

But when you’re trying to drive over solid ice, break into an office building, or infiltrate a party, you’ll be too on edge to pore over the plot anyway. I’m not going to veer into spoiler territory, but it just manages to avoid feeling like a “best of” Bond.

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Given that Nightfire doesn’t have a movie to crib from, writers Paul De Meo and Danny Bilson had to craft their own story. But otherwise, the home console versions of Nightfire are just fantastic. I say “nearly” because, while your character has Pierce Brosnan’s face, that’s definitely not his voice. It’s a crying shame, because the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox versions nail nearly everything that makes a good Bond game. The EA game made it ( albeit poorly) onto Xbox 360’s backwards-compatibility roster way back when, but when Xbox One’s backwards-compatibility program kicked into gear, it didn’t get so much as a look in.

But 2002’s James Bond 007: Nightfire is every bit as deserving of a revival. GoldenEye 007 is the undisputed darling of Bond games, based on the 1995 Pierce Brosnan movie. Not just because it’s a great Bond game, but its return gives me hope that another Bond game will have the chance to live again. I’m glad GoldenEye 007 is coming back, even if it’s not the all-but-complete unreleased remaster from 2008 that leaked earlier this year.
