Since James Bond first appeared on the Commodore 64 back in 1983, his games have delighted and appalled fans in equal measure. Since its N64 heyday, and briefly successful turn on the PlayStation 2, the Bond videogame franchise has fallen into a rut of half-baked movie tie-ins and pedestrian shooters. EON's game franchise has lost its suave; on a scale of James Bond actors, it's David Niven.
Game preservation shouldn't just be about the products, but the stories behind how they were made.
Then the memories of getting off the school bus to play goldeneye would be replaced with another game.
With the release of "No Time to Die" on the horizon, Newsweek has taken a look at the best and worst James Bond video games of all time.
They didn’t make the cut but I also liked From Russia with Love, Bloodstone and the MP in Quantum of Solace.
Yeah QoS had some really fun MP. It had some lag issues when I played it, but it was cool.
The best was always going to be Goldeneye! Very fond memories of the split screen MP on N64!
Agree, wish someone never stole my copy, then one of the games on ps2 my cousin borrowed it and never return. I did like everything or nothing and song.
Have to say, this was one of the very few times I fully agree with a "best/worst" list. The top 3 are definitely my top 3...in that order, no less.
Agent Under Fire was the shit. Probably the only one that comes close to Goldeneye, imo. Multiplayer matches in the Church level with everyone using grappling hooks and sniping each other to death. Or the harbor level and everyone rocket launching each other for hours. Lots of fun.
I love that multiplayer facing bots and grapping hook anywhere around the environment for some brutal kills lol!!! That game was so fun, and it had 60FPS for PS2 and Gamecube it was buttersmooth.
I actually thought Quantum of Solace was pretty good. Treyarch did a decent job. The levels were well designed and had actual replayability. It was a little bit too action-heavy, and not having driving sections was a mistake. But I still enjoyed my time with it.
I'm excited to see what IO Interactive does with the license. I think they're currently the best choice. Hitman laid a great foundation for a Bond-style game. They aren't known for driving gameplay so I doubt we'll see any, but I'm still optimistic about the game.
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It is. There's no way a list of this type of any credibility would forget that train.
I love 007 films however; the quality of the games has been jumpy over the last years. Ranging from jumpy (007:BS) to brilliant (QoS, I think the 007 games should have a fixed developer to allow maximum progression. 007:L might be a good game, we will have to wait though.
Everything or Nothing was great.
This list is spot on
I wonder if a REAL Goldeneye remake or HD version will ever be made. That would sell more than any new Bond video game.
I would put 007 Blood Stone on my list. Very underrated title that I think everyone should give a go, Bond fan or not.