True story: I walk into GameStop looking for the 2006 Avatar game on the Wii. I see this on the shelf for 2 dollars, in one of their preowned cases with no cover art. Just "Avatar the Last Airbender" on the box. The same title as the 2006 game.

The guy at the register saw what game I was getting, and mentioned off hand that the movie was terrible. I imagine he did not want to tell me which game I was actually getting to make a sale... but he knew.

Imagine then, when I step out of the store and open the disc, and I am greeted with this game.

Ok, so dramatic story aside, it obviously isn't as bad as the film, but it still sucks. At the very least there was something of an attempt to add variety. Where you play as Zuko mainly and then Aang. And the choice to make the perspective focus on Zuko is novel.

But these levels make me fall asleep. The game is just boring and dull and slow and it is impossible to write anything interesting here. The most interesting thing I remember is that there's an achievement for jumping on a desk and throwing some papers around. They were really struggling to come up with achievements I guess..

There isn't enough here to hate, but nothing to care about. Just a bad, pointless experience.

Reviewed on Apr 09, 2024


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