Customer Reviews for The World Is Not Enough PS

The World Is Not Enough PS
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Video Game Reviews of The World Is Not Enough PS

Customer Review: "Bond............James Bond!!"
Summary: 5 Stars

"The World is not Enough" is a true James Bond game as it has high speed action all throughout as u follow the adventures of the world's top secret agent. The game follows the storyline of the movie and even has superb clips from the movie before and after each level of the game as an extra bonus.The graphics are also great for a ps-one game and it exceeds the expectations I had of it.The game offers over 20 high-teach, way cool gadgets from Q's lab. There is also an improved AI from the other James Bond games as characters have more realistic features which make them seem more human-like.This game is one of the best games on the ps-one console and as usual I hope - JAMES BOND WILL RETURN

Customer Review: Very enjoyable but flawed
Summary: 4 Stars

After a foray into the third person shooter genre that received mixed responses, EA brought Bond back into the first person with a game based on The World Is Not Enough. What they ended up with is an enjoyable yet flawed game. While it's unfair to compare it to Goldeneye for Nintendo 64, perhaps the definitive Bond game, most people who have played Goldeneye will probably see this as a somewhat unsuccessful attempt at recreating the success of that game...perhaps a "Goldeneye lite". In fact, the Playstation version could even be considered "The World Is Not Enough lite" as it's lacking the multiplayer feature found in its Nintendo 64 counterpart. However, reviewing it on its own merits rather than a comparison to other Bond games or versions for other platforms reveals it to be a fun and entertaining game.

Graphically and sonically speaking, things are pretty good. The level graphics are fairly good and have some nice aesthetic touches, although the textures are maybe a bit blocky at times. The character graphics are quite decent for the Playstation, despite the fact that most of the enemies in any given area have the same clothes/faces. The cutscenes are full, beautifully digitized scenes taken directly from the movie. The music in the game fits the James Bond theme well. The voice acting is fairly good despite the fact that the voice actor playing Bond does a fairly laughable impersonation at times. The sound effects were generally good, too.

The controls are nice and intuitive, although the use of two buttons to cycle through your weapon/item inventory can be a bit tedious. Basically, though, everything is here...auto aim, strafing, using R1 to zoom in and aim using crosshairs... The only other complaint I have is that hit detection on items you can use is sometimes a bit off. When you walk up to an item you can use, it will have a red box around it that will turn green when you're facing it correctly. However, it sometimes requires a few seconds of adjusting your angle to get the box to turn green, which can be troublesome when you're trying to do something like bug a telephone and take off before the patrolling guard comes back.

The gameplay is a mixed bag. The game definitely does a nice job of providing variety, with levels ranging from standard shooting to sneaking around placing bugs to photographing secret documents to protecting your allies from enemy fire to sneaking around to save hostages to playing blackjack and more. However, most of these levels are fairly short, linear, and overly simple. The skiing level is especially disappointing, with skiing basically amounting to nothing more than clumsily following a narrow linear path while shooting the occasional enemy. Many gadgets are also incorporated into the game, however usually fairly poorly. The end of many levels involve certain timed situations where you have to use an item or gadget aimed at a small target to escape, get somewhere, or do something before time runs out. More often than not, these timed situations seemed to leave me saying "okay, what the heck am I supposed to do here?" and failing the mission once or twice before finally figuring it out. Another of the frustrating factors of the gameplay is that most objects are impervious to gunfire, including windows. It would be awesome if you could sneak up and take out certain guards through a window, but shooting at a window is basically the same as shooting at a wall.

The AI do a lot to both add to and detract from the gameplay. The AI do a decent job of fighting/dodging, trigger alarms when they see you, and even use radios to alert other AI to your presence. However, their responses are usually fairly predictable. They're also quite flawed, especially when it comes to using the stun gun or tranquilizer gun on them. The stun gun only knocks out enemies for about 30 seconds for some reason, yet you can sit there and stun the same enemy for an hour and he never questions why he keeps waking up on the floor every 30 seconds. There are some levels where if an AI sees you and alerts the other AI, you automatically fail the mission. However, if you can stun the AI before he gets a chance to radio the others, he'll wake up on the floor 30 seconds later and it'll be like he never saw you and nothing happened. It's actually quite amusing but sort of kills the whole realistic AI factor.

The game is also fairly easy, largely due to the linear gameplay and short levels. It more or less involves plowing through a level over and over until you beat it, not an overly challenging task even on the hardest difficulty level. The replay factor involves 2 different difficulty levels and cheats that can be unlocked by beating certain levels within a certain amount of time. It's also fun to go back every once in a while and play through the levels, especially more creative levels like the hostage rescue and telephone bugging levels. However, with no multiplayer and no real secrets or bonus levels, there's not a whole lot left after you finish the game.

Overall, the game is quite fun despite its flaws. Most of the levels are very enjoyable. The game basically plays a digitized scene from the movie that cuts right into the next level, based directly on the corresponding scenario from the movie. Then, when you finish the level, it ends with a digitized scene that picks up right where the level ends. This really gives you the feeling that you're playing through the movie. In fact, even people who were in the room when I was playing were actually entertained just from watching it. It's definitely worth buying (although those looking for multiplayer action might want to consider the Nintendo 64 version instead).

Customer Review: Calling all 007 fans!
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie clips, music and 007 good looks. Spy gadgets and superb scenery detail. 10 single-player missions with 2 levels of difficulty. 11 level game.

Customer Review: had to get one for roomie....
Summary: 5 Stars

HE COULDNT KEEP HIS HANDS OFF MY COPY! he loves it, after a hard day of work, i can hear the gunshots being fired as i quietly drift off to sleep and i chuckle.. KNOWING he is having a great time, even got him his own playstation and all the fixings! but i have only played a few levels.. and i love it!