Microsoft Windows
November 2, 2012 Wii U
December 4, 2012
Genre(s)
First-person shooter
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Media/distribution
Optical disc, download
007 Legends is an upcoming first-person shooter video game featuring the character of British secret agent James Bond. It is being developed by Eurocom and is due for release in October 2012 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, November 2012 for Microsoft Windows, and December 2012 for Wii U. The game will be available as physical optical disk media, as well as a digital release download via PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace on date of release.
The purpose behind the game is to celebrate fifty years of James Bond on film. To achieve this the single player campaign will include one mission from each of the six actors’ eras, being Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker, Licence to Kill and Die Another Day, with Skyfall to be released as downloadable content. Additionally, some of the original talent from the films are adding their likenesses and voices to their associated characters. 007 Legends will be the fourth James Bond game title to be released by Activision.
Gameplay
Being built on the engine used for Eurocom’s previous title, 2011’s GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, 007 Legends
shares much of the same gameplay, though there are some notable
additions and modifications. The most significant change is the greater
focus on stealth-based play, with enemy AI being more suspicious and
investigative.
Throughout the campaign players will frequently be presented with
situations that require stealth to get past, though often
running-and-gunning will also be an option. To compliment such stealth scenarios, players will have access to three gadgets from the start of the campaign: the returning smartphone, which has new vision modes and binocular capabilities; a new dart pen that can fire four different types of dart, including distraction, shock and tranquillizer darts; and a wristwatch that can fire a laser and map nearby enemies and cameras.
Another notable addition is the incorporation of an XP (experience points) progression system. Players can use XP to unlock and/or upgrade gadgets, weapons (and attachments) and Bond’s physical abilities.
Other notable points include there being at least one vehicle-based level in each of the missions,
a new free-form melee function that enables players to control punches with the analogue sticks and new weapons.
Challenges
As with the MI6 Ops Missions mode from GoldenEye 007: Reloaded,
Challenges will present extra missions based on assault, elimination,
stealth and defence-based objectives, with adjustable difficulty. New to
this mode will be the option to play special missions for some of the
villains and companions from the single player. Players’ scores will be uploaded onto online leaderboards.
Multiplayer
Multiplayer is supported across all platforms.
4-player split-screen will be available for local (offline) play while
online play will have capacity for up to 12 players in a match. Players’ multiplayer experience will be indicated by their level, such as Level 50 (00 Agent Grade 0). There is also a 00 Specialization mode, similar to Call of Duty’s Prestige system. Character skins and maps from the single player will be available to players.
Players can also equip gadgets to enhance their abilities, such as the
Fast Switch gadget which halves the time it takes to switch weapons. Scenarios revealed so far are Bomb Defuse, Escalation and Data Miner.
Development
The game, which is being developed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the James Bond film franchise
will incorporate the stories of six Bond films, one film chosen from
each Bond actor's series of films, and retelling them with an
overarching narrative that ties them together, that of the progression
of James Bond, from a newly christened agent on through becoming
experienced as 007. The player goes through the classic Bond missions in
the game playing as the Daniel Craig incarnation of Bond, as along the lines of the 2010 remake of GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo Wii, and the PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 port called GoldenEye 007: Reloaded.
At the official announcement of the game on 18 April 2012, publisher Activision did not comment on which films would be remade in the game, but admitted that the upcoming Skyfall will serve as the final portion of the game. Moonraker was revealed to be the first mission of the game, while the second mission will be based on the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Goldfinger, Licence to Kill, and Die Another Day will also feature in the story.
The only mission that is not on the game disc itself is the "Skyfall"
mission, which will be released later as free downloadable content,
since 007: Legends is released one week before Skyfall is first released to theaters. The Skyfall DLC will be available shortly after the film's American release on November 9, 2012.
Bruce Feirstein, who wrote three films and four games in the James Bond universe, also wrote the screenplay along with Robin Matthews, who specially works for Eurocom.
Cast
Alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond throughout the single player
campaign, the vast majority of characters are modelled after their
portrayals in the film series. The three exceptions to this are the characters of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Felix Leiter and Jinx:
Blofeld is an amalgamation of the three actors who portrayed him; Felix
has the likeness and voice of Demetri Goritsas; and Jinx is based on
Gabriela Montaraz rather than Halle Berry, who originally played the part. Accordingly to the plot of Die Another Day, the appearance of Gustav Graves is based on that of James Bond, which in this case is Daniel Craig rather than Pierce Brosnan.
Gameplay
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