Avatar: The Game

Early in the game the player has to decide whether he wants to help the Na'vi unlock the power of the Well of Souls or if he wants to stay with the humans. Depending on his choice, the gameplay changes significantly: as a human, the player can enter buildings, drive vehicles like buggies and helicopters, and use full-body armor as well as several different kinds of firearms including shotguns and flamethrowers. In addition Pandora itself is against him meaning both plants and animals will attack the player but will also grant experience points. As a human, the player can build pods that replenish ammo and health at specific locations.

The Na'vi, on the other hand, are more than two meters high and as such cannot enter buildings or use humans' vehicles. But Pandora herself is friendly so plants and animals won't attack (or grant experience points for that matter) allowing the player to ride strange horses or fly around on huge dinosaur-like creatures. While the player himself is able to use a machine gun, normally the Na'vi rely on bows and arrows as well as strange swords and staves. If the player manages to pull off a five-hit-combo, a special attack comes available.

Both characters have in common that they are controlled in a standard 3rd-person-shooter-fashion and have to collect DNA/cell samples. Once enough have been collected, the player gains the ability to get right back into the fight after his hit-points reach zero. Only if not enough samples have been collected will the player respawn at the nearest outpost. Also both parties earn experience points for completing quests and killing enemies. Once enough points have been collected, the character levels up and gets access to new weapons and spells allowing him to make himself invisible, for example.

Pandora is divided into several sectors and each sector features several challenges like lifting 100% of the fog of war or collecting a certain amount of cell samples. Fulfilling these objectives grants additional experience points. To further help the player in his quest, a world-domination-mini-game is available at each transporter. This mini-game is turn-based and has the player starting out with only one sector and the goal of conquering all the other.

The game offers five team-based multiplayer-modes: King of the Hill, Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Capture and Hold (capture control points in order to make the enemies' team lose victory points) and Final Fight where the RDA has to protect three missiles in their base while the Na'vi have to destroy them.