Description
Sometime in the 1960s, Cate Archer is the only female agent in the service of U.N.I.T.Y., a worldwide secret agency. Having been relegated to menial tasks over the years, Archer is finally given a chance to prove herself when a terrorist organization called H.A.R.M. starts to knock off active field agents. Under the qualification of "being available" as a trained agent, Cate is finally given the authority to track down and investigate these H.A.R.M. activities. In missions around the globe, Agent Archer will find herself sniping assassins, stealing documents, and doing a host of other suitably sneaky, but often deadly espionage tasks.
No Ones Lives Forever is a 1st person shooter/sneaker that focuses on remaining undetected and obtaining intelligence data. Combining elements of James Bond (including Rare's
Goldeneye 007 and
Perfect Dark),
Thief and
Deus Ex, Cate will need use her weaponry and gadgets to get the drop on enemy agents. Among the gadgets available are photographic sunglasses, a lockpicking barrette, Body Remover (tm) powder, a cigarette lighter which can be used for wielding, lipstick explosives and a robotic poodle (for distracting guard dogs).
Emphasizing sneakiness, the game not only gives extra points for not being seen, but also pulls tricks like alarms that cannot be shut off and guards that don't return to their docile ways once alerted to your presence. The AI does interesting things, such as knocking tables over and ducking for cover. But, at least on the lower difficulty levels, the game is willing to play with your aggressions and those who prefer shooting first and asking questions later can often gleefully blaze through the levels like a continuous action scene from a Bond flick. However while the mission will get completed, Agent Archer will relieve a lower score for taking the non-subtle approach.
The game has the feel of the 1960's all over it and it shows through the artwork and the music, which are both very much in character with the period, from the loud outfits to the beatnik rythmn in the bars. In a homage to the old 60's spy movies and series, there are plenty of surprises, shootouts, close calls, memorable villains, and over-the-top action scenes.
Alternate Titles
- "无人永生" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "Никто Не Живёт Вечно " -- Russian Spelling
- "Wu Ren Yong Sheng " -- Chinese Title
- "No One Lives Forever" -- Common shorter title
- "NOLF" -- Commonly used abbreviation
- "Nikto Ne Zhivjot Vechno" -- Russian title
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The Press Says
| GamesFirst! |
Jul 03, 2002 |
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80 |
| GameZone |
Nov 05, 2002 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
| GameSpy |
May 19, 2002 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| Gaming Target |
May 22, 2002 |
7.4 out of 10 |
74 |
| Game Over Online |
Nov 30, 1999 |
70 out of 100 |
70 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
May 31, 2002 |
14 out of 20 |
70 |
| IGN |
Apr 23, 2002 |
6.9 out of 10 |
69 |
| Worth Playing |
May 24, 2002 |
6.8 out of 10 |
68 |
| Gamer.co.il |
Jul 04, 2002 |
5.7 out of 10 |
57 |
| GameSpot |
Apr 24, 2002 |
4.6 out of 10 |
46 |
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Trivia
Several of the game's missions take place in German cities such as East Berlin, Bremen and Frankfurt. While the developers did make an effort to create a proper setting by making signs that are correctly written in German there are some errors. One in particular is a sign in the Stasi (state security ) compound in East Berlin which reads "Begriff -- Kein Trespassing". This would literally translate to "Term -- No Trespassing". Additionally, most of the articles on posters and Inge Wagner's banner are wrong since they use the wrong gender.
Another noteworthy issue are the villains accent's: Most of the villains are supposed to be German. However, some of their accents sound rather East European. One voice actor seems to have based his supposedly German accent on Arnold Schwarzenegger with a more Austrian note to his German.
