James Bond 007: Blood Stone

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Bond borrows from Splinter Cell in new game

 

Bond's back, and this time has taken a leaf out of Sam Fisher's book in his new game.

 

There's been a lot of times when games borrow features from other games, but it seems that the developers under Activision's wings are doing it a fair bit recently.

 

Just look at the Singularity and make comparisons with Bioshock as a good example. Developers are perfectly in their rights to borrow ideas from other games and to a degree emulate them, in fact it's nothing new at all, but sometimes there's absolutely no subtlety. It's hard to determine what came first, much like the age old chicken and egg conundrum (which actually has now been solved apparently), however sometimes it's uncanny how two games or more share gameplay elements that practically mirror each other.

 

Take the latest Bond game that was announced this Friday passed. There's elements in this game which seem oh so familiar, and if you've been fortunate enough to play Ubisoft's Splinter Cell Conviction you'd instantly see some similarities. It looks like Bond has borrowed Sam Fisher's heavy handed nature with hardcore interrogations, but what's more striking is his all new mark and execute ability. Not content with just slowing down time to get those fancy shots in like Alpha Protocol's leading character who also has the ability, but using the exact same mechanic of being awarded the M&E feature. Take down an opponent by hand to hand and get one M&E slot, not very original at all.

 

There's nothing wrong with this, but it's interesting to see another studio follow in the footsteps of another with something that actually divided a number of Splinter Cell fans. Perhaps M&E is far more suited to the Bond character who is less about skulking in the shadows and more about getting the job done for Queen and country.

laukia idomus naujas 007. kadangi nekurtas pagal joki filma,tai manau bus geras,tuo labiau vel pagaliau turim 3 asmes vaizda,kaip ir turetu buti tokiuose zaidimuose.

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Rest assured there will be another James Bond movie from MGM, but while its timing hangs in the balance there’s an extra treat in store for 007 fans in time for Christmas 2010. An original adventure based on the world’s most famous secret agent is being created for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by British software studio Bizarre Creations. Its name: ‘James Bond 007 Blood Stone’.

Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench will reprise their film roles in the game. There’s even an A-list celebrity Bond Girl in place, singer-songwriter Joss Stone, who has also written a new tune together with music guru Dave Stewart.

Bizarre Creations producer, Nick Davies, promises “epic fire-fights, brutal hand-to-hand combat, cinematic set pieces and driving sequences in exotic locales” for ‘Blood Stone’, capitalising on the Liverpool studio’s past experience. David G Wilson has also revealed that the timeline exists outside of the recent ‘Casino Royale’ and ‘Quantum of Solace’ films, but we can assume that Daniel Craig’s Bond has a few missions under his belt. Joss Stone’s character is a socialite called Nicole Hilton, somehow embroiled in a diamond trafficking affair that has attracted the attention of a new incorrigible Bond villain, ‘Greco’, whose background so far remains a mystery.

 

In the final game Bond and Hilton will travel from Bangkok, to the wastelands of Siberia, Istanbul and the South of France. This morning we watched a sequence taking place in Athens, starting with Bond parachuting from an unmarked jet aircraft onto Greco’s yacht where a deal is going down. The drop itself was an in-game cut scene with the action starting with the ensuing fire fight. Action is viewed from a third-person perspective, making the most out of Daniel Craig’s incarnation performing choke holds up close or head shots from range, diving and rolling between cover. Similar to the recent Ubisoft game ‘Splinter Cell Conviction’, Bond earns Focus Aim opportunities upon successful hand-to-hand takedowns. Focus Aiming is then used to slow time and take cleaner shots.

The fluid transition from gunplay to close-range combat is very impressive, staging movie-like set pieces. When Bond’s prey escapes the yacht leaving Bond to handle his guards the game also makes a smooth changeover to a high-speed boat chase through the Athens harbour. Although Bizarre creations has never made a water-sports game, the visual effects here are stupendous, in some ways resembling Disney’s rival to ‘Blur’, ‘Split-Second Velocity’, with collapsing waterside buildings and movie-like explosions – starting with Greco aiming a rocket launcher at his own boat in the hope of char grilling himself a 00-agent, culminating in Bond driving his speedboat into the courtyard of what we presumed to be Greco’s playboy mansion.

In the final sequence of today’s presentation, Bond continues the chase in a sports car around the nearby hillside roads and through tunnels. It could almost be ‘Burnout’ meets ‘Project Gotham Racing’ – the result is pure Hollywood. As David G Wilson suggests, this could be, “Tthe closest we’ve ever come to putting you in the driver’s seat of an authentic Bond action chase experience.” Bond eventually rams his target off the road. We don’t get to find out what was in the other vehicle because it too explodes on cue. Roll the ‘Coming Soon’ screen.

Sadly we didn’t get to see Joss Stone’s videogame acting debut as Nicole Hilton, but what we did witness is enough to convince us that ‘James Bond 007 Blood Stone’ should be welcomed as a bona fide blockbuster with potential to join the all-time greats on the big screen.

James Bond 007: Blood Stone's producer Nick Davies has told GamerZines that only 5-10% of the upcoming Bond game will consist of driving sections, with the rest split up between 'espionage' and third-person combat.

"In terms of gameplay time, about 5-10% of it is driving," said Davies, "but in terms of spectacle it's a big part of the game in terms of our attention.

"The driving is a small part of the game but it's a big experience in the game; it's very explosive and very exhilarating, they're the big set pieces in the game.

"In terms of the other elements, probably about 10-20% espionage, but the hand-to-hand combat and the shooting are interchangeable. You can do any at any time. Most of the game is set in this third-person cover/combat scenario where you can take guys down and use your gun."

James Bond 007: Blood Stone was unveiled at a press event in London last Friday. It's a third-person cover-based shooter with elements of stealth and driving.

The game's being developed by Bizarre Creations, those of Project Gotham Racing fame, so expect what little driving sections there are to be top notch, rather than the tacked-on extras you might otherwise expect.

Blood Stone launches later this year on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

taigi 5-10% viso zaidimo bus driving misijos, visai nieko jei jos bus tokios idomios ir itraukiancios.kazkaip man primean paskutini bondo zaista zaidima and ps2,kur buvo irgi mocu lakstymu,ir saudymu.buvo tikrai geras geimas. tie skirtingi elementai gali but tikrai idomus zaidime.ir gerai kad ne pirmo asmens vaizdas. manau bus geras geimas.pagaliau normalus bondas pasirodys tikiuosi.

beje naujas treileris parodo labai gera drivinga ....daug action bei saudymu..bus cool

be to joss stone bus nauja bondo mergina...looks cool..

visada kai pirma pradeda rodyt mp rezimus ,neparode nieko gero apie pati zaidima,jau pradedu abejot ar bus geras geimas aplamai. o cia dar zmones kurie niekad iki siol nera nieko kure be arcade racingu. na turejom Jason Bourne jau,tas visai patiko. cia veidai tai jau labai netikroviski,bet gal story bus ok.ir jei viskas bus gerai suderinta.gal ir nieko bus.

siandia pasemiau pirma kart ,ir visa perejau vienu prisedimu. via cia tai nustebau, kai nieko gero nesitikejau is tikro,bet buvau priblokstas kokia ivairove pasiule vien tik pirma misija, ir valtim skrist,ir masine lekt teko ,visko, be to labai gera sistema kad uzdanga gali apeit is visu pusiu,nereikia palikt priedangos,tai galetu turetu visi tokio tipo zaidimai, kai ipratau siatema ,tai jaustis buvo galim tikru bondu, ne per sunku, ne per lengva, nera per daug saudymo,bet ir nemazai, labai geros masinu lakstymo scenos, tas tai isvis patiko, grafika labai grazi, efektai geri, ir bondas butent toks koki ji parode Creigas, kietas , nestabdantis ,toks action labiau megejas kai reikia. labai geras geimas. ne vienas lygis nenuvyle.trumpas gal .bet geria utrumpas ir geras nei ilgas ir kai buna numestas ipusejus tik zaidimui,arba anksciau.vat jie tokiu geimu daugiau pakurtu tai butu smagu tikrai.jokiu nervu,nes valdymas geras,nera ko kaltint jei mirsti ,ne taip kaip kituose zaidimuose kaltini pati zaidima,cia tu labai gerai viska valdai, nei per daug slaptai,bet uztenkamai ivairoves daug,todel idomu lost buvo.o lakstymai masina tai butent taip ir turetu but tirkam bondo zaidime. bendrai zaidimas geresnis tirkai uz Borna, jei imant panasius zaidimus. Conviction ne visai toks pat jei jau taip.ir anas labiau komplikuotas kas neleidzia jo uzbaigti normaliai,o cia nieko blogo neradau .visa zaidima galima buvo megautis tikrai. liuks laukiam tesinio kuris turetu iseit kartu su nauju filmu 2012.