No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way
by Sierra
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Video Game Reviews of No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way
Customer Review: one of the best games ever designed
Summary: 5 Stars
along with the original, this is one of the best games ever designed
awesome gameplay, graphics, and AI. highly recommended!!!!
Customer Review: Countering the low-level reviews
Summary: 5 Stars
It's now 7 years after this game came out, but in case you're new to the NOLF series and would like to give this game a try, here's a review from someone who thoroughly played through many of the best FPS over the past decade (HL 1/2, NOLF 1/2, FEAR, Deus Ex 1/2, numerous WWII shooters, etc).
I notice a number of 1-star reviews, so I looked over them before giving my own take. First of all, half of the complaints deal with hardware incompatibility. I played it on an XP desktop from 2002 and a XP laptop from 2006. These machines were about upper mid-level for their time -- good video chips, nothing extraordinary, so I think you'd need something special to NOT be able to run this game (don't know about Vista). Secondly, I think the complaints about NOLF 2 being a terrible sequel are extreme. If anything, the numerous bits of intel that can be found in the game tell a deeper story than its predecessor. Coupled with well-acted cutscenes and in-game dialogue, I found NOLF 2 to be superior to NOLF in story. I will concede that the humor in this game is not as great as the first, but where humor might be a 5 in the first, I would give this a 4. I think part of the disappointment of others comes from the high expectations after experiencing the outlandish comedy that MADE the first shooter. Gameplay is vastly superior to the first b/c Monolith has greatly improved the AI (the ninja/tornado level IS difficult, but seriously, one doesn't just walk over ninjas). Remember, Monolith used the AI from this game to build toward FEAR AI. The leveling aspect of the game also adds personal flavor -- focus more on stealth or health/armor or firepower or some combination.
The general consensus is about 9/10 from the gaming community, and I would give it a 9.5 (-0.5 for less humorous story than before and for some frustrating parts). I played NOLF1 twice and NOLF2 4 times, and this game really is a better gaming experience. We may never get a NOLF3, but there are already 2 gems from Monolith a la Cate Archer. Play both if you haven't already.
Customer Review: NOLF 2 = greatest send up of spy movies ever and a darn good game
Summary: 5 Stars
If you've never played NOLF II, you should stop reading this review and buy yourself a copy. One of the funniest and fun games ever created, it redefined what a FPS could be by delving into spy movie cliches with a reckless abandon, but not at the expense of great gameplay.
I remember reading reviews of this game when it was first released saying it was the best FPS ever made at the time, and I've got to say, it has aged very, very well. While the graphics don't have the creamy polished look of new generation games, the controls, gameplay, humor, characters, and replay value set this one apart. Even the multiplayer cooperative missions were ahead of their time.
Spy genre games have always been tops on my list, and this game is tip-top of them. Kate Archer might be the best female characters in gaming history, (in close competition with April Ryan from THE LONGEST JOURNEY, Alex Vance of HALF LIFE, and Zelda).
It is utterly ridiculous that Sierra has not made another NOLF game. Kate deserves another go-around with all the technological glory of modern generation games.
Customer Review: Austin Powers' cousin? Who cares! This games is brilliant baby!
Summary: 5 Stars
There's nothing more fun than blowin' away the baddies. Unless you're in a goofy, off-the-wall shooter like "No One Lives Forever 2"!
This is one of my all time favorites and most deseverdly so!
Why you ask? That's a good question, so allow me to break it down for you:
PROS:
1. Action: Tons of bullet blasting mayhem on 40 levels! The AI improves as you go farther into the game. Them baddies can dodge I tells yah!
2. Design: Aside from the level designs the costumes and backgrounds are terrific. There's a lot of talent involved in designing tunnels, bases, rooms and characters. Great to look at!
3. Artillery: Great selection of machine guns and the various types of ammunition for those, handguns and shotguns. Not to mention grenades and some really WEIRD objects that are too bizarre to explain...
4. Humor: Very, very funny stuff! A terrific assortment of puns, British witt and Monty Python-esque silliness! Great dialogue and plot!
5: Saving: There's automatic saves and then there's your own at any time and anywhere!
6. Music: Groovy and exciting tunes through out.
7. Voice Acting: Top notch acting with great directing.
8: Online Gaming: Crazy. Fun. Dig it!
CONS:
1. Switching of weapons: It takes too long sometimes to be able to fire when switching between artillery. Usually, it's when a weapon that needs to be cocked that this will be an issue.
2. A-to-B-to-C gameplay: Pick "A" up to open "B" with, etc. It gets a bit repetitive but not so much that you'll get annoyed.
3. Stealth: It's a great concept but for some reason it's not logically implemented here. When you hide in a shadow a "hide bar" pops up and it takes "time" to become unseen. I'm not sure why the designer thought this was a good idea considering shadows don't take 5 seconds to fall upon someone. Kinda dumb.
4. Ranking. I'm not sure what you have to do to rank well but I picked up just about everything I could and had a decent shooting ratio but my rank level never increased. I didn't care really, but best not to even have this system included.
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It's a terrific game that is clever, exciting and fun to play. Highly recommend picking it up!
PS: Make sure to download and install all the updates to 1.3. There's an update feature installed along with the game so make sure to use it.
PSPS: Amazon has XP listed as the only operating system; this is incorrect. W98, 2000 and ME are usuable operating system to play this.
Customer Review: NOLF 2 Revisited
Summary: 3 Stars
I played this game a couple of years ago, but decided to play it again ... it was ALMOST as much fun the second time! The graphics are now getting dated, but the play is pretty smooth and the audio is good!