James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
Encyclopedia
007: Everything or Nothing is a third-person shooter
video game, where the player controls James Bond
. Bond is modeled after and voiced by the former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan
, making it his final performance for the character in game and film. Developed by EA Redwood Shores (third-person levels) and EA Canada
(vehicle levels), it was published by Electronic Arts
and released for the PlayStation 2
, Xbox
, and the GameCube
consoles. The Game Boy Advance
version was developed by Griptonite Games
.
Although the game achieved Platinum Hits
status on the Xbox, it is one of the few games that has not been made backwards compatible with the Xbox 360
. This was also the last James Bond game to have an original story and title until the release of James Bond 007: Blood Stone
in 2010.
), and is the first Bond game to feature a two-player cooperative mode. However, unlike its modern predecessors, Everything or Nothing lacks a true deathmatch multiplayer mode, a popular staple in Bond games since 1997's GoldenEye 007.
For the first time in any James Bond game, Electronic Arts hired many actors to model the characters after, as well as their voice talents. In addition to Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench
and John Cleese
reprised their roles from previous Bond films, and the game features well-known actors Willem Dafoe
, Shannon Elizabeth
, Heidi Klum
and Vladimir Cuk as well as actor Richard Kiel
, who played Jaws in the classic 007 films. Everything or Nothing is also the second James Bond game to have its own original theme song but the first to be sung by a well-known singer: R&B artist Mya, who also has a part as a Bond girl in the game.
Everything or Nothing includes 29 missions as well as 4 unlockable bonus missions, numerous gadgets supplied by Q and the return of the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
from the 2002
film Die Another Day
.
A unique feature, "Bond sense", allows you to see the world how Bond does, allowing you to spot things that Bond can interact with. Using Bond sense slows down time so the player may have a chance to spot objects or enemies, but the player cannot move or take action without deactivating Bond sense.
Vehicle missions have Bond driving around a linear path or large area completing objectives. Vehicles usually carry multiple weapons from machine guns to heat-seeking missiles. Many have specific gadgets like rubber dissolving acid or nanobots that can destroy almost anything. A few missions require Bond to leave his vehicle to complete objectives only reachable by foot.
Like in Agent Under Fire and Nightfire, Bond moments are present again allowing the player to complete certain actions that "only Bond would think of"; for example a player might have to explode a barrel next to some entrenched enemies or stay undetected.
, based on a story idea by Danny Bilson
and Paul Demeo
. Dr. Katya Nadanova (Heidi Klum
), a nanotechnology
professor at Oxford
, is kidnapped by terrorists in Egypt
. James Bond
(Pierce Brosnan
) is sent to rescue her and destroy her new invention, a nanobot that can dispose of nuclear waste. Bond finds her on a moving train, and is able to rescue her after a battle with the terrorist general. After Bond leaves her at a nearby military base, she meets with Nikolai Diavolo (Willem Dafoe
), a Russia
n businessman; he receives a vial containing a few of her nanobots that Bond missed.
Diavolo is revealed to be a former KGB agent who was mentored by Max Zorin
in his youth. Diavolo holds a deep hatred for Bond due his involvement in the death of Zorin back in 1985 on the Golden Gate Bridge, as seen in the film A View To A Kill
.
Some time later, Bond is sent to look for 003, who has gone missing after being sent to investigate a Peru
vian platinum mine. Bond enlists the aid of an American
geologist, Serena St. Germaine (Shannon Elizabeth
), to help him find the mine. When he finds 003 in the mine, Diavolo kills him. With his dying breath, 003(Jack) tells Bond that something is going to happen in New Orleans. After rescuing Serena and hiding her in Jack's safehouse Bond races toward an airfield on a new standard issue Triumph Daytona 600
motorcycle and leaves.
In New Orleans, Bond discovers that the nanobots that Dr. Nadanova created have been altered by Diavolo to eat through any metal known to man, except platinum. Bond destroys the laboratory being used to make the nanobots, but finds out that a truck full of nanobots is being driven to the New Orleans levees by Jaws (Richard Kiel
), so they can destroy them and flood New Orleans. Bond destroys the truck before it can reach the levees, but he doubts Jaws is finished.
Bond returns to Peru to learn more about Diavolo’s plans at the platinum mines. He wins a race that Diavolo holds and tries to interrogate him, but Diavolo captures Serena, and Bond is forced to let Diavolo escape to the mines. Bond sees to Serena and heads out to the platinum mine. Once there, he is captured by Nadanova and placed in a death trap by Diavolo. Diavolo explains that he intends to use the nanobots to destroy the Kremlin and use his army of nanobots and platinum made tanks to restore the USSR. Bond breaks free of the death trap and escapes the mines in a helicopter piloted by Serena.
Bond follows Diavolo to Moscow
where he has already begun his assault on Red Square
. After preventing the release of the nanomites, Bond discovers that there is a missile silo under the Kremlin. Diavolo has replaced the nuclear payloads of the missiles with nanobots and plans to launch them at his targets.
Bond enters the silo and deactivates the missiles. He is then attacked by Diavolo and Nadanova in a Soviet jet. Bond shoots the jet down, killing Nadanova, but Diavolo ejects his seat
and manages to activate one of the missiles from a control tower. Bond shoots Diavolo with a rocket launcher. Diavolo manages to press the launch button but dies when he falls into the missile silo just as the missile takes off. Bond then destroys the missile with some shots from a nearby rocket turret.
evolved from the engine used in Agent Under Fire
. Like its predecessor, the driving sections were developed using a separate engine by EA Canada
. The driving was based on the engine from Need for Speed
.
. Her song is similar to Madonna's "Die Another Day" in that three different versions exist: Everything or Nothing has the main version, a Jazz version that plays when Bond is visiting the Kiss Kiss Club in New Orleans, and a techno version that plays over the end credits and during the bonus training missions; "Die Another Day" has the main version, a Dirty Vegas remix for the end credits of the film and a Deepsky Edit (which was not featured in the film). Mya and Madonna were also, at the time, the only two artists to perform a Bond song and act in their respective Bond projects: Mya plays NSA Agent Mya Starling in Everything or Nothing while Madonna plays fencing coach Verity in Die Another Day
. Since then, Joss Stone
has performed the theme for the game James Bond 007: Blood Stone
as well as providing her voice and likeness in the game for the character of Nicole Hunter.
The in-game music was composed by composer Sean Callery
, with additional music by Jeff Tymoschuk
. Later in 2006, when publisher Electronic Arts
began making their published games soundtracks commercially available, Callery's score appeared for sale exclusively on Rhapsody
in digital only format with tracklisting as follows:
Notably, the album does not include Mya's theme song "Everything or Nothing".
gave it an 8.8, calling it "a really great game, perhaps the best James Bond game ever made". IGN
said "EA shakes things up and gives us a fresh new perspective on how good Bond can be." The game has an 84% ranking on Metacritic
.
However, some critics were not as impressed. UK gaming magazine Edge
gave the game a 5/10, saying that "It's perhaps because the title benefits from such a high production spend, in fact, that the average design and execution becomes more pronounced."
Game Informer
bemoaned the game's poor controls and awkward isometric camera, saying that "I’m not a big proponent of the isometric view, and marrying it to sloppy stealth-style gameplay only exacerbates the problem. It’s sort of hard to plan your next move when you can only see about 10 virtual feet in front of you, and as a result it’s usually easier to just run and gun your way through the levels."
However, some publications were somewhat more favorable. GameSpot's review called it "A brief yet satisfying action game that faithfully captures the look and feel of a typical James Bond movie." Likewise, 1UP.com thought that the game as a whole was serviceable, save for how short the game was, saying that "The only serious black mark on EoN is its length -- you can bulldoze through Bond's story in a few short hours, and the extra difficulty levels will likely not be enough to entice you to try again."
Third-person shooter
Third-person shooter is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.-Definition:...
video game, where the player controls James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
. Bond is modeled after and voiced by the former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
, making it his final performance for the character in game and film. Developed by EA Redwood Shores (third-person levels) and EA Canada
EA Canada
EA Canada is a video game developer located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The development studio opened in January 1983 and is EA's largest and oldest studio...
(vehicle levels), it was published by Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
and released for the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
, and the GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
consoles. The Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance
The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...
version was developed by Griptonite Games
Griptonite Games
Griptonite Games, is an American video game developer developer located in Kirkland, Washington. It is currently wholly owned by Glu Mobile, but was formerly a part of super-developer Foundation 9 Entertainment, where it was previously a studio of Amaze Entertainment.-History:Steve Ettinger opened...
.
Although the game achieved Platinum Hits
Platinum Hits
Platinum Hits is a term used to refer to a line of select Xbox games that were considered by Microsoft to have sold considerable units on the platform in the nine months after release, and have dropped in price from their original MSRP to a newer, lower price, generally that of US$19.99, although...
status on the Xbox, it is one of the few games that has not been made backwards compatible with the Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
. This was also the last James Bond game to have an original story and title until the release of James Bond 007: Blood Stone
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
James Bond 007: Blood Stone is an action-adventure video game, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision for the Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. It is the 24th game in the James Bond series although it is not a direct sequel to any game; it is...
in 2010.
Overview
Everything or Nothing is the second Bond game played in the third-person (the first being Tomorrow Never DiesTomorrow Never Dies (video game)
Tomorrow Never Dies is a third-person shooter based on the James Bond film of the same name. Developed by Black Ops and published by Electronic Arts, it was released on November 16, 1999 exclusively for the Sony PlayStation. It is the first 007 game of many that was published by Electronic Arts...
), and is the first Bond game to feature a two-player cooperative mode. However, unlike its modern predecessors, Everything or Nothing lacks a true deathmatch multiplayer mode, a popular staple in Bond games since 1997's GoldenEye 007.
For the first time in any James Bond game, Electronic Arts hired many actors to model the characters after, as well as their voice talents. In addition to Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
and John Cleese
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report...
reprised their roles from previous Bond films, and the game features well-known actors Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
, Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth is well known for her roles in comedy films such as Scary Movie, American Pie, and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. She is also well known for her work in horror films such as Thirteen Ghosts, Cursed, and Night of the Demons...
, Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum
Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...
and Vladimir Cuk as well as actor Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
, who played Jaws in the classic 007 films. Everything or Nothing is also the second James Bond game to have its own original theme song but the first to be sung by a well-known singer: R&B artist Mya, who also has a part as a Bond girl in the game.
Everything or Nothing includes 29 missions as well as 4 unlockable bonus missions, numerous gadgets supplied by Q and the return of the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
Aston Martin V12 Vanquish
The Aston Martin Vanquish was a grand tourer, designed by Ian Callum and manufactured by Aston Martin. The Vanquish was unveiled at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show and was produced from June 2001 to September 2004 with the later Vanquish S being produced from September 2004 to July 2007...
from the 2002
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
film Die Another Day
Die Another Day
Die Another Day is the 20th spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth and last film to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond; it is also the last Bond film of the original timeline with the series being rebooted with Casino Royale...
.
Gameplay
The gameplay is a mix of third-person shooting/action sequences and vehicle sequences. In third-person, Bond can move, take cover, aim and shoot with a lock-on system, engage in hand-to-hand combat, use his spy gadgets and perform some context-sensitive actions. The lock-on system has a precision aiming dot that can be moved with the right thumb stick to target specific areas of the body. It does not snap to these areas, making it possible to completely miss your target.A unique feature, "Bond sense", allows you to see the world how Bond does, allowing you to spot things that Bond can interact with. Using Bond sense slows down time so the player may have a chance to spot objects or enemies, but the player cannot move or take action without deactivating Bond sense.
Vehicle missions have Bond driving around a linear path or large area completing objectives. Vehicles usually carry multiple weapons from machine guns to heat-seeking missiles. Many have specific gadgets like rubber dissolving acid or nanobots that can destroy almost anything. A few missions require Bond to leave his vehicle to complete objectives only reachable by foot.
Like in Agent Under Fire and Nightfire, Bond moments are present again allowing the player to complete certain actions that "only Bond would think of"; for example a player might have to explode a barrel next to some entrenched enemies or stay undetected.
Plot
The game's screenplay was written by Bruce FeirsteinBruce Feirstein
Bruce Feirstein is an American screenwriter and humorist, best known for his contributions to the James Bond series and his best-selling humor books, including Real Men Don't Eat Quiche and Nice Guys Sleep Alone. Real Men Don't Eat Quiche was on the New York Times best seller list for 53...
, based on a story idea by Danny Bilson
Danny Bilson
Daniel "Danny" Bilson is an American writer, director, and producer of movies, television, videogames, and comic books. With his writing partner Paul DeMeo, Danny Bilson wrote the movie The Rocketeer , the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing , the television series The Sentinel ,...
and Paul Demeo
Paul De Meo
Paul De Meo is an American screenwriter and film producer. He is also a video game creator and frequently works with Danny Bilson. Their credits include The Rocketeer, Eliminators and The Flash television series.-External links:...
. Dr. Katya Nadanova (Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum
Heidi Samuel , better known by her birth name Heidi Klum, is a German model, actress, television host, businesswoman, fashion designer, television producer, and occasional singer. In 2008 she became an American citizen while maintaining her native German citizenship...
), a nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
professor at Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, is kidnapped by terrorists in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
(Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
) is sent to rescue her and destroy her new invention, a nanobot that can dispose of nuclear waste. Bond finds her on a moving train, and is able to rescue her after a battle with the terrorist general. After Bond leaves her at a nearby military base, she meets with Nikolai Diavolo (Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe is an American film, stage, and voice actor, and a founding member of the experimental theatre company The Wooster Group...
), a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n businessman; he receives a vial containing a few of her nanobots that Bond missed.
Diavolo is revealed to be a former KGB agent who was mentored by Max Zorin
Max Zorin
Max Zorin is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. He was portrayed by Academy Award winner Christopher Walken...
in his youth. Diavolo holds a deep hatred for Bond due his involvement in the death of Zorin back in 1985 on the Golden Gate Bridge, as seen in the film A View To A Kill
A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the fourth Bond film after The Spy Who Loved...
.
Some time later, Bond is sent to look for 003, who has gone missing after being sent to investigate a Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
vian platinum mine. Bond enlists the aid of an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
geologist, Serena St. Germaine (Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth is well known for her roles in comedy films such as Scary Movie, American Pie, and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. She is also well known for her work in horror films such as Thirteen Ghosts, Cursed, and Night of the Demons...
), to help him find the mine. When he finds 003 in the mine, Diavolo kills him. With his dying breath, 003(Jack) tells Bond that something is going to happen in New Orleans. After rescuing Serena and hiding her in Jack's safehouse Bond races toward an airfield on a new standard issue Triumph Daytona 600
Triumph Daytona 600
The Triumph Daytona 600 is a name given to two very different motorcycles.The first model was a sport bike manufactured in 1983 by Triumph Motorcycles out of their Meriden factory...
motorcycle and leaves.
In New Orleans, Bond discovers that the nanobots that Dr. Nadanova created have been altered by Diavolo to eat through any metal known to man, except platinum. Bond destroys the laboratory being used to make the nanobots, but finds out that a truck full of nanobots is being driven to the New Orleans levees by Jaws (Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
), so they can destroy them and flood New Orleans. Bond destroys the truck before it can reach the levees, but he doubts Jaws is finished.
Bond returns to Peru to learn more about Diavolo’s plans at the platinum mines. He wins a race that Diavolo holds and tries to interrogate him, but Diavolo captures Serena, and Bond is forced to let Diavolo escape to the mines. Bond sees to Serena and heads out to the platinum mine. Once there, he is captured by Nadanova and placed in a death trap by Diavolo. Diavolo explains that he intends to use the nanobots to destroy the Kremlin and use his army of nanobots and platinum made tanks to restore the USSR. Bond breaks free of the death trap and escapes the mines in a helicopter piloted by Serena.
Bond follows Diavolo to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
where he has already begun his assault on Red Square
Red Square
Red Square is a city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod...
. After preventing the release of the nanomites, Bond discovers that there is a missile silo under the Kremlin. Diavolo has replaced the nuclear payloads of the missiles with nanobots and plans to launch them at his targets.
Bond enters the silo and deactivates the missiles. He is then attacked by Diavolo and Nadanova in a Soviet jet. Bond shoots the jet down, killing Nadanova, but Diavolo ejects his seat
Ejector seat
In aircraft, an ejection seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an explosive charge or rocket motor, carrying the pilot with it. The concept of an eject-able escape capsule has also...
and manages to activate one of the missiles from a control tower. Bond shoots Diavolo with a rocket launcher. Diavolo manages to press the launch button but dies when he falls into the missile silo just as the missile takes off. Bond then destroys the missile with some shots from a nearby rocket turret.
Game engine
Everything or Nothing's game engineGame engine
A game engine is a system designed for the creation and development of video games. There are many game engines that are designed to work on video game consoles and personal computers...
evolved from the engine used in Agent Under Fire
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire
007: Agent Under Fire is a first-person shooter video game based on the James Bond franchise. Developed and published by Electronic Arts, it was released for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox game consoles....
. Like its predecessor, the driving sections were developed using a separate engine by EA Canada
EA Canada
EA Canada is a video game developer located in Burnaby, British Columbia. The development studio opened in January 1983 and is EA's largest and oldest studio...
. The driving was based on the engine from Need for Speed
Need for Speed
Need for Speed is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including Canadian-based company EA Black Box and British-based Criterion Games...
.
Music
The game features a title song of the same name performed by MýaMya
-A person:* Bo Mya , Chief Commander of the Karen National Union* Mýa , American R&B singer-songwriter and actress** Mýa , a 1998 album by Mýa-A code:* Burmese language, ISO 639-3 code is mya* Moruya Airport's IATA code...
. Her song is similar to Madonna's "Die Another Day" in that three different versions exist: Everything or Nothing has the main version, a Jazz version that plays when Bond is visiting the Kiss Kiss Club in New Orleans, and a techno version that plays over the end credits and during the bonus training missions; "Die Another Day" has the main version, a Dirty Vegas remix for the end credits of the film and a Deepsky Edit (which was not featured in the film). Mya and Madonna were also, at the time, the only two artists to perform a Bond song and act in their respective Bond projects: Mya plays NSA Agent Mya Starling in Everything or Nothing while Madonna plays fencing coach Verity in Die Another Day
Die Another Day
Die Another Day is the 20th spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth and last film to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond; it is also the last Bond film of the original timeline with the series being rebooted with Casino Royale...
. Since then, Joss Stone
Joss Stone
Jocelyn Eve Stoker , better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress. Stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist...
has performed the theme for the game James Bond 007: Blood Stone
James Bond 007: Blood Stone
James Bond 007: Blood Stone is an action-adventure video game, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision for the Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. It is the 24th game in the James Bond series although it is not a direct sequel to any game; it is...
as well as providing her voice and likeness in the game for the character of Nicole Hunter.
The in-game music was composed by composer Sean Callery
Sean Callery
Sean Callery is an film and television composer best known as the composer for the action/drama 24, a TV series for which he also composed three full soundtracks. The first soundtrack, containing music from the first three seasons was released on December 7, 2004...
, with additional music by Jeff Tymoschuk
Jeff Tymoschuk
Jeff Tymoschuk is a Vancouver based composer for film, television, and video games. Jeff has written music for Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice for BigBig Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, the James Bond franchise of games from Electronic Arts Jeff Tymoschuk is a Vancouver based composer for...
. Later in 2006, when publisher Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
began making their published games soundtracks commercially available, Callery's score appeared for sale exclusively on Rhapsody
Rhapsody (online music service)
Rhapsody is an online music store subscription service, launched in December 2001, and available in the United States only. On April 6, 2010, Rhapsody officially declared its independence from RealNetworks. Downloaded files come with restrictions on their use, enforced by Helix, Rhapsody's version...
in digital only format with tracklisting as follows:
- James Bond Theme
- Russian Liar
- Bond Jumps Through Glass
- Collecting Stuff in New Orleans
- Bond Escapes Fortress
- Crash into Lobby
- Entering the Train
- Save Katya
- Graveyard at Night
- Jaws
- Mine Facility Fight
- Hand to Hand Combat
- Rooftop Bike Chase
- Quick Action
- Russian Tank
- Sneaking Around the Train Cars
- Train Chase
- The Crematorium
- Tank Battle 2
- Bond in Sneak Mode
- Winning the Trophy
Notably, the album does not include Mya's theme song "Everything or Nothing".
Reception
Console
The console version of the game was generally well-received by critics. GameSpotGameSpot
GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which...
gave it an 8.8, calling it "a really great game, perhaps the best James Bond game ever made". IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
said "EA shakes things up and gives us a fresh new perspective on how good Bond can be." The game has an 84% ranking on Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
.
However, some critics were not as impressed. UK gaming magazine Edge
Edge (magazine)
Edge is a multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. It is known for its industry contacts, editorial stance, distinctive anonymous third-person writing style, yearly awards and longevity....
gave the game a 5/10, saying that "It's perhaps because the title benefits from such a high production spend, in fact, that the average design and execution becomes more pronounced."
Game Boy Advance
The Game Boy Advance version of the game received an aggregated ranking of 70% according to GameRankings, as opposed to the console versions 83%.Game Informer
Game Informer
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bemoaned the game's poor controls and awkward isometric camera, saying that "I’m not a big proponent of the isometric view, and marrying it to sloppy stealth-style gameplay only exacerbates the problem. It’s sort of hard to plan your next move when you can only see about 10 virtual feet in front of you, and as a result it’s usually easier to just run and gun your way through the levels."
However, some publications were somewhat more favorable. GameSpot's review called it "A brief yet satisfying action game that faithfully captures the look and feel of a typical James Bond movie." Likewise, 1UP.com thought that the game as a whole was serviceable, save for how short the game was, saying that "The only serious black mark on EoN is its length -- you can bulldoze through Bond's story in a few short hours, and the extra difficulty levels will likely not be enough to entice you to try again."