The real reason to play James Bond 007: Nightfire in 2020, though, has to be the multiplayer.
The story features an original plot not based on a movie, and the levels are challenging in ways besides overwhelming the player with enemies. While not the rousing success that was GoldenEye 007, James Bond 007: Nightfire is the game that has been most well received by fans since. The game depicted Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond but featured a different voice actor’s voiceover. This game came out in 2002 for the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, and PC, and fans loved it. Overall, this game delivers the best pre-Craig Bond game experience that’s not GoldenEye 007. The controls in James Bond 007: From Russia with Love are tuned to feel more classically Bond, with melee moves being a big part of the gameplay, and only firing guns from the hip, as Connery did. Players even get to drive the weaponized Aston Martin DB5! The best bit of Bond gear in the game without question is the Jetpack, which lets players swoop through Russian embassies and down baddies with ease. Related: James Bond’s Golden Gun (& Why It Sucks In GoldenEye) Explained
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love feels much more like a debonair spy game with Connery’s voiceover, transporting players back to the ‘60s Bond era, when the series was more tongue-in-cheek. Developers EA Redwood Shores got the original Bond actor back for this title, which makes this game feel less gritty than it would with the current Bond, Daniel Craig. However, it stands out for one reason, and one reason alone: Sean Connery. James Bond 007: From Russia with Love was a solid game released on PS2, Xbox and GameCube with good mechanics and not as much of the run-and-gun gameplay which was featured in Quantum of Solace. James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (2005) Best part? Being in cover and shooting an enemy in the head without even looking. Overall, James Bond's Quantum of Solace was a strong FPS experience with relatively straightforward missions and great physics and controls. The multiplayer mode was mediocre, but a lack of dedicated fans and online player meant it was hard to find matches. The last few levels see the game match up with the plot from Quantum of Solace to resolve the story, and the final level is quite challenging. There is a pleasing array of weapons, and the more powerful hard-to-find guns are exceptionally fun to play with. The game has a bit of an emphasis on stealth, with most of the gameplay being focused on finding cover and firing. Quantum of Solace, which was released between the PS2/Xbox and PS3/Xbox 360 era, was produced by Treyarch, who were also producing Call of Duty games at the same time. Despite a lack of quality successors, over a dozen other James Bond video games have been released since the original GoldenEye, and here are three which have stood out the most: Quantum of Solace (2008)įor a game named after a mostly forgettable Bond tale, it's interesting that more than half of Quantum of Solace's gameplay is based on the previous movie, Casino Royale, which sees Bond hurdle through a construction site, snipe guards off an opera house roof, and track down enemies between two trains. A re-imagined version of GoldenEye 007 released on the Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo DS back in 2010, but it was never received as well as the original and has been largely forgotten about since. In the three decades since GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64, no direct sequel has ever been released.
Related: Goldeneye 007 Comes To VR With New Half-Life: Alyx Mod Whether it be the classic James Bond gear, great original storytelling, or simply 60's nostalgia, the games featured below are the best James Bond 007 titles that have come out since GoldenEye 007. The Bond games that have been released since have not hit the the heights of GoldenEye, but a few of them stand out for various reasons. The game redefined first-person shooters and brought them to the forefront of console gamer's minds. James Bond is a cinematic icon, and his GoldenEye 007 game is a ‘90s video game classic.