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007 games have been a part of gaming history. From the first crappy incarnation on the Atari to the chart topping N64 frenzy shooter inspired from Goldeneye, we can always count on a Bond game to surface every few years. The problem is not every Bond game can live up to the tricked out, smooth as silk, multi million dollar chick magnet we’ve known on screen for so long. The Playstation saw to that by trying to cash in on Goldeneye’s success with a dead-on-arrival licensed game of Tommorrow Never Dies and a cheesy spin-off game called 007 Racing. The PS helped the franchise about as much as Timothy Dalton, but PS2 put out a decent title in 2003 called Agent Under Fire. It was at least enough to spark the next installment to the 007 series.
Better than the movies!?
It’s been awhile, but Everything Or Nothing had finally convinced me that great Bond games aren’t as much of a dying franchise as the movies. Agent Under Fire wasn’t a bad game by any means, but using an original storyline and the overplayed Goldeneye shooting system didn’t pay off as well as EA. had gambled. Then to everyone’s surprise, EA. puts down another couple million on the table and deals the PS2 a very similar hand of game play, only this time the game ends up being a winner! E.O.N. is an action-packed multi-task game that has James on his old routine, you know, foiling international billion dollar terrorist efforts and infiltrating army fortified hideouts while finding time to seduce some Barbie doll Hollywood actress with a name that would embarrass a porn star. Like Agent Under Fire, James carries out his majesty’s assignments on foot and in a variety of specially modified vehicles.
The improvements in E.O.N. from other Bond games is the third person view (instead of an eye level view) to not only widen the mobility and stunt actions of 007, but also to give the intensity of Bond’s high-octane scenes a cool Silver screen feeling. The rest of the game will have Bond test driving helicopters, motorcycles and cars that are all fully equipped with heavy weaponry and Q’s infamous spy devices like camouflage netting and acidic grease traps. The game doesn’t give you any in-depth remodeling/building options for Bond or any of his vehicles. You will start off with whatever Q gives you and pickup other weapons and war machines on the way. The presentation values, especially in some levels, gave the game an upgrade actually comparable to the high quality scenes in Bond movies. The new story developed just for the game also gets two thumbs up! That is a tremendous compliment considering the fact that I think that the newer Bond movies out today aren’t very memorable if you favor the Connery classics like Goldfinger the way I do. Bottom line is Bond has never looked better or been more thrilling and creative than in E.O.N. The game even stars some very sexy and talented voice actresses like Shannon Elizabeth and Mya! It’s nice to see the virtually 74 year old British swinger still has some new tricks up his sleeves! I give it a 4.5. Report this review >>
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