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Classic Bond is Back - Thanks to Sean Connery's Return!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you are a fan of the "classic" Sean Connery Bond, this game is a MUST--even if you don't normally play video games. "From Russia with Love" puts you in the role of maneuvering Connery's Bond through many realistic and elaborate scenes. Sean is to be congratulated for lending his voice and likeness to this game. He actually adds new nuances to his famous characterization which makes it even more interesting in retrospect. I hope this is just his first in a series of classic Bond games. (EA: Are "Goldfinger" and "Diamonds are Forever" in the future?). The missions are loosely based on the original movie, but most of the missions contain additional new characters, weapons, gadgets, and plot elements. The player gets absorbed in the missions, which for me took numerous attempts to complete. There are three levels of difficulty that can be chosen to subdue foes before they subdue Bond. In "From Russia with Love," much of the game's fun derives from participating in the Classic Bond world. Buy It-You'll be glad you did!

Best bond game so far!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: December 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have the bond games Agent under Fire and Night Fire, and this game blows them both away. From Russia with Love is the first bond game based on a movie. Graphics are great! This game has plenty to do, with extra footage on how producers created the game! There is plenty to unlock, and many missions and goals in three different difficulty levels. Also, It's not only a shooting game, but a little bit of adventure and action is also mixed in. The game is third person, which is different from most bond games, but still delivers the whole package of fun and exitment. Anyone can enjoy it, especially a James Bond fan. 5 stars!

Best Bond Yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Cannot believe the whining complaints of others. Graphically, gadget-wise and complexity, this is the best Bond game yet. And you get Sean Connery's "face" and "voice" along with those of all the other stars of the original early 60's movie. What others are missing completely is how this, even more than Nightfire, captures the spirit, sense of humor, pace of action and visual environment of the old Bond films. It feels more like an interactive movie. Can't wait for Goldfinger and Thunderball!

Everything or Nothing it's not

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: December 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Like most of its predecessors, this game is a mix of explore/shoot and vehicle levels. The shooting is similar to E-O-N and still good: head shots are harder and you can pick grenades off the badguys' belts. Hand to hand is still there, but way more constrained and decidedly worse than E-O-N.
The main problems are that the game is too short and multiplayer is TERRIBLE -- no cooperative mode and no `bots. That was very disappointing.
Overall, a tasty morsel, but Everything or Nothing is way better. How about just a little more effort next time EA?

This game is great!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, so I have never beaten any other James bond game (nor have I beaten this one yet,,,got it yesterday) but that is because I don't own any others. However, from teh first two levels, I can tell this game is fun. The levels are cool, and no, the 3rd person shooting is fine, that guy just doesn't know what he's talking about. I happen to like that you not just running aroun shooting everything in sight. There is a bit of strategy. However, I have gotten myself into one of those jams before, where you panick and shoot everything, even the bushes and walls. And then I usually die.

But the best part about this game is the sneak attacks, kind of like splinter cell, but better. Not only can you crack their necks, (it's not gory, if that's what ur worried about), but there is a feature called bond focus. THIS IS COOL. I'm not sure if any other bond games do this, or any other game for that matter. But in this game, if you press the lock on button, and then the b button, you can aim at their body where ever you want, and it's not even a sniper gun. So basically, you sneak up, press against a wall, look around it at the guys patroling the grounds, (their pretty stupid, but it's still hard) do the bond aim, and vua-la, shoot them in the head. I probably shouldn't say this, but it's acctually kinda funny. Well enough of this bad writing, you may now go back to reading better written reveiws, or maybe, this IS the best! :) thx

It's a good game but a little bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is what I think: I have the game myself and it's awesome! The car missions are the best. But, when you're manning a jetpack, it's very hard to manuever around. I really like this game, and if you enjoy all day button-mashing, then get this game. That's what I think.

The Most Amazing Experience... For a Bond Fan

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The goal of any James Bond game is to make the player feel like he is fulfilling an ultimate fantasy: step into the shoes of Agent 007. "FRWL" comes closer to this goal than any other game, because this time you control the real James Bond. No offense to Pierce Brosnan, who made a fantastic Bond and loaned his voice and likeness to "EON", but Sean Connery was the original James Bond, and there will never be anyone who comes close to his level of cool.

I must say at this point, like many others who have reviewed this game, that Sean 70 year old voice doesn't fit his 30 year old image on screen, and this takes some getting used to, but it's certainly worth it. He makes lines like "Bond... James Bond" and "Shaken, not stirred" into a big deal again. But controlling Sir Sean as he takes on the evil organization known as OCTOPUS is, as Bond said in "Octopussy", "only the tip of the tentacle." The awesomeness of the game begins with the opening gun barrel. It's the original gun barrel from the movies. Then you take on first mission, rescuing the Prime Minister's hottie blonde daughter from terrorists at Parliament, and everything from the cars to the clothes is perfectly retro. The world of the game is truly the world of the original James Bond, right down to the classic rock-n-roll rendition of the James Bond theme that finally plays during a key moment late in the game, as Bond infiltrates a secret factory.

After the game's opening, the plot faithfully follows the plot of the movie "FRWL." James Bond is sent to Turkey to retrieve a Lektor device from a Russian cipher clerk who claims she has a crush on him. In Turkey, Bond teams up with lovable sidekick Kerim Bey. Bond must retrieve the device, protect the damsel in distress, and get both safely back to London. Bond screenwriter Bruce Feirstein worked on the script, and he's done a good job of making the game the same but different to the movie. The characters from the movie are all recreated well, but some are better than others. The impersonators voicing villains Rosa Klebb and Red Grant are uncanny. And there's a moment early on in the game where you interact with a Miss Moneypenny, M, and Q who all look and behave as they did in the original Sean Connery 007 movies.

What puts this game miles ahead of the other Bond games, besides Sir Sean's voice and likeness, is two notable features in the game play. One is Bond focus. While you can dispatch villains simply by locking onto them with one button and killing them with the other, an additional button push will allow you to zoom in closer on a target and choose between spots Bond would shoot at, such as a grenade attached to a belt that will dispatch an enemy and a few of his friend or a rappel cord that will cause a suspended enemy to plunge to his death. The other notable feature is the stealth and mêlée kills. When you're in close enough range, just hit a button to beat down an enemy with the raw brutality that only Sean Connery's James Bond displayed.

Sean Connery's Bond relied mostly on his raw wit and talent, so you only have a few gadgets, but they're good ones. The Q-copter is a remote control helicopter that can self-destruct and explore areas Bond can't reach, like the Q-spider in "EON", only better. The classic laser watch is useful, not just for getting into sealed rooms, but dispatching enemies when you have no other weapon available. Sonic cuff links and a serum gun are the most fun to play around with, but you must experience them for yourself. Besides the gadgets, you can go dress Bond up in a number of retro costumes found during the game, including the gray suit from the movie, the standard black tuxedo, a retro stealth suit, and that classic white tuxedo, all which look exactly like they did when Sir Sean wore them in the movies. When you drive in the game, you drive the Aston Martin DB5 straight out of "Goldfinger." It can't turn invisible, but it has a gadget for popping tires like in the movie. And when you're not flying down the streets of Istanbul in the "Goldinger" car, you can fly through the air in the "Thunderball" jet pack.

Then there's the multi-player. Of course, it has to be compared to the standard of the "GoldenEye" game, and it fails. Also, you can only play Bond villains rather than Bond himself or the other heroes of the game. But the multi-player is amusing, and a decent bonus since the awesomeness of the single player campaign alone makes the game worth playing. The basic game does have other flaws. Some of the movie's most exciting moments, particularly the gypsy camp shootout, Bond's brawl with Red Grant on the Orient Express, and a confrontation between Bond and Rosa Klebb's bladed shoe, aren't done justice in game form. And the game is a fast play, even on the hardest difficulty. But overall, this game is the best James Bond experience so far.

AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

great game though pretty quick
good for a 3rd person
best bond game since goldeneye
and 3nd greatets 3rd person ive ever layed (behind enter the matrix(2nd) and resident evil 4 (1st))

This game sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 25
Date: December 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i am a huge fan of the james bond game nightfire so i was excited to get this one. once i got it i was terribly disappointed. I had no idea that this game was a 3rd person shooter. i am not a fan of a 3rd person shooter game at all. it is not nearly as fun or as exciting as a first person shooter. other than that the storyline is pretty cool and the multiplayer is alright. the game would be so much more fun if it was a first person shooter though. i am very disapointed in the makers of this new james bond game and be sure do not buy this game

New Game Old Movie

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: April 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

From Russia with love has good graphics and has an alright camra. The reason why I gave it a 4 out of 5 is becuase kids arent going to like the gagedts in the game are hte cars. Speak of which driving the cars were pretty bad no matter how hard you push the button down the other cars all was cacth up to you pluse the car drives realy slow. So if you like old James Bond Movies then play this game but if not then play 007 Everthing or Nothing.

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