First Level: Avatar
TheSixthAxis: According to the Internet, James Cameron’s Avatar is quite probably the greatest film ever made. Probably not even a film, more like the birth of a new entertainment medium. Avatar the game therefore has a lot to live up to, and despite it having no chance of doing so, it isn’t quite the washout you might expect.
Avatar opens with your basic introduction to the world of Pandora through the eyes of the human military. Set in the third person, you’re soon off from character to character – sporting over-head graphics to identify them – to receive your early missions. These missions also set the story in motion, although you won’t be too aware of this until you’re put in a position where you have to make that decision. And from that moment on the game steps up a gear, although it’s only second gear and I’m not convinced it’ll ever find third.
