The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2

thetrin said:
Considering the sheer amount of shooters out there, passable shouldn't be good enough.
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Yep, passable just isn't good enough.

I also agree with Jeff that Everything or Nothing was a cool game. I'd like something else in that direction and don#t mention Blood Stone because that game sucked.
 
slaughterking said:
Weird that Jeff thinks GoldenEye is at fault for Bond games going to being FPS' and not, you know, that Call of Duty thing kids like these days.
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I don't think The World is Not Enough, Nightfire, Agent Under Fire, etc. were first-person action games because of Call of Duty.

I think he's referring to the fact that James Bond games don't really leverage the strength of the Bond movies with stealth, one-on-one fights, chases, and conversation and are all just straight-up setpiece action games. They don't even need to be shooters at all, but Goldeneye was so popular as a shooter there haven't been any Bond games since that aren't about gunning down tons of dudes.
 
007 Legends looks like complete ass. What's with the jet fighter factory? What's with everything in this game? From what I saw of Blood Stone it seemed better than this.
 
Alpha Protocol is still the best James Bond game.

Of Orcs And Men is literally a reskin of that Game of Thrones game. Same 'two people response system' as before. Same 'ones stealth. ones a bruiser' stuff.
 
I've only ever watched Goldfinger and played Goldeneye, Quantum of Solace, and Double Agent.

I don't recall Bond's relay call him 'Bond' every single time. It's jarring. Don't they usually call him James or 007?
 
Dragonzord said:
I've only ever watched Goldfinger and played Goldeneye, Quantum of Solace, and Double Agent.

I don't recall Bond's relay call him 'Bond' every single time. It's jarring. Don't they usually call him James or 007?
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M's like Bond's mum, she only calls him James when he's been a very naughty boy
 
Holy shit Jeff's jewish impression throughout the entirety of "Of Orcs and Men" was the most annoying thing I think I've ever heard him do. If it had been a one off thing it might have been bearable, but I swear he just kept thinking "Well THAT long string of jokes with my Jewish voice wasn't very good. Let's keep going til I have a hit!" and then he just kept it going.
 
f0rk said:
That's not how I remember Goldfinger AT ALL
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I like how they landed Goldfingers plane in what appears to be a driveway so they could saunter up to Fort Knox. How, exactly, are they planning to escape? A 747 isn't exactly easy to turn around.

It's like someone gave the developers crib notes on the movies and they just went from there.

Oh, and Goldfinger has a set of keys with the state of Kentucky on a keychain. Subtle. Very subtle.
 
Absoludacrous said:
Legends reminds me a lot of Quantum of Solace. Average CoD clone that barely seems like a bond game.
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I see Quantum of Solace as an interesting game since Treyarch had it out a week before their CoD World at War that year. This was back when they were still seen as the Activision appointed CoD mooches ruining the series, but they know their way around the engine and added Craig style melee and a solid cover system to that Bond CoD clone in 2008.

The game was fun online and I wish more fps games had similar cover. I find traditional inching around corners shitty and outdated. They also must have known that the QoS film sucked before everyone else, as they spared us the shitty plot by actually making the campaign mostly about Casino Royale.
 
Off topic, but IMO Craig is easily second best Bond under Connery. And Casino Royale was better than several Connery films.

007 Legends looks bad, which is disappointing because I loved Goldeneye Wii, partly because the campaign replaced Brosnan's awful Bond with Craig. It was pretty CoD-esque as well, but this just looks absurdly so.
 
Watching that Legend quicklook REALLY makes me want to get my old Xbox out of the closet to play my copy of Everything or Nothing....MAN that game was awesome.

I'm almost tempted to get my hands on a PS2 copy so I could play it on my PS3...less trouble than plugging the old beast.
 
Megasoum said:
Watching that Legend quicklook REALLY makes me want to get my old Xbox out of the closet to play my copy of Everything or Nothing....MAN that game was awesome.

I'm almost tempted to get my hands on a PS2 copy so I could play it on my PS3...less trouble than plugging the old beast.
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I just got the GameCube version off ebay for cheap. I also want to play night fire again.
 
The Bond QL convinced me that I'm going to go find a Redbox kiosk and rent it. Looks like a decent enough single player campaign for a rental.

Also that QL was hilarious!
 
i loved that Vinny kept cheering Jeff on to keep playing the game even tho he hated it so much. dat Vinny positivity! XD
 
The orc and goblin game quick look was not up to snuff. Jeff making weird sounds and Vinny not paying any attention... Bah. Unprofessional, tedious, boring.

Not that I give a single fuck about the game itself.
 
Of Orcs and Men is obviously the exact same game engine and combat system as the Game of Thrones game earlier this year (same dev too). I'm surprised Vinny didn't mention it since he quicklooked that one as well.
 
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