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NIGHTFIRE IS AWESOME!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My friend just got the PS2 version and it is AWESOME!! i haven't played the Pc version yet, but i intend to. the good things about this game are the sniping levels, awesome gameplay, good graphics, and extremely fun levels. the cons are there are only one good multiplayer level, skyrail, all the other ones [...] compared to this one. other than that, tis game rocks!! And if the Pc version is half as good as the PS2 version i would still give it 5 stars

PC Version a good game but not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Despite the horrible reviews given by most magazines I really enjoyed the game on the PC. I don't have an x-box so the fact that the driving is missing didn't affect me at all. Overall the game is a lot of fun, with cool environments, sexy women and very Bond-ish plot. There were some complaints about the lack of weapon variety but in reality you find whatever is the newest biggest baddest weapon the enemies are using (so you can take their ammo) and use it so variety is no big deal.

The goods: Level design - the sets felt like a Bond movie with a megalomanic bent on taking over the world after he has built all these secret bases filled with huge areas. I think my favorite was going down the staircase from the 34th floor of the skyscraper not knowing who is behind the door to each floor or waiting on the stairs.

Babes - About time some good-looking women were shown with a little sexyness, use the glasses on them in x-ray mode to see a little cheescake.

Gadgets - this is what set the Bond game apart, I started it as a straight shooter, but using the glasses is a major upgrade to play. Using the x-ray to see through the door and know where to aim before opening it, use the infrared to spot hidden enemies a long way away.

The bads - aiming...the weapons are amazingly bad shots or perhaps its the amount of damage the enemies can take. I can put 50 bullets into a guy from far away and he is still plugging me. You basically have to get close to get them efficiently.

Enemy AI - which brings up the one really bad part of it, the enemies are pretty sad. They can spot you instantly if you get within a certain trigger range, no matter what you do. They seem to be much better shots with their weapons than you are (allthough that may just be me). They tend to act a little goofy, jumping back and forth and yelling things that don't make sense.

But overall I really recommend this game. Its so much more fun and a totally different feel than some hyper-realistic terror game like splinter cell or ghost recon or some of those. Just a lot of fun for when you want to feel like Bond.

The name's Game, Great but Hard Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game but I am trapped at the High Treason level where you have to use the cell phone grapple. If anyone has an answer to my troubles, write it in your review. Otherwise, this is a fun game that you may find yourself reciting or imitating Bond. Sadly, he did lose his handsome charm in this game but as long as you can play, no problem. There is just one flaw, though. The Yuzuki Gunmen are loud and irritating as they say "Yatzo stupidasol" and "Shmi". It really gets on your nerves especially when you don't know what their saying! This game has a great use of gadgets but is comically unrealistic. If you break a window, nobody notices. If you shoot a guy in the you-know-what, they make a funny cry as they put their hands over it! This is a good Bond game with great action and adventure.

James Bond 007: Nightfire (PC) Review

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

In the long history of PC games there haven't been many James Bond-brand releases on the PC; in fact, I can't name any offhand (aside from maybe James Bond Jr.). The brand has had a fruitful experience for the consoles, including the famous release of Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64.

With the release of a new Bond adventure in 2002 publisher Electronic Arts wanted to create a big cross-platform Bond action/shooter that didn't have to rely on the new movie but still carried the name and was released at about the same time. Unfortunately they decided to bet on relatively old technology and some strange creative choices to do it (at least on the PC version), and the result became a rather uninteresting game called Nightfire.

The player assumes the role of dashing MI-6 agent James Bond, 007, here to free the world from nuclear tyranny, British ex-patriots, and so on. Each of the nine missions precedes a full-motion animated cut scene that uncovers more of the general plot and details the next mission. More average-quality cut scenes are interspersed throughout the game at various points.

Nightfire is a first-person shooter and shares all the nuances of that breed of game, with the same familiar style of control schema, albeit with some trademark differences. Aside from the variety of guns available, Bond can switch to a gadget inventory and select from one of those - the gadgets are primarily one-event-type items. A wristwatch serves as a laser for cutting locks, for instance, though you couldn't even use it to get the attention of a guard.

The other gadget worth noting is the sunglasses, which when put on can switch between different shades of the spectrum - handy for locating hidden areas, laser traps, or through women's dresses. The downside is that you can only use it for so long as it runs on (rechargeable) battery power, not to mention the sunglasses are buggy.

As stated above, there are only nine missions -- each have a variety of submissions with their own set of objectives. While the level design is adequate it pretty much pushes the limits of the engine, including multiple loads in a single level. The objectives, which update as the mission progresses, is not very helpful at telling you what needs to be done or even why. Only by going through a level, killing everything, and checking and/or destroying everything else can you really figure some of them out - unless of course it happens to be a level where there is a never-ending stream of bad guys and there is no clue as to what to do.

Another problem of note is that a player can effectively win a mission by accomplishing an objective, get killed because of something else, and still lose the mission as the mission results screen is delayed while the game still runs. I actually ran into this on a particularly annoying boss level.

Mere mention of the console game-style boss creatures is another bad mark. This by itself is not too annoying, but the bosses, not to mention the situations you're thrust into, are painfully stupid. Speaking of painfully stupid, that would be the perfect description of the game's artificial intelligence (AI) - enough said on that.

This is not to say that Nightfire has some redeeming qualities. Some of the levels require going into third-person mode, which is a fun switch. Bond can only carry around four big weapons at a time, so you will have to strategize in some situations. You can use multiple different methods in certain missions to accomplish the objective. On the very first mission, Bond can sneak his way into the castle complex through the back way or fight his way through.

Nightfire includes a multiplayer mode as well. It consists of LAN or internet play, supporting up to 32 players, with three modes of play: combat training (deathmatch), team combat training (team deathmatch), and capture the flag. In team games one team assumes the role of the good guys while the other team is the bad guys - and they have different models to match. Unfortunately, multiplayer mode seems tacked on and a few of the levels are very unbalanced.

Several times already I've described the Nightfire engine as being stretched to the limit. That's because the developer, Gearbox Interactive, went with the Half-Life engine to develop the game, and added in their own in-house goodies. Gearbox is no stranger to using the Half-Life engine, but to release a major title with a four year-old engine (at launch) is troublesome at best.

Character models are average if not great, and the animations are about the same - though there are some specialized animations as well. The Australian secret agent is a blond Lara Croft rip-off.

I'm a bit of a Bond movie traditionalist so it's hurtful to sit through a particularly hard level of Nightfire listening to some techno/new age version of a rehashed Bond theme over and over again. Oh, there is some variety, and a small bit of it is catchy, but enough is enough. The song featured in the intro sequence by the female singer Esthero (and plays in the background on the menu screens) is quite good, however. The voice acting for the various characters, including Bond, seems very uneven.

James Bond 007: Nightfire is a lackluster game stuck in an old engine that probably should have gone through a bit more in the design and implementation stage. Aside from a nice opening sequence and a few "well that's kind of cool" moments in-game Nightfire should definitely have its license revoked.

BETTER THEN GOLDENEYE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I got this game as a Chritsmas present. It is the best. At first I was afraid it would not work because other amazon reviews said no one dies and that there is glitches. They are so wrong it works perfectly. Its probobly there computer. I have a gateway year 2001 with a athlon AMD and 1000 MHZ. This game is so cool. One downside is that there is only nine levels and you can't drive the car. I believe that level 4 is the hardest. Another downside is that you can't throw grenades far and you end up fraging yourself. Multiplayer is really good. there is fort knox from goldfinger and caviar from the world is not enough. You can even be difrrent characters from the ld movies like oodjobs, jaws, golfinger, scaramanga, pussy galore, wai lin. Even Q. they should have added M, Valentine Zukovsky, Honey Rider, and Dr. No. Oh yeah, that short guy from the world is not enough. Also Chales Robinson. The cool thing Q isn't pictured as John Cleese he is pictured as the old one that died. the weird thing is that in multiplayer you can't be James Bond. You have to be another guy that has a buzz cut and blond hair. The hitman, rook he looks to muscular. you put a needle on his chest and it will pop. (thats a saying does not happen in game.) Another weird thing is that its Pierce Brosnan face but Sean Connery's voice next time they should put connery's face to. Last they don't put M in the game. You only hear her voice when she talks to give you hints. HEr voice is not loud and clear so you can't tell if or a man or women because it mumbles and it goes from high picthed to low. The coolest thing is when you have a rocket launcher. if you do alternate attack (right click) you can control it with the arrow keys. If you fist on multiplater a guy that isa at full health two punches kill. CHEAT CODES DO NOT WORK.

Horrible computer port

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There's a reason the price of this game has dropped so quickly compared to it's console counterparts - it's a horribly sub-par conversion of what might otherwise have been a pretty decent Bond game.

Nightfire is a mixture of the most infamous elements of the James Bond movies. Bond must stop a mad industrialist from nuking the world, and has several gadgets and female friends to help him accomplish this. EA takes advantage of the Bond licence, as the game features Pierce Brosnan's face as Bond, the familiar Bond theme, appearances by classic Bond villains, and other goodies.

But Nightfire lacks in several areas. First, the cool driving levels found in the console versions have been dropped from the PC version, probably due to lack of space. This leaves only 9 levels, which is just too short of a Bond experience. The game also seems to require a pretty high-end system to run.I have no problems running other recent games, such as Jedi Outcast, but Nightfire still stuttered along even when I set all the graphics options to low detail (and the graphics in Nightfire don't seem that spectacular in the first place). While I said EA takes advantage of the Bond licence, this isn't always a good thing. The Bond theme appears too often and quickly gets annoying, while the voice actor for Bond overplays his part and turns Bond into the stereotypical, cliched secret agent. Actual gameplay isn't too bad, but nothing special either. The levels are mostly non-interactive, small, and take too long to load (especially the Japanese resort level, where the game has to pause and load every few rooms, completely breaking up the gameplay). Finally, the game actually copies all of its cutscenes as AVI files onto your computer during installation. What's the point of playing the game when we can just watch the cutscenes, EA? Someone should have thought this out, and encoded the cutscenes as an unlockable extra, not give players free access to them even before they've seen the first level.

If you have a PS2, Gamecube, or X-Box, get Nightfire for one of those instead, and not this inferior PC port. If you don't, I can't really recommend Nightfire even to the most die-hard James Bond fans.

EA fails again and again with James Bond Games

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Wow this game is so cheaply made its not even funny. I can tell u right now, that the old half life is better then this. The guns reload and during the reloading finish abruptly. If u get what i mean. He is putting a shell in the barrol and the gun cuts to his hand.The graphics suck. The sniping is soooo bad. Please show me a sniper rifle with no kick back, and no light that comes out of the barrel when u shoot. The missions are lame and boring. Goldeneye by rare was the best cause rare knew what people wanted in there james bond games. Shoot em up games. Thats what it was and thats why it sold well. This by EA is an excuse to make a james bond title. The voice over of pierce Brosman is so bad, it sounds like a guy that is constipated. Its not voiced over in other word. Its some random guy they got to play the voice of him. The fun value? not very fun, but i can tell u that u will laugh at the people who paid 50$ for this game when it came out. EA please stick to games that u can actually make well. such as the sims games. Dont make FPS games, u suck at making them. Questions? im me at Kilik327 on aim or its_a_wooden_pickle on yahoo messenger.

mouse wheel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: May 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

not all mouses(mice,moussees?) have a mousewheel but those that do the mouse wheel is the WHEEL ON THE MOUSE! (duh)

by the way i havent actually played the game

EA games ...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 18
Date: November 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

EA games cant make a FPS. Rare was the best, and the only competitor is Bungie. Goldeneye will always be the best FPS out there. EA games could only make their's worse. don't buy this. if you want a good stealth game, buy Morrowind, if you want a FPS, buy UT2003. don't waste your time with a special ed. version of goldeneye. goldeneye was good because it was original, not loaded with hi-tech ... and impossible guns.

Avoid...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Better be careful if you decide to buy this game. Buggy beyond belief, it will not run at all on an 2200+ Athlon system with 512 megs of RAM and a 64 mb video card. ZERO tech support. And if does not run, you take the risk of not being able to return it as I found out--I was told copyright issues preclude its return. A bad, bad mess.

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