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[OHMSS Spion]

Will there be a PC release too?

I'm pretty sure there's a PC release.

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Will there be a PC release too?

I'm pretty sure there's a PC release.

there is.

[terminus]

But no Wii release

*grumble grumble grumble*

[Captain Tightpants]

Wii get the reimagined GOLDENEYE. Stop whinging.

[terminus]

As I've said whilst chatting to coco1997 about the games, I'd much rather have Bloodstone than GoldenEye '10. Thus I shall bitch and grumble if I want.

[bond_azoozbond]

New Bruce Feirstein interview : http://www.denofgeek..._goldeneye.html

[coco1997]

Very interesting...Zukovsky now the proprietor of a nightclub in Barcelona and a sequence in a Dubai arms fair. Nice!

[MattofSteel]

http://www.denofgeek...hompson_qa.html

"70% driving and 30% on foot."

Not sure I like that.

[Arbogast777]

"In the case of Blood Stone, the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story, and had a lot of it done."

Out of curiosity are David and Gregg Wilson related to Michael?

EDIT: Ok I see that indeed they are his sons. Can't think of their names being mentioned before in connection with Bond - have they?

Edited by Arbogast777, 03 August 2010 - 08:29 PM.

[Righty007]

"In the case of Blood Stone, the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story, and had a lot of it done."

Out of curiosity are David and Gregg Wilson related to Michael?

EDIT: Ok I see that indeed they are his sons. Can't think of their names being mentioned before in connection with Bond - have they?

Yes, they both have worked on the Bond films before:

Gregg Wilson (IMDb)

David G. Wilson (IMDb)

[tdalton]

http://www.denofgeek.com/games/542296/james_bond_blood_stone_neil_thompson_qa.html

"70% driving and 30% on foot."

Not sure I like that.

I'm not too crazy about that either, and it has significantly dampened my enthusiasm for the game. I'm not surprised, though. We haven't had a good Bond game since GoldenEye 007, so why should I expect them to deliver one now. A Bond game should never be built almost entirely around the driving concept, and it's a mistake to base a Bond game around that concept.

[Matt_13]

70%? That seems a bit high...like too high to actually be believable based on what we've been told and shown elsewhere. Still, if the game is paced in a similar vein as the first level (which was, after all, roughly 70% driving) I think we'll be fine.

[DamnCoffee]

LMFAO!

"We just wanted to go and make the best Bond experience we could, so we really didn't use Quantum Of Solace as a reference point."


As for the 70:30 ratio, It's quite strange, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see how it turns out, I guess.

[MattofSteel]

My creeping doubts have increased. Sounds more and more like a racing game with a plot and shooting mechanics shoehorn-ed in. Developed solely for the purpose of appeasing the fans who don't own a Wii and can't partake in the 'new' GoldenEye.

Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not usually negative regarding Bond - at all. But, to this point, Blood Stone is leaving a rather poor taste in my mouth.

[bond_azoozbond]

Not really I guess . Check this :http://www.nowgamer....er-cent-driving

30% is about driving in bloodstone .

http://www.denofgeek.com/games/542296/james_bond_blood_stone_neil_thompson_qa.html

"70% driving and 30% on foot."

Not sure I like that.

[Matt_13]

I have no idea how we missed this whole interview http://www.nowgamer....son?o=0#listing

We have a run time now, looks to be around 6-8 hours for a play through. That's pretty standard fair for a title like this.

Also it states plainly that the driving sections are short but intense, so it seems like there may be many of them in the game, but they won't last as long as the on foot segments. The transitions should be smooth. I really want to know more about the story and the locations, though. I'm interested to see what we'll be doing in Monaco.

[MattofSteel]

So....which one is correct?

[Matt_13]

There's another interview floating around that states specifically that there will be few driving missions, 5 in total, with one involving a street race in Istanbul and another involving Bond escaping a city as buildings collapse around him.

Here is an article that states 5 driving levels, there's another one with a different developer that says the same thing. http://thetechjourna...3-preview.xhtml

[sharpshooter]

Yeah. No need to jump the gun and write this one off just yet, folks. I'm very confident the ratio is 30 percent driving, 70 percent on foot - more evidence points to that. The reporting of it has just been confused in a few instances. And they've been working on this for a while. I don't think it'll be a rush job. But of course, we actually need to see more from it other than that first level.

[OHMSS Spion]

"In the case of Blood Stone, the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story, and had a lot of it done."

This kinda makes me wonder how much of what might be the Bond 23 story went into the Blood Stone video game. Anyone know off hand if Wilson and Broccoli ever got involved with any of the previous video games with original storylines like Everything or Nothing, Nightfire, or Agent Under Fire?

[Aris007]

Yeah. No need to jump the gun and write this one off just yet, folks. I'm very confident the ratio is 30 percent driving, 70 percent on foot - more evidence points to that. The reporting of it has just been confused in a few instances. And they've been working on this for a while. I don't think it'll be a rush job. But of course, we actually need to see more from it other than that first level.

Well 70% foot sequences makes more sense since this is not a racing game. And from the demo that we had there was only one driving sequence. If it trully is 70% driving why put only one scene?

[sharpshooter]

And from the demo that we had there was only one driving sequence. If it trully is 70% driving why put only one scene?

There were two - the boat and the Aston Martin. But yes, they were like the articles state, short and intense.

If there are five all up in the game, two of those are over by level one. So, it's not a big deal at all. Look how Everything or Nothing handled things.

[DamnCoffee]

I bloody wish people would stop bashing Blood Stone. You should all be thankful we're getting a Bond game, what with the financial state MGM is in at the minute. Who cares if it's not perfect, it's a Bond game for god sakes. We know bugger all about the damn thing anyway, so why bash it? Just be damn glad we're getting something.

[Aris007]

And from the demo that we had there was only one driving sequence. If it trully is 70% driving why put only one scene?

There were two - the boat and the Aston Martin. But yes, they were like the articles state, short and intense.

If there are five all up in the game, two of those are over by level one. So, it's not a big deal at all. Look how Everything or Nothing handled things.

Well if the other scenes are like those two, then the first article was probably wrong. If we talk about 70% then there should be at least 4,2 hours of driving if we consider the total walktrough time 6 hours.

[MattofSteel]

I bloody wish people would stop bashing Blood Stone. You should all be thankful we're getting a Bond game, what with the financial state MGM is in at the minute. Who cares if it's not perfect, it's a Bond game for god sakes. We know bugger all about the damn thing anyway, so why bash it? Just be damn glad we're getting something.

I never wanted to come across as 'bashing' it. I'm usually front of the line to buy these things. I was there following development in detail for NightFire, EON, GE:RA, FRWL, etc...

All I'm saying is that for the first time, I have an awful sense of dubiousness about it. But then again, I was legitimately excited for Rogue Agent - so what do I know?

[terminus]

I bloody wish people would stop bashing Blood Stone. You should all be thankful we're getting a Bond game, what with the financial state MGM is in at the minute. Who cares if it's not perfect, it's a Bond game for god sakes. We know bugger all about the damn thing anyway, so why bash it? Just be damn glad we're getting something.

That's a bit like saying you can't complain about a bad product - "Who cares if your chicken isn't cooked, you're getting fed aren't you?!". I think people are certainly entitled to put forward their concerns, whether or not I or you agree with them, and there is only a limited amount of information to base those opinions (and thus, those concerns) on.

[DamnCoffee]

I'm not saying that people can't voice their concerns, it's just that I get the impression that some people on here are just making fault for the hell of it. Who cares if it's a shooter? It's a James Bond game! At the end of the day, I'd much rather run around having fun and blowing stuff up, than sitting in stealth mode all the time.

[Matt_13]

It's an exciting project regardless of ones personal feelings towards the gameplay, and the fact that we're getting this AND Goldeneye at the same time is just amazing. I can't wait.

[Marketto007]

Yes, they both have worked on the Bond films before:

Gregg Wilson (IMDb)

David G. Wilson (IMDb)

I have no doubt those two "Wilson's" will carry on the franchise when Michael G. and Babs retire.

xxx

[MattofSteel]

Anyone ever met one of them?