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To be honest I felt like Blood Stone was a Splinter Cell Conviction because of the mark and execute.
PS2 Bond Games > PS3 Bond Games
Any day of the week. ;)
Recommended emulator: Dolphin. Just in case.
Well, both NF (both versions) and AUF.
No love for EON? I haven't played to PC port, so when I think of NF, I think of the console port.
To be fair to the game, it tried to capture the feel of the then current Bond, and the Brosnan era was never about being spy thrillers.
My problem with EON is that it seemed to be trying to capture the feel of DAD specifically, which itself is the black sheep of the Brosnan films because of how sci fi and over the top it is. Plus it feels very video gamey with some of the levels and the way the story progresses, and the story is way too OTT and fan fictiony to have been a film.
In NF though I actually feel like I'm playing through a Bond film, there's lots of variety and the story flows sort of naturally. It's not just shoot loads of people, back to MI6 to be given more people to shoot. Bond actually meets people and finds leads/clues that drive things forward. The story is great, worthy of a film, and is full of memorable characters, lines and moments. And outside of the final level, there's nothing in NF that sticks out as too OTT/sci-fi/video gamey in the same way a lot of EON does. I genuinely think it would have been a better send off for Brosnan than DAD was.
I still hope if Rocksteady is out of Batman they are moving to 007...
As for Rocksteady, there's far more reason to assume they're still peddling away at a DC title, even another Batman, than anything outside of that. Or they're doing a fresh IP. But I don't see them getting the Bond license, despite their native British studio a very useful tool if a game of that kind landed in their lap. I'd love to see them get the license, but it just doesn't seem practical.
0, if I had to guess. I wouldn't be all that surprised if Activision poisoned the licence. I want to say Ubisoft, but I would rather they get their arses into gear, and give us another Splinter Cell.
To be honest I think an Arkham style own universe kind of game, or at least an original storied one, is more likely than a Bond 25 tie in. Film tie in video games seem pretty dead at this point. I think people just associate them with being rushed and cheap. I'd prefer an original story anyway, that way it's like a new playable film instead of a butchered version of one I've already seen.
Or as Lego games. They're pretty much the only tie in games these days.
If Rocksteady got the license and got put on a tie-in then whoever is in charge of the hiring should be shot by firing squad. I don't think we'll see Bond go back to that route, however, as those controlling the license should now be able to see (thanks to Activision) what happens when you rush a tie-in to correspond with a movie release.
Why can't we just get a Blood Stone styled game that takes what worked and injected more advanced mechanics into it?
Yeah, I think the best film tie in game, Bond or otherwise, is Goldeneye, and that didn't come out until a couple of years afterwards, which sort of sums the whole situation up really doesn't it. And as good as that game was, I don't see the point in playing the same story after I've seen it at the cinema and watched it on Blu Ray.
I think original stories is definitely better. Video games could be the perfect way to bridge the gap between films if they were well made and released right, just like how Everything Or Nothing made the four year gap a bit more bearable back in the day (I remember Nightfire came out around the same time as DAD so as good as it was, doesn't really count as filling the gap imo, but it was a nice consolation as a fan after how crap the film was).
Agreed with every word you said.
Especially this part.
http://flashtvnews.com/original-flash-tv-series-co-creator-paul-demeo-has-passed-away/30952
Rest in Peace and thank you for the great memories.
To keep the franchise alive and well, I think EON should release Bond related material intercaleted with each film. Movie, book, game, and so on.
Indeed. Sorry to hear of his passing. Lewis Gilbert, too. The Flash was a key part of my childhood.