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GAME · 2002 · USA

007: Nightfire

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A 2002 Bond game tied to the film Die Another Day, in which Pierce Brosnan's likeness appears. The author's review covers its credits, voice work, difficulty and multiplayer.

9 Interesting Facts About 007: Nightfire

Interesting Facts (7)

  1. #001

    It marks the first time the likeness of the actor playing James Bond, here Pierce Brosnan, appears in a Bond game. The voice, though, is supplied by Maxwell Caulfield.

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  2. #002

    The PC version runs on the same engine as Half-Life (1998), known as GoldSRC.

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  3. #003

    The theme song plays three times back to back over the closing credits, which the author puts down either to an unusually large staff or to credits that scroll too slowly.

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  4. #004

    The author faults the game for giving Pierce Brosnan's face a voice that sounds nothing like him, and suggests this is why the developers paid to sign Brosnan himself for the next Bond game.

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  5. #005

    The author recommends the easiest difficulty, since enemies shrug off three-round bursts and, when a hit animation triggers, briefly dance before returning heavy fire.

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  6. #006

    In the final levels, Bond's Aston Martin V12 Vanquish turns into a submarine in the manner of The Spy Who Loved Me, and the player has to thread past sea mines and nuclear subs in one run.

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  7. #007

    The multiplayer Skyrail level is remembered for players using the remote-control rocket launcher to blow up friends from the far side of the map.

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Production Story (1)

  1. #008

    Andrew Bicknell was originally cast to lend his likeness to James Bond, as he had in the earlier title 007: Agent Under Fire (2001). When Pierce Brosnan signed on again to play Bond in Die Another Day (2002), the developers dropped Bicknell and used Brosnan's likeness instead.

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #009

    In the "Deep Descent" level, the ship Bond enters carries the Malprave Industries logo on its side, a nod to the earlier Bond game Agent Under Fire.

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