Which isn’t a bad idea, and Avatar Frontiers of Pandora expansion’s range of exploration and combat fits snugly into the blueprint, especially when you are on the side of one faction vying for territory against another. You’ll take over outposts by completing some pedestrian objectives, or save wildlife from patrolling grunts while exploring the world. There are also resources to gather, locals to help with everyday problems, and discoveries around which are designed much like modern Assassin’s Creed games. Although, most of these were already taken care of in the portion of the world I was allowed to explore, so it was hard to get an accurate idea of what moment-to-moment gameplay would be like aside from scripted missions. It wasn’t ideal, but Pandora remains a gorgeously massive place.

The first thing I noticed when jumping into the game was how much of its control scheme and gameplay mechanics feel transplanted from Ubisoft’s long-running open-world series. I can pull back a bow similarly, or sprint forward to clamber up platforms in ways that feel almost identical. You can’t shake the similarities, so much so that it wouldn’t be a stretch to label Frontiers of Pandora as a licensed side project, one that takes an existing universe and applies the Far Cry model to it.

I recently popped down to Ubisoft’s offices just outside of London and was thrown into the multicoloured forests and floating cliffs of Pandora to do whatever I liked. There were some missions to follow as part of the preview build, but otherwise I spent two hours killing fascist military dudes, saving local inhabitants, and flying my Ikran - who I called Floof - high into the sky in search of new discoveries. There is a sense of wonder not dissimilar to the films, like you are discovering the world for the first time as a fledgling Na’vi who must also earn stripes within a tribe that has every reason not to trust them. On the surface this setting is ideal for an open-world game offering untold freedom and experimentation, but Frontiers of Pandora relies too much on past victories to ever escape their uninspiring shadow.

With the recent success of Avatar: The Way of Water in cinemas it is of no surprise that gamers are once again looking forward to the release of the action-adventure open-world title being created by Ubisoft under the name of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora . As there is no release date in sight many players may wish to look for other titles to enjoy in the meant

Analyzing the reveal trailer, it seems that Frontiers of Pandora will be about exploring the planet as an Avatar and won't be about following the RDA. Without guns to play with, the best possible comparison is most likely Far Cry Primal , which actually didn’t have any microtransactions and only one DLC pack. Still, the Ubisoft title had opportunities to monetize with weapons and clothing cosmetics - it might just have seemed out of place in the prehistoric sett

Just like in both films, the main antagonist in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will be the human-led Resources Development Administration, or the RDA . Having traveled to Pandora decades before the events of the game, the RDA has the goal of exploiting the natural resources of Pandora. Naturally, the many Na'vi clans have banded together to protect their h

God of War Ragnarok may not be an open-world title in the traditional sense especially as players must teleport between different realms in order to visit the different areas of the map. However, outside the story players are able to explore these locations freely to their hearts' content making it a semi-open-word experie

After two films and several years, the world of Pandora will finally be open to explore in the upcoming video game Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora . The game will feature the yet-to-be-seen Western Frontier of James Cameron's wondrous alien planet. Playing as an orphaned Na'vi, players will venture out into the wild and interact with the many Na'vi clans in hopes of helping them with their fight against the

Story-wise, the four main missions we did involved us aiding the Aranahe clan of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora in resolving an issue with the Klingor, bonding with our Ikran, taking down some flying machines of the Sky People, and assaulting one of their bases. Climbing the Ikran Rookery really put the environmental design to the test, giving us a circular chasm to climb and run up through where we interacted with some of the aforementioned flora, did a fun bouncing puzzle, and took giant leaps from place to place. It's such a simple task to give a player, but one that shines in terms of vertical gameplay des

Combat is also very easy , or it at least it was in the preview build. Human mechs that I recall taking out dozens of Na’vi in the films can be downed with three arrows or fewer than a full magazine of bullets in Frontiers of Pandora, turning outposts into a cakewalk. You are also very tall, so human enemies can be brushed aside with a light punch unless they’re hiding in the mountains or atop tall platforms aiming snipers at you. Even as a new species in a video game that could easily expand on the types of technology and weapons they have access to, Massive hasn’t done much here to take advantage of that. I can use some sort of cool launcher that can fling poisonous or explosive projectiles, but when it’s more of a chore to use than existing weapons, there wasn’t much of a point. Much of it feels uninspired.