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James Bond: From Russia With Love (PS2) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 967
Platform: Playstation2
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 11 - 18 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930046026
ASIN: B0009RWHTQ
Release Date: November 18, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Comes in a PS2 case with inlay and instructions. Disc has plenty of surface marks, tested and working. Inlay is rather wrinkled/water damaged. Posted first class from the UK.
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Finally the James Bond games have done what the films should've done years ago: they've gone back to the `60s. From Russia with Love doesn't seem to have all that much to do with the film of the same name (it seems an odd choice anyway since it was the least gadget heavy of all the movies and even vaguely realistic in parts) but it is highly evocative of Connery era Bond in general. Even ignoring the `60s angle, the fact that the game is obviously trying to distance itself from the risible GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is another obvious boon. It's a third person adventure much more in keeping with Everything or Nothing, with a similar mix of on foot and vehicle combat, with particular emphasis seeming to be given to the jetpack from Thunderball. Although Bond looks and sounds (thanks to newly recorded dialogue by the man himself) like Sean Connery the game also has a role-playing element where you can customise your character according to your preferred style of play. There's also an online and split screen multiplayer mode for you to compare these settings with friends. Alas there doesn't yet seem to be any sign of a mini-game allowing you to ferret out bad guys according to their incorrect choice of wine at the dinner table, but in all other respects this is shaping up to be the ultimate retro Bond game. --Harrison Dent This preview is based on an incomplete version of the game; features or problems mentioned above may not appear in the finished game.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
If you missed out pick it up now! December 18, 2008
Having played all the other Bond games I almost missed out on this one as a Playstation magazine gave it an appalling review. I can't remember why but I remember the score was something like 34%. Having picked it up for a bargain price I am glad I did, it also made me prefer to read handfuls of reviews on amazon from everyday folk rather than the one, often biased, reviews in playstation magazines.
With regards to graphics, sound and playability this is every bit as good as the other Bond games on the PS2. The gameplay is the usual mixture of car chases and shooting, and features a jet pack to boot! Playing as Sean Connery is a real treat too, as lets face he was the best Bond. The cut scenes throughout the game are excellent and reflect the sixties films with Connery perfectly.
One of the best features of the game was actually capturing the Bond moments for a purpose. Not just to rack up a score, but there are 4 or 5 bonus levels to unlock by completing certain challenges within each level (such as completing it in a certain time, completing in hard mode etc) and once the game is completed, which admittedly doesn't take that long)you will actually go back to get those awards in order to unlock the additional levels. The other Bond games just do not have that, and for me that feature added to the lifespan considerably.
So if like me you were the victim of that rather cruel playstation magazine review and missed out, pick this game up now, you won't be disappointed!
 Great! April 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After buying other terrible Bond games, I thought I would give this a shot and i'm very glad I did as this is a fantastic game. Lots of fun!!
Buy it.
Bond is Best December 23, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think that it was a great idea bringing an older Bond into the modern world of gaming.The graphics are great,the weapons are phenominal,the story line is gripping. There is no better Bond to date. The car controls can be hard to understand at first and there are the usual unrealistic events but this game is a must have for any Bond fan.
They should definitely design some more classic Bond games.
 Really bad August 31, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
From Russia with love is one of the worst games I've played. OK, I gave up after like the fifth level, but that was because I got so bored. All the fun and challenge is taken out of the shooting by the lock on system (hold down the L1 button and the computer aims for you). Sometimes you have to use cover and jump out and shoot your enemies from behind it, but often you cant find a decent spot to do this and anyway its already been done in Everything or Nothing and it was a pretty boring trick really, I mean all you have to do is lock on and shoot when their not shooting at you - how hard is that really? You cant even dodge the bullets like in Tomb Raider (cos when your locked on you can only move very slowly) - that would have made it at least a bit more exciting. Basically the shooting sucks and theres lots of it.
Apart from the shooting bits, you have boss like fights where you have to shoot down a helicopter or jump in a jet pack and shoot things and these bits are quite fun, but in order to get to them of course you have to wade through hours of boring "hold down the L1 button" shooting.
Apart from that I did this awkward driving mission where you have to fire rockets at other cars, exactly like in Everything or Nothing only your car is quite slow (so it doesnt have that great fast paced intense feel where everything is whizzing past you and blowing up and stuff) and in the end it turns into a huge rocket shoot out in a car park with you against a bunch of other cars and that bit is just totally awkward and looks and feels really, really silly.
Another totally annoying aspect of the game (and one that really puts the lid on its coffin in my opinion) is the upgrade system. You dont just earn experience like any other game, no, you have to find something hidden throughout the levels called research points. This entails a stupid, boring constant search where you have to search every nook and cranny, every desk, every bookcase, every drawer (you can open them up and look inside) until you find them, and theyre well hidden so it takes ages and it really creates a drag on an already boring gameplay experience. Aside from the boring shooting this is one of the reasons I quit, cos I cant be bothered to search every bit of ground I come across for a stupid little pack of research points, when I could play a different, better game, and earn experience for my items instead.
The official ps2 magazine gave this 8/10, and they say its the best Bond game on the ps2, I really cant believe thats actually their opinion, its boring, dull, silly, badly made and the frame rate is so choppy its a wonder my TV wasnt cut into tiny little bits while playing it.
Verdict? If you really want to play a bond game you might as well play Everything or Nothing again, its alot better.
A MUST! July 16, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
NOTE TO ALL GAMERS!!! ALL GAMERS!!! READ THIS!!!!
i this is a major note to all gamers this game is amasing! and i mean amasing...yes it is easy at times but really you are playing the movie or what is a movie...to be honest at times a felt like james bond its so cool its unbelievable...i dont play james bond games but this is cool and a must,
nightfire= maybe
tommorow never dies= maybe
from russia with love= YES! YES! YES!
this shows everything a shooting game should be so buy and play with your mates...you can even see a rocket going off in muli-player and watch them die! MUHAHAHAHAHA! it is truely fun.
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