0 to Z of Playstaion 1 Games - 007 The World is Not Enough
007: The World is Not Enough is a first person shooter developed by Black Ops
Entertainment and published by EA, unlike it’s predecessor Tomorrow Never Dies
this game also saw a N64 release shortly after the Playstation release, after
the fairly lukewarm response to Tomorrow Never Dies switch to a 3rd
person perspective, this 007 title would revert back to the GoldenEye 007 first
person shooter formula the game would also use an updated version of the games
engine.
Once again while using Pierce Brosnan’s likeness his voice
is not used in the game and like 007 Racing and Tomorrow Never Dies, Adam
Blackwood reprises his role as the voice actor for Bond also voicing Bond
was Tim Bentinck, John Cleese would also
lend his voice to R for the game.
The World is not Enough is a first person shooter baed on
the 1999 film with the player taking up the role of James Bond through a total
of 11 missions with a number of objectives in each that need completing, these
objectives range from rescuing hostages, destroying enemy vehicles and
collecting items as well as using Bonds patented bag of high tech toys.
The game also has several different weapons at the players
disposal including submachine guns, shotguns, a tranquilizer gun, sniper rifle
and a rocket launcher, weapons must be reloaded after a certain amount of shots
fired, the player also has a certain amount of health which decreases when
damage is received, there are however power ups that decreases the damage
received from enemy attacks, these power ups do not protect the player
character from radiation or fall damage (I hate fall damage).
A multiplayer mode that was present in the N64 release was
considered for the Playstation version however this was not added with developers feeling it would take away valuable
production time and therefore reduce the quality of the main game.
The Playstation version of
the game on top of the missing multiplayer mode is know to be missing three
missions as well as an entire difficulty level.
The story very closely
follows the movie, the plot revolves around the assassination of billionaire
Sir Robert King by the terrorist Renard, and Bond's subsequent assignment to
protect King's daughter Elektra, who had previously been held for ransom by
Renard. During his assignment, Bond unravels a scheme to increase petroleum
prices by triggering a nuclear
meltdown in the waters of Istanbul.
While the Metacritic and GameRankings are average coming in
at a 61% and 68% however the game did receive
some good reviews and a couple of very good reviews Game Vortex giving the game
a 95% DarkStation gave the game a 9/10 while
PSX Nation said the game is A worthy game
for first person shooter fans.
One good review however a
8.5/10 from Gamezone If you aren't shaken, but stirred by competitive
role-playing action in a console game, The World Is Not Enough may be right up
your mission alley the game is an action first person shooter can’t really do
much role playing in the game.
Absolute PlayStation gave the
game a solid 82/100 while Happy Puppy gave the game a 75/100 at the other end
of the score spectrum there were some low scores which have helped to plummet
the games average score GamePlanet giving the game just a 2.5/5 Da Gameboyz could
only manage a 5.2/10 for the game, while CNET Gamecenter, Daily Radar, Hot Games and Gaming Age only giving the game a very average 50/100
In comparison the N64 version of the game stands at 81% on GameRankings and Metacritc a full 13% and 20% higher than the playstation 1 version
This is the part of 0 to Z where is visit four online
retailers and see what the availability of the title is, and what price you
would be looking at if you wanted to pick this title up the sites that I will
be using for this are Amazon.com, eStarland.com,
retrogames.co.uk and Gamedude.com I know the last one is very location specific
but from a podcast I listen too I have heard they have a huge stock of older
games.
So lets get down to business we may as well start with
Gamedude like the previous two bond games I have covered this looks a fairly
common title with Gamedude paying out just 50 cents to buy a copy from you,
where as if you are looking to buy a copy that will set you back just $4 which
is about £3.
Retrogames.co.uk sadly has no copies of The World is not Enough for sale for the ps1, a copy of the far superior N64 version is for sale and will set you back £9 which is just under $12, also available is a copy of Official Playstation Magazine - Xmas 2000 the cover game for the month is 007 The World is not Enough which is on sale for £5 which converts to $6.63.
Amazon.com has plenty of used copies of the game on sale and some very cheap ones as well a used copy in very good condition is currently available for 68 cents + $3.99 for shipping so $4.67 in total for the game which is about £3.53 in the UK., adding in shipping costs this looks to be the cheapest option available on amazon.com.
Prices for a used copy of the game do go as high as $18.51 this version the seller states All products are guaranteed against defect always nice to get a quality guarantee but that is pricey. For a new copy of the game you are looking at a minimum of $28.50 or £21.53 those prices include the shipping cost all the way up to $54 that includes shipping price as well this is about £41 in the UK.
Written by
P J Gibbon
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