The folks behind James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game didn’t have to struggle too hard to make their videogame look lifelike. Director Cameron did most of the heavy lifting (and reportedly spent $500 million) when it came to clawing up and out of the uncanny valley.

The new trailer for the Avatar videogame underlines the lengths the game’s designers have gone to in an effort to match the look and feel of the movie’s fantastical setting. Notice, though, that you don’t get a good look at the characters played by Avatar stars Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington or Michelle Rodriguez.

But who needs realistic-looking celebrities when you’ve got power armor, space marines and crazy alien monsters? The Avatar game is due from Ubisoft on Dec. 1; the Avatar movie hits theaters Dec. 18.

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