Ok, Bond fans, it's happened. 007: Everything or Nothing (EoN) is simply the best Bond game to date. Previous Bond games attempted to emulate the success of the n64's Goldeneye, and all of them inevitably fell short. EoN does not do this. It tries something completely new, and this is why it succeeds.
EoN drops the first-person shooter mold and gives gamers a third-person perspective a la Splinter Cell. Now, we get to actually see Bond in action. This adds an entirely new aspect to the game, and stealth plays a bigger role than ever before. Also, Bond has been given a new set of hand-to-hand combat moves, but let's face it, why bother with the hand-to-hand combat when you can easily accumulate head shots with your PP7 and Bond's auto-aim locking button? The auto-aim has the ups and downs of any typical third-person videogame. Sometimes you find yourself locking on the wrong guy as someone two feet to your right opens up on you with a machinegun. You just learn to deal with it.
Like the last 007 game, Nightfire, EoN does everything it can to get you to feel as if you're playing in a James Bond film. You put in the game, press power, and James Bond shoots at the camera. Then the game drops you off in a pre-credit sequence. Upon completion, EoN launches into credits and its theme song, sung by Mya. EoN takes it to the next level by having all the characters in the game modeled after and voiced by real-life popular actors including Pierce Brosnan, Willem Dafoe (as the villian), and Shannon Elizabeth. The Willem Dafoe character even has ties with an old Bond villian, Max Zorin from "A View to a Kill." The old henchman, JAWS, also is invited to the party, and before you know it, you're going toe-to-toe with JAWS in a high-speed train! The extra effort by EA to make this seem like a Bond movie really pays off.
There's a lot to do in the game, and the variety of gameplay is unparalleled in any Bond game to date. In one level you find yourself in a car race; in another, you're jumping off a cliff to rescue a falling damsel in distress; and in yet another, you're on your motorcyle dodging exploding canisters on the interstate. Let's not forget that Bond also manages to pilot a helicopter in one level and a tank in another. Oh yeah, and what about Bond's Aston Martin? That shows up, too. There's plenty to do in this Bond game, enough to make it worth your ever precious dollars. The vehicle levels are all improved from previous Bond entries.
The replay value is high as well. There are plenty of things to unlock, including new levels, cheats, and modes of gameplay (including an Arena mode). There are multiple options for multi-player. Besides Arena, there is a multi-player Co-op mode where you choose from different Mi:6 agents and go through chapters specifically created for the Co-op mode. In fact, it is in Co-op mode where most of your options and secrets for the Arena are unlocked. There are only a few "classic" Bond bad-guys to unlock for the arena, including Baron Samedi and OddJob. But who else do you really want?
EoN is a game for people who like a lot of variety in their gameplay and enjoy the Splinter Cell or Mission: Impossible kind of games, mixing stealth with action. The single player story mode seems fuller than previous Bond entries, and in my opinion, the reply value is higher than any other, maybe with the exception of Goldeneye. This game just gives you more of everything: more gadgets, more women, more vehicles, more options, more everything that makes you want to play a Bond game. In short, if you're a fan of Bond, James Bond, I think you will love this game.
Ok, Bond fans, it's happened. 007: Everything or Nothing (EoN) is simply the best Bond game to date. Previous Bond games attempted to emulate the success of the n64's Goldeneye, and all of them inevitably fell short. EoN does not do this. It tries something completely new, and this is why it succeeds. EoN drops the first-person shooter mold and gives gamers a third-person perspective a la Splinter Cell. Now, we get to actually see Bond in action. This adds an entirely new aspect to the game, and stealth plays a bigger role than ever before. Also, Bond has been given a new set of hand-to-hand combat moves, but let's face it, why bother with the hand-to-hand combat when you can easily accumulate head shots with your PP7 and Bond's auto-aim locking button? The auto-aim has the ups and downs of any typical third-person videogame. Sometimes you find yourself locking on the wrong guy as someone two feet to your right opens up on you with a machinegun. You just learn to deal with it. Like the last 007 game, Nightfire, EoN does everything it can to get you to feel as if you're playing in a James Bond film. You put in the game, press power, and James Bond shoots at the camera. Then the game drops you off in a pre-credit sequence. Upon completion, EoN launches into credits and its theme song, sung by Mya. EoN takes it to the next level by having all the characters in the game modeled after and voiced by real-life popular actors including Pierce Brosnan, Willem Dafoe (as the villian), and Shannon Elizabeth. The Willem Dafoe character even has ties with an old Bond villian, Max Zorin from "A View to a Kill. " The old henchman, JAWS, also is invited to the party, and before you know it, you're going toe-to-toe with JAWS in a high-speed train! The extra effort by EA to make this seem like a Bond movie really pays off. There's a lot to do in the game, and the variety of gameplay is unparalleled in any Bond game to date. In one level you find yourself in a car race; in another, you're jumping off a cliff to rescue a falling damsel in distress; and in yet another, you're on your motorcyle dodging exploding canisters on the interstate. Let's not forget that Bond also manages to pilot a helicopter in one level and a tank in another. Oh yeah, and what about Bond's Aston Martin? That shows up, too. There's plenty to do in this Bond game, enough to make it worth your ever precious dollars. The vehicle levels are all improved from previous Bond entries. The replay value is high as well. There are plenty of things to unlock, including new levels, cheats, and modes of gameplay (including an Arena mode). There are multiple options for multi-player. Besides Arena, there is a multi-player Co-op mode where you choose from different Mi:6 agents and go through chapters specifically created for the Co-op mode. In fact, it is in Co-op mode where most of your options and secrets for the Arena are unlocked. There are only a few "classic" Bond bad-guys to unlock for the arena, including Baron Samedi and OddJob. But who else do you really want? EoN is a game for people who like a lot of variety in their gameplay and enjoy the Splinter Cell or Mission: Impossible kind of games, mixing stealth with action. The single player story mode seems fuller than previous Bond entries, and in my opinion, the reply value is higher than any other, maybe with the exception of Goldeneye. This game just gives you more of everything: more gadgets, more women, more vehicles, more options, more everything that makes you want to play a Bond game. In short, if you're a fan of Bond, James Bond, I think you will love this game.