Vicarious Visions has been all over the map lately, as Activision's dev team is currently working on the next Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, is rocking the Wii version of Guitar Hero: World Tour, Guitar Hero: On Tour -- Decades, and now Bond, James Bond.
Vicarious has gone with a very unique, unexpected style with Quantum of Solace for DS. Dropping any need for button control (well, almost) and sticking purely to the touch screen, Bond's first movie entry on DS is less a portable take on the console versions, and more a game that gives us flashbacks to the original Perfect Dark on Game Boy Color. Players will have an isometric view of the playfield, drive Bond around with touch control, and combine a mixture of stealth and action while both beating up and blasting baddies through each level.
Everyone’s been thinking about James Bond lately, with the franchise’s latest cinematic release tantalisingly close yet pushed back by the pandemic. It serves as a reminder of the wider obstacles faced by this particular franchise—one that can be nimble, competitive, and invigorating—but yet is a behemoth always struggling against the weight of its reputation in a changing creative landscape. The video games inspired by these films are a particular testament to those difficulties, considering their trajectory: an early enormous success in GoldenEye, through weakly received adaptations and original stories, to a near-decade of non-existence.
In the 38th episode of GO!, the first person who plays as three different characters in three different video games who have the same first name as an Achievement Hunter becomes this week's victor and gets a sticker to add to their collection.
Continue Play's Shehzaan Abdulla takes a look back at the first major Bond outing for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 - an FPS/TPS hybrid that does justice to neither of the genres it draws inspiration from.
You should try Blood Stone if you haven't already. It's going for the same price as Quantum but I reckon it's a better game all round.
I actually enjoyed the game. The scenery was really good and varied. It wasnt the best shooter ever, but it was certainly worth playing if you like the bond franchise at all. Bloodstone was good to, just different.
