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So, Bond 17 turned into The Mask of Zorro then(minus Tim)?
That, and like 002 said, a Dalton game based on Bond 17 would be great too!
Also, why aren't Bond games PlayStation exclusive? I could see Sony using the license to make more console sales. It worked on the Nintendo 64, why can't it work on PlayStation 4? We need a First-Party Bond game.
i enjoyed Goldeneye Reloaded - the campaign I thought was good... the lousy multiplayer bugs are what have kept me from playing it more than I should... but I found it a much more enjoyable experience than Quantum Of Solace...
my thing is though - if Activision had the rights to use material from any pre exsisting Bond film / novel (that means even the Gardner/Benson novels and etc.) why not try to go for something original again?... as much as I did enjoy Reloaded - you can't catch lightning in a bottle twice - and they really screwed themselves by making it Wii exclusive first, instead of holding off and releasing the game across all the platforms at the same time... the time of release for both the Wii and 360/PS3 were incredibly lousy... i know they wanted it out there in time for holiday shopping - but in a fall, where you got MW3, BF3, Skyrim, SR3, all coming out within weeks of eachother and with hardly any advertising.. no wonder this game got lost in the shuffle... but i digress...
i say enough with film licensed games (unless they are going to pull a FRWL)... and focus more on doing original stories, or using the stories from the post Fleming novels - because if they aren't going to make them into films, then why not make them into video games?.... I'm sure there has to be more than a few good stories in the Bond cannon (post Fleming) that would work.... "Carte Blanche" is one i immediately think of
Also EA had a lot of mis steps or are we conviently ignoring Goldeneye Rogue Agent the ridculously over the top Everything or nothing and the much more ridiculous From Russia With love...
I still have nightmares of the faux grant saying "I have so many ways to kill you mr bond let me show you my favorite"
In fact out of EA's games Nightfire was the best in fact weirdly enough my top 4 bond games are all from different platformers
1. Bloodstone from activision
2. Nightfire from EA
3. Goldeneye from Rare
4. The World is not enough n64 Eurocom
If Activision had balls they would do Colonel sun update the novel and cast Daniel Craig and make it almost like a lost film.
they won't mind you but man...
Activison had Treyarch work on QoS and Call of Duty World at War at the same time. Not to mention I think they were doing Spiderman Web of Shadows. QoS got the short stick. Not Treyarch's fault. They had to much on their plate.
Bizzare was the wrong choice for a Bond developer. Their racing games were great but The Club was terrible.
Eurocom understands Bond. I'm shocked they haven't made more AAA games. If Activision raises their budget, we've got a great Bond game on our hands. I enjoyed Reloaded quite a bit but it wasn't perfect
And lets hope that Raven is still working on their Bond game because I love some of their games.
A welsh agenda, I would not be against that. ;) Two of my favourite actors and one of my favourite actresses, that sounds right.
lets face it Activison are 2 face= they made Goldeneye Wii Exclusive and then the next year they betrayed Nintendo by making Reloaded- if that is the case why didnt Nintendo sue them...and if Nintendo were ok with it than why cant they settle the deal with porting the original Goldeneye 64 to Virtural and XBLA?
L O V E D FRWL. Just wish it was longer. I would definitely love to see THUNDERBALL as a Connery-voiced game next, EA if your watching ;)
They attempted to copy CoD's success, by mimicking aspects of the game. They weren't copying it for its formula, jus interested in what made it work. Honestly, it comes down to power of the weapons and map size that makes CoD "successful" financially. It a f**kfest for lack of a better word, and gets your adrenaline pumping. That's why its so popular.
Medal of Honor copied the shooting style and map size, and Battlefield 3 copied the spawns (unfortunately) and overpowered weapons/kits.
My money would go to NaughtyDog.
Mine would go to DICE (Battlefield titles; Medal of Honor 2010) or Danger Close (Medal of Honor 2012) under EA. They wont be under the pressure of EA like DICE was with BF3, because there is not much competition to a Bond game. I'm only worried they'll make it just that however, seeing as everything gets compared and copied to a form of CoD nowadays.
But those two have beautiful engines, and I've always felt the Bond games lacked in graphics.
Just as said @JamesBond in another topic, Activision is not making Bond games, but CoD games.
I don't like to know that Activision is making Bond games, EA always made great games, with quality in all aspects. QoS and Blood Stone don't sux, i can tell u that, but it's strange to play a 007 game when you had costumed to play them by EA.
And my choice would go for EA too. I'm not saying Activision Sux, but they don't have an structure to make Bond games.
What they really need is to make the greatest games back! Like 'Vigilante 8'! THAT would be great.
If Activision blow it with a Skyfall and/or Bond 24 tie-in I'd say it's almost a certainty someone else will get to have a go.
The rumor to why EA lost the license is because Goldeneye Rogue Agent and FRWL were met with mixed reviews and that they couldn't get a CR game out in time. If Activision keeps going with the way they're going (the mixed reviews and poor sales), EON won't renew the license. But apparently there are two games being released this year so we'll have to wait and see. I think this is their last chance to prove they can handle the Bond franchise
Is that when it expires? Fingers crossed.
Two games indeed. That could be trouble. One is a rumoured Skyfall tie-in, so that should have some potential. I agree, it's now or never. A shame that their best, GoldenEye was released when it was.
Yes, so that means three more years of Bond games at the most.
http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/gaming_activision.php3
I'm interested to see when they release the 2nd game. The Skyfall game will no doubt be released with the film (so it's holiday time again meaning poor sales). If they were smart they would release the other game at another time during the year
Does that mean they'd mess up the story line, like in QoS (Game)? Call me crazy, but I want a game that follows the film very, very closely.