It’s these situations where you’ll most likely take advantage of Bond’s new takedown system. Creeping through a level and systematically wiping out a crew without them knowing is very satisfying from a gaming standpoint. Even on the hardest setting.Įven the stealth sections in the game are affected by dumb AI who must work on a proximity basis in the way that Metal Gear does, but this doesn’t really make it any less fun. However, when your adversaries are hiding behind cover they’ll almost always leave you with a clear shot at their head, meaning that the game becomes ridiculously easy. Treyarch have done a great job tweaking the AI to work together to take you down as you’ll often find yourself being flanked, flushed out with grenades and under heavy cover fire. The cover system would be even better if it wasn’t for the unpredictable AI.
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Rarely does the cover system play up, sometimes you’ll find yourself in awkward positions as you try to break free from the cover, but these are few and far between. Thanks to some tweaking by Treyarch as well, they have an intuitive cover system in place that truly can give lots of Bond style moments remember, you’re a trained assassin, not a soldier. The controls and general feel are simply delightful, but I’d expect nothing else from the Call of Duty 4 engine. Don’t get fooled by the destructive environments promise as well as this is too infrequent to notice. Bond doesn’t look as glam as we all expect him to which is a shame although the lighting can be fairly decent at time. The first thing that hits you with Quantum of Solace is the lacklustre visuals sure Craig and his blue eyes are encapsulating and the environments are diverse, but the textures and general level detail leaves little to be desired. Running around the level, strutting my bad ass assassin skills to different styles of Monty Norman’s famous Bond theme was a joy in its own right (if not a little over used) and starting the game to the new Alicia Keys and Jack White Bond theme was also a nice touch. While the likenesses might not be spot on, the voice acting and general score of the game is right on the button, but truthfully, I didn’t expect anything else.
I mean, Vesper looks like she’s gone ten rounds with an ugly stick something that Eva Green might not be too happy with.
I say likenesses, but other than Daniel Craig (and La Chiffre and M if you squint), the other likenesses are very poor. Thanks to a deal with Danjaq and Activision, Quantum of Solace not only features genuine character likenesses but also their respective voice as well. The story in itself doesn’t flow like a Bond film’s does and will leave you feeling like you have no idea what’s actually going on you’ll just be happy killing wave after wave of henchmen knowing you’re on your way to stop some bad guy. You’ll spend the vast majority of the game reliving seen and previously unseen extracts from the Casino Royale film rather than getting too knee deep in the Quantum story something that I, who hasn’t seen the latest film yet, actually appreciated more. Quantum of Solace throws you in to the hot pants of James Bond, almost seconds after the Casino Royale film ended however, saying this is a true representation of the film would not be fair.