Often overlooked, this has to be one of the best 007 games of this generation. It plays very similar to 'Everything or Nothing' but works so much better, everything just seems more polished and fluid.
The game is an adaption of the classic Bond film and mirrors it almost perfectly apart from some over the top driving sections and some levels feeling a bit drawn out. the whole thing plays out in the 1960's setting and the level designs feel true to the time.
The combat is still your basic 'Run & Gun' affair, with some on-rails & driving sections mixed in, but as always it works beautifully. everything is spaced out so that it doesn't feel repetitive & samey.
One thing I do have to mention is the voice acting for Bond. it's so inconsistent, I'm certain that a lot of it is just Sound bytes from the film, and the extra scenes are done by a bad impersonator. Although the game says "Starring Sean Connery" I'm guessing this is for likeness, I refuse to believe that it's actually him in these scenes, they're abysmal at times.
Overall, If you're a fan of 007, you have to add this to your collection, one of the best in the series and a joy to play through.
A fun Bond game similar to "Everything or Nothing", but not as good. It has a variety of missions, combat options and upgrades. You'll use guns, gadgets and stealth. On occasion, Bond will drive a car or fly a jet pack. The levels are longer, but easier than levels from EON. As you progress, you'll earn points that can unlock bonus missions, costumes and videos. The game also includes multiplayer modes that can be locally with split-screen. My complaint with "Russia" is the difficulty; it's too easy. I would rate this with a 7.5 out of 10.
EA made a daring attempt at trying to portray the 1963 film, which for the most part, reached its goal despite the small lack of fluidity in level selection and plot transitions. However, gamers who enjoyed "Everything or Nothing" will be extremely disappointed to find out that From Russia With Love doesn't even come close to its previous predecessor's gameplay innovation and fast-moving action build-up.
Here's the difference between "Everything or Nothing" and From Russia With Love: whatever you thought of its approach, "Everything or Nothing" had to be invented; From Russia With Love just had to be filled. And it has been - with stuff from "Everything or Nothing."
A somewhat fun yet flawed Bond game.
The graphics were impressive for the time. I love the soundtrack. I enjoyed the sound effects and design. The gameplay was very good. I liked the focus mechanic. I think this was the first game to have this mechanic. It followed the film albeit changing a few things near the end of the game. I also liked the upgrade system for weapons and gadgets by collecting schematics and cracking attache cases.
There were so many things that brought the game down: It had a constant frame rate drop, the controls were awful, the driving controls were slippery and broken, turret controls were so slippery and the multiplayer was a disappointment compared to Nightfire and Agent Under Fire.
It's a fun game but not as good as past Bond games.
This is a game that had potential. The missions are varied within a charming simple plotted story and the game design around it is pretty decent. You have lots of upgrade potential with weapon choice and the missions are easily replayable once unlocked. There is decent skill involved in not wasting ammo to make the game easy or hard depending on your skill. The atmosphere is immersive and the focus aiming mechanic is **** then all this is destroyed with terrible controls and aiming feel. I tried and tried to love this game cuz the potential is so easy to see but those controls were definitely not sharply customized to make this game nothing but regretfully frustrating. Lots of repeating areas because the game design was tighter than the controls. Further to that the 3rd person animations are quite spazzy and goofy as well. It also would have been nice for scrolling through target locked enemies too. In sum a phenomenal game reduced to meh by unoptimized game controls.
On reconnait bien Sean Connery ! mais à part ça ? euh... rien. Juste un fatras pathético-merdo-vidéo-ludique. Quoique le "ludique" soit de trop en vérité. Si j'étais le grand Sean, j'intenterais un procès pour diffamation diffamatoire et piétinement de mon piédestal de mon image de marque, car en effet seule la jaquette du "jeu" est réussie.
Consolation (!) : le film du vieux jambon original est tout aussi nul à chier que ce non-jeu, injure au genre TPS... Mais comme disait mon arrière-grand-père : avec de la merde, on ne peut faire que de la merde !
SummaryThe year is 1963. Your name is Bond, James Bond. And your mission is to slip inside the dangerous and debonair world of the original 007 played by none other than Sean Connery. Travel to exotic destinations such as Istanbul and the Orient Express, connect with a beautiful Russian double agent, and immerse yourself into an authentic re-cr...