Finally finished Avatar after almost 2 and a half years. The final few missions were very action packed but it made me realize how little the combat had changed from the very first mission despite me putting in close to 40 hours in the game leveling up, unlocking skills and acquiring different weapons. It's such a bad game in that respect. Same thing with Star wars outlaws, they just dont know how to add gameplay mechanics that give you more tools and abilities.
That said, I am glad i suffered through that mediocrity because the first DLC looks absolutely amazing. It opens with this realtime cutscene i have posted here before, but its magical seeing it live. I didnt have ray reconstruction enabled but just wow. Literally the first cutscene thats third person and actually moves the camera around. What a novel idea!
The actual gameplay is great too. yes, the distant mountains dont look too hot but there is so much beauty here to admire. The colors, the plants, the plains. The dusk lighting. Just so fucking pretty. They also pull back the camera a bit in some scenes. Water looks amazing here as well. Ray reconstruction doing the work fixing the noisy reflections.
Such a big upgrade over the final area in the base game. Man that was ugly.