007: NightFire

To my shock, Nightfire is every bit as good as "Goldeneye." [Dec 2002, p.56]

My only real complaint is with the vehicle missions, which seems to serve as nothing more than an interruption from what Eurocom has done so well -- creating a solid FPS.

The A.I. is much brighter, and the difficulty levels are scaled more smoothly. The controls could use a crisper auto-aim and more efficient item management, but otherwise handle great.

Without the 'Bond atmosphere', it'd feel somewhat empty.

Much like the many potshots you'll take throughout play, it's a very hit or miss endeavor.

A little more challenge, depth, and length with the trimming of the lame on-rails levels would have made this one a near classic. As it is, though, it's an above-average shooter with just enough variety and charm to make the familiar trip worth your time.

It's bad enough that you have to sit there and <I>watch</I> as Bond does his thing, but what's really frustrating is that these [cinematic] sequences (parachuting off a skyscraper, somersaulting to avoid gunfire) illustrate precisely the kind of actions that <I>you should be able to control</I>. [22 Nov 2002, p.84]

Good game. Don't play on xbox 360 though as it won't let you access driving levels.

"Nightfire" is one of the better James Bond games. The developer Eurocom had previously made "The World is Not Enough" for the Nintendo 64. And this plays very similar to that game. The story mode is cinematic, the graphics are solid and the multiplayer is plenty of fun. Overall, I would rate it with a 7.8 out of 10.

In my opinion this is THE bond game. Goldeneye is the most known but to me this is the best. Great story, Great characters, and the multiplayer is awesome. If the game was longer it would honestly be a 10 for me

Laid mais d'une grande fluidité (toujours ça de pris), varié, il faut le reconnaître... Le problème est que Nightfire fait tout mal : le FPS, la bagnole et toutes les nombreuses conneries (ici poussées au paroxysme) que ce jambon d'espion peut bien nous sortir. Une compilation du n'importe quoi.

This one did not age well at all, first half was decent I was enjoying the bond moments and story, the second half of the game is an absolute joke, it's like the Devs didn't even play the last few missions they're basically impossible on any difficulty above easy and literally 0 thought gone into making them enjoyable playable missions. Poor checkpoint system and story in the second half, even cheesing it with save states on emulation I struggled to finish the game, even played this with rose tinted glasses from my childhood and realised how mediocre this game actually was. I recall watching a YouTuber finishing the game during COVID and they mentioned something about development troubles in the latter part of the game? It must be true because it's incredibly blatant how little thought went into the second half of this game,I would not recommend this one unless you have nostalgia from childhood but even then don't expect much.