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It’s
a secret rule that
when one licensed
games come out- they
have to come out
across all of the
systems and not just
one. With the recent
re-up for
Goldeneye
on the Wii and the
restrictions for
using that due to
Nintendo’s licensing
of the original game
for Nintendo 64, the
game can’t be
released on X360 and
PS3. Enter
007
Blood Stone
as a
unique and new
adventure created
exclusively for
release as a video
game- it’s not based
on a movie. So while
Nintendo enthusiasts
get the rerelease
and redone version
of
Goldeneye,
X360 and PS3 owners
get relegated to a
third person Bond
game that’s not
nearly as fun as
Goldeneye,
but not altogether
disappointing.
In this Bond game
you’re the Daniel
Craig version of the
character with the
Ian Flemming
influence for the
game. The story is
interesting enough
with you and Bond
going through a
variety of locales
and facing a variety
of terrorists
through Europe and
Asia trying to pull
off some nasty stuff
with bio-chemicals.
So you take Bond
through a assortment
of missions to
figure out who’s
behind the whole
thing until you do,
that’s usually how
it works isn’t it?
The game is a
third-person
shooting game and it
handles like a
dream. From moving
around in cover to
firing off a quick
shot, it handles
fantastically.
There’s really not a
problem with this
game with sound,
visuals, controls,
or story. The
multi-player is weak
though and the
single-player
campaign is about 5
hours with very
little replayability
to it.
Bizzare Creations is
the developer of
this game and for a
third-shooting game
they did a fantastic
job. Some of the
levels look like
each other but
others are textured
beautifully and
provide some great
visuals. It’s also
worth a note that
while playing
through the entire
story I might have
experienced a camera
glitch once. They
did a great job with
presenting a good
product. The problem
with this game isn’t
that Bizarre did a
bad job with the
Bond license- the
problem is more out
of their control.
The
problem with
007
Blood Stone
isn’t just how light
it is- with the play
time of five hours
with no reason to
come back to it and
a poor multi-player
showing- It’s that
it’s not
Goldeneye.
For once Nintendo
enthusiasts get an
awesome shooting
game and everyone
else gets left
wanting. It doesn’t
happen a lot.
007
Blood Stone
is really too light
to be a good
consolation prize
but it’s something
to look into down
the line if you need
something to play.
It was a fun but
short experience-
something James Bond
doesn’t get a lot…
ZING!
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