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Publisher: Ubisoft
Date Released: December 1, 2009
Minimum System Requirements:
CPU:3.2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4, 2.66 Ghz Intel Pentium D, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or
better
RAM:1 GB (2 GB minimum for Windows Vista and Windows 7)
VGA:256 MB DirectX 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with
Shader Model 3.0 or higher, See supported List*
DX: DirectX 9.0 (included), DirectX 10
OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (only)
HDD:4 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card
Network:128 kbps Broadband connection
Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2
Duo Family, AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
RAM:2 GB
VGA:512 MB DirectX 10.0-compliant video card or DirectX 9.0-compliant card with
Shader Model 3.0 or higher, See supported List*
DX: DirectX 9.0 (included), DirectX 10
OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 (only)
HDD:4 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant 5.1 sound card
Network:256 kbps Broadband connection
Recommended peripheral: Windows-compliant mouse, keyboard, headset
Note: *SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS AT TIME OF RELEASE: ATI® RADEON® 1650-1950 / HD
2000/3000/4000 series NVIDIA GeForce 200 series and 6800/7000/8000/9000 series *
8800M and 8700M laptop cards are supported. Other laptop versions of the cards
listed above may work but are NOT supported. Laptop models of these cards may
work but are not supported.
Retail Cost: $49.99
Expansions Packs: None at time of review
The events of Avatar: The Game are
set a few years before the events of the film, and stay incredibly consistent to
the story. A short way into the game, you are forced to make a decision when you
discover another Avatar, one of your colleagues, has betrayed humanity and sided
with the Na’avi, a ten-foot tall, blue skinned race native to the moon Pandora.
You must side with either the humans (in which case your Avatar, a being made of
a combination of human and Na’avi DNA, dies in a cutscene, keeping you in your
human body) or the Na’avi (in which case your organization “terminates” you, but
not before a Na’avi mystic transfers your soul into your Avatar.)
The Na’avi are at war with humans
(whom they call “the sky people” for the aircraft they pilot) to protect the
great Hometree, under which is found a mass deposit of an absurdly valuable
metal called unobtanium. But the head of a human organization called the RDA
will stop at nothing to get its hands on the Hometree’s riches, and he has a
plan to go to the top of power- and kill the Na’avi’s greatest hopes, by
destroying their Goddess Eywah.
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Rating |
Description |
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out of 10 |
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8.5 |
Presentation
Overall, the world looks amazing, and I especially love the
“Pandora-Pedia,” a guide to everything Avatar, from the history and
culture of the Na’avi, to info on major characters and plot points, to
the mock science articles on the various flora and fauna. |
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10 |
Graphics
This game
simply looks amazing. The graphics are amazingly high-detail, and
really put you in the world of Pandora. |
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8.5 |
Sound
Good. The music instantly sets the feel of each environment and the
current situation, and the voice acting is excellent, though a little
irritating during combat when enemies you just killed scream, “There he
is!” |
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6.0 |
Gameplay
The actual play is a little lackluster. The various weapons and enemies
are fun at first, but nothing special. I soon grew weary of fighting the
same enemy over and over who I’m supposed to be convinced is different
because their fur is a different color. Plus abundant revives found
nearly everywhere take all challenge away. |
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3.0 |
Lasting Appeal
Minimal. The game is fun at
first, when a new weapon or enemy is always around the bend, but as the
tale enters a halfway point, the inflow of new items and enemies come to
an abrupt halt. You also inevitably are caught in a loop of large scale
fetch-quest missions, which irritates all but the most patient. A side
game “Conquest” reminds me of Risk, and is a nice distraction. |
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6.5 |
OVERALL
If you loved the film, and you happen to meet the requirements, as far
as movie licensed games go, you could do worse. |
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Download Game Demo - Large File 1.55 GB
http://avatargame.us.ubi.com/
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