I spy with my little eye (James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (Xbox))

Member Name: fuzzybear

Product:	James Bond 007: From Russia with Love (Xbox)
Date:	29/12/05 (145 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy to play

Disadvantages: Some scnes missing from the film.

This is the first Bond game that I have played on the x-box however I had some fond memories of playing earlier version on the N64 so I thought I would give it a try.

For those of you who have seen the original 1963 film then the game roughly follows the same plot. Bonds mission is to extract from Russia a beautiful female agent who is supposed to be in love with him and has in her possession a code breaking machine called a Lektor. In fact the whole mission is a trap set up by Lektor to kill Bond and bring shame on the British Secret Service. For some reason in the game the name of Lektor has been changed to Octopus.

I did enjoy playing this game and I found it relatively easy to master. Bond gets an impressive array of weapons at his disposal and naturally there are a good range of gadgets to help him complete the mission.

The game play is smooth with excellent graphics however at times I did find that some of the mission were a bit heavy of the shooting with a straight shoot them up feel rather than having to use cunning and stealth to complete the levels. For this reason whether I will still be playing the game in 2 months time is doubtful.

The voice of the original Bond in the film, Sean Connery, has been used in the game which is a nice touch.

If I had one other slight moan it is that some of the action scenes from the film have not been included in the game in particular the one where Bond is attacked from the skies by a helicopter which with modern graphics could have been a fun level to play.

In summary this is a good game to play, easy to master however probably limited in the length of time that it will remain fun before it becomes a bit predictable.

Summary: Bond game