Wednesday 21 January 2009

The "Complete" List

Resistance 2
Mirror's Edge
Quantum of Solace

I was 'lucky' enough to borrow this off a mate. It's basically the Call of Duty engine mixed with both the last two Bond films (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace). It's also a mix of First Person shooting and Third Person cover style shooting. In fact the camera zooms out all the time so you can see Daniel 'Mr Poatato Head' Craig doing his thing. It's not quite as slick as Gears of War but it's not far off and works solidly. There's also the chance to do some brutal physical damage up close.

Unlike most FPS's you'll get nowhere running and gunning. It's a tatical shooter and the controls mostly let you duck from cover to cover and pick off the bad guys.

The crux of the matter is do you feel like Bond? And, rather inevitably, the answer is yes and no. There are moments when you feel like a super spy and there's moments when you feel like there's rather too much Call of Duty and not enough on Her Majesty Secret Service.

Overall I enjoyed most of it. There's some good hacking and spying touches (there's a neat little keypad hacking minigame that's sadly let down by the 360's fisher price D-pad that can't always register the difference between the four basic directions). There's also some brilliant set pieces and chunky weapons.

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