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Summary: This game is good in a different way than most FPS's.
Review: No One Lives Forever is a different type of shooter. It's based on stealth rather than running around and killing everything that moves. Unlike Deus Ex every movement of yours is heard. Crouching just makes less noise instead of none. This would be ok but the fact that the bad guys can see you from imense distances while crouched makes stealth near impossible. To add to this the enemy hears all of your movements. All of this makes things more realistic but at the same time it takes away from the game.A regular mission begins with cameras and guards littered throughout the area. There is usually no way to turn off the cameras and the only thing to disable them is a camera disabler and you can only equip one at the begining of the mission and I never found one in game. Guards are, well you already know. This is how most missions start out. You start out in an area guard and cameraless. You go out and run into the first guard. You shoot him with a head shot and he falls to the ground. Then you aproach the second guard. This time there are two or three. You toss a coin out and the guards don't hear it because they are talking. You then proceed to throw all of your coins. They still don't hear them and that is the whole point of them. Next you move so you can get a head shot. Now all of the sudden they have miraculous hearing and hear you moving. You act quickly and shoot the first guard. Then the second. The third fires some shots at you and the camera you missed when you first came into the room spots the first guard you killed in this room. Now three or four guards are flooding into the room and your cover is blown. There is no longer a point in being stealthy since all the guards are perfectly aware of your existance and any movement sends bullets your way. Once you beat the game once you should try it again since you can start out with fuzzy slippers which reduce your noise level. That makes the game a lot more enjoyable. With all that aside, the game is great. Some of the in-game cut scenes are hillarious (Please be full of hay! Please be full of hay! Please be full of hay!). The game's environment is easy to get sucked into and the plot is wonderful, although clustered at the end. If they could just tune down the AI this game would be perfect... NOTE: While most of the time I spent explaining the bad part about the game don't think that it is bad, because it isn't. It is fun and exilerating.
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Summary: Who cares about the dumb conversations
Review: Number one - I love to blow stuff up and wipe out entire armies. That's my idea of a good computer game. This is not that kind of game. Pluses
1) The graphics are good
2) The user interface works well like other FPS
3) Good weapons choices and usage
4) Loved the music Minuses
1) Too much baloney between action scenes. Only losers would say "I replayed the game just to hear the conversations."
2) See one again - especially the doggone training labs. Where's the skip button? 3) Reference one again - too much setup in the story. Get me armed and let me exercise extreme prejudice. Read the positive vibes. Many admit they don't normally like FPS games. This might appeal to the wine and whine club, but if you want a real game - stick in the realm of unreal, half life, and quake.
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Summary: If you haven't played an FPS in some time, play this one
Review: No One Lives Forever is a 007 with a twist. Secret operative is your job description. If you liked Half-life, this is another FPS with a story and not so much just go around and shoot everything. Of course, that is what ends up happening anyways. There are lots of cool gadgets and weapons that you get to choose from over the course of the game. Very cool scenes and places to explore. This is a definite purchase.
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Summary: A 60's Cinematic First-Person Shooter
Review: 'The Operative: No One Lives Forever' is one of those rare breed of first-person shooter games (at least the ones I have come across), where there is more to the game than just shooting. There is a progressive storyline, which shows great care and detail (as well as a wink and nod to old 60's camp spy movies), and the game is divided up into scenes, just like a movie would be. The characters are all engaging (even the mindless guards who you simply need to pluck off with a bullet or what have you). The central storyline revolves around a sinister group known as H.A.R.M. I will not disclose their entire plan here, as that is part of the unfolding storyline, but suffice it to say, they are the bad guys - an evil corporation which employs uniformed thugs to do its bidding. They put the world in jeopardy, and someone needs to stop them. Enter Cate Archer (or YOU!). Cate is a reformed thief, and is recruited by UNITY (a British spy organization) to stop H.A.R.M. Cate has *quite* a personality, and it is alot of fun to play her. She is given assistance during various portions of the game, but for alot of it she is on her own. The locales encountered range from Morocco to Berlin, the turbulent seas to a secret space station. The villians (for it is mostly villians which you, as Archer, encounter, are all rendered with great personality, even down to the simpleton guards, whose AI chips were obviously programmed with care. The graphics look really good. There is really no difference between the gameplay scenes and the "cinematic" ones. The cinematic scenes are where the major plot points of the game unfold, and they, like much of the game, are *very* tongue-in-cheek. If I do have one qualm with 'No One Lives Forever', it is that the there are almost TOO MANY cinematic sequences - especially at the end. Let me just forewarn you now - the last part of the game, to me, was a bit of a letdown. The gameplay portion, compared to other gameplay scenes, was pretty weak, and then the game actually ends with - ANOTHER cinematic sequence. I am not giving away plot points here, just letting you know my misgivings. Other than the aforementioned, I can see no reason not to run out and get this wonderful game. It is a lot of fun, especially to re-play. As the "official" title is 'The Operative: No One Lives Forever', I smell a sequel - 'The Operative: something something something'. We should be that lucky.
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Summary: It will be hard going back to inferior FPSs...
Review: I usually don't like first-person shooters, but No One Lives Forever is the best exception! The game perfectly blends elements of stealth, firepower, and humor into an interactive James Bond movie! The plot is wonderfully written, unlike many other shallow shoot'em-ups. It is also much longer, so you can get more bang for your hard-earned buck. The game is carried out through 15 missions over 60 levels, and they are as varied as diving of an airplane without a parachute, swimming underwater with real sharks, and jumping on a space shuttle and orbiting the earth! To help you on your way, you have a large selection of weapons and gadgets, from a small revolver to submachine guns to crossbows to explosive lipstick! This game is beautifully made and is a lot of fun. Even if you're not into shooters, you can still give this game a chance. I did, and it was worth it.
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Summary: It just RULZ!!!
Review: NOLF is the first to get it right! For those of you out there like myself who are tired of pointless rampage, slow soggy stories, or games that lose site of what makes a game fun, the cure has been found. You assume the role of Ms. Kate Archer. She is not a lesson in "feminine activists friendly game play" nor is she a over physically endowed creature for eye candy. She is simply Kate, a witty lass looking for some death defying adventure to ease her boredom of the daily grind. The locations and action are incredibly realistic in their cinematics. You have a true feeling of exploring foreign locations while playing much as you did when first laying your hands on MYST 6-8 years ago. But the real winning feature is that it is just downright FUN! It is very self aware as a game and never takes itself too seriously. It's a title that will return to your hardrive many times well after you have finished playing it for the *last* time!
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Summary: This shooter is a kick in the pants!
Review: This game is entirely entertaining. With each level, you will use different weapons and devices, such as throwing a coin to distract the guards, using "body powder" to dissolve dead bodies, or using fuzzy slippers to walk through an area without being heard. This game is 1 part adventure, 1 part strategy and 3 parts action! It is a blast. There is a lot of sleuthing around and attempting to remain undetected. And there is a lot of sniping. The environments are VERY engaging - discovering the areas is definitely part of the fun. When I buy a video game, I'm looking for something to help me escape reality - to suck me into another world and this game COMPLETELY serves that purpose and lives up to my expectations. One thing to note, the full install is almost 1 gig. It's pretty intense - so make sure you have a good system. Of course, the size is pretty normal - as far as games go.
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Summary: AWESOME...JUST AWESOME
Review: THIS GAME IS AWESOME.... It instantly caught my eye.. I love the Austin Powers/James Bond setting. I have just recenly gotten into the harm vs unity online, and just love it...
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Summary: A quirky and all around fun first person shooter.
Review: No One Lives Forever effectively combines the best elements of first person shooters from the past, while adding great new elements to go along with an outstanding, funny story. Gameplay - One word to describe the gameplay in No One Lives Forever is outstanding. The story revolves around spy Kate Archer in England during the 1960's. The missions are some of the best in any first person shooter. In one, you must drop from a crashing airplane and obtain the parachute from an enemy while free falling and fighting off attackers. The originality doesn't stop there however, the weapons are good, but the gagets are extraordinary. Some of the many gagets you get to try out are lipstick explosives, and a robotic poodle. The story progresses with funny clips with lots of intriguing characters. The plot twists, although predictable at times, are good as well. No One Lives Forever is, without a doubt, one of the funniest and original first person shooters to date. Gameplay - ****1/2 out of ***** Graphics - The graphics are good, but are not up to par with other first person shooters such as Unreal Tournament and Quake 3. For example, there are no reflections of lights off of floors or walls. Although the graphics aren't the sharpest either, the death animations are very well done. If you shoot an enemy at the top of a flight of stairs, he will tumble down the entire stairway before coming to a stop at the bottom. Great job. Graphics - ***1/2 out of ***** Sound - The sound and music in the game is top notch! I don't think I have ever heard a better soundtrack (except perhaps Command and Conquer Red Alert 1 and 2) The 60's music is funky and down right fantastic. It sets the mood for the game perfectly. Voice acting is also done well. Kate has a great voice (not unlike Elizabeth Hurley in the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) as well as all the other characters, especially Tom Goodman, Kate's partner. The excellent sounds compliments this excellent game nicely. Sound - ***** out of ***** Bottom Line - If you are at all interested in the first person shooter genre, or want a break from all the serious games out there, pick this up. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Don't pass this one by...
Review: I'd purchased this game several months ago and it only saw about 20 minutes of playing time. I've been burned out on just about all games for quite a while now. I decided to give NLF another chance and I'm glad I did. This is the first game I've finished in about two years. None of the others recently have been able to hold my attention. NLF did in spades. The levels are desinged very well and none of them too complicated or too large. It's nice to be able to play for only 30-45 minutes and still make some head way. Granted if you have the time to do marathon sessions, NLF can definately keep you occupied. You don't have to lose contact with all your friends and family while you try to finish it though ( unless of course you want to ). The graphics are very good and I've played on a few different systems. Granted a Celeron 400 w/ a TNT can't swing 1280 x 1024 and won't play any game at the resolution at an acceptable rate but even on a 400 640 x 480 and even 800 x 600 were playable. The game looks awesome at the higher resolutions if you have the hardware to run it. I don't often comment on music in a game but in this case I will. I'd compare it to SSX for the playstaion 2. Besides sounding very very good, the music is dynamic. When you round a corner and get into a shootout with some gaurds, the music reflects this. The tempo becomes a bit faster and the horns sound more on edge. The music adds a lot to the game. Over all this is a very good game. I was reminded a lot of half-life. There wasn't anything in the game that was stolen from half-life. I was reminded of half-life due to the very solid game play. I'd call this half-life with more personality and not so hard puzzles. Had this game come out 2 years ago this would be a "break through 5 star you life will never be the same unless you own it game." Considering what's out ther today I'd call it a very solid game that has a lot of character and feels refreshing even though there isn't anything really new. Of all the games out there right now, I can't think of a better game than NLF to spend an evening playing.
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