Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review - there is no fun in Ba Sing Se

As an avid Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, 2025 is a huge year for me. It’s the show’s 20th anniversary, we’re waiting on a second season of the Netflix series, and Nickelodeon just greenlit a brand new series set in the ATLA universe. Avatar fans just keep winning, so I was incredibly excited to get the chance to review Avatar Legends: Realms Collide early. Somehow, despite the absolute wealth of source material and worldbuilding that the creators have established throughout the series’ twenty-year history, Avatar games always seem to flop. Arguably, the best implementation we’ve seen of the Gaang is in games like Fortnite, so I know I wasn’t alone in hoping that Avatar Legends: Realms Collide would break this trend. Realms Collide is a 4x strategy game, which admittedly isn’t my go-to genre, but I was willing to give it a shot thanks to the Avatar theming and the promise of Father Glowworm’s first visual appearance. The opening cutscene had me hooked and eager to learn more about the Shattered Skulls and the dangers of the spirit world, but unfortunately, even getting to play as my favorite edgy firebender, Zuko, hasn’t stopped me from getting bored. Continue reading Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review - there is no fun in Ba Sing Se MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: Avatar Legends: Realms Collide release date, Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review

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Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review - there is no fun in Ba Sing Se
Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review - there is no fun in Ba Sing Se

As an avid Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, 2025 is a huge year for me. It’s the show’s 20th anniversary, we’re waiting on a second season of the Netflix series, and Nickelodeon just greenlit a brand new series set in the ATLA universe. Avatar fans just keep winning, so I was incredibly excited to get the chance to review Avatar Legends: Realms Collide early.

Somehow, despite the absolute wealth of source material and worldbuilding that the creators have established throughout the series’ twenty-year history, Avatar games always seem to flop. Arguably, the best implementation we’ve seen of the Gaang is in games like Fortnite, so I know I wasn’t alone in hoping that Avatar Legends: Realms Collide would break this trend.

Realms Collide is a 4x strategy game, which admittedly isn’t my go-to genre, but I was willing to give it a shot thanks to the Avatar theming and the promise of Father Glowworm’s first visual appearance. The opening cutscene had me hooked and eager to learn more about the Shattered Skulls and the dangers of the spirit world, but unfortunately, even getting to play as my favorite edgy firebender, Zuko, hasn’t stopped me from getting bored.

MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: Avatar Legends: Realms Collide release date, Avatar Legends: Realms Collide review