bit-tech News: Quantum of Solace hands-on preview

news · October 9, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a hands-on preview of *Quantum of Solace*. If you

could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

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*/It's a shame, in some regards. This was a new Bond, a new series and a

new film, so there was room to do something really interesting and new

here. It could have been a totally fresh take on Bond, perhaps geared to

a slower and more cinematic style of gameplay -- Thief meets //Burnout,

anyone?

Instead, Treyarch has played it safe in many regards and stuck with what

it knows. Thus, //Quantum of Solace is an FPS like many other FPS games

based on movie licenses.

Don't get us wrong -- //Quantum of Solace doesn't look to be a bad game

at all based on what we've seen; the multiplayer is fast-paced and fun

and if you ignore the changes to the story then the singleplayer itself

is still enjoyable if not exemplary. It's just a case of missed

opportunities. This could have been risky and exciting, but it's opted

for assured and familiar and the fact that it's obviously chosen that

path makes the end product feel tired and uninspired, if still enjoyable

in a lazy kind of way./

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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