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Category: Video Games
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Rating:  37 reviews
Platform: Playstation2
Genre: action-games
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
EAN: 5030930032395
ASIN: B00006958B
Release Date: November 29, 2002
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Amazon.co.uk Review
You can't keep him off the telly on a bank holiday and nowadays he seems to be almost as prevalent in the gaming world. That's right: James Bond is back on your consoles in 007 NightFire--and ready to endorse a bottle of vodka near you. Games companies are weird. This release comes in the same year as the 40th anniversary of James Bond, as well as Die Another Day, the 20th film to feature the loveable old womanising drunk. So what do EA, proud bearers of the 007 games license, do? They make a game based on an amalgamation of all the Bond movies, with their own "original" story line, then go and stick Pierce Brosnan's face and a bunch of clips from Die Another Day in it. Whaaaat? Bizarre marketing decisions aside, this could finally be the game to come out from behind the shadow of the seminal N64 classic GoldenEye. Which means, of course, that this is a stealthy first-person shooter (with a few car-racing levels thrown in for good measure) bolted onto a cracking multi-player mode. Following on from GoldenEye is a bit like being asked to make Citizen Kane 2, but EA have sensibly gone back to the spirit of the original and NightFire is much more strategic than their last attempt, the rather shallow Agent Under Fire. Once again you can learn a pathological hatred of security cameras as you use an even wider array of Q gadgetry to kill people without them even noticing. The multi-player mode is also good, with meatier weapons than last time, including a particularly fun remote-control missile launcher. People are always crooning about nobody doing it better than Bond, but in the gaming world that's not always been true; with this game, though, it looks like he's taken the ejector seat straight to the top of the first-person shooter pile. --David Jenkins
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 Excellent. December 1, 2002
Kris (England)
30 out of 37 found this review helpful
For those of you who thought Agent Under Fire was excellent, there is not a word that can describe this. Based roughly on Die Another Day, it is about the Americans loosing a key component to their new Space Weapons Platform, and guess what, it is up to you to recover this and save the world from the green industrialist Rafael Drake. For a start, the game is much more difficult than Agent Under Fire. If you have played it, you will remember the ease of completing it. The first mission involved opening a few doors, killing a few people, recovering a briefcase and using your laser to release someone. In Nightfire, I won't say much but if you think the first level is easy, then try again once you've completed it. As usual, Bond has all the latest hi tech gadgets and weapons. To name a few, there is exploding shavers and satchel charges, rocket and grenade launches, as well as many more. I have not yet completed the game, but I am aware that the final level is a lot harder than Agent Under Fire. There's more to it than 1 rocket being fired at the enemy. The car controls are roughly the same, with the same weaponary, but nontheless, a lot more fun. To my knowledge, you get to go underwater in this game, as well as into space ( the final level though ). You have to infiltrate bases without being spotted ( it is difficult! ) but where's the fun in the game if it is easy. The better medal you get, the better reward ( upgradeable gadgets ). I would rate this game 9 out of 10. I would not give it 10, because in my opinion nothing is perfect, there's always room for inprovement. Don't get me wrong, EA Games have done an excellent job in making this game, but I'm sure there's more things that could be added should there be another game. Now they get to base Bond on Brosnan's face, what about his voice? Also, on one mission, you have to meet Q, but as unfortunately he is no longer with us, why didn't it say meet R? Unless it was a tribute to him. I don't go looking for problems, and so far ( I've completed about 4-5 levels ) I have found no faults at all. However, on a particular mission, I found the door you had to go through would open a bit, before closing. When I finally got through, there was an enemy right against the door. A mistake, or an excellent try to make it more difficult? Whichever, congratulations EA on an excellent game, and I hope there's more to follow.
James Bond 007:nightfire October 2, 2002
22 out of 121 found this review helpful
A game to set the records straight, a game that shows that the old master still has it in him. With this new and explosive adventure, all the Bond film are mixed together with the best result possible...
A great game and one that is a most for the Bond fans and for the adventure fans alike.
 It ain't Goldeneye but.... December 2, 2002
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
there's still plenty to keep up interest.
I don't think Nightfire will knock the seminal Goldeneye from its perch at the pinnacle of 007 console gaming but it's the best effort yet to feature on either Playstation.
The depth of the play is much better than I expected. While mainly a linear plot in the form of Medal of Honor, there are options to be taken at most stages of play. Your decisions can alter your progress, opening up a wider choice of weapons later in the level and whether or not you get bonuses.
These are awarded if you perform various "Bond" signature moves such as using your grappling hook or pulling off a cunning stunt. This keeps you going back to try and better your score on each level which in turn opens up more characters, weapons and features in the multi-player game.
Graphically Nightfire is superb with charcters and locations a real treat compared to PSOne attempts at the Bond universe.
A variety of locations straight from the set of your favourite Bond movies help to add atmosphere. Enjoy blasting guards at an Austrian castle swept in snow or try a more stealthy approach sniping baddies in a Japanese garden or at a nuclear power plant. There's a even a level in space which is a clear reference to Moonraker.
On the downside the loading time is long, not just between levels but also within sub-sections. I found this frustrating when I wanted to get on with the action (the old N64 never had this problem). Also the driving levels when Bond tears up the tarmac in his trusty Aston Martin are frustrating. There is no real sense of being in control of the car - it's way too sensitive - and you don't feel able to influence events unfolding around you.
Overall I'd recommend this game as a classy first person shooter. But once completed and all the multiplayer options are opened up I reckon there will be little to tempt me back to play alone.
Best bond game so far September 11, 2004
J. Reynolds
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I've had this game since last year and it is class. This is a great bond game. Graphics: The graphics are amazing. Bond himself just looks exactly like he does in the film. The other girls in it also look like the kind he normally has in the films, very exotic. The enemys such as drake and rook look quite good although there not in the films (i think) but they still look very detailed. The cars, the vanquish looks so realistic and its speed is also amazing. The bullets it fires look good and the smoke it makes. EA obviously spent alot of time on the cars and people. The guns look quite good aswell and so do the explosions. The environment looks good as it sits in the background. The graphics are 10/10. Audio: Pierce Brosnan recorded his voice into the game (i think, again) which makes it better because then at least it sounds like the real bond. The missiles, gunshots, cars and explosions sound quite real. Sometimes the sounds are a bit dodgey. Audio equals 9/10. Gameplay: The gameplay is brilliant. There are 12 missions just like all the others but some are quite challenging this time. You can drive a few differrent cars such as the vanquish and a police car but you drive/control over things such as a plane, tank and a little snow bike sort of thing. There are many things you can use against your enemys such as Bonds normal gun but when you kill others you can take their weapons and use it. They have machine guns, snipers and grenade launchers and many more. There are many guns, alot are machine guns. You carry some of the gadgets Bond does such as the watch laser, stunner, dicrypler etc. Is it a four player game where you take you and others and there are mutiplayer options such as normal arenas where you just play with first to kill how many you choose (it goes up to 120). There is capture the flag and demolition and many more. On the screen you choose your weapon set and which characters you want to have in the game. There are quite alot. I recommend this to you.
EA's best bond yet December 9, 2002
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I played this for a few days with some mates, and I was expecting it to be a bit rubbish. However, I was very impressed. The game overall is the best bond other than GoldenEye, and a worthy partner to the new James Bond film hitting the screens at this same time. The graphics are similiar to Agent Under Fire, but more detailed, and bond actually looks like Pierce Brosnan(despite not sounding like him). Gun controls have also been improved, with nearly all weapons having two different actions (eg:a certain pistol has both semi automatic fire or burst fire)this adds lots more variety and fun.
The multiplayer is a great laugh, with up to four people meeting up and, well, shooting each other to the death. The locations and characters in the multiplayer are from both the game's story and other Bond films, like Fort Knox from Goldfinger and Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me.
And, despite still being an FPS at heart, there are some on rails and driving missions to boot. NightFire doesn't bring anything new or revoloutionary to the shoot 'em up genre, but it's pure fun and pure bond... and isn't that what counts?
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