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Using gimmicks properly: hands-on with Avatar The Game

Source: Ars Technica

Nov 08, 2009

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It's hard to get excited about a game based on a film. We've all been burned so many times before—remember Watchmen: The End is Nigh and X-Men Origins: Wolverine—that it's often hard to believe a great movie-based game will ever be made. And while Avatar: The Game might not be the title to change all that, it's certainly trying.

The game will be appearing on virtually all viable platforms, but different systems will receive different experiences. I was able to check out the game on both the Wii and the Xbox 360, and while both versions are very different beasts, they share at least one common thread: a love of new technology and peripherals.