Yesterday was one of the worst days in my career as Weekend Editor here at Destructoid. I don't write on weekdays, which usually doesn't bother me much, but all of a sudden James Bond news starts flying out from everywhere and I couldn't write a single post on it. See, I am a major, major Bond fan, and I had to sit helplessly as a new game was announced and I didn't get to write about it.
But hope shined! A trailer appeared and no one put it up so now I can. I will admit that I'm not too happy with the way Daniel Craig looks (or with all the Craig haters), but hopefully this is early stuff and they'll be working out the sort of flatness all the characters have. I am excited, however, for the return of Bond to third person. EA was making such amazing headway with the Bond games when the rights got taken away from them and I was personally sad to see the series return to first person despite the general quality of Quantum of Solace: The Game (we're talking 360 and PS3 here, the Wii version was an affront to humanity... DS was interesting).
Anyway, I could literally talk your head off about this, but I'm really just introducing a trailer here, which doesn't show that much. Seems like driving, shooting and punching are all in order and that covers some the Bondian basics just fine. Plus, if you don't get excited when you hear the Bond theme played over an exploding building there is something wrong with your brain.
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8:00 AM on 07.17.2010
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Everything about Blood Stone, from the egregious title to the inexplicable hiring of a semi-bonkers hippy as the Bond girl (although she might be a good choice for a title song, if her talent hasn't vanished along with her career), the mundane-sounding plot and overblown set-pieces. It may still be a decent game, although the diabolical Quantum of Solace doesn't inspire much hope, but there isn't a hint of Bond in there outside the aesthetic decorations.
Replace batman with bond, gordon with M,Joker with blofield, riddler with boris, poison ivy with xenia onotopp, killer croc with jaws, scarecrow with baron samedi, zasz with renard.
Set the game in a persisten location, say MI6 HQ after all the villains escaped
DO IT NOW
I really enjoyed Quantum of Solaces 360 game, it was a brilliant mix of third and first person modes. It's so surprising that very few games have followed this dual mould, as it works really well. The only thing that it got wrong were the weird QT fight sections, which while they held the drama of the film well, were not fun to repeat.
It's not fair to judge a game either just on premise or just on one trailer so I'll keep my mind open to this one and my eyes on it, but there's certainly a long way to go before I'm convinced.
1) Since we're calling it 'Blood Stone', why don't we get some below-average looking chick with 'Stone' in her name to be the Bond girl? Brownie points if she sings!
2) Mr. Kotick, we're happy to inform you that Joss Stone has shown interest in becoming a Bond girl. She would love to work with your team as becoming one in your next 007 game, but she only has one request: work the title around to accommodate her name.
Joss Stone as a Bond girl is probably the worst decision in Bond girl history, right next to giving Halle Berry the title in Brosnan's last 007 portrayal. She's horrible to look at, and her music is horrible to listen to.
Looking at the game itself, why does it look like crap? QOS was alright in terms of visuals, but this just looks awful.
James Bond: When Game Writers Get Lazy.
The sad thing is, Fisher probably has better gadgets. Still looks great, though. Like I said in the last Bond article, I'm preordering this first chance I get.
The sad thing is, Fisher probably has better gadgets. Still looks great, though. Like I said in the last Bond article, I'm preordering this first chance I get.
Think about it. There's nothing secret about this agent. What's the first thing the villains always say when he shows up? "OH HAI THAR MR. BOND WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU"
He's really good at blowing things up, though.
Think about it. There's nothing secret about this agent. What's the first thing the villains always say when he shows up? "OH HAI THAR MR. BOND WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU"
He's really good at blowing things up, though.
If she is "horrible to look at" then I dread to think how absurdly flawless a person has to be before you consider them to be attractive.