After getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on PC Game Pass, unlocking its 'Unobtanium' max graphics mode, and then upgrading those stunning visuals even more with mods, I'm convinced this is the 'But can it run Crysis?' FPS PC gamers should install today

After getting Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora on PC Game Pass, unlocking its ‘Unobtanium’ max graphics mode, and then upgrading those stunning visuals even more with mods, I’m convinced this is the ‘But can it run Crysis?’ FPS PC gamers should install today | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG Avowed was always great, but now that it costs what it should have at launch and nobody’s being weird about it online, it’s kinda perfect Games The best PC games to play right now Hardware Resident Evil Requiem PC performance analysis: Great visuals and decent frame rates all round, though path tracing’s an obvious frame rate killer Graphics Cards Best graphics cards in 2026: I’ve tested pretty much every AMD and Nvidia GPU of the past 20 years and these are today’s top cards Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2’s siege of Cyberstan is the greatest galactic campaign the game has seen so far Handheld Gaming PCs Abxylute 3D One handheld gaming PC review Action Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle Gaming Laptops Best gaming laptop 2026: I’ve tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend FPS The best FPS games on PC VR Hardware Micro-OLED is the VR upgrade I’ve been waiting for Gaming PCs Best gaming PCs in 2026: these are the rigs and brands I recommend today Gaming PCs Best mini PCs in 2026: The compact computers I love the most RPG The best RPGs on PC Gaming Laptops Best gaming laptop 2026: I’ve tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend. 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Subscribe to our newsletter If you’ve previously slept on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and have a PC Game Pass subscription, then now is the time to play ‘Ubisoft’s best open world game in years’, as it is not just a highly polished and content-rich FPS that delivers buckets of intense action, but it is also the absolute best way to push your PC gaming rig to its limits.Seriously, after downloading and installing the game myself, before then unlocking its PC-exclusive ‘Unobtanium’ max graphics mode, and following that up with a full-game reshade mod that makes its incredible graphics look even better, my jaw was left well and truly on the floor. This is one of those special games that just leaves you in wonder thanks to its incredible, boundary-pushing visuals.Here is a video that I recorded showing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora running in Unobtanium mode and with a custom mod reshade at an upscaled 4K resolution (the specs of my system, which isn’t top-tier, can be found below): Related articles Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle Three shining examples of brilliant PC game development in 2025 NZXT Player Three Prime gaming PC review Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Unobtanium Reshade – YouTube Watch On And, honestly, that’s really refreshing, as we simply don’t get so many of those perspective-shifting games released anymore (thanks, weak and underpowered consoles!). Those games that seem to offer graphics from the future, but today, or unique new visuals that you’ve just never seen before. I’m thinking of games like the original Outcast (those pools of water!), or the legendary hardware crusher Crysis (my Nvidia 8800 GTX rig is on fire!), or even modern titles like Cyberpunk 2077. Games that, for years, have acted as a reference point for all other game graphics and system performance. (Image credit: Future)Another worldAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora, though, offers such incredible visuals and, crucially, a full suite of graphical menu options to adjust and toggle that, to me, it is now the perfect testbench gam