Oddly ambitious and strangely not terrible, Avatar is one of the better movie games I've ever played. 2009 was a year chock full of movie games. Wolverine: Origins, Watchmen: The End is Nigh, Terminator Salvation, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Avatar all came out in 2009. 2009 was the pinnacle of the movie game and Avatar very well may be the best of the bunch. It's a 3rd person shooter with semi open world levels and elements of RPG. It offers two complete amd separate storylines. One as the humans and one as the Na'vi. The playstyles of each faction is distinct enough to keep you to stick around to the end of each campaign. Each campaign has their own separate levels as well. The game does a good job at recreating the world of Pandora as well. The levels are colorful and vibrant and nearly everything you see in the movie, and some things you font, are included in the game. All of the fauna and wildlife of Pandora are here as are the human vehicles from their mechs to their dropships. Many if these things are drivable too which offers a nice wrinkle in gameplay from the run and gun style of the humans and the beat em up melee style of the Na'vi. I was surprised to see such a large game in scope. I would have figured this to be a typical linear game with a shorter campaign. I would have guessed the only difference between playing as human and Na'vi was the character skin. I was surprised to see drivable land and air vehicles. The controls are a bit wonky but at least it's there. They work well enough to complete the levels without wanting to break your controller. The story is a bit meh but that's ok because I was so impressed with the scope and ganeplay and the surprisingly un-terribleness of this game. Bring back movie games. I miss them.