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The Operative: No One Lives Forever
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Sixty levels of action-packed adventure
Including four new levels that are unique to the PlayStation 2
More than 30 unique weapons and extravagant gadgets
20 outrageous characters
High-speed get-away vehicles
Stunning indoor and outdoor environments
Groovy tunes
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No One Lives Forever is a spy thriller set in the swinging 60s that lets you explore a colourful world full of cunning villains, deadly super spies, ingenious gadgetry and, of course, powerful weaponry. As fearless and fashionable secret agent Cate Archer, a newcomer to an elite crime-fighting organisation, you must protect humanity from the twisted madmen who have slaughtered half your fellow agents. The game features 60 levels in which you will skydive from a plummeting airliner, fight off killer sharks and explore twisting jungles paths. You will also visit the French Alps, the Caribbean, Morocco, Germany, England and a secret Russian space station. Spy gadgets include a rocket-launching briefcase, a Robotic Poodle, infrared goggles, exploding lipstick and lethal acid perfume. Smart enemies move and react with striking realism. Watch them seek cover, respond to suspicious sounds or launch coordinated attacks. The PS2 version of this popular PC game introduces four new levels featuring Cate in her younger days as a thief.
.co.uk Review
Inspired by the spy films of the swinging 60s, The Operative: No One Lives Forever combines first-person adventuring with tongue-in-cheek humour and a camp sensibility. The eponymous Operative is one Cate Archer, slinky ex-burglar and secret agent supreme. Working for the international terrorist agency UNITY, her beauty and dry wit are just two of her weapons in the war against the nefarious criminal organization HARM. No One Lives Forever is very much a traditional first-person shooter in the style of Half-Life and GoldenEye. As well as the usual pistols and machine guns, Cate has a variety of appropriately cunning gadgets such as explosive lipstick, sunglasses with a concealed camera and a lock-pick/dagger combination disguised as a hairclip. Despite all her fancy contraptions, though, she won't last five minutes, let alone forever, unless she can master the art of stealth. Thankfully there are a variety of training sections where our heroine learns to sneak about and use her impressive arsenal to its best advantage. While No One Lives Forever made a rather entertaining PC game when it was released at the end of 2000, this belated conversion fails to enthral. The graphics are weak, looking more like an above-average PSone title when compared to the visual splendour of recent PS2 releases. The level designs are dated affairs with dull interiors and uninspired outside locations, and the simplistic combat against hordes of identical enemies hardly sets the heart pounding. Partial amends are made by the fun gadgets and wacky characters, but they can't compensate for the mindless, linear sleuthing sections, or the lame set-pieces. For the unfussy gamer, NOLF could provide a fair few hours of undercover action, but with excellent titles such as Half-Life and Metal Gear Solid 2 available, unfussy is the operative word. --Tim Cant
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Assume the role of secret agent Cate Archer, a deadly agent working to free the world from H.A.R.M., a group of madmen bent upon world domination. Armed with your arsenal of powerful weaponry and spy gadgets, you must unravel a mystery that will take you around the world in a desperate search for answers. Try not to blow your cover... or your cool!
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S**N
Excellent Game
Probably one of the best computer games ever made let alone on the PS2. Okay so 15 years after its release in 2001 it does look very dated even for a PS2 game but the gameplay and Characters especially the main Character Cate Archer are absolutely fantastic. You literally travel the world over doing all sorts of incredible missions, there is so much variation in the surroundings and environments. Also it has the most sophisticated storyline and dialogue that I have ever seen in a game, it literally plays just like a movie, where you are the main character, it will totally suck you in and you will be left wondering what will happen next. Also when you play it, it really feels like you are actually in the sixties, just everything from the incredible 'no one lives forever' theme tune at the beginning to actually playing the game and seeing the fashions and technology of the time. What gives the game the spy feel is that you often can listen to all these funny little conversations between everyday people, just like a real spy as its not all shooting and blowing things up. If you have a PS2 or PC then I seriously would advise to play this game. There's also a sequel to the game that I have never played as it was only released on PC, I can only imagine that it would be just as good.
D**E
Brill
Works great fast delivery thankyou
J**R
A refreshing change from dark evil first person shooters
This game is truly really funny! All the bad guys work in what appears to be red-tape-bound companies where getting their evil plans carried out requires filling out forms in triplicate. Full of witty one-liners and cute notes you can pick up, this is one of the funniest first-person shooters I've played in a long, long time.I gave this four stars, because while the gameplay and storyline are great, the graphics aren't as wonderful as the PS2 is capable of, and its port-across from the PC shows a little. But this isn't supposed to be a state-of-the-art game - it's supposed to be fun. There are great Q-like gadgets, an elusive arch-evil enemy, and hundreds of his henchmen to avoid. It's Jane Bond meets Austin Powers. Grab yourself a copy - you'll be hooked!
A**R
A good laugh and a game all in one
When the title screen lauched for the first time and i saw the "groovy" style writing and all this wierd 60's style music started playing my first reaction was to burst out laughing. Once you figure out this game its quite a challenge and a good laugh. this game is more in depth than i first though, for instance you must collect additional intellegence to get a higher mission score at the end and the lockpick has 3 functions:- hairpin, lockpick and pioson barb. This game is a strange hybrid between half-life and austin powers. It has all the first person shooter action of half-life and the wacky time warp theme of austin powers. I dont think I'd shell out the full £30 though but get it cheaper and it'll be a good buy.
S**N
Great Game
I have this on PC as well and it is a really good game, funny dialogue, good plot and nice shooting action. The PS2 conversion has about 95% of the features of the PC original which is not at all bad as on PC this game likes 128MB of memory and PS2 has only 32MB. Plus the PS2 version has 4 new levels not in original.
A**R
Don't even bother
Hitman 2 - stupendous. Timesplitters - brilliant. No One Lives Forever - waste of money. I owned this game for two days before I took it back. Bad graphics, stupid enemy AI, and sound that makes you want to mute it. This game is mildly amusing in places, but the terrible graphics, and serious lack of real feel for the first person shooter genre made me hate this instantly. If you dont like blood, extreme violence, and stunning plots, this game gets 5 out of 5.If not...........Save your money for petes sake!!!
A**N
great game
i have got this game for pc and it is one of the best first person games out there. this has got even better graphics than before, if you have played on perfect dark or goldeneye you will love this. The story is about a woman who works for something like the FBI and the plot has got alot of twists and turns to keep you intrsted till you have finished.the reason i gave it 4 stars is the controls but if you think the controls fom timespliters are fine then definetly buy this game.
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I owned this game for two days before I took it back. Bad graphics, stupid enemy AI, and sound that makes you want to mute it. This game is mildly amusing in places, but the terrible graphics, and serious lack of real feel for the first person shooter genre made me hate this instantly. If you dont like blood, extreme violence, and stunning plots, this game gets 5 out of 5.If not...........Save your money for petes sake!!!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"4.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***N"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2001","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n great game\n \n","reviewBody":"i have got this game for pc and it is one of the best first person games out there. this has got even better graphics than before, if you have played on perfect dark or goldeneye you will love this. 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