Avatar Laser Wars 2
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Game Information
Developer: DigitalDNA Games
Publisher: DigitalDNA Games
Release Date: August 8th, 2012
Genre: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox 360

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Synopsis
Play online with up to 15 of your friends in Avatar Laser Wars 2 the sequel to the hit game by DigitalDNA Games, and one of the most advanced first person shooters to hit Xbox Live Indie Games. Unlock multiple of weapons, grenades, perks and killstreak awards as you work your way through the player ranks. Compete online with a global high score list.

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Gameplay
Avatar Laser Wars 2 is a first person shooter with lots of action and one of the best shooters on indie games. This game is like a digital mini version of Laser Tag in real life. There is only one mode of this game, and that is playing online. Its fine because this game doesnt need to have a campaign or anything, the multiplayer makes up for it. You can play with up to 16 players in a game; 8 on 8. That is a feature that call of duty doesnt have, and there is lots of action while playing. There is only one map in the game which is a bad thing but the map is huge. The map has different rooms, these rooms look a lot different and dont have the same things in them. Each room is great for cover, and to get to each room there is a hallway leading to it. That also leads me to another thing, there is too much hallways.There is a hallway here then turn the corner and another. The hallways are huge, and being that huge they didnt really add any cover to them either which was dumb. Once you start to kill people you will start to rank up and ranking up can lead to you getting more weapons, kill streaks and equipment. Of course when you rank up the weapons will be better in some way like one being faster than others or stronger than others. Personally my favorite weapon was a shotgun or the fastest machine gun in the game. So in a way the gameplay of this game is just like call of duty but in a cheaper way.

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Graphics
The graphics of this indie game are some what good but are also bad in some areas. When your running around shooting people about and all you dont really seem to car about the graphics your just more worried about the gameplay. Well if you do start to notice after a little of playing it really isnt all that good. You will notice that your playing as your avatar in the game and your avatar looks good with the game but there just needs some fixes. When your standing still your running around either way your hand of your avatar doesnt even look like your touching it and it looks sort of like a floating gun. When your looking at somebody else running forwards the player looks like they are taking way to big of steps, like there leaping kind of haha. When there walking sideways it shows the animation as walking forward but there actually going sideways. The rooms are to bright in some areas but they are alright after a little. When your looking at some one and there shooting there weapon you notice that there arms kind of pulls back when they shoot and looks like recoil, I thought that was a fantastic idea. You also will notice a flash on them when they shoot. The noises when you shoot sound alright but get very annoying after a little. The recoil on your weapons makes it feel real but is just unrealistic like the way it kicks up. The weapons all have some little color on it and dont look anything like a real weapon would. There is lots to talk about here but i wont be speaking of it all. Overall the graphics are alright they just need some touches.

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Controls
The controls are similar to most first person shooter games. They are all one button controls, some can be held down and some can just be tapped down. RT is to shoot the people up and try to kill them before they kill you. LT is to aim in and you can shoot while aiming in with this control, take note that you need to hold it down while using it too. Also I would recommend not holding down the LT button as much because the recoil in this game is just absolutely ridiculous. There just simple little controls like that throughout the game. One thing I did notice that I forgot to mention is that when you click or tap "A" your guy jumps super high. Now since he jumps this high people can easily get into glitches with this. There are other simple controls like the ones I have mentioned that I cant think of at the top of my head. Overall the controls are simple, and easy to learn and get use to.

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Rating
Synopsis 7/10
Gameplay 8/10
Graphics 7/10
Controls 8/10
Overall 7.5/10