007: Nightfire
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 Gearbox Software (PC) Eurocom (consoles) Savage Entertainment (driving level) JV Games (GBA)
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| Publisher |
Electronic Arts
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube November 18, 2002 November 29, 2002 Windows November 28, 2002 December 6, 2002 Game Boy Advance March 18, 2003 March 28, 2003 macOS June 21, 2004  |
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| platform | Windows , macOS , PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube , Game Boy Advance | ||
| Game engine | GoldSrc (PC) | ||
| genre | Ego shooter | ||
| Subject | Action , racing game | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| control |
Keyboard , mouse (PC) game controllers (consoles) |
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| medium | 2x CD-ROM ( PC ) 1x DVD ( PS2 ) Nintendo Optical Disc (GameCube) module (GBA) |
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| language | German | ||
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Pc
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Nightfire is a computer game released by Electronic Arts in 2002. It was the second game to use the James Bond license without a film with a fictional story. It was released in the wake of the movie Die Another Day .
action
James Bond is assigned to the Phoenix Corporation, a company that dismantles and discards nuclear missiles . Company boss Raphael Drake is up to something else with this business idea. He needs the uranium for the construction of his orbital missile station in space , which is to be equipped with nuclear weapons. Bond infiltrates his estate in Austria , his laboratories, a detour in Japan and the launch base on an island from where the villain wants to make his way to the space station . Bond can follow him there and destroy the station. The CIA agent Zoe Nightshade, known from the previous game, the Japanese martial artist Kiko (who, however, is on Drake's side), the Australian agent Alura McCall and the diverse arsenal of Q.
Multiplayer
The game can also be played via the internet or network in multiplayer : Up to 32 players can participate and the game types can be selected from combat training , team combat training and capture the flag .
technology
The game was developed by Gearbox for PC based on the Half-Life console engine. You control the character in the ego process. The console variant was developed by Savage and Eurocom . They also include driving levels with the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish , which, like the Lotus Esprit from the movie The Spy Who Loved Me, is submersible and equipped.
equipment
- Wolfram PP7 ( Walther PPK )
- Wolfram P2K ( Walther P99 )
- Kowloon Type 40 ( Glock 17 )
- Raptor Magnum ( Desert Eagle )
- German M9K ( Heckler & Koch MP5 K)
- Sturm M32 ( Ruger MP9 )
- SG5 Commando (SIG SG 551)
- Ammunition Belgique PDW90 ( FN P90 )
- Frinesi Automatic 12 ( SPAS-12 )
- Advanced Individual Munitions System-20 (Objective Individual Combat Weapon)
- Sea Master UP-44 (stun weapon)
- Winter Covert Rifle (Accuracy International AWM)
- Militek Mark 6 MGL ( Milkor MGL )
- AT-420 Sentinel
- Phoenix laser rifle
- Phoenix International X6 Annihilator
- Frag grenade (M67)
- Laser mine
- Shock weapon (car key)
- Q-watch with laser and grappling hook
- Arrow pin
- Deciphering device
- Micro camera
- Q glasses
- Q worm
- Phoenix Ronin
German language version
The German-language localization was carried out by FFS in Munich. In addition to the Q-dubbing voice Manfred Schmidt , Manuela Renard , Claus Brockmeyer , Jakob Riedl , Manfred Erdmann , Willi Roebke , Michèle Tichawsky , Michele Sterr , Stefan Kolo , Simone Brahmann , Christoph Jablonka and Claudia Lössl can be heard.
particularities
- Pierce Brosnan could be won again this time as a model for the 3D figure and the cover picture.
- The villain Drake was based on the Bond opponent Hugo Drax from the movie Moonraker , who was played by actor Michael Lonsdale .
- In addition to various other vehicles, such as a snowmobile, the player is allowed to drive a silver Aston Martin DB9 .
- The title song of the game is an excerpt from the song "Nearly Civilized" by the singer "Esthero"
Web links
- Official page for the game ( Memento of October 12, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- 007: Nightfire at MobyGames (English)
- James Bond Nightfire Forum ( Memento from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 007 Nightfire - unofficial patch. Accessed July 1, 2017 .