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Summary: NOLF 2 Review
Review: I never played the first No One Lives game, but this one somehow appealed to me in the previews. The phrase "She's smart, She's sexy, And she's knocking them dead from Japan to Akron, Ohio" got me. I had bought one of the newest spy games (James Bond: 007 Nightfire) but it just wasn't cutting it. Unfortunately, my computer couldn't play NOLF 2, so I forgot about it. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your video card needs hardware TnL to play this game and many others. As far as I know, all Nvidia chip sets support this game. However, I finally got a new computer and it all worked out. I borrowed a copy from my friend and I was blown away. This was the first game that actually had some good humor in it. The ingame cinematics are cool, but sometimes look a little outdated. The gameplay itself is also spectactular and the music is pretty cool.
However, I soon found that everything that you do always revolves around "skill points" or nifty little credits that you use to upgrade all of your skills (armor, health, gadgets, etcetera) I often spent hours on some levels searching in every drawer and cranny for notes, tapes and papers. I got frustrated sometimes when I couldn't find what I needed. Also, I only recognized a few of the many many guns that NOLF 2 has. Still, NOLF 2 is a very nice game with a good plot and great graphics and characters.
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Summary: A Bland Sequel to a Comedic Beginning
Review: After having had completed the game "No One Lives Forever," and it's sequel "No One Lives Forever 2 : A Spy In H.A.R.M.'S Way," the pro's and con's of each episode were as obvious to me as my girlfriend's evident displeasure to my time spent on gameplay. Both provided hours of enjoyable problem solving, as well as the delightful, yet intricate task of disposing of H.A.R.M.'s devoted minions. (Obviously H.A.R.M.'s employees, or at least most of them, caught the "Special Ed" bus to school during Elementary.) The characters in both editions are enjoyable and original, yet in contradiction to the superior graphics and "all over" quality of the sequel, the original contained more of what brought me back to the title's continuing saga. (The humor.) Set aside the detailed dwarfing settings, set aside the technologically surpassing enemies and tasks, the sequel lost sight of the "Trait-of-Game" that struck me as original. (The humor.) Don't misunderstand me, the sequel was as fun as riding horseback naked while being stoned to death with pickles by a thousand naked "D-cup" natives, but what I missed the most was sneaking up to a pair of H.A.R.M.'s henchmen and listening in to the parinoid delusions of two or more delinquent male chauvinists. (I even recommend these games to the women who consider themselves chauvenist pigs.) The "low-down," the sequel contained much better sound, graphics and enviornments, yet lacked the humorous vision of the pilot. (The missions were choice as well.) The original may have not have had the graphical intrigue and impress, but the humor and surprise far surpass it's predecessor.
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Summary: I own Both NOLFs and I love them both
Review: I love both versions. There are always aspects that you like or dislike in versions of games but there is always something given "back". NOLF2 has kept to the same story premise -- stop the H.A.R.M. destruction plan. The graphics are unbelieveable. The AI respond to what you do. You can peek around corners and hide and they get confused where you are. Amazing Jupiter software. The outcome is generally the same in order to go forward to the next level but how you get there is up to you by using your skills and how you want to play it. In NOLF1, stealth gives you new insight on the AI's life and secrets (sneaking up behind them and overhearing their conversations) is where the humor really gets cracking. Not so much in NOLF2 but still some. In NOLF2, the AI are alerted and signal for backup. If you go stealthy, you can see what they do while waiting for you. That is when the humor kicks in. And yes, the tricyle level is funnnnnny and something I didn't expect but you can finish it. The levels tend to be more difficult than NOLF1 which is good for the NOLFers that have been playing it for some time. In reply to the earlier complaint about online gaming? They must not know how to it set up right. As I play this game online many times a week with no problem whatsoever using DSL. Sometimes the servers have a problem, but that isn't the software. Too bad there aren't that many servers available and you have to host. If you do host, you must make sure you meet the medium to high end requirements for that. Have played online numerous times with some of the best people. The online aspect is geared for you to work as a team and everyone does. That is what is nice about online gaming. Team playing. Strategies. In reply to "I want my NOLF3"? ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! All in all -- I love this game. I have played both several times at different levels of difficulty. There are new editing tools for fans to create maps to play while nice to have, it can be little tough to figure out but hopefully the other fans won't give up!! NOLF1 fans has continued creating maps from the editing tools which is great and doesn't get boring. BUY AND ENJOY THE GAME AND SEE YOU ONLINE!!!
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Summary: Not as good as NOLF 1
Review: Graphics are really nice, but that's about all that is good in this game... I bought a strategy guide book, and still can't finish some of the levels. Some of the levels are quite confusing and long. Lots of strategy, not much shooting.Multiplayer on DSL is practicly unplayable, anyone got T3 ? After playing NOLF 1 ,this one is a dissappointment.
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Summary: Fun Spy Action
Review: No One Lives Forever 2 (NOLF2) is the sequel to the award-winning No One Lives Forever (how appropriate.) The original NOLF was named Game of the Year by many publications, and for good reason. The sequel brings back some of your old enemies, and is full of snappy British humor, good gameplay, and a fantastic story. NOLF2's graphics are amazing. Environments come to life with real-life physics. The Ohio level is amazing. A twister is barreling through a trailer park, and the grass blows in the wind, trailers flip over, and nothing feels scripted. The sound is just as good. There are excellent sound effects, and the voice acting is fantastic. The soundtrack can get a little old, but changes with each environment. The gameplay is very good. It combines espionage type gameplay (like Splinter Cell) and harcore action (like Soldier of Fortune). It's definitely a hybrid between those two genres. The storyline is fantastic. I don't want to give anything away, but take my word for it. Basically Cate Archer, the star of the game, is returning to defeat the H.A.R.M organization. There are a few extremely bizzare tech issues. My system is a top-of-the-line PC, and I experienced a few random crashes. There were a few odd missions, and the mossion designed seemed....off, but it wasn't enough to drop it to 4 stars. Overall, I recommend this game to any FPS fan, as well as any fan of a good PC game.
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Summary: a pretty rocking sequel
Review: No One Lives Forever 2 is another fun first-person shooter entering a crowded market. Like the original, however, it manages to stand out from the crowd with it's goofy weapons and gadgets, and general sense of Austin-Powers-style humor. You play as Cate Archer, a James Bond wannabee who goes on a series of varied missions in a struggle against the evil organziation H.A.R.M. Over the course of several missions, you will fight a ninja in a house being carried away by a tornado, shoot at mimes with a tommygun while riding on the back of a tricycle, and avoid certain death in a human-compacting contraption. The whole game is very tounge-and-cheek, while remaining pretty challenging. A great part about this game is that you can approach it from two angles: sneak around or guns blazing. Often you will have no choice but to take one of the two paths, but generally you can go choose between finding a stealthy means to accomplish your mission or just to hide behind a big tree and fire off bursts from your AK-47. New to the sequel is RPG-style "points", which you accrue by finding secret documents and accomplishing primary and optional mission goals. I think it adds a nice element to the game, as you can improve factors such as your weapons accuracy and sneaking abilities by allocating precious points. All this sounds great, and it really is. However, if you played the first No One Lives Forever, you're going to be a little disappointed. There are hardly any new weapons or gadgets, and the graphics seem to be about the same. If you loved the original as much as I did, defintely pick this up though, especially since the price has plummeted on it. If you're new to the series, however, start with the original game. It was longer, and arguably, a little bit better.
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Summary: Much better than NOLF1
Review: This is much better than NOLF, I have played this game and defeated it about 5 times, this is a very enjoyable game. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: First off the screenshots don't give this games graphics justice turn the stuff up to max and its absolutely beatiful. Next is the gameplay. While a few things were unnecisary (common skill points?? this is a fps not an rpg, althought i will admit it gives the game a slight flavor, but it isn't neccesary) the rest of the gameplay is great, great AI great weapon diversity. excellent intergration of the player into the envirements, lots of secrets and a darn hilarous storyline.
This is a great game, althought just a tad on the short side its well worth the price of admission. IF you like fps's this is a great addition to your collection.
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Summary: Simply Amazing!!
Review: I loved every second of this game. The graphics are unprecedented in 1st person type games. This game rocks and there's even a lead in to a 3rd game!! I can't wait! I didn't know if a sequal could live up to the first game, but not only did it live up to it, it's bigger and better. It may seem short when you see that there are 15 missions, but there are at least 3-4 parts to each mission so actually it is nearly twice as long as the first game contrary to what one reviewer already said. I highly reccomend this game. It's well worth the full price.
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Summary: Great fun
Review: This is my all time favorite game. Very inventive settings and situations. I loved being swept away in the house during the tornado and the bumbling fool enemies. I had to upgrade my video card to play this game, but it was worth it. I hope to see a third installment.
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