I just completed No One Lives Forever for the first time, and I think this is one of the best "Bond simulator" ever released.
The gameplay is fun and it's never annoying, since every missions are all different from each other. There's the stealth mission in which, if you are spotted (or if a body is spotted later on) it's game-over, the stealth mission you can clear by killing everyone, the badass mission, timed missions, vehicles to ride.
And the plot is actually good. Even if it's full of cliches (done on purpose), it always provides a huge amount of funny moments because those villains are over the lines. There are several gadgets and approches you can choose in almost every mission, even if the game is just a corridor (well, not a corridor like COD, but you can't really lose your target here. There are some alternate routes, but usually there's one and one way only).
I will start the second game soon, but it's a shame nobody can release a modern version of this game and its sequels because publishers like Warner Bros, Activision etc. are too lazy to solve the rights issue the game is subject to.
The gameplay is fun and it's never annoying, since every missions are all different from each other. There's the stealth mission in which, if you are spotted (or if a body is spotted later on) it's game-over, the stealth mission you can clear by killing everyone, the badass mission, timed missions, vehicles to ride.
And the plot is actually good. Even if it's full of cliches (done on purpose), it always provides a huge amount of funny moments because those villains are over the lines. There are several gadgets and approches you can choose in almost every mission, even if the game is just a corridor (well, not a corridor like COD, but you can't really lose your target here. There are some alternate routes, but usually there's one and one way only).
I will start the second game soon, but it's a shame nobody can release a modern version of this game and its sequels because publishers like Warner Bros, Activision etc. are too lazy to solve the rights issue the game is subject to.