That feeling is further enhanced by cutscenes that feature key members of the cast of both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, including Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, and Eva Green. The variation presented by wreaking merry havoc in a large museum in Miami, gunning down bad guys on the roof of a moving train, and chasing double agents across rooftops in a world heritage site is one of the game's strengths it makes the chapters more fun individually and really helps to make the game feel like a James Bond movie. The environments are, on the whole, well designed. A couple of segments that leave you pinned down by multiple waves of enemies feel out of place, and the novelty of edging along a window ledge keeping an eye on windows to avoid guards inside wears off by the third time you find yourself doing it. This would be fine, except that some of the set-pieces feel a little ham-fisted. Occasionally, taking a somewhat stealthy approach is mandatory. But it's just as much fun and ultimately more rewarding to play by moving carefully, sneakily taking your enemies down, disabling security cameras, and quietly hacking locked doors. With that said, on lower difficulty settings it's certainly possible to make it through many levels with guns blazing. Get careless, and you'll find yourself under heavy fire and diving for cover as enemies are alerted to your presence and their reinforcements pile in. When attempting to move around unnoticed, your silenced pistol serves you well-as long as you manage one-hit kills. This view also helps the game in more subtle ways the satisfaction of controlling a character who is instantly recognisable as Bond as you pop out from cover and silently put a bullet in the back of a henchman's head cannot be overstated. When in cover, the camera zooms out and affords you a third-person view of the situation that makes popping out for headshots a relatively undemanding endeavour. The majority of the gameplay feels conventional for a first-person shooter, though the optional stealth elements and the third-person cover mechanic definitely make things more interesting. Fortunately the wealth of included multiplayer modes ensures that this remains an enjoyable Bond experience. The solo play is fun while it lasts, but it ends abruptly after only four or five hours. While the game based on the latest 007 movie is primarily a first-person shooter, the single-player mode incorporates stealth-action gameplay and a number of third-person sequences. James Bond has had something of a chequered past in video games, but Quantum of Solace brings him back with a certain amount of style.
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