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James Cameron's Avatar: The Game



Sometimes you don't realize how important certain elements are in a third-person stealth game until they are missing. Excellent controls, a good camera, and consistent feedback are all important features of a good sneaker, yet none of them appear in James Cameron's Avatar. With this film tie-in, you instead get clumsy context-specific controls that don't stick to a consistent set of rules, and there's no manual camera manipulation--apart from the ability to reset the camera behind you. This is a pretty game that gives you a glimpse at the inviting world of Pandora, and there are a few interesting ideas buried within. However, the broken targeting system and inconsistent aiming constantly yank you from the reverie, and the story's overt moralizing doesn't do the game world any favors. Avatar is sometimes boring and sometimes frustrating but rarely satisfying, and it can be safely categorized as "another movie game you don't need to play.



While a few of Avatar's levels mix up its formula, most of them involve sneaking through foliage-heavy jungle corridors and human military bases, which your own character, Rai'uk, refers to as "metal villages." The reason for such tribal-speak is simple: Rai'uk is a member of the Na'vi, a race of tall blue beings native to the moon called Pandora. Humanity has tainted Pandora's once unspoiled beauty with its resource mining program, and a group of newcomers massacred Rai'uks peaceful village when he was just a youth. Now, Rai'uk sneaks through the jungle, seeking artifacts stolen from his clan and exacting fearless vengeance. The world and the Na'vi people are interesting, but the story is little but a soulless parable about the evils of imperialism and the innocence of its victims. The story updates between levels end with the phrase "and so the warrior…," which is a nice framing device that makes you feel as though you should be reliving an ancient and exciting tale passed on through the ages. However, the levels that follow and the fable that unfolds are weak and uninspired; if you're looking forward to the Avatar film and hope to gain a sneak peek at its potential pleasures, the PSP game will only crush your enthusiasm.


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Posted by WorldOfDaRkneSS Sunday, December 19, 2010

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