The World is Not Enough

We here at hard2hate2000 have somthing of a problem
with acronyms. Well, some acronyms anyway, because we'll
let some of the more traditional examples, like RAC or
the AA go. Indeed, any breakdown recovery service of
letters that actually for words is fine by us.

But when a top dollar film and game like The World Is Not
Enough wants to shorten itself down to somthing like
TWINE, we really get wound right up, because TWINE makes
it sound like a load of old balls, and that simply
doesn't do this game justice.


GOLDENEYE SEE
As soon as any James Bond game pokes its well-groomed
head on the scene, comparisons are always made with the
king of all Bondage, GoldenEye on the N64. Unfortunately
for us, the last Bond appearance on the Playstation,
Tomorrow Never Dies, was somthing of a duff job, so
imagine how relived we were when we realised that The
World Is Not Enough is a first-person shooter all the
way through, just like the N64 classic. And while this
game isn't going to put a bullet through the head of its
Nintendo cousin, it is certainly worthy of its 00 agent
status.

The missions themselves are structured along exactly the
same lines as the film, so it'll help if you've seen it
a couple of times. However, a knowledge of the film
isn't compulsory, thanks to the super-clear mission
briefing and cut scenes from the movie that greet you
every time you finish a level. Indeed, the whole game
has a certain polished and smooth style wothy of James
himself. And you're going to love seeing that Renard's
plans for the world domination don't succeed. Even when
your not killing enemies, you're walking about in
disguise or using some of the many gadgets that are
available to you - grapple watch or night goggles
anyone?


FINE SPARKLING TWINE
For all it's undoubted brilliance, though (and let's be
clear - this is a very, very good game), unlike James
himself, this isn't without its flaws. First off there's
no multiplayer mode, and altough we accept that the
simgle-player missions wouldn't have been so big if
there was, you can't help feeling a bit sad that your
mates can only sit and watch.

Another small letdown is the intelligence of your
opponents. Some are very clever and will shoot hostages
as soon as they sniff that there's an intruder in the
building, but others will walk around like zombies until
you put them out of thier misery. These two problems
also help to contribute to the game's main pitfall -
that it's a touch too easy to get through the levels.
Even the addition of a 00 Agent difficulty and cheats to
unlock, doesn't add loads to this otherwise brilliant
shooter. But if you can forgive the flaws (and we can)
you'll be in 00 heaven. And we Playstation owners have
waited a long time to say that.