Should you BUY Avatar Frontiers of Pandora

Avatar is one of the highest grossing movie franchises of all time with a whopping 5.24 billion and the original movie is still the highest gross in movie of all time so you would think that basing a video game on the movie franchise would be an instant home run looking at the history of movie Tie games you don't realize what works on the big screen doesn't always translate to video games it seems tough to do because more often than not not the games feel rushed and they're not that good half the time developers copy an old game slaping asset from the film and then call it a day now I could understand if you know a bad movie makes a bad game back in the day you had the nest and even the super Nest days you had that happen all the time and recently in 2016 we got Ghostbusters 2012 we got Battleship those games really weren't good we can't even forget when we get the combo of lousy movies and lousy video games when we had 2004's Catwoman at least that is what they used to do but Avatar frontiers of Pandora isn't that Avatar frontiers of Pandora is its own story based on Avatar franchise it occurs between the first and second movie and introduces you new characters I haven't seen the second movie and it's been over 10 years since I saw the first movie so jumping into this game I was getting a refresher I always found it fascinating that so many people see these movies yet no one I know ever talks about them and the franchise is huge you would think that something so big would be all anybody ever talks about the second movie Avatars the way of the water was a huge success but I didn't even know it was and theaters and then it popped up on my Disney plus feed avatar The Way of the water gross $2.34 billion and I couldn't even count the people I know that saw the movie it wasn't exactly on my radar when the announced Avatar frontiers of Pandora in March of 2017 Ubisoft makes a lot of games that I genuinely gel with like Assassin's Creed Far Cry and the division just to name a few so I knew I was going to try this when I first saw the trailer I thought like many that the game was Far Cry with avatar characters I can say without a doubt that this isn't the case an avatar Frontier of the Pandora stands on its own does it remind me of other Ubisoft titles sure but I wouldn't say that's a bad thing it has aspects from Far cry because of the first person view and weapon systems hacking from Watchdogs and stealth combat from Assassin's Creed the story is original and it's a continuation from the first movie so I won't give too much away as the story portion was so well done the RDA or the sky people as they're called in the game raise you and that is how the story starts but soon you'll learn that the RDA are not who they say they are and trategy Strikes you escape the RDA facility to step into the world of Pandora set to reunite with your clan and truly learn what it means to be Navi as you meet up with different Clans you know the ways of your people and you find humans who are your friends and not your enemy your goal is to cleanse Pandora of the RDA and reclaim the land as you meet new clients you'll be given the main and side quest to help you further unlock parts of the map the map is enormous so I recommend commend keeping to the main story missions until you open your first mouth my biggest issue with the story though is if I had difficulty wanting to know more about my character at the beginning of the game which is the first couple hours I was intrigued and I like where the story was going but as the World opened up I felt like the story got lost a bit in all the side quests and things to do on the map I became more concerned with leveling up my character than progressing the story the world of Hora is beautiful and I will try and kill you at the same time it's not only the RDA that will hurt you but the animals and plants in the world can attack you and they will try and kill you so you better watch out the W became a different place at night and glowed to be what I felt was the best I wanted to play only at night as the game looked impressive during the night I played on a PS5 in performance mode giving me 60 FPS but no 4K but if you switch to Quality mode you get locked at 30 frames per second at 4K Graphics at some points I could see how beautiful the world would look but as I mention I played in performance mode from what I've seen online the best way to play this game though is on PC is the game runs and looks beautiful simultaneously I can understand not being able to give us 4K 60 as a lot is going on one time on this screen there isn't much variety with the RDA enemies but with the level system they become more challenging and a little bit spongy as you level up your character and unlock new skills you become pretty Unstoppable as you progress the story your skills include Hunter Survivor Warrior maker and Rider at this point in gaming these skill trees have almost become standard with different names the rider is for your Mount so you you won't even have access to it until you unlock your first Mount I recommend upgrading your Survivor first as it will give you more Health making it easier to take over the RDA or refineries once you have enough Health to move between Warrior and Hunter consider the trees to upgrade based on your play style there is a crafting system so hunting and Gathering plants and resources around Pandora will help you craft better armor weapons and survival for food you can use your na'vi sense to see objects you can interact with they have added a stamina system that needs to be replenished for yourself and your m by eating food the good news is that there is plenty of food around the map the bad news is they've added this to the system I'm not a fan of how to replenish my stamina throughout eating in games and it feels tiresome when you have to do it I realize it adds to the challenge but becomes a pain to worry about and takes me out of the action fast travel spots are a plenty so you use them mo around the r but know that you must eat when you fast travel because it takes away all your stamina navigating the map poses some challenges though as they become clutter and it's hard to distinguish where to go on the main quests when you use the na'vi sense it will show you a blob to go towards but halfway through my playthrough that vanished so I had to use Clues to find where to go which took away from my enjoyment of the game I did become addicted though to the crafting system as I wanted to upgrade my na'vi to make myself more powerful which if you follow the instructions it isn't hard to do the game rewards you for going off the beaten path to uncover the areas of the map taking over RDA refineries will unlock health upgrades and special weapons and ammo when you take over a Refinery over time the vegetation will come back and consume to show you that the Earth finds a way to replenish itself the areas with refineries are inhabitable so you cannot gather resources or hunt animals until you take over that area there are many ways to upgrade your Navi all over the map and once you're near them you will see a glow for your Navi sense pointing you in that direction the upgrades are skill points and health upgrades in the open world I suggest waiting for the amount to do so cuz some are in high places be on the lookout for ancestor skills to help your Navi be more robust and far more potent than those in your skill tree the mounts can unlock our rran which can fly the dire horse which can move fast on land avater fera Pandora has much to do but if you stick to the main story path you could finish the game in under 20 hours my playthrough was just over 30 hours as I love to unlock everything on the map and check off those boxes there were also be more content in the future for those who want more to do in Pandora my lack of passion for the franchise crept in to my playing experience if I truly enjoyed the world of Avatar I would have fallen in love with this game as the story continued I skipped conversations that move through the game instead of noticing what was happening it could also be that time of the year when I'm playing so many games throughout the holidays and my mind kind of goes to family instead so mentally I'm not giving any game I'm playing right now my full attention my main struggle was the side quest took me out of the way so much and it didn't add as much to the main story as I was hoped I had difficulty caring for my character and what I needed to be done in the game to take out the RDA I spent most of my time upgrading myself so that I would wouldn't be so killed so quickly and flying around the map to gain further upgrades the combat was rewarding and the graphics were beautiful maybe it was the wrong place wrong time for Avatar Pandora for me if you love the world of Avatar this game will be a home run for you if you're a fan of open world games that look beautiful and you want to go out there and complete tasks and take out the bad guys then you most likely will enjoy this as well it's not a bad game by any means but it's not a great one for me and I wish it were everything I heard about the game before launch was right at my alley But ultimately I was left wanting more I don't feel like I wasted time playing this game but I also wish I enjoyed it more I was left wanting to care about more about the characters I was playing but I really like the gamep playay I recommend you try it if anything if what I've mentioned has intrigued you or wait for a sale that's my review of Avatar's Frontier at Pandora

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Length: 8min 22sec (502 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 05 2024