James Bond 007 Everything or Nothing

Although revolutionary, I was never that big of a fan for the Golden-eye N64 game (don't kill me). I admit the multi-player was amazing, but I like games that really draw you into it with interest in the story, not just killing more people. I wouldn't go so far as to say this game was THAT great, but I really believe it's the best Bond game yet. It's definitely the most movie-like of any of the games that have been released so far, and actually has an all-star cast of actors, including William Dafoe which surprised me. The controls are pretty intuitive, the graphics are great for the game cube, and once again it actually has some kind of a believable story (believable in the Bond movie sense). It has everything you want in a Bond product, nice cars, great action, hot women. I think they took a lot of attention to what would be FUN in a game, more so than just shooting people. For instance shooting people while you're falling after you jump off a cliff. This game is great, and I really recommend everyone who has a Game Cube or a Wii buy it since it's dirt cheap at this point. I personally can't wait until Quantom of Solace comes out for teh 360.

This is definetily the best James Bond Game yet. I can think of nothing wrong with the one player mode in the game. Multiplayer is fun at first but like other people said it can be lame killing each other with punching and shooting. If you want this for one player I highly recommend getting this game. The graphics are extremely good and it features the real voices of the actors.

Don't get me wrong. Golden Eye 007 was revolutionary and is definitely the best FPS game to be based on the 007 franchise. But the series had fallen into a FPS rut. Enter "Everything or Nothing", which puts Bond in third-person. When I wrote my earlier review for Jame Bond 007 From Russia With Love, I had finished FRWL and just started EON and judged EON a bit harshly. Even though FRWL definitely has the edge in nostalgia and capturing the essence of the movie franchise, EON definitely is superior in terms of in-depth controls and gameplay variety. Missions range from standard running-and-gunning to driving an SUV, driving an Aston Martin, driving a limousine that is wired to explode, commandeering two different types of tanks a la "GoldenEye", riding a motorcycle, flying a helicopter, repelling down a shaft guarded by laser tripwires, and freefalling after a plummeting damsel. Sure, vehicle controls are a little clumsy, but the issue here is the variety.

As movie adaptations, "GoldenEye" and FRWL were all that I could have hoped for. But EON's original storyline adds to the feeling of controlling a James Bond adventure. This is helped by the impressive cast list of Willem DeFoe, Shannon Elizabeth, Heidi Klum, and Misaki Ito. Judi Dench and John Cleese reprise their movie roles of M and Q, respectively, and Pierce Brosnan, while no Sean Connery, adds credibility to the game's proceedings. All characters resemble the stars, with the disappointing exception of Heidi Klum, who's in-game model doesn't do the real-life model justice. Mya's theme song is on par with at least some of the big screen Bond title tunes.

The game also plays tribute to some of the older Bond movies. Willem DeFoe's character is a former colleague of Christopher Walken's baddie from A View to a Kill. Richard Kiel appears as Jaws, the hulking henchman from The Spy Who Loved Me
and Moonraker in three fight scenes, the first and best of which proceeds in the same fashion a fight in the movies would have.

Single-player gameplay mainly consists of standard on-foot missions as Bond. Like Bond, you will be able to choose whether to use stealth or go out with guns blazing. The game provides plenty of opportunities to utilize stealth, with plenty of wall and object cover. Unfortunately, unlike FRWL, only one button in EON controls both crouching and wall clinging, so Bond may end up crouching low when he's supposed to be peeking around a corner, and vice-versa. The game also allows players to go into "Bond reflex" mode. While you browse your inventory, everything around you will go into super slo-mo, allowing you to analyze objects around you that can be interacted with. While this takes some getting used to, eventually this mode will allow you to perform many spectacular "Bond moments", such as shooting down a chandelier to take out four goons underneath, and greatly add to the Bond movie feeling.

There are 3 available difficulty levels: Operative, Agent, and Double Oh. On Operative, you can breeze through in a few hours. On Agent, a few weeks. On Double Oh, a few months. The difficulty level can be changed for each individual mission. Garnering high scores on missions will unlock gold and platinum awards and effect features such as vehicle upgrades and the skimpy outfits the Bond girls wear. Some missions can be extremely frustrating due to a scarcity of checkpoints, but when all is said and done, no mission is any longer than a single action scene in a Bond movie.

Multi-player, unfortunately, is not as thrilling. "GoldenEye" still has the best multi-player mode of any Bond game. EON's main multi-player is a co-op campaign mode that puts players in charge of lesser MI6 agents on a less important mission than Bond's. A more standard third-person death match can be unlocked from this mode.

But the single-player mode is the most complete Bond experience to date. The ending, as with most Bond games, is anticlimactic. While the final mission is one of the most aggravating of the game, the final confrontation with the villain is disappointing. Also, levels that require Bond to be speedy become largely a matter of trial and error. Still, for any serious Bond fan, not playing this game is tantamount to missing one of the Bond films.

I bought this solely to have another 4-player shooter whn friends came over, so I don't care about if the single player mode at all. What a mistake. If you are looking for a game for fun 4-Player action, skip this game.

First off it's locked and you have to unlock one arena and character at a time by winning points in co-op mode.

Second when you do unlock the 4-player arenas, they flat out suck! All 4 players are in one tiny room on the same screen doing lame things to kill each other.

Definitely the worst 4-player game I have ever played!

I should probaly start off by saying that I love 007 games! I loved GoldenEye and NightFire, liked Agent Under Fire, and played all of these to their limits. When I brought home Everything or Nothing, I thought that the advertised "3rd person view" could be turned off at will. It couldn't.

At first, I was having major problems with the new view. The controls were rather touchy, and not having the ability to really feel like Bond seemed to be missing.

After a while, however, it gets much easier to control Bond, almost easier than other games. The new "Bond Sense" Mode makes it a lot easier to control your surroundings, the missions are shorter so that when you die, you don't lose too much ground, and all of the characters are voiced by and designed to look like real actors (Pierce Brosnan, Heidi Klumm, Judi Dench, John Cleese, etc.)

Pros:
*"Bond Sense"
*3rd Person makes things move much faster after adjusting to it.
*Strong plotline, lots of missions
*Voiced by THE James Bond (Pierce Brosnan :-) )
*GREAT Graphics
*Replay value is outstanding! Go for the platinum challenges!

Cons:
*Returning 007 fans will need to adjust to the 3rd Person.
*Slightly "twitchy" vehicle controlls

Overall, if you ever played a 007 game and liked it, this game is for you, if you are willing to get used to the new controlls. 100% satisfaction. A+++++