Nightfire emerged in the early noughties and was the last in the line of what was probably the heyday of James Bond-themed shooters.
The story has all the backdrops you would expect for a Bond adventure: Paris by night, a grand, snowy castle in the Austrian Alps, a tower block in downtown Tokyo, an evil lair on a hidden Pacific island, all topped off by a climactic final mission set on a space station orbiting the earth armed with nuclear missiles. Its voice acting can be a bit dodgy (they clearly couldn’t afford to get Pierce Brosnan to voice James Bond, and the stand-in can sound pretty ropey to my adult ears) and the story is a bit forgettable.īut, though its (admittedly short) story may not be as advanced or expansive as Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption, The Last of Us, or other more recent best-sellers, it doesn’t matter.
Sure, its graphics by today’s standards are a clunky and inelegant – even if, as a kid, I recall them being nigh on life-like. I would even go so far as to say that 007 Nightfire is one of the best games ever made – or, at least, it possesses all of the qualities that a truly stellar game should have. With ‘blockbuster’ video games punctuating the market every year or so, it may be unfashionable to announce that my favourite console game is almost as old as me.
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Roshan appeals to our nostalgia for offline multiplayer content while castigating the inadequacies of contemporary titles. Editor’s note: We are starting a new series – ‘Tutorial Level’ – on people’s favourite games! Even if it’s not the sort of game you’re used to playing, we hope you can appreciate the passion that goes into these articles.
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