In the beginning there was Goldeneye - far and away the best spy based shoot em up - a title it retains despite numerous clones (Rainbow 6 etc). Then Rare lost the 007 licence and produced the excellent Perfect dark. Now from EA we have The World Is Not Enough. Upon first play the user interface is very similar to Goldeneye as is the layout (down to having the same style 'mission briefings' from Q and M etc). Good use of speech is made in the first mission and the scene setting segments are excellent.The missions are early on, very straight forward, gradually increasing in difficulty as you progress. One criticism would be they are perhaps a little too easy unlike Goldeneye which has a perfectly weighted learning curve. This may lead to the game being completed rather quickly.That aside the gameplay is excellent although not so varied as GE.The game reminds me quite a lot of 'Medal of Honour' on the playstation - although with better graphics due to the 64's higher spec. The game is compatable with with the Nintendo expansion pack (which i dont have) which promise a higher quality graphics experience, although the game can be played fully without the pack.
All in all a worthwhile buy for any OO7 and first person shoot em up fan.