There are attempts to be different, with takedowns being rewarded by "Focus Aims" – a one shot kill that can pick off distant or plentiful foes with brutal efficiency. Instead, within what's actually a pretty good story – international terrorists and wealthy industrialists developing biochemical weapons - it's a dully repetitive combination of shoot-em-up interspersed with some driving levels. The thing is, you could probably live with that if the game was better. Craig's craggy face may well be a challenge for animators but surely Bond should never resemble Mad magazine mascot Alfred E Neuman? Worse, for all its authenticity in terms of voicework, the cut scenes and animation are all too often hilariously awful. Craig's stunt double has even done weeks of motion capture to make the hand-to-hand combat and stealth takedowns as authentic and as varied as possible.Īnd it's all over in about five or six hours.
The production values – international locations, big theme tune (by Joss Stone, also on hand to voice the love interest), a story by Bond screenwriter Bruce Feirstein – suggest that someone's taking their responsibility to the franchise seriously. Craig and Judi Dench are on hand to voice Bond and M respectively. The game features Daniel Craig's back-to-basics violent Bond, and puts the focus on gritty realism rather than jetpacks and cars that turn into submarines. On the face of it – and at an early preview session – things looked good. And that's probably the last time "jollies" will ever apply to this title. In the same week that nostalgia buffs finally get their hands on the Wii (and DS) revamp of GoldenEye – the first-person shooter that pretty much started it all – the rest of the gaming world has to rely on Blood Stone for their Bond-related jollies.
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