The Greatest James Bond Games Ever Released

Are you able to bear in mind what you have been doing when IO Interactive introduced Challenge 007? No? Let me provide you with a clue. The reply might be “not a lot” because it was revealed approach again on the finish of 2020. This was virtually precisely when the Xbox Collection X|S was launched in reality.

Many players (together with myself) feared the undertaking could have been in bother as a result of absence of latest info surfacing for a few years. Fortunately, 007 First Light is preventing match and eventually right here. However, do you know it’s been a whopping 14 years because the final James Bond sport was launched?

So, what higher time to forged our minds again and revisit the 5 greatest James Bond video games which were launched. Ever. Who is aware of, very quickly 007 First Mild could knock one in every of these off their lofty perch.

5. James Bond 007: Agent Below Hearth (2001)

We start our countdown on the flip of the millennium, with James Bond 007: Agent Below Hearth. The sport marks a departure from following the movies of Pierce Brosnan, and from the actor himself, regardless of the shadowy cowl artwork wanting a bit of bit like him. 

James Bond 007: Agent Below Hearth was initially meant to be a sport primarily based on the movie The World is Not Sufficient, however this by no means got here to move. As an alternative, what we now have right here is an authentic story for Bond who pursues a madman throughout the globe, to stop him from unleashing his secret plot to clone world leaders. Traditional Bond baddie behaviour.

The sport offered a mixture of first individual shooter motion, in addition to “on-rails” and automobile segments which performed out over 12 missions. Though there are higher Bond video games on the market, James Bond 007: Agent Below Hearth marked an necessary leap ahead for the franchise, paving the way in which for the video games to come back. Oh, and it was bloody good enjoyable too.

4. James Bond 007: Every thing or Nothing (2004)

Subsequent up is James Bond 007: Every thing or Nothing. Sticking with the likeness of Pierce Brosnan, this was one other authentic story within the (by this level) effectively established transfer away from the movies themselves. After all, the sport franchise would as soon as once more head again to that territory, and doubtless shouldn’t have bothered (don’t discuss to me about Quantum of Solace).

This journey shifts to the third individual perspective, as on the time EA Redwood Shores labored to make arguably essentially the most formidable James Bond sport to this point. Occasions in James Bond 007: Every thing or Nothing centred round nanotechnology (very futuristic and really a lot on pattern for 2004), particularly it being utilized by terrorists to restore nuclear reactors. 

Every thing about this sport felt ratcheted up by way of attempting to inform a blockbuster James Bond story. Not solely was there a satisfying mixture of autos to familiarize yourself with, missions felt much less linear than earlier than and the one participant marketing campaign was a good size too.

Nevertheless, the undertaking had Bond favourites equivalent to the person himself Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, John Cleese and even Heidi Klum. Not solely that, however the group bagged Willem Dafoe because the villain with an attention-grabbing hyperlink to a movie from the previous, in addition to Jaws bursting again on to the scene. Not solely was it nice enjoyable to play, however this gave James Bond 007: Every thing or Nothing an authenticity which linked the online game adventures of the key agent extra intently to his massive display screen outings than ever earlier than.

3. GoldenEye 007 (2010)

“What? 2010? That’s not proper.” Wait, let me clarify. This got here within the temporary and really blended Activision Period and rang all types of alarm bells when initially introduced. Messing with a sport thought-about sacrosanct was at all times going to be dangerous, nonetheless this turned out to not be a remake, as an alternative a reimagining.

The pitch is actually this. Think about GoldenEye, however as if it was written for Daniel Craig’s incarnation of James Bond. An attention-grabbing thought, I’m positive we will all agree. It had the air of the acquainted however with most of the elements from the unique movie all chucked right into a mixing bowl. What resulted was one thing that felt markedly totally different. Certainly, the expectation of gamers pondering they knew what would occur was used towards them, earlier than the rug pull got here that delivered some real twists within the story.

Initially launched on the Wii, I bear in mind simply how a lot this sport pushed the console. It appeared nice, and sounded unbelievable because of Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Rory Kinnear returning to their roles, in addition to an absolute belter from Deadmau5 heard within the nightclub mission. I used to be pleasantly stunned, as a result of this reimagining of GoldenEye 007 not solely labored, however stood proudly by itself two ft. I beloved it.

What actually topped it off nonetheless, was the inclusion of unbelievable native and on-line multiplayer capabilities. That is the place GoldenEye 007 felt like an actual leap ahead for the collection; I spent hours and hours and hours enjoying it on-line. This additionally got here on the good time for the Wii too, because it was seen because the inferior selection for on-line players on the time versus PS3 and Xbox 360.

The sport was later ported to the aforementioned platforms with blended outcomes, however I’ll at all times bear in mind the standard Wii punching above its weight, and having an edge because of the pointer controls. A really nice sport that to this present day continues to be criminally underrated.