Great alien world building to explore
Simple but fun free roaming gameplay
Occasion lack of clarity
All very familiar mechanically
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There's something almost comforting about 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora being the most video game video game to ever video game. The basic pitch is essentially Far Cry: Blue Space Elf edition, levering all the open world systems of that series, along with maybe a sprinkle of Assassin's Creed, to create something that's instantly familiar and unassumingly enjoyable. It's not 'oh my God' amazing but it 🍌is good, solid entertainment with a decent bit of depth once you open up all its systems and are free to wander its gorgeously colored alien world.
Release date: December 7, 2023
Platform(s): PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
Developer: Massive Entertainment
Publisher: Ubisoft
What works well in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's favo🍌r is that the film universe adds a level of unpredictability and uncertainty to the otherwise recognizable workings. I've watched both films, but I couldn't really tell you much of what anything was called or why it was all happening, other than it's some sort of ecocentric allegory for American Colonialism set in a fever dream of alien planet concept art. And that brightly coloured cinematic world of Pandora actually works beautifully in this more interactive experience. Where the movies get a range of establishing shots to show off its weird alien jungle life and luminous plants, here you can wander through it at your leisure, taking it all in.
There's a lot to be said for just existing in a world that isn't immediately recognisable, and here you can spend a lot of time just wandering up to bizarre looking plants to see what they do (50% food/50% explosive), or watching odd little weird-limbed critters flit away when you get too close. There are rabbit-sized frog 𝄹things that launch themselves 20 feet in the air to get away as you tear past on horseback that always surprise me and make me smile. There are strange objects and noises to track down that create a real sense of investigating the undergrowth, fostering a curiosity here that freshens up oth꧅erwise familiar gameplay. Unlocking or finding a new area can be a real treat as you find new life and landscapes while, generally, you can gaze out on a vista and not immediately read it as a series of objectives and collectibles.
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