Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora - Before You Buy

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S) is a flawed but faithful and fun representation of James Cameron's universe. Let's talk.

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[AntwonTheSwon]

Honestly, an Avatar game not having a very good/memorable story but nailing the look and feeling of the world feels weirdly on brand for Avatar

[mrmadame]

In defense of the stealth and the eagle eyed enemies, it'd be impossible not to see the 8ft tall blue person walking around a grey and brown industrial area

[christainleon]

The thing I love the most that all the other far cry games lacked was random npc interaction. When coming up to other na'vi it's actually rewarding to talk to them cause you can get some high level gear or ingredients that can make the next outpost easier for sure. Definitely a good mechanic that I like.

[TAZMANC]

A big thing for me is that there isn't a third-person option, and when I looked into it earlier this year, it seemed to be to do with graphics or something. The 2009 Avatar was so satisfyingly for me as a kid, because when you unlocked new armour etc. you could see it and it felt sick. I feel like stealth would also work better with third person.

[wallacerigby]

As an Avatar fan I’m glad it’s fun just to just run around in the world and have fun.

[aghostonsocialmedia]

I think they maybe could’ve made combat better by incorporating pandorian animals more. Like imagine riding in on one of those hammerhead titanotheres, and commanding a pack of Thanators

[dirty__cowboy_]

I played the original game so much as a kid. Probably close to 10 play throughs with so much extra time just exploring. From what I remember, the story wasn't great by any means. But just being in the world of Pandora was what i loved, and i am so excited to play this game just to experience the world even more

[joesithstrawhat]

Glad to finally hear a completely honest review, lows fully warned about and highs fully noted without being super spoiled

[LamarrWilson]

I've been playing the game since yesterday on Xbox Series X and it's been super impressive and beautiful. I love Far Cry so this is perfect for me so far.

[MarcoAurelio-hnys]

The first game from 2009 was fun because you could choose in some point between joining either the Na'vi or stay with the RDA. So you had 2 campaigns as a Na'vi or human and they gave vehicles or mounts depending on your side. I wish they kept this in this game as well.

[goldensparrow]

I've not got very far in the game yet, but I've enjoyed the gameplay, the visuals and the worldbuilding so far. The only complaint I'd say I have as of this point, is the awful checkpoint system and the lack of manual saving. I was doing one of the sidequests, where you have to take out some RDA soldiers and investigate a cave that has poisonous gas, so you eat a porridge to prevent yourself from taking damage. After you exit the cave though, you get ambushed by more RDA soldiers and the first few attempts I made at completing the quest, I was torn to shreds as soon as I exited the cave and I had to restart the whole quest each time. Like, they really couldn't have made the checkpoint be after I took out the first lot of enemies, or anything.

[ht-xomg]

Me personally I love the way the game looks and all the outside stuff you can do to really capture the world of pandora. The story is quite mid and the combat is annoying at points, but I really do enjoy playing. The one real complaint I have is that you can’t manually save your progress.

[dlwpb]

Sounds like a good game to buy when it's half price.

[sharinganinja]

As a GameStop employee I'm glad you guys were able to get this out before the launch lol when you guys get your review out on certain games before launch Ill tell customers to check it out first

[koldspaghetti]

I’ve spent so much time just climbing cliffs and enjoying the scenery. I think they did great with this game 10/10

[albertsanchez]

I agree with the battle scenes being a bit chaotic, that could be tightened up in later patches as well as making stealth more effective playstyle. I'm only a few hrs into the game but am impressed with what it is so far over all and can say it is enjoyable and not utterly broken.

[jdoubleclutch]

This review is 100X better than IGN this is exactly why I rather watch your videos 💯👍🏾

[Miry_]

Not THAT much into Avatar but the world here looks stunning

[MistahSoul]

This absolutely seems like a fantastic game, if it was like 50% cheaper. What is offered in terms of story, combat, overall interactables and whatnot seems quite limited. What they really have going for them is the graphics and map. I was super excited for this game, but knowing ubisoft and how expensive they love to make their new games, I won't be getting this for a few years at best. Thank you for informing people about this game.

[sebastiancastillo]

I think I’m just excited to be in the world this game put together. Whether it’s an in depth story or not, spending countless hours in the world of pandora seems like a very fun thing to do. Definitely checking it out