Game Reviews

We have lately seen a lot of Bond games from the home of EA, which have been based on unique storylines. But now, Activision and Bizarre creations have come up with an innovative launch of a Bond video game, which is their first attempt in this genre of video games. The game has been recently revealed worldwide in London, and has been called the James Bond

The game is based on the original Bond storyline, but has been given a heavily cinematic take. The game’s opening sequence is based in Athens, Greece where Bond is on the trail of a guy called Grecko, who is actually the principal villain of this game. Bearing similarity to most Bond movies, the opening sequence is filled with loads of action and acts as a preface of sorts, before the opening credits and title track are introduced.

Once Dame Judi Dench’s ‘M’ facilitates for the initial intel to Daniel Craig’s Bond, he swiftly jumps off a plane at low altitude and pulls a parachute at the last moment to swoop down onto a frigate where Grecko is known to be preparing despicable plans. This intro plunges from one profligately created cut-scene into a custom-made gameplay sequence, which is a trick used a lot during the level by Bizarre. At times one may almost forget that the cut-scenes aren’t gameplay until the HUD and third-person camera angle put the sections into context.