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Sure but usually a license will get at least one or two half decent games at some point. But, from what I can tell, every single Avatar game so far has been absolute garbage.

 

And considering Activision still seems to have no problem whatsoever shitting out rushed licensed crap (see Amazing Spider-Man 2), this wouldn't even be on my radar if it wasn't for Platinum. I'm actually kinda shocked that they even bothered to hire them.

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Really? Batman had some decent beat-em-ups back in the day. Matrix had at least one game that was alright (can't remember which one, it's been a while). There's been some amazing Star Wars and TMNT games. Some solid Dragon Ball games as well. Do I really need to go on?

 

It's really not that hard to find decent licensed games. Not necessarily great or even good games, but fun and serviceable enough to be enjoyed. Basically, anything that's not rushed because it's a movie tie-in has potential.

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Forgot about Star Wars, that I'll grant.  But my point is good licensed games are the exception, not the rule.  Pretty much everything you've listed has had tons of games made for the license, so you're bound to have one or two that are just accidentally good.

 

And I should say that Platinum's name being attached is a decent chunk of why I'm interested, because even though I haven't liked any of Platinum's other games they're at least a "real" developer, not someone who makes shovelware.  Even that's not enough for me to be optimistic, just enough for me to keep an eye on it, whereas normally with a game like this I would ignore it altogether until I heard something affirmatively positive about it.

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Yeah, I was just pointing out that having at least one or two of those exceptions isn't all that rare but that Avatar still lacks it. That being said, looking into it a bit more it seems there hasn't been as many unique Avatar games as I thought. Turns out most of the big ones were all part of the same trilogy, so it makes sense they'd all be of similar quality, I guess.

 

Oh God, there's also been one based on the M. Night Shyamalan live-action movie. Just... whyyyyy?

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I'm thrilled and cautious at the same time, and this is coming from someone who loves both Legend of Korra and Platinum Games. Reading through the IGN article, it's action (rightly so) and set between Book Two and Three, so expect story of some sort. There will be a turn-based strategy game on 3DS, but imagine if that ended up being the superior licensed game.

 

Also went ahead and voted for the cover on Facebook. As it's being touted as a downloadable game, it's probably not that big of a deal.

 

I want to freak out in joy, but part of me remembers the terrible The Last Airbender licensed games (though some fans enjoyed one of them, I think Into the Inferno).

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