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Game Information
- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Original single-player storyline
- New and familiar characters from the Bond universe
- First person perspective complemented by dynamic third person camera
- Over 10 exotic locations with challenging missions and objectives
- New upgradeable Q-lab gadgets, advanced camera system, and original missions
- Numerous play modes
- Up to 32 players
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
You can't keep him off the telly on a bank holiday and nowadays he seems to be almost as prevalent in the gaming world. That's right: James Bond is back on your consoles in 007 NightFire--and ready to endorse a bottle of vodka near you.
Games companies are weird. This release comes in the same year as the 40th anniversary of James Bond, as well as Die Another Day, the 20th film to feature the loveable old womanising drunk. So what do EA, proud bearers of the 007 games license, do? They make a game based on an amalgamation of all the Bond movies, with their own "original" story line, then go and stick Pierce Brosnan's face and a bunch of clips from Die Another Day in it. Whaaaat?
Bizarre marketing decisions aside, this could finally be the game to come out from behind the shadow of the seminal N64 classic GoldenEye. Which means, of course, that this is a stealthy first-person shooter bolted onto a cracking multi-player mode. Following on from GoldenEye is a bit like being asked to make Citizen Kane 2, but EA have sensibly gone back to the spirit of the original and NightFire is much more strategic than their last attempt, the rather shallow Agent Under Fire. Once again you can learn a pathological hatred of security cameras as you use an even wider array of Q gadgetry to kill people without them even noticing.
The multi-player mode is also good, with meatier weapons than last time, including a particularly fun remote-control missile launcher. People are always crooning about nobody doing it better than Bond, but in the gaming world that's not always been true; with this game, though, it looks like he's taken the ejector seat straight to the top of the first-person shooter pile. --David Jenkins
Product Description
Get deep into the excitement and intrigue of the most complete James Bond game yet. All-new scenarios and gameplay complement a completely original storyline that delivers all-out Bond-style intensity. As Bond, players will operate in the high altitudes Austrian Alps and a zero-gravity space station as well as underwater in the South Pacific in order to defeat the evil criminal mastermind Rafael Drake, who is bent on ruling the world.
NightFire will offer a deep and rich gameplay experience that will stay true to the Bond universe. The game is primarily seen through a fast-paced first-person perspective, however will switch to a dynamic third-person perspective to show off dramatic interactive moments.
Each of the more than 10 exotic locations around the world and beyond in NightFire will contain a generous offering of challenging missions and objectives filled with furious action and stealth, gorgeous women, exotic locales, and sophisticated spy-craft gadgetry that Bond fans expect. Moreover, players will have the option to upgrade many of the numerous Q-lab gadgets.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
This game has everything you would expect from a James Bond first person shooter. The gadgets are quite neat, including a lock busting laser watch and x-ray sunglasses for looking through doors and anything else! There are lots of bad guys, some handy weapons to shoot them with, and a liberal smattering of Bond girls.
I counted 9 missions with environments ranging from a castle in Austria in winter, a Japanese pagoda, a tropical island hide-out, and an orbiting space station. The levels are quite diverse, each level has secrets to discover and you get extra points for using special 'Bond Moves'. Along with seeing off plenty of bad guys you have to solve various secret agent type problems. Some missions involve a bit of hostage rescue, others involve sneaking past security cameras 'Metal Gear Solid' style. The cut scenes and the games' sound track deserve a mention as they are particularly well done.
I thought the game was good but I can't honestly say it is the best Bond game ever or the best game of its type. I have played 'Golden Eye' on the N64 and 'The World is not enough' on the Playstation and I would have to say that I still think 'Golden Eye' has the edge. Nightfire is visually far better than any previous Bond game however there is just something about the game play in Golden Eye which is missing from this game. At several points in Nightfire I thought the missions were getting a bit predictable and you really got the impression that you were being led by the nose through the game.
The game installed and worked fine. It was interesting enough to enjoy playing but I think there are better games out there.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
If EA were trying to make a Bond game look like a Bond movie then they've succeeded - on the consoles (PS2, X-Box, etc.) at least. However, the PC version does not feature the driving or ski-ing parts of the game and criminally omits the pre-title sequence level in Paris. As any Bond fan will tell you, a bit of action before the titles is a pre-requisite!
What we're left with, therefore, is a first-person shooter with little to distinguish it from the myriad others that are available. Yes, there's a typical Bond plot. Yes, there's the gadgets and yes, there's the girls. Apart from that, this FPS has little new to offer, when compared to the likes of Medal Of Honour: Allied Assault and Soldier of Fortune 1 & 2.
Another gripe is that while Bond certainly looks like Pierce Brosnan, he sounds more like veteran actor Edward Fox. Was it impossible to borrow Mr. Brosnan for a couple of days to voice his own character, especially if the release date was tied in with Die Another Day?
OK, so I've played worse and if this game were the same on all formats, I wouldn't be so annoyed. But it is galling to see a superb game on the consoles and to be given an average one for the PC. It's not as if a PC is technically incapable of handling the game in its full form.
Spearhead, the expansion pack for Medal Of Honour, was released on the same day as Nightfire. It deserves 5 stars. This doesn't.
19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
I played the demo. After installing the newest NVidia XP drivers I could find, it finally stopped the walls from flickering invisible. Not a good sign, I thought.
A few weeks later, I played the full game. In a day. Not a good sign at all.
A similar review for this product here states that Nightfire has a driving and skiing element on the consoles. I haven't had the opportunity to play on those, but I was expecting these options on PC as a standard Bond game, especially with the PC being home of the first person shooter.
The Quake 3 engine has been modified suitably; however the number of bugs and glitches with the enemy models clipping, and the way they lean round corners and point their gun one way while firing a totally different direction gets to me. While not one to solely judge a game by graphics, there are some limites; if you can't trust the direction of a character's facing, how can you sneak up on him? It removes the fun completely.
The gadgets are OK, not as good as they could have been. The standard gadgets are all there; the X-ray sunglasses (for looking at ladies underwear, if I remember rightly), and the laser watch for melting padlocks and suchlike. However, the same laser doesn't affect anything but the padlocks. Think about it. If someone shot a laser beam in your face powerful enough to melt metal, it would hurt, right? Not here, they don't even notice.
And so we're left with the final Bond ingredient, the girls. Bond tends to stick with one or two per film; here however, he has several, who all instantly fall for him then disappear. Its all very confusing stuff, I thought that women's dating habits were difficult to understand in real life...
So, with all the Bond elements removed, what are we left with? A medeocre first person shooter with an unimaginative storyline and many graphical bugs. I guess its OK to pass the time, like Sin was back in 1998, but not for someone looking for good quality. And make sure you have a high spec system with the LATEST drivers on; the new engine isn't very forgiving. I mean, you'll want to see those bugs and glitches for yourselves...
A few weeks later, I played the full game. In a day. Not a good sign at all.
A similar review for this product here states that Nightfire has a driving and skiing element on the consoles. I haven't had the opportunity to play on those, but I was expecting these options on PC as a standard Bond game, especially with the PC being home of the first person shooter.
The Quake 3 engine has been modified suitably; however the number of bugs and glitches with the enemy models clipping, and the way they lean round corners and point their gun one way while firing a totally different direction gets to me. While not one to solely judge a game by graphics, there are some limites; if you can't trust the direction of a character's facing, how can you sneak up on him? It removes the fun completely.
The gadgets are OK, not as good as they could have been. The standard gadgets are all there; the X-ray sunglasses (for looking at ladies underwear, if I remember rightly), and the laser watch for melting padlocks and suchlike. However, the same laser doesn't affect anything but the padlocks. Think about it. If someone shot a laser beam in your face powerful enough to melt metal, it would hurt, right? Not here, they don't even notice.
And so we're left with the final Bond ingredient, the girls. Bond tends to stick with one or two per film; here however, he has several, who all instantly fall for him then disappear. Its all very confusing stuff, I thought that women's dating habits were difficult to understand in real life...
So, with all the Bond elements removed, what are we left with? A medeocre first person shooter with an unimaginative storyline and many graphical bugs. I guess its OK to pass the time, like Sin was back in 1998, but not for someone looking for good quality. And make sure you have a high spec system with the LATEST drivers on; the new engine isn't very forgiving. I mean, you'll want to see those bugs and glitches for yourselves...
Most Recent Customer Reviews
James bond nightfire
A fairly old game, the game play is a bit slow and feels dated. But it is a classic and well worth buying if you can get it cheap.
Published 18 months ago by Thomas
Medicore At Best
This game is in the category of First Person Shooter (FPS) games that follow an incredibly basic storyline, with two options for defeating each enemy: kill them, or sneak past. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2006 by another_dissatisfied_customer
The names bond...... or is it
This game is ok. When I got it I had a problem the walls disappeared so I had to install some new driver.This game is quite good in the shooting aspect but everyone refuses to die. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2003
A mature gamer, March, Cambs
Considering that this game was released in late 2002,together with pedigree of the James Bond movies with top actors such as
Connery, Moore and Brosnan which is the charactor... Read more
Connery, Moore and Brosnan which is the charactor... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2003
Be Bond and save the world!
Fantastic!. At last members of the PC community can be Bond!.
Okay, so it's not the greatest FPS shooter out there - not up there with the Half-Life's and the Deus Ex's - but so... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2002 by shinyhead
Can you beat being Bond?
No! This is a pretty good game when taken solely as a First-Person Shooter. But, when you couple it with being Pierce Brosnan, this is fantastic. Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2002 by PorterUk
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