Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora Review

Reviewed by Tristan Ogilvie on PC. Also available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna.

"Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora features a stunning alien world to explore with a refreshingly uncluttered approach to navigation, countless enemy bases to destroy and Na’vi clan sidequests to complete, and no shortage of exotic flora and fauna to harvest and hunt. However, its combat is pretty one-dimensional, its mission design is a bit on the repetitive side, and its environment is generally lacking in any major surprises beyond visual splendor, meaning that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is a solid shooting adventure that’s more inside the box than truly out of this world."

[FastCrySquire]

Sounds like everybody is in agreement that the game reuses the Ubisoft formula faithfully without inventing anything new or exciting, except this time it's on Pandora. Then the scores diverge depending on how sick the reviewer is of the Ubisoft formula and how interested they are in the world of Avatar.

[theoathman]

Ubisoft needs to take a leap of faith and let its developers try something new. New ideas, a 5 years project.. anything new

[specialwire]

Who else knew this is gonna be another 7/10 Ubisoft game?

[leeahare]

I’m just glad it’s a proper narrative driven single player experience.

[gabrielfernandesabreu]

Its the most ubisoftiest 7/10 game of all time

[kikiphallin]

Honestly, it doesn't look half bad. Not super original or outstanding, but seems like way better than most movie franchise to game adaptations.

[nugzargurasashvili]

Most innovative Far Cry game since Far Cry Primal

[dennismylastname]

you guys really gotta bring back the 20 or 100 point rating scale...these 7s are getting a little much

[MrCandyland]

Travelling through Pandora and I've yet see a single Claptrap, Skag or Bandit, the enemies don't even drop any loot. WTF is THIS?

[XenozV]

Imagine experiencing this world in VR, that would really be amazing

[_Cetarial]

A 7 is not a bad score, but when IGN keeps giving movies and games a 7, it’s hard to take the score seriously.

[javarjv]

Such a shame they make these enormous worlds with hardly anything worth finding or doing in them besides going from point A to A and collecting same old resources,
I'd rather have a smaller map with more hand crafted stuff and locations, tons of meaningful stuff to find collect to make game better etc.
That would be so much better.

[GenuineCoder]

Ubisoft's character details and animations really need an update.
Both this game and recent titles such as AC Mirage suffer from a noticeable lack of graphic fidelity.

[nuttyaccentz]

I’m honestly done looking at YT and the comment sections for other peoples opinions. People have no clue how to appreciate things anymore, it’s really weird. The amount of negativity being spread is next level nowadays, and I’m just over here with my jaw on the ground from the absolutely beautiful world that Ubisoft created. The atmosphere, sounds, lighting, weather, flying, weapons, all feel amazing to me. I’ma get off the internet and go back to thoroughly enjoying the world of Pandora! 😁

[danielmensah]

Praise it in the previews and hammer it in the review. As always. As if they didn't see those flaws in the previews.

[heavyartillery-qmhu]

Ubisoft and 7/10 are more synonymous than IGN and 7/10.

[anasshahid]

Picked up Avatar Frontiers of Pandora on PS5 and man the graphics are absolutely stunning! It’s the first game since Horizon Forbidden West that has blown me, the world of Pandora is so lush, the natural environment, lighting is top notch. Flying around on the Ikran is a treat, Far Cry Primal is one of my all time favorite games and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora captures the vibe of that game perfectly. 😊

[artarealmblazer]

They tried HARD to make this game sound special with that IGN developer interview, but we all knew this was more Ubisoft mid tripe.

[austinz]

Cool world and one dimensional stories is what Avatar does best

[thecardizt]

The atmosphere in all the areas look incredible!