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NOLF GOTY has got to be one of the best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game has got to be one of the best ever made. I owned it when it was originally released and then got rid of it after playing through it many times. I guess today's games just don't have the same fun quotient and that's why I bought it again. Even with older graphics it still really rocks!

Best Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If there is one game you must buy, it's No One Lives Forever: Game of the Year edition, and NOLF 2. I highly recommend purchasing this game before they are sold out. The story line is easy to follow, the cut scenes are fun to watch, and the sniping or blowing everything in sight is more than one can handle. Cate Archer is the epitome of all spies. She is just as good as James Bond himself, if not better. You get to control her every move. You get to watch her climb rooftops and scour back alleys to pick off any H.A.R.M. agents. Her weaponry ranges from handguns with silencers to shotguns, hairpins that unlock to hand grenades to toss. You can use 1st person or 3rd person. You become the agent herself, and is put through a series of tasks. Just make sure you're the shooter and not the being shot at!

Contains an extra level!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What are you doing? Stop reading and order both of the No One Lives Forever games before they're no longer in print. I'm serious. These games have a great story, great humor and awesome action.

You play a 60's era spy on the trail of evil masterminds. No One Lives Forever has it all... great music, graphics (for its time), cool weapons, stealth if you want and long hours of gaming goodness. You'll find yourself laughing at the story and dialogue and you'll catch the evildoers in some funny conversations.

This is one of the best FPS series ever made. To let it pass you buy is a crying shame. Buy both games today. They're cheap and they're well worth the bargain bin price.

The Game of the Year edition contains an extra level. Just when you thought the trouble was over, you go on vacation and find your vacation spot is a front for an evil organization!

Simply Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This remains my favorite game ever, even if other games had better graphics even when it came out.

Not only do you play an interesting character and you have a great story, the enemy aren't complete idiots. Best of all, the game makes you laugh. I can't count the times, I stopped to listen to a side conversation and was laughing to hard to avoid getting shot.

Valve updated the graphics for Half-Life; I wish Sierra would do the same for No One Lives Forever.

NoOne Lives Forever. But youll play it till the day you die!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I decided to buy this game after hearing some good reviews for it, and seeing as how I could get it for 15 bucks as a game of the year edition. I played this game nonstop for about 5 days till I finally beat it. This game would only have been a 3 - 4 without its humor though... humor, not a challenge for killing the oafs of HARM makes this game great. Thats not to say that using a silenced parabellum and sneaking into an area giving large unsuspecting quantities of HARM agents head shots isnt a blast. I believe that this game wouldnt be near as fun if you just played it like Quake or Doom, getting your baddest weapon out and mowing down hoards of them. I think that my goals of maybe getting detected once made the game much more enjoyable.

Buy this game while it lasts, the Game of the Year Edition truly is worth it, the extra level was a blast and among the most humorous of levels.

Hey, these good old games are hard to find!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Not everyone can afford to upgrade the computer annually. I have to search on 2 criteria, One; is it worth the time and money? Two; will it run decently on a sub-gig system?
I loved this game. I can't think of a better 20 hours for the money. If your the "run right in and waste em all" type, it plays ok, not fantastic, but ok. After you've played it through once, it actually is more interesting to go back through and try the stealth angle. Some of the conversations that you pick up when your sneaking around are knee-slappers. If you had a conscience it might even be difficult to waste the thugs after you hear about the college money being spent on an Edsel, or the guy who's redecorating his apartment and his mother's dog has a flatulence problem. :)
I would say that it definitely deserved the Game of the Year award. Unfortunately I cannot rate the multi-player aspect of the game. I don't have the ability to play against other users.
In short, for an under-achieving system, on a budget, this game is a lot of entertainment for the dollar, and it's replayable.

it's not bad ...... but is it worth your time?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: May 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

its not bad for [$$], but its not the best game ever made by far. First person shooters are basically all similar in feel. You point and click and shoot the enemy that jumps in front of you. Or you can stand back and snipe the unsuspecting target from 100 meters away. Nowadays, virtually every fps has a machine gun, and sniper gun, and despite the packaging the core gameplay remains similar. WHat makes the great fps is the "angle" Where is it based? Whats the storyline? Does it actually make my heart pump, or makes me curious enough to finish the level? I'm not saying NOLF is a bad game. It is very fun, and i like the doses of humor sprinkled throghout. But because it really lacks a distinctive angle, NOLF is not a "great" fps. IMHO, some great fps games I've come across or played were System Shock 2 (for its eeary atmosphere and chilling exctiment), Alien v Predator (good graphics for its time and scary as [heck]), and the Rainbow Six series (because of their realism) I'm also playing NOLF 2, and its a definite improvement over its predecessor. Before declaring this as the best action game of 2000, or ever (as some would argue), please try out the other fps games I put down here. You will definitely notice the difference.

My favorite shooter of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Don't let the girl on the cover sway you, this is well worth its money.

Besides being an absolute fun shooter, it's also full of hilarious conversations and phrases.

The missions will keep you going for some time, and when you finally beat it (WITHOUT CHEATS!), you can go online and show what you've got. Join a clan and get your rank up!

One word of advice, when you go online and think you know it all, think again. These guys online know exactly how to beat your sorry butt in about 3 seconds. You will learn the tricks and secrets soon enough young grasshopper. :-)

Very fun game, minor WinXP problems

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I decided to play NOLF when I finished NOLF2. I expected the graphics to be outdated (and they were) but it's not a big deal. This game is centered on the story and gameplay, which are both superb (and hilarious).

I'm running this game in WinXP, which isn't "officially" supported. And, there are problems. One, the black letterboxes during cutscenes are half-transparent. Two, every time a new area loads, my video becomes very choppy and ugly (as if video acceleration isn't being used). A quick fix is to go to the display options and change the resolution (to any value). This seems to [beat] the video-card ... until the next area-load, where you have to repeat the process.

Over-all, it is what I expected accept for the technical problems.

System:
Athlon XP 1600+
512MB RAM
Radeon 9500 Pro Video (128MB RAM)
Windows XP Pro
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
Catalyst 3.1 drivers
DirectX 9

Game Of The Year

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

NOLF is one of the more fun games I own. I'll admit the graphics leave alot to be disired but they are not horrible. Anyway I don't play games for the graphics I play for the gameplay. This Game Is a must have, in more ways than one. It has masive online Battle Arena's made from parts of levels in single player. You can play against people from Japan and South America, as well as other places. This is just an example of the masiveness of the online Arenas. NOLF single player is even better. Skillfully crafted worlds are ripe for your rightous hand (clutching your trust worthy Parabelum 9mm of course)to have its way with. The levels range from Germany, to a Space Station, to a trapicol paradice. This game is definatly worth your money and your time.

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