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The best first-person shooter on any console

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 24
Date: March 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Put simply, this game rocks. It's funny, it's challenging, and most importantly, it's... fun! You play as Cate Archer, an ex-thief turned operative when she steals the watch of a spy who gives her a bright future in light of her talents. The graphics of this game rival those of MGS2 and DMC, and maybe even better. The main reason for this is the texturing and the colorful locales that this game is set in. I have played the PC version, and I can tell you that the screenshots of the PS2 version are much better than what I have played on the PC. There are also 4 PS2-exclusive levels in which you get to play Archer back when she was a spy, and you have to go stealing people's wallets and whatnot. On to the funny part. If you listen to your surroundings before you go in guns blasting, you will find that most of the people will not just be standing around waiting for you to show up, they will be talking about all types of subjects, such as marital problems and shortcomings. The enemies themselves are as smart as you would expect from an international terrorist group. If they find themselves overpowered, they run for cover and call for reinforcements, or if there is no line of escape, they find cover behind objects or other people. If, however, they have you overpowered, then they will advance relentlessly until they kill you, or until you outsmart them by throwing explosive lipstick at them. Yes, explosive lipstick. You also have a mechanical poodle that distracts guard dogs, a berette that can be used to pick locks, and a lighter that can be used to melt locks that can't be picked. You also have sunglasses equiped with a camera and mine detector. You will travel all around the world, from the Caribbean to the Swiss Alps, from a sinking ship to falling from an airplane at 30,000 feet...without a parachute. In other words, you will never get bored by staying in the same setting. Also, there are tons of levels: around 15 settings, made up of 2-5 levels each. That translates into a HUGE amount of levels. The story is also no letdown. You will be literally sitting on the edge of your seat at every twist and turn, and the story is told through colorful characters with excellent voice acting. Another important aspect of the game is the multiplayer experience, and you should expect this to be excellent. Also, you must not forget the amount of nubile female vixens that will rock your world.
The final verdict: If you have a PS2, get this game. If you don't, get a PS2.

Great Game with a Bad Reputation.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: July 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

To be honest, I love this game. If you ask me, it's worth every penny of the low price $29.99. Let me explain: First of all, most reviews you will read of this game are WRONG! Gamespot.com gave "No One Lives Forever" a 4.3/10. That's just wrong. Let me tell you why I love this game:

A. Good plot. The plot flows so much better than most shooting games and is rather thick. There is much dialogue between missions but it is all worthwhile and well-done.

B. Great Voices and Characters. This probably makes the game! The characters have advanced relationships with each other. Cate (the main character) is constantly scrutinized by one of her advisors and will always give him an attitude! The voices are very crisp and easy to hear.

C. New Ideas. In this game, you do things that most games would not even try to do! I mean, you shoot people parachuting out of an airplane as you fall thousands of feet! You also are a thief in one part and sneak around the cops to steal wallets.

D. Emotional. The game will get you nervious at times and its very undercover. For example, when stealing a purse, you may get realized and someone will run to the police. While they are going, you must run out of sight! Afterwards, he will investigate the scene including the area around it for you, even looking in every corner! Ingenious!

Now, there are some downsides but they aren't nearly as bad as you may think:
1. Graphics. They aren't the best on the system by far but aren't the worst either. I would say they are acceptable.
2. Controls. They do take time to get used to, but once you do, they become second nature.

Overall, a different kind of shooter and one worthwhile to try or buy!

fun fun fun !!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: August 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

based on the 60s you play as a spy whpo used to be a robber go through hundreds of levels with crossbows,revelvers,mechineguns, pendartan,handguns with silencer ferther in the level and of couse the robot poodle play on a ship,airplane, in building and the streets

The name is Archer, Cate Archer

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Does that line ring a bell? Well for those of us who are fans of the James Bond series, it should, as it's a tip of the hat to James' famous pick-up line in the movies, in fact even the title itself is borrowed from one of the James Garner novels "Nobody Lives Forever".

With all of that in mind, this game should play like a James Bond game, and in fact it does, it even plays just as well as the recently made "Agent Under Fire", an official James Bond game. The graphics (while not the best the studio could have made) are acceptable, the characters are funny, there is the same sense of dark humor and action. The only three small problem are:

1. the weapons. If you're caught while having to change weapons, or reload a clip while in a gunfight and you don't hide first, you might as well consider yourself as dead, because they just gang up on you.

2. Another small problem is the L-3 directional button. Under most circumstances it's okay, but if you get a little jumpy, you can find yourself turned around, and that could be bad when you're trying to avoid a camera or spotlight.

3. In one or two occasions, you find yourself thrown into a situation without a clue as to what to do. Like the freefall level, you KNOW you're supposed to get to the guy below you to get his chute. But how? Okay, it's easy once you figure it out, you uh, swim. BUT, even that's hard to do when you have several other guys protecting their buddy below you.

Anyway, enough of the negatives, the positives are, if you line yourself up right, with the proper weapon, you can shoot two or even three guys with one shot, and can get them to shoot each other.

Oh, and before I forget, don't disregard the conversations you hear the characters having, while it may seem like idle chat most of the time (on a few occasions it is), there may be something useful within the conversation that you can put to use, sometimes right away, sometimes at a later level so listen in when you can.

Anyhow, I reccomend this game to anyone who is into the Bond movies, shoting games, or just all out action, but I do put a caution on this game for anyone under 13, because of the mild language and violence.

No one lives forever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

first off i must say that this game is great. the graphics are not the best but i looked past the graphics and got involved in the story and game to much to care. for those of you who dont know the story well here it is:
Cate Archer is an agent who used to be a theif. she is trying to stop H.A.R.M and lost two of her partners. the game takes place in the 60s.
for those of you wondering whether or not you should get the game i would say absolutly.
if you are having trouble figuring out where to go on a certain level i recomend going on the internet and printing out a game guide.
the game has something for everyone because before i started playing i did not really like ps2 i did not care for any of the ps2 games but as soon as i started playing i got hooked

Its ok

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Dear Maker of this Video Game,

I think this video game was a good one. But some of the times were very confusing. Example- When you had to find the private office of Dumas i couldnt find it. I thought i found it, when he was talking to his secretary, but i guess that wasnt it. I still havent found it i have been working on it for 2 days. Either i am not seeing it or i just cant find it. But i think that you should put some blood in your games, it would make it more interesting, to the player. Over all this game was a good one.

Thank you for your time.

Game Player

Good FPS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good first person shooter. It mixes between stealth and action all the time. The gadgets are really cool, and the conversations between the guards are funny. The graphics I think are preety good, but not outstanding. The control is tight for me at least. This is an adventure worth taking.

Threw down controller before completing the first level

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: May 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is not a game that should have been released for a next generation console. Goldeneye on the N64 looked as good as this, and was about a billion times more playable. My girlfriend was shocked to hear such explosive foul language erupt from my mouth when the first level loaded. Switching weapons is tedious, and the analog controls aren't really analog (to sneak you must crouch and push up, up, up, up --- you can't just push lightly on the analog stick). Perhaps later in the game there would have been some interesting gameplay and strategy, but there's no way would I have had the patience to find out.

Close But No Cigar

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was so excited when I first heard about this game. A femme operative going around blasting away bad guys with her assortment of goodies just has a certain appeal to it. Well...I've had it for a week now and I can't wait to finish it so I can move on to something else. An occasional flaw here and there is acceptable, BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!! I can't count the number of times I was facing an enemy, got shot, tried to duck and cover, and the next thing you know I'm facing the wrong way, running directly into the fire. Maybe those gadget glasses in the game should've been seeing glasses instead. Now when I get shot, instead of retreating and hiding, I just have to stand there and take it like a man (I"m supposed to be a woman in this game). Too bad it doesn't have a "save anywhere" feature, then I could live with this problem. Hopefully I can finish this in a week and move on to bigger, better games. Producers of this game, call the guys at Red Faction next time before putting your game out on the street. You almost had it, better luck next time.

Entertaining - Fun play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Although the loading times are a little slow - this game is still very entertaining. The dialog between the guards when Cate is sneaking up on them is funny. The switching between weapons in a tight situation can be a little rough but all in all the game is fun - and there are alot of areas to explore. Try it out you have nothing to loose.

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