Laura Ray

What an amazing world the team at massive have built. It’s Cyberpunk levels of beauty. Whatever you think about the gameplay loop in Ubisoft games, just exploring, wandering around and watching the world is breathtaking. The sound is the best implementation ever created for a game. You can use the sound to navigate and it brings the whole experience to life. At one point crossing the jungle my character went to jump on a rock and it turned out it was a giant beast sleeping. A real wow moment. The hunting and gathering is top notch. It’s the closest thing to being in Pandora you’ll ever likely to get. This game is worth getting just to wander in. While not a big fan of the movies which were enjoyable and novel in 3D, the crossover into gaming is well executed. Truly next gen experience like the 3D imax was for movie fans. If you have a beast of a PC this is a showcase. The added gameplay is formulaic but it’s improved on the typical far cry stuff with mini games and cooking all with haptic feedback. The only thing they could have improved are the cutscenes which take you out of the immersion. It needs Cyberpunk interaction with the freedom to move around instead of a fade to talk type system with your character being locked in place while you listen. This game deserves at least an 8 score just for all the work they did crafting such a beautiful sandbox. Well done massive.