Entry: James Bond 007: All or Nothing Mar 2, 2004



Xbox Game review for upcoming issue.

EA games has taken a step forward for once with this great action game James Bond 007; All or Nothing.  From the opening credits you realize they put a little extra something into this.  A tradition opening sequence of cool images blending with naked chicks along witha  very original, yet bond-ish style song made just for the game. The characters reflect real life people including, Heidi Klum, Shannon Elizabeth, Mya (who performs the song "all or Nothing" for the game) and among other talents, even Pierce Brosnon adds his voice.

A game with great graphics will more then likely hold my attention much longer then ones without, no matter the game play.  Unfortunately EA Games really crapped the bed with its Lord of the Rings titles, great game but the game play was so poor I took the game back the following day.  All or Nothing has restored my faith in EA games and its gameplay capabilities.

The character renderings are borderline scarey good.  Shannon Elizabeth looks like Shannon Elizabeth, right down to her large perky breasts. Brosnon is a dead ringer and M (played by Judi Dench) are also very well rendered.  Luckily for us, EA took the time to create realistic and playable scenarios that will make you want to replay each sequence again and again.

The biggest quam with Nightfire was that the storyline was extremely short. Though very fun and playable, you were finished before it began.  In All or Nothing it is noticably longer and more involved.  The graphics are better and the movements more realistic. Not to mention the AI has improved making your enemy smarter, faster and a better shot.

If there is a draw back, it is the "unlocking codes/cheats" mode that they overhauled.  I liked playing a two player game in arena mode, just shooting at each other. All or Nothing you have to achieve so many golds or Platinums to unlock certain things. In another words you have to play your ass off just to unlock a few things to play two player. Not to happy with this new feature.

All in all the game is great. It is fun to play, you have 10 plus hours of single play time, and I assume when you do break the codes you will have many arena's to choose from to play multiplayer mode.

I rate this game at 45.00 out of 50.00.  The replay value is high, the quality is even higher and I imagine the

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