Once enough creatures have been gathered you unlock abilities on a linear skill tree, there are 21 abilities that vary from weapon and health upgrades, shields and new combos.

Later on between missions you are free to explore a Na’vi village and accept new missions from the local inhabitants or explore on alien horseback, defeating enemies to enhance your abilities.īy exploring the environment and beating enemies you can find small bioluminescent creatures that you can collect. Although the majority of the levels take on the form of a platformer, I saw one level in which you fly a large creature called a banshee whilst shooting down enemies – very reminiscent of SEGA’s Panzer Dragoon. One level set in the jungle appeared to be a hybrid between Sonic-style platforming and rail grinding, Tomb Raider-esque ledge shimmying and God of War-like combo driven fighting. Like many action adventure games, Avatar adopts multiple gaming styles to keep the gameplay interesting and fresh. The game spans 15 levels and takes your Avatar through jungles, military bases, vast planes and even a bizarre dreamscape environment. Working with the film’s development studio, Lightstorm entertainment, Gameloft has had access to the original models, artwork and voice talent from the movie.

The game is set across various landscapes encountered in the movie and some new ones too. Humans can’t breathe the atmosphere on the moon so they are put in control of a human/Na’vi hybrid called an Avatar. You play as the first soldier to be part of the Avatar project. The explorers soon discover the moon is protected by strange inhabitants – aliens called the Na’vi. The game is set 20 years before the events that unfold in the movie, at a time when humans have discovered the alien moon Pandora and seek to harvest its vast mineral resources. Although the game has only been in development one fifteenth as long as the film, one year is plenty of time to produce a fantastic looking iPhone game. Avatar is the upcoming action adventure tie in for James Cameron’s epic sci-fi adventure movie of the same name.

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