25 replies to this topic

[The Admiral]

EA Games license to create the Bond games has now been extended to the year 2010.

With the license, they have all the rights to all 20 films - including any films made up to 2010 and all of the books.

[Matt007]

This is a **** load of ****. Sorry for the language but EA has to go.

[Righty007]

This is great! Maybe they will make a game based on the movie 'Live and Let Die' that I have always been hoping for (but i doubt it).

[superracer0022]

they should stop this original story **** and make one based on an older movie, and give the pc another chance

[Righty007]

Originally posted by superracer0022
they should stop this  original story **** and make one based on an older movie, and give the pc another chance

I personally like the original stories. Also, I heard that NightFire was supposed to be based on 'You Only Live Twice' but during development it turned into an original story.

[00Kevin]

I think they should do what I thought they were doing after TWINE

make a game for every bond film when it's released

fill in the years in between with a mix of:

-origonal stories
-Novel-based games
-classic bond films-based games

[PaulZ108]

Great. Looks like it'll be 7 years before we'll see another Bond game worth playing.

At least there's the small hope that they'll exercise their right to use one of the movies.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

i am not really happy with this news as it could be good or bad, more likely bad

[The Admiral]

I think it would be very strange for them to have the rights to the previous films and not make the games for them. Surely if they weren't going to, they would just get a license for the upcoming films in case they were going to follow them?

[CraigLogan]

no so tha the can use different parts of the movies, like the car chase on ice from d.a.d, so they dont get into legal trouble for copying. Also i think so that other companies cant make any othr bond games bsed on the books or films.

[Blue Eyes]

Well one would aim to buy the options as a whole, and not a part. Just say EA really hit it off with Bond games (well it might mean pushing PC a little better etc...) and Bond games became this big cash cow, if they didn't have the past rights it would mean that anyone else could buy them.

Much like Eon owns the rights to the Gardners and Bensons and chooses not to produce them.

[superracer0022]

why doesnt eon choose one of the books? i think that would be cool, or for ea to make a game from a benson or garnder book so not many people know about it but they know it is good

[Righty007]

I love the EA Bond games! I own both AUF and NightFire.

[WarBird]

EA is the best PC game devolper. I say its a GOOD thing. Look at there game history, imagine what they could do for Bond.

[newest007]

I tried to imagine EA's Nightfire was a better game when I was playing it but it doesn't seem to help.

(Don't take that as a personal attack Warbird, just a personal opinion).

[bond jamesh bon]

yeah i really tried to but i couldn't fool myself

[The Admiral]

Ditto. I guess the reason why was because it was the return to the PC.

[Jimmy Blonde]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Life isn't worth living any more!



The man formerly known as the Mole and Jimmy Blonde, RIP.
President for the Society of Bringing Back Rare!

[00Kevin]

If EA makes games that I have to play A LONG time to beat, then I'll be happy...........If they make a game with the gameplay and quality of TWINE, with the graphics and sound of AUF/NF/EON, then life will be perfect

[Tanger]

Jimmy Blonde was The Mole?! I wondered where he'd got to.


The EA games are ok but far from perfect and usually you can complete them in like two days. If they made a long game with great graphics and multiple endings, then I'd be happy. Also, none of thhis having to unlock the cheats!

[Defender007(2)]

ea killed the bond games as soon as they made the first one, TND!

[superracer0022]

so one bad game spoils them all?

[BONDFINESSE 007]

Originally posted by Defender007(2)
ea killed the bond games as soon as they made  the first one, TND!

TND was way bad, but i thought they made up for it by making the world is not enough, for the playstation version, i still love that game to this day

[Defender007(2)]

the world is not enough and tnd were the worst of the two in my opinion. i personally think nightfire is the best so far.

reasons nightfire is cool:

-bond has gloves when you play
-barely any straight curves
-more swears (hell, damn(x2))
-better storyline
-more weapons
-better graphics engine
-better characters and weapons
-better missions
-better driving missions(first person and third person as opposed to agent under fire where there was only two crappy views in third person)
-more babes

[JmesBond2001]

TWINE was a good game. I had it for the 64 platform. I don't mind EA still having the contract, as long as the use it well and don't abuse it.

[BONDFINESSE 007]

i dont think they knew what they were doing when they made TND, THEY HAVE GOTTEN BETTER SENSE,,,TO SOME DEGREE