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Avatar Dev Diary: Designing the Action

Or: How to make blue cat people seem exciting and fun.

Dec. 2 2009

Posted by: Brad

34 Comments

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TheGTAvaccine

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Edited By TheGTAvaccine

Yeah...no thanks.

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Is it bad that I just don't care at all about AVATAR in any form?  
 
Also, this just looks like shoddy HALO. 

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Edited By lhaymehr

Bolloxbuster.
 
// Edit
 
Patent pending.

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So the Navi are smarter than the ultra-militarized space-faring humans?
And they are using bows and arrows?
Fascinating.

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Edited By mawryk

Graphically it looks pretty enough, but I will wait for multiple reviews before deciding if I should throw any money in this direction.

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Somehow I'm still mildly interested in this.

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Edited By swamplord666

it really seems like everytime a developer promises a game experience like "it's full on all the time" "you're constantly getting attacked from all sides" it just falls flat and turns out like every other game

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Edited By Irish87

Soooo, this movie is about how the evil U.S. Marines invade a foreign land filled with peace loving primitive folk who just want to have fun hippy lives where they smoke weed all day and giggle, and of course, because we're evil, we essentially want to destroy their entire society... cause. And of course, they send the one Marine who is so weak that not only does he fall in love with a blue reptile cat lady, but he also betrays his country...
 
Have I ever mentioned that I hate James Cameron? Yeah, I really hate James Cameron. Oh yeah, this game is going to suck out loud too. Why? Cause I hate James Cameron.

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Edited By mikeeegeee

Those folks seemed to be really unaware of how to sell their game. Those diagrams and charts that guy drew were also very lame. I don't mean to be jumping on the bandwagon, I just wish they would've done this better.

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@Waffles13 said:
" So the Navi are smarter than the ultra-militarized space-faring humans? And they are using bows and arrows? Fascinating. "
I would believe that you have a different point of view on 'intelligence' as what was said when the Navi were said to be intelligent. They are smarter than the space marines -only- because they're so used to the world of Pandora. They know its ins and outs. That gives them the 'intelligence' advantage. If the two forces fought on an even battlefield, the humans would beat the crap out of the Navi.
 
Meanwhile, humans are very much more intellectual in the sense that they know stuff.
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Why do people take them seriously. no way in hell is gonna be good. game mechanics don't fit target demographic. they will make it to easy, thous making it worse. only thing I trust them is good looking graphic. because they used real movie assets game gotta look good..

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What is up with the blue marker light board? That is not making me more interested, it just looks dumb.

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I just watch these videos for the humor value at this point.

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Why do the graphics in this game look more realistic than the CGI in the movie?

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Edited By Milkman

Why are these developer diaries still coming out? The game is out already.

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"They're peaceful, but they're warriors"
Vision, check.

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i couldnt read his handwriting.

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Have any of these people ever played a video game before? They know we're laughing at them, right?

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Its kinda funny after the game is already out, and that everyone knows its complete shit(including the guys at GB) seeing dev diaries for it.

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i don't even want to see this movie anymore. the more times i see commercials for it, i start getting queasy. i threw up blood this morning from watching the trailer and i think have have developed a bleeding ulcer.

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I can't understand all the Avatar hate seeping off the internet. So it's Blue people? so what? Get over it. Any film, or story  takes a measure of suspension of disbelief.  Looks like big action sci-fi Cameron spectacle. Why is it the fact they are blue stir up such animosity over this project? Plenty of blue people in Mass Effect, no one is all bent out of shape over them. People are fucking strange. 
 
That said,  the game looks like a rent.

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Edited By TheMustacheHero
@paulishere22 said:
" Why do the graphics in this game look more realistic than the CGI in the movie? "
Are you kidding?
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@wrecks said:
" I can't understand all the Avatar hate seeping off the internet. So it's Blue people? so what? Get over it. Any film, or story  takes a measure of suspension of disbelief.  Looks like big action sci-fi Cameron spectacle. Why is it the fact they are blue stir up such animosity over this project? Plenty of blue people in Mass Effect, no one is all bent out of shape over them. People are fucking strange.  That said,  the game looks like a rent. "
Well said sir
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Edited By Media_Master

Doesn't look bad for a movie based game, but I still feel compelled to see the movie first.

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@TheMustacheHero said:
" @paulishere22 said:
" Why do the graphics in this game look more realistic than the CGI in the movie? "
Are you kidding? "
Yes, for the most part.  The CG in that movie looks great overall, but those fucking aliens look like cartoons.  And since they are looking to be the main characters, that's not good.
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Another 
Very 
Average 
Third-person 
Action 
Retread
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Someone needs to tell these people to be less excited about their game.

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@Irish87 said:
" Soooo, this movie is about how the evil U.S. Marines invade a foreign land filled with peace loving primitive folk who just want to have fun hippy lives where they smoke weed all day and giggle, and of course, because we're evil, we essentially want to destroy their entire society... cause. And of course, they send the one Marine who is so weak that not only does he fall in love with a blue reptile cat lady, but he also betrays his country...  Have I ever mentioned that I hate James Cameron? Yeah, I really hate James Cameron. Oh yeah, this game is going to suck out loud too. Why? Cause I hate James Cameron. "
first off, no this isn't about marines evil US Marines at all. Its a private corperation mining a planet and they have their own private military to defend them against the hostile environment- seriously crazy animals on the planet.  
 
And why the hell would anyone hate James Cameron? He's made some great movies.
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Edited By TwoOneFive
@paulishere22 said:
" @TheMustacheHero said:
" @paulishere22 said:
" Why do the graphics in this game look more realistic than the CGI in the movie? "
Are you kidding? "
Yes, for the most part.  The CG in that movie looks great overall, but those fucking aliens look like cartoons.  And since they are looking to be the main characters, that's not good. "
i really don't think they look like cartoons at all dude: 

dont be so harsh on the criticism. this is the best cg characters since king kong and gollum. 
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Edited By Undesired
Ill be fine with the movie, thanks now stop fucking ruining it with puking out videos of the game!
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Edited By Tarsier

Game looks horrible, movie looks amazing. What did you expect.

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Edited By utlas

T-rated savage, the butt kicking type of savage

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Ewoks are better then Navi though.