(To appease Mr. Timedoctor before he strangles me for this over IRC):
Annoyment: Hey Treyach, 007 mode? Pin-point accuracy from the enemies? Yeah, that’s not “hard” that’s “annoying”
“Oh, hey. I’ll slowly or too fast aim at the enemies head.” (BLAM BLAM BLAM! DUN-DUN-DUN-DAH-DUN-DUN! *Bond theme and death*)
Another annoyment: Left Bumper for weapon switch, really Treyarch? Do it Halo style and put it on Y-button for the 360 or something.
I will say that while it takes some liberties from the two Craig films (this is noticeable from the start if you watched Casino Royal to ending and the start of Quantum of Solace) I am enjoying the game otherwise (which is funny since I couldn’t stand most other Bond FPS, with the exception of Goldeneye and I didn’t touch that much since I had no N64).
I dig the SHOW THEM ONLINE! (Achievement/Trophies) are named after the Bond films (well, most of them), which is a fitting theme. As is the kill/damage system. Take too much damage and you have the “Bond gunshot through lens” effect on yourself. Irony.
The game also does a stylized opening after the first level, while it isn’t one of the big-budget movie intro-title-sequences it is refreshing to see one in a game.
A quick peek at the multiplayer menus seems to have a mixture of CoD4/5′s custom “class”/loadouts and Counter-Strikes money-for-kills-to-buy-new-guns system. I didn’t get into the multiplayer yet, but some people are complaining about it. Who knows.
Pretty good $10 spent on the sale at Best Buy. Bonus: The SKU that is $10 includes an XL 007 T-shirt. SCORE!
Also: For those that are curious about the title of this post:
< sek> Oh, hell. What the fuck were they thinking when they allowed two handguns but one primary weapon? I can keep my SMG or switch to this shotgun. But I can’t give up my default pistol to have both. That’s stupid.
<+DoctahTime> it is james bond
<+DoctahTime> he isn’t a 10-guns-in-his-backpack guy
< sek> I still find it odd that Bond wouldn’t pack of an SMG and Shotgun.
<+DoctahTime> when has he ever carrried more than one or two guns, one of which is always a pistol, in a movie
< sek> DoctahTime: Just now, two handguns and a primary.
<+DoctahTime> yeah
<+DoctahTime> that is what i mean
<+DoctahTime> two handguns isn’t much
< Etch-a-Sketch> it’s hard to seduce women when you’re carrying around a shotgun
< sekoku> Etch-a-Sketch: Winner.