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[DamnCoffee]

Maybe mission 3 is Licence To Kill, and the revenge angle is brought over because of Tracy's Death, not Felix.

[coco1997]

"YOLT" & "LTK" as the Connery and Dalton missions =

[tdalton]

I'm impressed with the rendering of Craig, but not sure about the rest of this game. I'm just hoping that they don't sub out Sanchez for Blofeld when they move on to LICENCE TO KILL, which seems to be the most logical choice for the next movie considering the revenge angle, unless they make YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE more in line with the revenge themes of the novel (not likely at all).

[thecasinoroyale]

That's what I was thinking Mharkin, leading on from what happens in 'OHMSS' to the next...although if Blofeld will be a continuing villain (maybe) across some missions, what part will Drax and Jaws play? Will they be "disposable" villains for the sake of a space station level and then gotten rid of?


And also, if Blofeld leads, how will it all tie up for the 'Skyfall' section...

...actually forget that, because 'Skyfall' isn't part of the timeline of this game, so forget that! D'oh!

[scaramunga]

My updated guesses for the others...

Goldfinger for Connery, Die Another Day for Pierce, The Living Daylights for Dalton and Skyfall for Craig.

*** UPDATED...

Ok. Just watched the OHMSS trailer. YOLT Blofeld in OHMSS?
So You Only Live Twice for Connery?

Edited by scaramunga, 11 July 2012 - 11:25 PM.

[Double-0-Seven]

I wonder how many levels will actually be in the game. I know they are calling each movie a "mission" but I'm sure each mission will have several levels. For example, in the original GoldenEye for Nintendo 64 the first three levels (Dam, Facility, and Runway) were all labeled as "Mission 1" which I'm sure will be the case here. Four levels for each movie/mission would be a solid number. Twenty total with the Skyfall content adding an additional four.

[thecasinoroyale]

I hope so too Double-0-Seven, one big 'Mission' with 3/4 levels or goals in each to give us something to get our teeth into.

And I think with the inclusion of Blofeld, they must be aiming to link 'You Only Live Twice' and the volcano base battle, as that would make so much sense for Bond to battle Blofeld again, and there is so much room for action sequences and shoot-outs there.

I think good call with 'Die Another Day' - again, plenty of action and the only Brosnan film un-touched. For Dalton, either 'The Living Daylights' Afghan airbase sequence or 'Licence To Kill's tanker truck / drug faciltiy takedown.

Exciting times as we see it start to come together - just hope it's as good as we want it to be now!

[Mr Teddy Bear]

Wow, they really nailed the Craig likeness in the game. Now I'm a little nervious that we haven't heard anything about voice acting.

[thecasinoroyale]

Well if Craig IS doing his voice (hoefully!) they'll need good voice actors for the likes of Drax, Tracy, Blofed and any other characters from the films, as I KNOW that we as Bond fans will be the first to pounce if they're not decent enough.

And I doubt they'll use lines taken direct from the films so the actors are heard actually speaking quotes.

Fingers crossed we hear something soon...!

[PeteNeon]

I wonder how many levels will actually be in the game. I know they are calling each movie a "mission" but I'm sure each mission will have several levels. For example, in the original GoldenEye for Nintendo 64 the first three levels (Dam, Facility, and Runway) were all labeled as "Mission 1" which I'm sure will be the case here. Four levels for each movie/mission would be a solid number. Twenty total with the Skyfall content adding an additional four.

I hope it is like that, but because the Skyfall mission is downloadable, I can't really see it being 3 or 4 levels. Unfortunately it's probably going to be one level as a taster for the film.

[coco1997]

Just noticed that there was roughly a month between the announcements of MR and OHMSS as the first two missions in the game, so hopefully we'll get an announcement about the third mission/film by the end of July. If they continue to reveal the missions this way, then it should lead up to the last couple weeks before the game is released quite nicely.

[JB007YH]

Is it just me or do the designers of this game really love rpg rockets and helicopters? Both trailers have them, OHMSS makes more sense bec of the raid on piz gloria but why are there helicopters on Draxs space station?

[thecasinoroyale]

I think because helecopters are the new "boss battles" in these sort of mindless shooters. Destroy the machine gun arms, the rockets, the pilot and the numerous bad guys that absail from the body and and then shoot out the blades to destroy it once and for all!

And don't forget the use of shooting a million helecopters when you're on a vehicle (a'la 'GoldenEye 007: Reloaded' in the tank level, shooting numerous helecopters with the gun as you're on the move.)

[Trevelyan 006]

I think because helecopters are the new "boss battles" in these sort of mindless shooters. Destroy the machine gun arms, the rockets, the pilot and the numerous bad guys that absail from the body and and then shoot out the blades to destroy it once and for all!

Quite right. It serves as a safe route for makers and a sense of difficulty for players I'd say. "No filler piece? Just make 'em shoot down a helicopter!"
Much like the ending of Bloodstone. Highly annoying and predictable.

Edited by Trevelyan 006, 17 July 2012 - 06:57 AM.

[thecasinoroyale]

I can't even remember the end of Bloodstone apart from the car chase, unless that's what you meant? Probably serves as a naff ending if I can remember everything else...!

[Trevelyan 006]

No no, I was referring to the last major fight of the game. I suppose I should have been more clear.

Right around the 12:00 mark more specifically...

[thecasinoroyale]

Oh GOD I forgot about that Trevelyan - yes, I concur with your point! Those bloody helecopter bosses.....yawn!

[Matt_13]

I rather liked that they ended that game with a car chase culminating on that bridge. Thought that was very cool. I like Bloodstone, it was good first effort that would have yielded better products down the road if Bizarre Creations or Raven Software had been allowed to continue what they started.

[thecasinoroyale]

Oh, the car chase was good - I didn't see that ending. Just the old cliche for these sort of games having a big boss helecopter battle...what's betting we see a couple in Legends?!

[thecasinoroyale]

Some Legends voice acting news....pretty good in my opinion...


Two veteran Bond film actors join the voice cast of the EON Productions' shooter, while also adding longtime film and game writer Bruce Feirstein.

Activision has revealed to us that Richard Kiel will be reprising his role as Jaws, the brawny man of few words with the metal teeth in the Moonraker portion of 007 Legends. If you'll recall, the structure of the game will have Daniel Craig's James Bond progressing through the stories of Bond films past, of which 1979's Moonraker is one. The actor will be lending his likeness and voice to the role (although Jaws wasn't much for talking).

Kiel isn't the only Moonraker vet making a return: Michael Lonsdale will be reprising his role as Hugo Drax, the goateed villain who just wants to annhilate all life on Earth. Lonsdale has been working like crazy in the 30 years plus since Moonraker.


Giving the whole game its narrative backbone (they have to link these disparate movies up somehow) is Bruce Feirstein, writer of Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, as well as the Bond games Everything or Nothing (2003) and the Wii/360/PS3,PC remake of Goldeneye 007.

The trio will be joining the previously announced Daniel Craig, along with Skyfall actress Naomie Harris and co-star Rory Kinnear who'll be reprising his role as MI6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanner.

http://multiplayerbl...an-bond-writer/


So from what we see at the bottom, it may be we get to play out the 'Skyfall' pre-title sequence with Bond and Eve, with ear-piece instructions coming direct from Tanner instead of M, maybe?

Exciting times...!

[larrythefatcat]

Some Legends voice acting news....pretty good in my opinion...


Two veteran Bond film actors join the voice cast of the EON Productions' shooter, while also adding longtime film and game writer Bruce Feirstein.

Activision has revealed to us that Richard Kiel will be reprising his role as Jaws, the brawny man of few words with the metal teeth in the Moonraker portion of 007 Legends. If you'll recall, the structure of the game will have Daniel Craig's James Bond progressing through the stories of Bond films past, of which 1979's Moonraker is one. The actor will be lending his likeness and voice to the role (although Jaws wasn't much for talking).

Kiel isn't the only Moonraker vet making a return: Michael Lonsdale will be reprising his role as Hugo Drax, the goateed villain who just wants to annhilate all life on Earth. Lonsdale has been working like crazy in the 30 years plus since Moonraker.


Giving the whole game its narrative backbone (they have to link these disparate movies up somehow) is Bruce Feirstein, writer of Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, as well as the Bond games Everything or Nothing (2003) and the Wii/360/PS3,PC remake of Goldeneye 007.

The trio will be joining the previously announced Daniel Craig, along with Skyfall actress Naomie Harris and co-star Rory Kinnear who'll be reprising his role as MI6 Chief of Staff Bill Tanner.

http://multiplayerbl...an-bond-writer/


So from what we see at the bottom, it may be we get to play out the 'Skyfall' pre-title sequence with Bond and Eve, with ear-piece instructions coming direct from Tanner instead of M, maybe?

Exciting times...!

It would also be awesome to get news of Dame Diana Rigg doing the voice of Tracy and, even though it didn't sound like her in the trailer, Lois Chiles reprising her role as Holly Goodhead... those would be some hopeful bits of voice acting news to go along with this announcement!

Also, since it seems quite likely we'll see DAD featured in this game, I'm sure they've already gotten Toby Stephens as Graves and Rosamund Pike as Frost... those would be some amazing finishing touches!!

Edited by larrythefatcat, 26 July 2012 - 08:58 PM.

[coco1997]

Also, since it seems quite likely we'll see DAD featured in this game,

What gives you that impression?

[larrythefatcat]

Also, since it seems quite likely we'll see DAD featured in this game,

What gives you that impression?

I have this impression because it seems every actor to portray Bond will be represented by one of their films and all of Pierce Brosnan's films have been adapted into videogames except for Die Another Day... it seems like a fairly safe bet. The fact that two of the cast members from the film have recorded audiobook versions of Ian Fleming's novels for the film series' 50th anniversary also makes it seem likely that they would be able to do voice work for the game.

It also seems likely that YOLT will be Connery's film due to the fact that the Blofeld character model doesn't look specifically like Telly Savalas and has a pronounced scar, so it would make sense that he would be featured in more than one level... if it's not YOLT, my second guess would be Goldfinger due to its notoriety.

I'm still not certain about Dalton's film: I would guess TLD not only because it's my more preferred film out of his two, but the fact that RPGs were already featured in the film and the developers seem to have an unnaturally strong affinity toward that particular piece of artillery.

[DamnCoffee]

You know, I think if they'd have any sense they'd go with Dr No. Perfect since it's the 50th.

[thecasinoroyale]

I'd like to think so too, but I feel they're going to go with the most commercial and well known film of each actor...granted, tha'ts not definate yet and I suppose 'Moonraker' isn't the most loved, but it's well known to the general public.

I feel they are going to go with something action heavy like 'Goldfinger' or 'You Only Live Twice' as I can't see many sequences in 'Dr.No' that they can butcher to make a big frantic shoot-em-up mission. Shame though, because it'd be nice to go back to where it all began.

[bond_azoozbond]

So from imdb its seem that goldfinger and licence to kill are the next missions on the game .. time will tell thought !!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2171704/

[coco1997]

Good find. If true, GF comes as no surprise, although I would have preferred YOLT or TB. LTK should be very exciting.

[Matt_13]

Guessing LTK will be that drug manufacturing retreat from the end of the film and an amped up truck chase. Goldfinger will either be Fort Knox or, hopefully, an infiltration and escape from Auric Enterprises.

[thecasinoroyale]

Bit annoyed the most obvious choice for Connery is there with so much more potential for 'You Only Live Twice' but really, really excited if 'Licence To Kill' is correct - my favourite Bond film and so much potential there for a cracking level!

[DamnCoffee]

The one thing that's really annoying me with this game. Is that we're not playing through each story. We're just getting one main set piece from 5 different films, with some kind of storyline overarching the whole thing. I have a massive feeling that this is going to be a mess.