Caltrus
Reviews
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (GameCube)
A boring repetitive shooter.
The Good
Being the bad guy for once was an interesting touch. Working for the villain (Auric Goldfinger) was an interesting touch as well.
The Bad
This game is quite possibly the worst Bond game out there. Well, A View to a Kill is probably the worst so this is #2. Being the villain sounds like an interesting touch at first but after I beat the first mission of the game (Which is the MI6 training simulator mentioned in the plot outline) I felt like a critical element was missing from the game. A critical element that makes the game...fun. But, sadly, this game does not seem to have it. Throwing enemies off cliffs and taking them hostage to use against other enemies seems like an interesting concept at first but here - it basically...fails horribly. The missions have very little variety in them - they're all the same colors - just a dull gray and sometimes brown if you're lucky.
The Bottom Line
The game is basically just a run-and-gun shooter. Usually, you just open a door, kill everyone inside with the weapon you have, go inside another door, and do the exact same thing. Occasionally, you are given the chance to use your Goldeneye which comes with a feature that will allow you to toss enemies around, be invincible temporarily, hack into computers, and look through cover. The game feels like it could have been an interesting feature to play the bad guy, but here, the game play of the previous Bond game (Everything or Nothing) is missing. Compared to previous Bond games such as Nightfire or Everything or Nothing, this game is poor...and I'm being generous about my score!
By Caltrus on December 11, 2004
James Bond 007 in The Living Daylights: The Computer Game (Commodore 64)
By Caltrus on February 29, 2004
James Bond 007: A View to a Kill (DOS)
A good text adventure.
The Good
The game stretches the imagination instead of new games like today. In a few puzzles you really have to think to proceed on with the game...
The Bad
I like this game although there are some difficult puzzles. In the beginning level of AVTAK you get to a submarine and the manual nor the game provides A HINT as to get into the submarine. Apparently, you had to put a ski pole into a small ring to open the submarine...Very odd eh? Also, when you type "LOOK" and the game tells you what's around you the game usually isn't as descriptive as James Bond 007 in: Goldfinger. Usually, in AVTAK it would just be two or three sentences.
The Bottom Line
If you haven't seen the movie, don't play this game. Chances are after ten minutes you'll want to throw your computer out the window. The game is entirely text with no pictures. Sometimes the puzzles are very easy while sometimes you have to use character interaction for people such as Stacey Sutton. The parser is not as good as Infocom's but it is still decent.
By Caltrus on February 13, 2004