No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way
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Video Game Reviews of No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way
Customer Review: Best FPS ever Bar none.
Summary: 5 Stars
Buy it ! You will not be disappointed.Customer Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Looks and plays better than the first NOLF. The Jupiter engine is quite a step above the Lithtech engine.I have very few complaints about this one. The sense of humor isn't quite what it was in the first NOLF (but as with the first NOLF, long as you weren't trigger happy, you'll be listening in on some very funny dialog between various bad guys). It took a little getting used to the different voice actors (was it that hard to get the original voice actors to reprise their roles?). Another technical flaw that I couldn't understand was the reloading sequences of the guns. Reloading a totally empty gun doesn't require the pulling back of a cocking handle (this was correctly done in the first NOLF however). Although you can improve Cate's reloading time (part of the skill based sytem, which is something I like in the game), the only way you can avoid pulling a cocking handle is when a round is already in the chamber! If that's what the prgrammers intended, they made another mistake of undercounting the total number of bullets loaded in the gun by one (this is an unfortunately universal mistake in games).
Customer Review: NOLF 2 Review
Summary: 4 Stars
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 The ingame cinematics are cool, but sometimes look a little outdated.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.
Customer Review: A Bland Sequel to a Comedic Beginning
Summary: 4 Stars
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.Customer Review: I own Both NOLFs and I love them both
Summary: 5 Stars
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!!!