everything is also straight to the point with no real side stories.Then again this isn't Bioware who made this game. The ending is disappointing and kinda leaves you hanging wondering what happens to your amazing character and wondering "hey, but how does this play into the movie?". Though, since I had fun with this game and can tell that the makers poured what they had into it. I'm giving it a 5 just to bump up the rating, though I'd really given it a 3 or 4 because the story is what games and this one had a not so original one, that wasn't finished.
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This game is not good but is not bad, is a typical movie based game!
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If you got a 3D HDTV and shutter glasses, you're going to be amazed with the 3D effects of this game, It's the only one i know that delivers a true 3D game.
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Avatar is one of the few excellent shooting game appropriate for children, having an age rating of 12+. Just like Pixar's movies and Nintendo games, Avatar is an high quality triple-A production for the family that stands high above the cheap products usually destined for this audience. It lacks the depth and maturity of hardcore games bearing the 17+ age rating, like Gears of War, but instead Avatar is enjoyable for casual gamers curious about exploring the incredibly beautiful world of Pandora. The controls are simple and the missions won't demand trained gaming skills, so the Avatar experience is truly accessible to anyone. Even the chaotic online multiplayer is just plain fun and will make you scream and laugh like you were playing Mario Kart. Just make sure your 16 years old boy doesn't get this instead of its Modern Warfare 2 under the Christmas tree this year.
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Avatar The Game is a lot of fun, and extremely beautiful to look at. Even in 2D, it looks 3D ish on my 73" screen.
Even though there's violence, I am thankful that blood and gore are not part of this game. It's all about adventure.
Try it, you'll love it.
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I was a little skeptical at first about this game but it is pretty cool for this old man. The graphics are awesome!! to say the least and the colors are out of this world. I bet the game is better than the movie. Being stuck inside all the time I don't get out to see very many movies but.....
The story line takes you battling your way around the planet attempting to save the locals from the Hue-Mon's genocide plans. Right now I am playing on wimpy level since I am old. Once I get a real handle on a game then I turn up the fire. I actually really like this game A lot. It is fun to play and the action is great. I've had a couple of glitches. I got stuck once inbetween some rocks and the game locked up a couple of times and because of that it only gets 4 stars.
It took me about 8 hour of play to figure out the controls and all their uses. During the heat of the battle you have super powers that you learn along the way since you are human inside an Avatar after all.
There are lots of upgrades to your powers controlled by how much stuff you kill or find in each area of the planet. And to really top it off. Someone actually did some real homework on the real-life facts about the science of the game. So I suggest to you younger folks read all the facts and goodies which are available in game. This games is ready for 3D enabled monitors or TV's so I can hardly wait to get my own 3D monitor.
I've been playing about 24 hours now and only have scratched the surface for game play percentage. This is a long game. You will definitely get your moneys worth out of this one. Oh Yea! you get to go up and down physically in the game and I mean way up. Your ride various animals as an Avatar in the Air and on the ground. As a human in the first part of the game you get to drive around in human built stuff. Avatar animals are way funner.
Like I said the graphics are awesome and just beautiful. This game is truly a keeper and a stocking stuffer for the rich and for broke folks like me this is all I will get plus a lump of coal. Ha! ha!
This game is worth the $56 Bucks to me anyway.
I am playing almost all my games right now with the splitfish Frag 2.1 controller PS3 FragFX Controller V.2 SE and had to fix the thing since it had a broken black wire that comes from the mouse section. Like I have mentioned I am an old guy and have been playing games on the computer for a very long time. It involved a keyboard and a mouse. So when the itty bitty sticks came out for the game pads I was brain dead.. and to this day cannot use them. The split fish is good but I am trying another one soon (XFPS RATEUP adapter (their out of stock)) and will write all about it.
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Awesome game. You will feel like you have your own Avatar. Easy to play and follow.
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The game has good graphics. I have not seen the movie so I cannot compare it to the movie. This game was repetative and controls kind of slow and shaky. So far I haven't found any ps3 friends who like it either.
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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. 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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Avatar is alright game nothing you shoul go out & buy at the moment it has it's goods & bads you have the choice to play as military guys whoever they represent I don't know the movie never told me or the NAVI. You get a lot of weapons to play with I haven't played as army dudes yet don't know anything about it I'll do that later. The controlls are ok but there pretty d**n stiff specially when flying you can get stuck & that's not good if the enemy soldiers are firing at you then your there b***h & you lose health fast you do have recovers that let you continue at that point. Soldiers show up behind you funny they weren't there 25 seconds ago. Or after dying when you return to the battlefield these assault vehicles show up you can regain your health by running to safe place like a little b***h. The camera angles kind of suck you you get stuck. You can tell Ubisoft play tested the s**t out of this I tell you I just keep dying & dying & you die some more until your objective is complete.
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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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Stereoscopic 3D is the next big thing and it looks amazing on a Samsung 61" DLP (SSG1000 glasses). The game has received some bad reviews, and with stiff competition like Uncharted 2, maybe rightfully so. Overall, this is a decent game. And it's simply stunning in 3D!!
People say 3D is too expensive, a fad, or gives them headaches. DLP for a $1000 and $60 for the glasses and emitter from samsungpartsdotcom. 3D has been around for decades; do a simple search and you will find that gaming and blu ray in 3D are on the rise. And I've played 3D games for hours on PC and PS3; no headaches.
The game didn't sell me; the 3D tech did. It's exactly what I wanted: A real 3D game for the PS3. Finally.
10/10 : Rating as a 3D entertainment package
7/10 : Rating as a PS3 game. If you're not playing this in 3D, there's definitely better games out there.
**3D TIP** 'Invert left and right eyes' in the Display Options for better clarity.
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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.
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