![]() ![]() ![]() You can choose to stealthily dispose of various security guards with your sniper rifle, climb around the walls of the castle or, if you’re really lazy, jump on top of some truck, hide in the back and wait for it to take you inside the place. We soon get to the first-person shooter aspect of the game as you find yourself on top of some tower, having to weasel your way inside some snowy Austrian castle and into a very exclusive party where the game’s villain, Raphael Drake, is in attendance and is suspected of working on some missile guidance chip deal of some sort. It may not be much more than a training level but it boasts some simple yet effective driving mechanics and spot-on visuals. You’re shooting down vehicles from helicopters arcade-style, driving the Aston Martin Vanquish through the dark streets of Paris at break-neck speed, shooting missiles from it, driving it sideways occasionally. The “Paris Prelude” soon kicks off and it’s all kinds of awesome. Then, smooth-faced CGI Pierce Brosnan awkwardly spins around and the game begins: The game opens in typical Bond fashion, with an absurd music video credits sequence and although it’s not quite as epic and stylish as the one in Everything Or Nothing, it’s still good fun with actors portraying some of the game’s main characters in live-action. We had to wait until Everything Or Nothing to hear the soothing sounds of Mr Brosnan in a 007 game, sadly. Released just before Die Another Day, easily the weakest of the Pierce Brosnan Bond films, Nightfire was able to use the likeness of the actor, which was pretty cool, but sadly not the voice. Nightfire was one of the few games I personally played and completed on the original X-Box and, since I recently played it all again on the PS2 this time, I thought it would be a good one to bring the table while it’s still fresh in my mind. Not always perfect, granted, but generally good enough to warrant a playthrough. Jaws gets away to the Bridge while Bond prepares to get after him.The Retro Critic James Bond 007: Nightfireįor 007 fans who also happened to be gamers, James Bond video games were kind of a must.įrom The Duel to Goldeneye to Agent Under Fire, From Russia With Loveand beyond, we had to try them out and, more often than not, they ended up being pretty darn entertaining. Jaws drive it and almost passes over bond, but he rolls and he gets his bike. The truck only appears on the Pontchartrain Bridge, after Bond "kills" Yayakov. Then, It flies away, while Bond prepares to get inside the house. He watches Diavolo, Katia and some Guards with them, along with Yayakov, getting in a helicopter. The scene is Bond punching down a guard and getting his sniper. Yeah it is, it's the introduction to the level "Faded Splendor" in which you break into Diavolo's Louisiana plantation home and find Yayakov's hidden research center. When did that happen? i don't play it for a long time but i know that this cutscene's not on the game - I play the PS2 version. The opening to the level Chain Reaction!Īnother one that I thought of was in Everything or Nothing, when Bond takes down one of the sniper guards outside of Diavolo's Louisiana house, and then attempted to assassinate Diavolo before he reached his helicopter, but failed to so because, if I remember correctly, a truck drove past his line of fire before he could take the shot. Bond and Nigel Bloch duke it out in the air, only to end up with a splashing finish (Agent Under Ah yeah, I love that one. The Omen device turns Auric Goldfinger to dust (GoldenEye: Rogue Agent) GoldenEye defeats Oddjob at the Hoover Dam (GoldenEye: Rogue Agent) Nicole Hunter is assassinated (Blood Stone) Rak's helicopter squadron takes the fight to the air against 007 (Blood Stone) Nikolai Diavolo falls into the missile exhaust (Everything or Nothing) Bond and Rak fight to the death (Blood Stone) Bond and Zoe escape Malprave's guards and book it to the elevator (Agent Under Fire) Rook's helicopter goes down in flames, while Bond and Zoe escape the disabled gondola (Nightfire) Bond and Zoe's snowmobile takes down a helicopter (Nightfire) Adrian Malprave dies in the destruction of her own headquarters, while Bond escapes (Agent Under Fire) Yayakov hands over Mya to Jean Le Rouge (Everything or Nothing) Raphael Drake figures out where Dominique's true loyalty lies (Nightfire) ![]() Kiko gets fried in the blast chamber, courtesy of 007 (Nightfire) The title speaks for itself, so what are your favorite cut-scenes from the 007 games? Here's a list of my favorites, and feel free to pick from it if you have trouble remembering some: ![]()
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