Avatar The Game for PlayStation 3 New

5 reviews for Avatar The Game for PlayStation 3 New

1. 

   Pi314 – August 4, 2025

   I love the Avatar universe. Note : it is not written on the cover, but the game can be played in 3D.

2. 

   eman – August 4, 2025

   Overall I really enjoyed this game. The play control is quite good once you get the hang of all the different weapons and skills. I particularly like how unlike most games, Avatar isn’t burdened with too many customizable settings. Moving, aiming, switching weapons, etc. is very intuitive and ergonomic. The camera control is likewise very good once you get the hang of it. The music is great and the beautiful, lush landscapes are awesome! The load times are minimal, especially given the quality of animation, and unlike games like GTA IV (which I also love), more R&D and play-testing went into this game than just the usual “okay, it’s entertaining now. Ship it.”Players have a choice of 24 human skins for their character, 12 male and 12 female. Furthermore, every three of these skins are paired with a different Avatar, so there are also 4 male and 4 female Avatar skins. Add to that the different armors encountered throughout the game and every character goes through a litany of changes to their appearance.At first I thought the game was too easy, what with infinite ammo for the default weapon, ammo recharge stations every 5 or so screens, infinite lives and minimal punishment for dying, three different ways to recharge your health, the fact that it auto-saves your progress in most battles, and the fact that you can always re-load the game and all your health, ammo, etc. will come back (in case it’s too burdensome to walk for 10 seconds to find another ammo station). And then there’s the radar/mini-map and territory maps that perpetually show you where to go next, making it impossible to get lost. Plus there are teleport machines which make traveling to the furthest reaches of the map more than once unnecessary, and allies to help in the battles, and auto-targeting that allows you to obliterate your opponents without even needing to look at the screen…Come to think of it, maybe this game is too easy.Other things I loved about Avatar are the auto-save function which effortlessly prevents the accumulation of redundant/outdated saves, and the way that the game is effectively two games, depending on whether you fight for the human side or the Na’vi side. That combined with the diversity of character skins gives this game tons more replay value than your typical “interactive movie” type RPG. There are also enough random powerups scattered throughout the maps and frequent enough weapon/armor/skill, etc. upgrades to keep you engaged. The “skills” in particular make it possible to employ a number of different battle strategies. There are even in-depth in-game write-ups about nearly every facet of Pandoran/Na’vi history and whatnot for those interested. I haven’t even tried the 3D mode, but that would make the game even cooler. (There are also several mini-games that I haven’t even gotten into yet.) I paid $39.99 when Avatar first came out for PS3 and I still think that was a great deal for this game. $30 or less is a steal. Even disregarding the content I have yet to unlock (mini-games, online play, etc.) I’m still comfortable giving this game 5 stars. Overall, I’m quite certain there’s enough entertaining content here to keep me busy until the sequel comes out.I’d like to thank James Cameron for sharing his vision in both the film and this game. Not since Jim Henson’s film “The Dark Crystal” has such a richly layered, wondrous universe been presented so vividly. It’s obvious that a ton of thought (over three decades worth!) went into planning the setting and back-story for Pandora, and it really shows. Frankly I’m astonished that as of the writing of this review there are only a couple dozen reviews for the PS3 game and only ONE faq on gamefaqs dot com. Then again, I grew up on the 8-bit NES, I never play online games, and until I played Avatar I always cheated my way through every 1sr person shooter from Doom to Quake to Halo. The low-key challenge presented in this game is a refreshing change of pace for me, providing the opportunity to explore the amazing Pandoran landscape without the threat of spending tons of time getting back to where I was when I died, all with no cheating needed!

3. 

   clempen – August 4, 2025

   Avatar’s main problem stems from the mission variety, or rather the complete lack of it. After some awkwardly-acted cutscenes you’re given a location to head to and a fairly mundane objective that usually involves killing enemies and finding an ancient crystal shard. Once completed you return to the person that set you the mission in the first place, who will either dish out another mission or send you to someone else so they can do the same. It’s a system that is fairly common in open world games, but Avatar has more in common with a linear stage-based shooter than something like GTA. There’s an illusion of openness, but it’s actually rigidly structured. Stll, it’s an interesting game and I’d recommend it.

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   Cthulhu – August 4, 2025

   QUICK IMPRESSIONSAfter watching the movie twice (once ‘regular’ 3D, than on IMAX, getting a copy of ‘Avatar – the game experience’ came naturally, regardless of the so-so reviews I found at Amazon. To my surprise, I do NOT regret making this purchase – not because Avatar is an exceptionally innovative game but because it keeps the world of Pandora alive and teaming with life and conflict as we are all waiting for some more affordable ‘at home’ 3D technology to make the real Avatar and maybe a sequel or two possible in our living room.So, briefly, the game is VERY good at giving us a sort of bird’s eye view of Pandora – the color, the features, the wild life, RDA’s war machines are all pretty good renderings of Cameron’s cinematic masterpiece – a 3D mode is possible but we don’t have that kind of a TV so we can only imagine what a 3D game would look like. Gameplay itself, while a bit repetitive, is not that bad and the lack of variety in weapons and skillsets is compensated by the several play modes. As for replay value, it really depends on how much you enjoyed the movie. By the way, I would not recommend playing this game unless you watched the movie because you can’t play Avatar with a cold heart.GAME SETUPYou have the ability to give your character a first name – last name is always Ryder and you are a signal specialist. The game lets you shape you gender and appearance and, while at it, you will see how both your human and Na’vi face are going to look like. There are no difficulty settings so, unless you want to tinker with the sound settings or other minutia, you’re ready to go.Of course, there will come a point in the game where you will have to choose between sticking with the humans or joining the Na’vis.GAMEPLAYThe beginning doesn’t look like much – you show up at the base and you run chores. Well… as you do that you gain experience points that bring more skills and you are allowed to access more articles from the Pandoran version of Wikipedia that can give you some idea of what you are dealing with. Eventually, in the story mode, you will have to decide on which side you really are. If you stick with the humans, you’ll be riding mechanized vehicles and firing range weapons and lay waste to Pandora’s wildlife and native population. If you pick the Na’vi, your bow is complemented with melee weapons and you’ll be riding those amazing Pandoran dragons and… well… slaughter the little machine-gun firing but rather fragile humans.The game play is very simple and easy to learn. You can evade, jump, shoot, and slow down time temporarily for climatic moments. You can do a lot of climbing in some parts however you cannot grab on to ledges and the terrain can get very confusing because of that. Sometimes you have to endlessly look for some vine to climb after giving up your attempts to climb the terrain without it. As a human, relying on ranged weapons exclusively can annoy some people because they constantly have to retreat from incoming enemies. As a Na’vi you have some melee weapons that can make many enemies easier to kill if they get too hard for your normal bow and arrow.GAME MODESIf you want to take a break from story mode there is the conquest mode. Here you can command armies to conquer territory – send the humans back home if you are a Na’vi or eliminate the Na’vi if you are with the humans. All you see in the conquest mode is the statistics of what happens so don’t expect any climatic cut scenes. This mode can also benefit the normal story mode by giving you spoils as you progress through the game. These two parts of the game can refresh each other continually.If you do multiplayer you go head to head with other players around the world on different maps throughout the game. There are many scenarios and maps so it stays fresh for a while. This mode can also help your skills for single play as well to help you get better. You usually pick between the Na’vi and humans so you can pick the side you are best with but, with good players it can get quite predictable with the humans continuously retreating and firing their weapons and the Na’vi trying to get close and engage in a melee that they almost always win.So, to summarize, you can play Avatar as follows:- Na’vi in story mode- Human in story mode- Na’vi in contest mode- Human in contest mode- Na’vi in multiplayer- Human in multiplayerMY RATINGAvatar could have been a blockbuster, the way the movie is but it’s not quite there. It’s a competently layout game with stunning visuals and offering some variety but there is very little as far as character development goes, there aren’t too many weapons and the action, whether playing the conquest or the shootouts can be a little repetitive.I’ve enjoyed playing Avatar for the first few hours and I expect to come back to it from time to time but, while a ‘good’ game, I would not call it ‘top notch’ so it’s going to get 4 stars overall.–>> Brush your teeth, it’s the law! <<

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   J. Brown – August 4, 2025

   As Described