Studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer The economic crisis is experiencing. Instead of calmly shooting himself the twenty -third tape about the adventures of the British special agent (which, by the way, was still announced recently), this year she had to be content with only a video game based on. James Bond 007: Blood Stone was called upon to replenish the budget and help the copyright holders pay off numerous debts. Of course, boxes with a popular name on the cover will fly from store shelves, regardless of the quality of the product. But will buyers be disappointed?rolletto-casino
Absurd quantum
During the development of the interactive James Bond, authors from Bizarre Creations They boasted more than once that the script for their creation wrote Bruce Fershtein (Bruce Feirstein), who worked on the films “Tomorrow will never die” and “Golden Eye”. It may sound, maybe intriguing, but you should not be deceived – instead of a decent plot, we were again slipped by a small porridge from template characters, conspiracies and betrayals, betrayals, treasure. If now I was asked what is about in Blood Stone, I would answer: “About bio -absorbing, bad Russian and very bad Chinese”. The rest of the brain, apparently, filters as unnecessary.
However, the loyal fans of the Bondians will surely be satisfied, because the virtual m and 007 voiced the real ones Judy Dench (Judi DENCH) and Daniel Craig (Daniel Craig). And, I must admit, history is still not devoid of a movie atmosphere. Another thing is that the videos here are not at all like films – the characters seem to be made of cheap plastic, and it is just painful to watch the faces of other heroes. Really all funds went to fees to famous actors?
James Bond 007: Conviction
However, videos are only a small share Blood Stone. Most of the time we are offered to sit out … Yes, yes, behind shelters and hole the heads of the enemies. You think James has an interesting job? It is hardly. That traditionally snow -covered Siberia, that the luxurious casino in Monaco, that Bangkok’s streets are one lesson: Palpat from a pistol or machine gun, jump between boxes and columns and twitch the levers that open the way forward.
Moreover, the battles are very … predictable. The authors have little experience in creating militants – behind their shoulders in this genre only disgusting The Club. (Much more successful at Bizarre It turns out races – remember at least four parts of the Project Gotham Racing or Blur.) And the lack of skill is very felt – having entered the next room, you will not only easily determine whether a skirmish with the enemy will happen here, but you will also understand how it will develop. After half an hour of adventure, the head begins to visit about the following thoughts: “Hmm, this hall is simply created for shootout. So, a crowd of enemies will jump out now. Then I will hide here at this table – all the same, shelters are bulletproof. The next batch, apparently, will fall out of the door – a second before that I will quickly run around the corner “. It turns out that everything is planned in advance. Well, to the opponents to throw us an unpleasant surprise is difficult because of their own stupidity.
Are there any original ideas? Perhaps they would be such if we had not seen Splinter Cell: Conviction and Batman: Arkham asylum. For those who are tired of shooting, Blood Stone borrowed from the first system of rapid liquidation of spiteful people. They killed a couple of a hand -to -hand warrior, pressed one key – and the sight would intend to the poor fellow tightly to survive. From a lazy player, it is only necessary to put the mouse button on the left button so that the agent 007 leaves the enemy’s skull of a round autograph.
The second find Bond was uncleanly stolen by old Batman – a smartphone with augmented reality regime allows you to see the enemy’s location behind any obstacle, and also highlights evidence at the crime sites. From the side, the little thing seems curious, but for the entire game to use it will bring it five times – where it will be justified by the plot. The built -in navigator is completely useless – it is generally difficult to get lost at linear levels, do you know.
The next fun is the opportunity to eliminate enemies secretly. True, the local “stealth” is even more primitive than in the already mentioned Conviction. The best tactics here-peering carefully around the corner, take turns attracting the attention of each of the blanks. When the future deceased goes in our direction to check if something happened, his comrades will continue to take a walk nearby. And no additional problems for you – the notorious tracking cameras are extremely rare, and you cannot drag corpses in principle. In addition, the non -linearity is almost zero – one or another style of passage is unceremoniously imposed on us. And when the authors still allowed us to decide how to act, we killed opponents in open. For playing a spy with mentally retarded is not the best entertainment.
Bond Racing
Love Bizarre Creations To cars and races could not but affect James’s adventures: chase in Blood Stone – The most spectacular component. By the way, this is also the rare case when arcativity of management can be written to the project in plus. The physical model is simple, so we do not need to think about the adhesion of tires with the surface of the road and other nonsense – as a result, you are completely concentrated exclusively on action. And it is thanks to this that episodes with persecution are easy, without a dozen “restarts”. Buses block the road, ice breaks under the wheels – everything is in no way, we have time to overcome everything. Explosions are rattling around, half a city rushes into the air, the asphalt is cracking, and we are jewelry passing through the two oncoming machines and overtake the villains – in such moments the “bloody stone” resembles Split/Second.
James Bond 007: Blood Stone – A strange game. Despite the fact that any of its elements can be called good at best, it is not annoying. Blood Stone Constantly braids battles with chases and videos, changes locations – and therefore the desire to remove it does not arise. After long doubts, we still put “commendable”-very rarely developers manage to collect something exciting from not the best details.
Pros: spectacular pursuit scenes by car;high dynamics of what is happening;A variety of levels.
Cons: non -outstanding shootings;ugly videos;Rudimentary “Stealth”.
