JC's "Avatar" Getting Some Pretty Decent Write-Ups

You thought "JC" meant that we were speaking of the Lord Jesus, not so much. Actually, Jim Cameron's Avatar is one of the most anticipated films of this coming holiday season and its video game release this week is scoring the game some decent point-age. That's what we were actually talking about.

 

Via Joystiq, several metacritics have weighed in on the game preview of the upcoming feature and the reviews seem relatively decent. Between a sampling of four reviews, the average rating for the game came out to 65 points out of a possible 100. Here are some commentary snippets from each one:

"VideoGamer (70/100): "James Cameron's Avatar: The Game is easily one of the best movie licensed games I've ever played, but at the same time it's not good enough to stand alone as a must-own title. While the presentation is great and the combat generally enjoyable, the missions leave a lot to be desired - and there's little of the sense of wonder that the movie promises." 

IGN (68/100): "There's nothing disastrous here, and the RDA shooter side of things performs well enough to be occasionally enjoyable. The quest design, including both the main and side tasks, is about as generic as they come. Go here, collect this, plant these bombs, or kill this and then return to me." 

Game Informer (65/100): "These shortcomings are a shame considering the game's interesting gameplay twists. Avatar features a solid RPG element that unlocks new armor and upgraded weapons at a steady pace. Players also unlock new skills (i.e. buffs) that help spice up combat a little, but can't overcome the gameplay imbalances." 

GamePro (55/100): "It's not a bad game, and portions of it are competent, if not quite remarkable. But Avatar wears thin quickly, and the story is too fragile to compensate for the deficiencies." 

The feature film opens on December 18th and you can check out the full Joystiq article here.