Jedi's review of the week: 007 Everything or Nothing for Gamecube

02-19-2004, 10:16 PM

Jedi: Hello everyone, and welcome to cold ticket! As most of you already know, I have a new partner, DaSith555, as my former partner Kyle Bastromi has packed up and left for good.
Sith: What he said.
Jedi: My personal favorite of the week, is Double-O-Seven, EoN. I love this game. I've been waiting eons for EoN, and now, I've got it.

History of James Bond Games: As a good 99.9% of you know, most of the Bond games have been FPS, or first-person shooting, run-n-gun, lead-em-up, take your pick. The Bond game franchise started with Double-O-Seven: Goldeneye. Personally, that game just felt wrong for the worlds greatest secret agent. If you've seen any of the movies, you'd know that he took more of a Sam Fisher approach to things. Now, I'm not critisizing the FPS world, but EoN is perfect for Jimbo.
When EA took the Bond titleship from Rareware, they tried the third-person approach to the franchise, and failed miserably at the agonizing trainwreck that was Tomorrow Never Dies. Then, realizing that the TPS, or Third-Person-Shooter, was not the best start, but seeing as they had already released the game, they were royally screwed.
Then the released the World is not Enough, or commonly referred to as TWINE. This was a major improvement over their previous 007 game. But then again, what couldn't have been?
After that, they released Agent Under Fire. This game was so bad, it didn't deserve an acronym. The graphics were choppy, the voice sucked, the weapons were cheesy, so it seemed that the best part of the game returning it.
And then, God smiled down on us once again, and the expression on his face spelled: NightFire. This game is a vast improvement over all of the other Bond games. The multi was sithout doubt, one of the best I've ever played.
And then, if you look over to the left, you'll see a twelve-foot-tall Everything or Nothing. Most people would probably think, "Oh, crap, another TPS for Bond." But I say, screw those people. This game is without any other say, the best Bond game ever created, que review.

Gameplay: What good would a game be just staring at the game logo? Not a very good one, unless it was the best darn logo I've ever seen.
This game makes more of an approach to stealth, rather than "blow everyone's brains out with a rocket launcher" football. If you have surround sound, you breaking a guard's neck has one of the best effects in the game. But it seems at times, that this new TPS approach works too much magic. Bond has perfect accuracy, so there's no keeping the gun under control. But the new targeting system is ingenius. And, there are no more rail-shooting missions, thankfully. The driving missions are no longer so linear, so there are many more paths to choose from. Good job with the new motorcycle, too. 9/10

Graphics: Crystal clear, no fuzzy graphics anymore. But the graphics themselves... well, that's a whole different approach. Nothing special, not as good as Resident Evil: Nemises or Final Fantasy. But they have improved pretty well, as they are using cyberscanning now, and James Bond actually LOOKS like Brosnan, or vice versa. The enemy reactions upon your dectection are perfectly well done. They might pause for a second to reach for their holstered pistol, giving you a chance to get them before the other guards can hear them shooting, or they might sometimes say, "What the he**?!" and get other guards' attention. Very well done. 8/10

Audio: They now have the real actors doing the voice talents, so it sounds very, very real. And, they no longer have done that computer recording gunshot thing. They actually have the real gun sounds, which makes it even more realistic. Cool. And, the groans from the enemies are excellent, too. 10/10

Replay: They have added a co-op mode to the mix to shake things up a bit and boosts this tremendousely. There is also a multiplayer mode, but not worth spending a whole lot of tome on. Ok but not good. But the co-op is very well done. 8/10

Final score: The averaged score would be a 9/10, but who cares? My final standing: 10/10. Pick this game up as soon as possible. Good night everyone, from DaJedi555 and SithLord090.

02-21-2004, 04:10 PM

Never played it-Don't have a Gamecube, but it sounds pretty good.

A Genius · 02-21-2004, 10:43 PM

I've played Nightfire, but not enough to warrant any opinion. I've been getting better at FPS games lately, though. I should give Metroid Prime another shot sometime.

-A Genius (Don't worry, a violent death is the last thing that'll happen to you.)

02-19-2004, 10:16 PM	#1
alexj Guest Posts: n/a	Jedi: Hello everyone, and welcome to cold ticket! As most of you already know, I have a new partner, DaSith555, as my former partner Kyle Bastromi has packed up and left for good. Sith: What he said. Jedi: My personal favorite of the week, is Double-O-Seven, EoN. I love this game. I've been waiting eons for EoN, and now, I've got it. History of James Bond Games: As a good 99.9% of you know, most of the Bond games have been FPS, or first-person shooting, run-n-gun, lead-em-up, take your pick. The Bond game franchise started with Double-O-Seven: Goldeneye. Personally, that game just felt wrong for the worlds greatest secret agent. If you've seen any of the movies, you'd know that he took more of a Sam Fisher approach to things. Now, I'm not critisizing the FPS world, but EoN is perfect for Jimbo. When EA took the Bond titleship from Rareware, they tried the third-person approach to the franchise, and failed miserably at the agonizing trainwreck that was Tomorrow Never Dies. Then, realizing that the TPS, or Third-Person-Shooter, was not the best start, but seeing as they had already released the game, they were royally screwed. Then the released the World is not Enough, or commonly referred to as TWINE. This was a major improvement over their previous 007 game. But then again, what couldn't have been? After that, they released Agent Under Fire. This game was so bad, it didn't deserve an acronym. The graphics were choppy, the voice sucked, the weapons were cheesy, so it seemed that the best part of the game returning it. And then, God smiled down on us once again, and the expression on his face spelled: NightFire. This game is a vast improvement over all of the other Bond games. The multi was sithout doubt, one of the best I've ever played. And then, if you look over to the left, you'll see a twelve-foot-tall Everything or Nothing. Most people would probably think, "Oh, crap, another TPS for Bond." But I say, screw those people. This game is without any other say, the best Bond game ever created, que review. Gameplay: What good would a game be just staring at the game logo? Not a very good one, unless it was the best darn logo I've ever seen. This game makes more of an approach to stealth, rather than "blow everyone's brains out with a rocket launcher" football. If you have surround sound, you breaking a guard's neck has one of the best effects in the game. But it seems at times, that this new TPS approach works too much magic. Bond has perfect accuracy, so there's no keeping the gun under control. But the new targeting system is ingenius. And, there are no more rail-shooting missions, thankfully. The driving missions are no longer so linear, so there are many more paths to choose from. Good job with the new motorcycle, too. 9/10 Graphics: Crystal clear, no fuzzy graphics anymore. But the graphics themselves... well, that's a whole different approach. Nothing special, not as good as Resident Evil: Nemises or Final Fantasy. But they have improved pretty well, as they are using cyberscanning now, and James Bond actually LOOKS like Brosnan, or vice versa. The enemy reactions upon your dectection are perfectly well done. They might pause for a second to reach for their holstered pistol, giving you a chance to get them before the other guards can hear them shooting, or they might sometimes say, "What the he**?!" and get other guards' attention. Very well done. 8/10 Audio: They now have the real actors doing the voice talents, so it sounds very, very real. And, they no longer have done that computer recording gunshot thing. They actually have the real gun sounds, which makes it even more realistic. Cool. And, the groans from the enemies are excellent, too. 10/10 Replay: They have added a co-op mode to the mix to shake things up a bit and boosts this tremendousely. There is also a multiplayer mode, but not worth spending a whole lot of tome on. Ok but not good. But the co-op is very well done. 8/10 Final score: The averaged score would be a 9/10, but who cares? My final standing: 10/10. Pick this game up as soon as possible. Good night everyone, from DaJedi555 and SithLord090.

02-21-2004, 04:10 PM	#2
Sim Kid Guest Posts: n/a	Never played it-Don't have a Gamecube, but it sounds pretty good.

02-21-2004, 10:43 PM	#3
A Genius Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Place Posts: 2,657 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've played Nightfire, but not enough to warrant any opinion. I've been getting better at FPS games lately, though. I should give Metroid Prime another shot sometime. -A Genius (Don't worry, a violent death is the last thing that'll happen to you.)