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| From: UBI Soft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  118 reviews
Sales Rank: 2234
Format: CD
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 52543
Model: 52543
UPC: 008888525431
EAN: 0008888525431
ASIN: B002EZOQVI
Publication Date: November 30, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Become immersed in the world of the Avatar feature film, viewing James Cameron's universe from your own perspective | | • | Take your stand in a raging conflict, fighting either for the indigenous Na'vi or the resource-hunting RDA Corporation | | • | Arm yourself with any of more than 60 total RDA and Na'vi weapons, customizing them for your own use | | • | Prepare yourself for battle by choosing any of 20 skills for each clan | | • | Design your own character and acquire new skills as you make your way through the game |
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Product Description
Avatar X360
Amazon.com Product Description
In a distant corner of the universe, a devastating conflict is about to erupt between two very different worlds. On the planet of Pandora reside an indigenous people known as the Na'vi. When the Na'vi find themselves engaged in a struggle with the RDA Corporation, a space-faring consortium in search of valuable resources, it sets the stage for a conflict unlike any the universe has seen before. Step into a dazzling world from the imagination of James Cameron and take your stand in the battle to determine the fate of a civilization.
Drive the vehicles from the movie
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Online multiplayer
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Design your own character
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Choose from 20 skills for each clan
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| Synopsis
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game allows you to step inside the world of the feature film and go deep into the heart of Pandora and its people. Choose to fight for either RDA or the Na'vi, arming yourself with any of dozens of customizable weapons and a variety of clan-specific skills. Acquire new skills as you advance through the game, giving your all in the epic battle for a planet and a people. Key Game Features: - Become immersed in the world of the Avatar feature film, viewing James Cameron's universe from your own perspective
- Take your stand in a raging conflict, fighting either for the indigenous Na'vi or the resource-hunting RDA Corporation
- Arm yourself with any of more than 60 total RDA and Na'vi weapons, customizing them for your own use
- Prepare yourself for battle by choosing any of 20 skills for each clan
- Design your own character and acquire new skills as you make your way through the game
- Participate fully in the conflict, even driving all the vehicles and riding the animals
- Broaden the field of battle in online multiplayer gameplay
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 Really fun game... Decent graphics and story. Minor flaws (see review) February 16, 2010
Ed Martin (Long Branch, New Jersey)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Avatar The Game for DS is very fun. The game play is RPG style (though you can only play as one character, named Nok) and is not short by a long shot. If you strive to complete the game in its entirety but unlocking all skills, weapons, etc besides beating the bosses (the last boss is a nightmare to beat...let alone that you have to beat him TWICE)it will take several FULL Nintendo DS Lite charges... It really does take that long to complete.
The game is loaded with small-time bosses, puzzles, obstacle courses, etc. Some of them are real tricky and confusing at first but as soon as you figure it out what you are supposed to do you feel like an idiot LOL.
The Real Time save feature is a plus too. You can save the game progress wherever you are in real time in the game so you can resume at the same point later. You do NOT have to start over the level/objective.
Here's the cons...
CONS:
Controls:
The Controls are a tiny bit flawed. It's not the stylus controls (the game has controls similar to LoZ-DS Spirit Tracks and LoZ Phantom Hourglass)...the stylus controls are perfect and very accurate with detective your hand movements to attack enemies, interact with objects, etc. It's the weapon menu... Before you can use a specialized weapon you have to enable it by either tapping on the weapons menu and tapping the icon of the weapon, or (and this ISN'T mentioned in the game OR the booklet I believe) you can use the D-Pad (arrow keys) to select the weapon that way. Then you can use the L button to enable it to use it. It sounds complicated but after you get the hang of it, it because second nature and you don't even have to think twice about doing that. It's just very annoying when you first start playing and you walk off cliffs a lot... It's a good thing you don't lose points or die from doing that though (you do lose health though, and if you lose too much you have to start the objective over and the whole level gets reset (you have to kill all enemies, animals, move items around, etc again).
Music:
The Music in the game is very appropiate, but it could've been much better. The game doesn't give you the option to disable it, and during gameplay (aside from cutscenes and boss battles) it is all the same track and not changeable. Like I said, I don't mind the music and it is appropiate for the game. It just would've been nicer if they used actual tracks or MIDI versions of James Horner's score for Avatar...
Neither Pro nor Con:
Story:
The Story is NOTHING like the story in the movie, but the game story is actually very good. You play as a young Na'Vi tribe member that through a series of events you become a warrior and stop the RDA ("sky people") from destroying their lands and using mind control on the animals to use as weapons. I don't want to reveal any details though... but the plot isn't bad.
AND HERE ARE THE PROS...
Pros:
Graphics:
For DS graphics, they are very good. The only 3D in the game are the AMP Suits and the Ikran/Banshees/Leonopteryx/dragons. The rest is "3rd person" from an above angle. The graphics are very detailed for what they are and very bright and colorful. The nighttime level with the bio-luminescent plants and animals is particularly beautiful for what they are... That's my favorite level as well.
Special Weapons/Skills:
The game has a decent selection of weapons and skills you can unlock. From bows and arrows, to indiana jones style whips, to slings (david and goliath style), a huge mallet for smashing rocks and enemies, a sloth-monkey creature that you use to access small entrances and holes and switches you can't reach, etc. The whips are fun to use to whip the humans around with LOL. The Bow and Arrow is also very neat and comes in handy a lot.
Flying the Ikran/Leonopteryx/Banshee/Dragon:
Yes, you CAN fly them in this game! In 3D graphics too. You use them to travel around Pandora to all the different levels and sections in the game and you have to fly through obstacle courses to gather 'seeds' (this games version of say Mario Gold Coins or Sonic Rings) that you use to unlock skills, etc.
The Bosses:
The Bosses are very challenging... Even if you play the game again (I beat it twice! it was that fun enough to play again...) after beating it, while the first bosses may be easy now that you know how to beat them the later big bosses and the final boss are still very challenging opponents... In other words, they aren't ridiculously easy to beat like Bowser is in the Super Mario Bros Retro games... You have to for example when fighting a guy operating an AMP suit disable them in between them charging and firing guns at you, and then after they are disabled you can land some blows to them...and you have to repeat that like 4 times. The final boss...VERY complicated to beat and I died many times trying to defeat it...
Pandorapedia:
In the game you collect "lores" by either just finding them or from defeating enemies or animals that carry them. These lores you can access them back at the village all contain a decent paragraph of information about Pandora, it's animals, plants, the Na'Vi people, and the RDA. Including information and reminders on how to beat certain enemies and hints about the game. Some of them contain upgrades for health, new skills, etc. You have to use 'seeds' to unlock them. You get a couple seeds every time you defeat an enemy, break a box, or uproot plants.
Realtime save:
The game has a very useful feature. You can save the game progress wherever you are in real time in the game so you can resume at the same point later. You do NOT have to start over the level/objective.
Gameplay Duration:
You WILL have to go through a couple DS Lite Charges to beat the whole game, especially if you try to unlock everything in the game. It took me a little over a week with at least an hour up to 3 hours of gameplay a day.
Puzzles and Objectives:
There are puzzles all over the levels that you have to do to get to the other side. Some of them involve pulling levers, finding key cards to unlock doors, moving boulders to make a bridge to get across a gap, etc. The majority of them are real tricky and can be confusing but as soon as you figure it out it seems so obvious... The objectives in the game are pretty good and entertaining to complete. You almost always have to complete a few puzzles to complete an objective, and all of them have either small time bosses or powerful ones.
Well I think I covered all the basics... In all, this is a real good and fun game... Especially if you are a fan of Avatar, this game is real fun and worth owning.
If you loved the movie, you will love this game. December 30, 2009
Robert
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game was actually a whole lot of fun. It's not an extremely difficult game but challenging enough, which I like because I'm more of a casual gamer. The graphics are great, but don't expect it to look as amazing as the movie did. Never the less they are still very good. What I like about this game is that at a certain point you must make a choice of what side to take. The RDA or the Navi. This makes it two different games that are both a great deal of fun. I had a lot of fun playing this game and recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the film and wants more excitement from the world of Pandora.
I'm really enjoying it! February 6, 2010
M. Arruda (north kingstown, rhode island USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My sister gave me this game for Christmas and I love playing it. Once you get past the first couple of levels anyone can join you as a secondary character to give you a hand. It's also interesting that you can 'buy' your own upgrades that can affect the difficulty of game play lol. If you don't make the right upgrades in time it can really make things a challenge! I love using the balance board for flying! It's a great experience! At one point my friend used my controller and her own so that I could focus on 'steering'. A great time and even more so if you play with a friend.
Excellent Stereoscopic Graphics January 8, 2010
Leyland Needham (Los Angeles, CA United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this game a lot.
It has built in stereoscopic 3d support. I didn't know that from the start, I tried using iz3d and it crashed, when I disabled iz3d I discovered in the menus that it had built in support for stereo 3d. I couldn't believe it! I've never seen a game with built in support for it, and not only that but it supports my DLP 3D Ready TV!
The graphics in stereo 3d are amazing. I beat the game in stereo3d and I tried to play with out it and at first I felt like I was playing with one eye and when I got used to it the graphics didn't look as good, it's hard to make things out in the jungle. Stereo3D really makes the game look better and some what easier as you can see things better. The only strange thing is that the characters and vehicles look like toys instead of looking life size.
The story takes place before the Avatar movie (in the RDA campaign you even run into some of the movie characters), but the story feels kind of out of place, it almost feels like a looser version of the movie. There are 2 main paths you can take in the story, the Navi path and the RDA path. The Navi path seems easier to me then the RDA one, simply because you can easily kills things with melee attacks. Either way I'd recommend playing both.
It has a mini strategy game called conquest that is unlocked when you choose your path. The mini game is simple but not bad. It gives you xp and extra health and damage bonuses in the simple player game, though I don't think I felt a real impact on it.
The game mechanics at times felt incomplete. Like there is more they could have done. For example I wish I could do more from mounts, like having an attack from dire horses and banshees, amp suits with a melee attack, control the aim of the guns on the gunship, being able to look down from the gunship when landing, etc.
The enemy conversations also seemed broken and can confuse you. Sometimes you will hear 2 enemies talking to each other but there is only ever really 1 of them, so you kill the one and search around to find no one else.
But the only thing that really got me was a jump bug, it seems if you are running down a sloped surface that your avatar will lose contact with the ground and if you press jump at that time your avatar will ignore that command and simple fall to his death.
In the end it was still a great gaming experience, even more so if you are an Avatar fan and can play in stereoscopic 3d!
I hope Ubisoft starts putting stereoscopic 3d support in all their games.
Avatar game January 7, 2010
Michelle Machado
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son who is nine plays this game It is his favorite game and he doesn't stop playing it. Well worth the money!
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