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Set in the never-before-seen Western Frontier of Pandora, Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora takes place fifteen years after the events of the first Avatar film and prior to The Way of Water in a time when humanity has returned to Pandora to continue exploiting its resources. The Na'vi protagonist finds themselves free of the RDA, but also a stranger in their own birthplace. Over the course of the game's main campaign, players will witness the Na'vi reconnecting with their lost heritage as a Sarentu - a tribe of which they bear a mark upon their face - while learning from the memories of their ancestors, and discovering what it truly means to be Na’vi, while joining forces with other clans to protect Pand

Players will assume control of a character who was a child of two worlds, born Na'vi but raised and trained by the RDA after being abducted as a child by one of the RDA's leaders - and presumably the game's main antagonist - John Mercer. This brutal yet unique upbringing has provided her experience with the RDA's futuristic military tech, but upon reintegrating with the Na'vi after 15 years in RDA captivity, she begins to become accustomed to using the tribes' traditional longbow weapons as well, making her quite a formidable adversary to the RDA as she's able to use their tactics against t

I recently popped down to Ubisoft’s offices just outside of London and was thrown into the multicoloured forests and floating cliffs of Pandora to do whatever I liked. There were some missions to follow as part of the preview build, but otherwise I spent two hours killing fascist military dudes, saving local inhabitants, and flying my Ikran - who I called Floof - high into the sky in search of new discoveries. There is a sense of wonder not dissimilar to the films, like you are discovering the world for the first time as a fledgling Na’vi who must also earn stripes within a tribe that has every reason not to trust them. On the surface this setting is ideal for an open-world game offering untold freedom and experimentation, but Frontiers of Pandora relies too much on past victories to ever escape their uninspiring shadow.

Ubisoft has had prior experience with the Avatar franchise, with a 2009 movie tie-in game that served as a prequel for the first film and saw players taking control of either a member of the Na'vi or the RDA (Resource Development Administration) with different gameplay and weapons depending on what they chose. Ubisoft created the upcoming Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora in collaboration with Disney and James Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, and the title promises a much larger experience than Ubisoft's more linear 2009 title, with players able to explore a completely new area of Pandora for the first time via a massive open-wo

Similarly to the movies, Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora will focus on the conflict between the alien Na'vi tribe, and the RDA. The human-led RDA looks to plunder Pandora for resources, setting up many bases across the planet that cause widespread pollution, as well as harming and poaching some of the planet's creatures, and a huge aim of the game is to destroy these bases and allow the ever-changing open-world of Pandora to organically " heal " once this pollution is lif

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora could introduce new types of Na'vi previously unknown. Although it would not be surprising if James Cameron wanted to save new characters and cultures for the next films, it would also be exciting to have the opportunity to discover new types of life or even explore more differences between the forest and ocean tri

As far as the RDA is concerned, Pandora is rightfully theirs to do with as they see fit and the Na'vi are overstepping boundaries, a lot like historical colonialism. Like many real-life corporations, the RDA has a history of over-valuing profits at the expense of others. They were already causing mass pollution on Earth with their lunar factories, and they aren't opposed to destroying Pandora's ecosystems for the sake of mo

Although they are used as a vehicle through which Jake Sully (and, by extension, the audience) are introduced to the world of Pandora, the RDA ultimately act as the primary antagonist. Most of its more sympathetic members like Jake, Grace Augustine, and Trudy Chacon end up renouncing it sooner or later and siding with the Na

Although it is a central part of their culture, successfully bonding with an Ikran is quite dangerous. Just reaching them is difficult enough. It requires traversal of the Hallelujah Mountains , a range of floating peaks where any misstep could send an unfortunate individual falling to their death. Upon finally reaching the biggest mountain, Mons Veritatis , actual interaction with the Ikran can begin. The caveat is the "correct" Ikran is identifiable because it will immediately try this site to kill its future rider, requiring them to wrestle with it until they can get their braid properly connected. The final step involves riding the Ikran off a cliff. As Neytiri puts it, "the first flight seals the bond." However, this process takes a few minutes, during which the rider will have to continue wrestling with the Ikran which will alternately be plummeting, flying erratically, and/or resisting the rider's influe