James bond Blood Stone

[neoadorable]

i know DM and Sethos will have my neck for saying this, but i like it. i especially like the MP, basic tho it is. I knew i would like this, since i loved QoS on the 360. it's a polished release with some very nice visuals and great, memorable locales. sure it's no ground breaker, but it gets the job done consistently, so i like it.

[djnv2010]

got it off torrents...sucks!! maybe i'll reconsider for xbox when it's in a bin for 10$ LOL!!

[Leonick]

I was excited for it until the reviews started coming out... sad that Bizarre gets relegated to this crap with Activision.

Well, i would say most reviewers and probably a lot of gamers too have decided before even playing that this game would suck.

I honestly found it pretty good (on PC), It's a fine shooter, think Splinter Cell conviction without gadgets and less climbing.

While the car sections could have been better, or well the physics of it as sometimes it seem like you can crash in to a car in 160kmh and the other car will just move aside leaving you mostly untouched other times you crash after nudging some other car but overall the where fun and sure added some variety and Bond feel to the game.

As for the story, well it's not the latest story driven RPG from Bioware, but it was pretty decent and anyone who liked the story of the newer Bond movies should be happy, that said i would have preferred it if they had taken the script of this game and made a movie with it instead...

[neoadorable]

far review from Leonick up there, i concur with all his points. this is a release that was pre-judged and a lot of you simply won't give it a fair chance. it's really pretty decent, 7/10 so far.

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

Blood Stone is a great game, I'm honestly not sure why its getting all the hate? I'm likely going to get flamed for this but ill say it anyway... I enjoyed the single player campaign on Blood Stone more than Black Ops.

It has some great action, especially the vehicle chases which I think give you a nice break from running about killing people. The story is enjoyable and managed to keep me interested throughout.

My only complaint is the game is pretty short, I played the game through from the second mission onwards this afternoon and had finished it in about 4-5 hours. That includes taking time out to mess about and get the achievements for certain types of kills.

The multiplayer is not bad, its not up there with Black Ops or Reach however its still quite enjoyable.

Ignore the reviews and play the game for your self, I would give it an 8.5/10.

[neoadorable]

wouldn't call it great and i certainly don't think the SP is better than Black Ops, but it's good fun and enjoyable. people are just prejudiced against it and won't give it a fair chance because all they see is a generic third person shooter and the word mill is decidedly antagonistic. well, generic can be quite OK or it can be terrible...Quantum Theory (NOT Quantum of Solace) was terrible generic, although i'm sure there are people who enjoyed it. Blood Stone is OK generic, it's a very pleasing game if never near greatness. very polished and good-looking, too.

[Pajter]

I tried it too. At first I thought it would suck, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's not the best game ever, but it's very enjoyable. The vehicle sections have some epic moments. Quite well executed. The rest of the gameplay is quite generic and repetitive. But I'd rather play something like that, than a game that tries too hard to be original and completely misses the point. The devs went for a safe approach to this game. I'd say: better safe than sorry. :)

[neoadorable]

the multiplayer is also pretty solid and has a decent following, although i doubt it will last very long.

[George P Global Moderator]

I'll swing back and give this a try when the price has dropped to $20 or $25. Dunno when that'll happen though, games don't drop in price quick around here.