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With only a few weeks to go before release, MI6
previews the driving missions featured in "Everything
or Nothing"...
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"Everything or Nothing" Driving Preview
2nd February 2004
With only a few weeks to go before release, MI6 previews the
driving missions featured in "Everything or Nothing".
Motorbike Madness
For their latest Bond adventure, EA have yet again pushed
the boundaries on the vehicle selection. New to the line-up
is the Triumph
Daytona 600 motorbike. We see Bond whizzing along the
impressive 14 kilometer long Pontchartrain Bridge in the
Daytona, pursuing a tanker driven by Jaws - the objective
to disable the tanker before it reaches the city. Bond
is not alone in this mission however, as he also has goons
on motorbikes to deal with who are attempting to obliterate
him. As expected the Daytona is no ordinary motorbike,
as it has been modified with high-tech weaponry - "Finger
Rockets" which are mini forward-firing rockets with
a quick reload while "Multi-Rockets" allow 4
missiles to deploy at once and have improved tracing. If
that isn't enough, the bike has dual flame flowers attached
to the wheels which aid Bond in disabling the tanker. The
bike is also capable of doing a number of tricks such as
wheelie's and slides that help Bond out of a few tricky
situations along the way.
We later see Bond in South America driving and jumping
rooftops in the Daytona, much like the sequence in Tomorrow
Never Dies. It seems one bike is not enough for Bond,
as he has the choice between a dirt bike or the Cayenne
SUV in a train chase level early on in the game, where
he must prevent a Diavolo's dual-track Russian train from
escaping after the destruction of the Nanotech facility.
This time Bond carries a shotgun with him, which auto-targets
his closest threat. |
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Above: Early concept artwork for the Triumph Daytona 600,
with Bond and the Mya Starling character (without Mya's
true likeness at this point). |
Vanquished
Making a slick reappearance from NightFire is
the Aston
Martin Vanquish. Along with the standard machine guns and
missiles available, the car is equipped with a cool looking
plasma gun which inflicts
twice the damage as the machine guns. The car isn't short of
gadgetry either; "Acid Slick" is deployed from the rear and
corrodes the wheels of enemy vehicles which an electro magnet
can be fired
which polarizes an enemy, allowing Bond to get pulled closer.
Fluid can also be deployed from the rear and ignited, sending
up a temporary wall of flame. Though probably the wildest gadget
to use is the RC Car Bomb, which deploys underneath the vehicle
and can be remote controlled by Bond. It comes equipped with
a laser cutter and
can be remotely detonated as a bomb!
Above: Agent Mya Starling and James Bond model the Aston
Martin Vanquish in downtown New Orleans. |
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Trucking Well
Bond does not use the modified vehicles provided to him
alone. In one mission, you are informed that a factory
that needs investigating gets regular deliveries. Bond
finds the delivery truck in a car park and steals it, pretending
to be the delivery driver allowing you to get through the
checkpoint. Though take note of a game secret which allows
you to lower the truck loading doors and drive the Vanquish
in, giving you the best car later in the game.
Later on after leaving the Jazz club with Mya,
Bond steals the limo the goons arrived in earlier, but comes
to realise there is in fact a bomb onboard. In a nod to the
movie "Speed", you must drive the limo above 10mph
or it will detonate, until Mya manages to diffuse it. She
then pops out of the sunroof and shoots at goons while Bond
races to a safe house under the Kiss Kiss club (where a Vanquish
awaits). |
Rallying Support
In order to meet General Diavolo, Bond takes part in a local,
annual rally race. The aim is to win a 3-lap race around the
town - a mini game transplanted
into "Everything or Nothing" by the Need For Speed team who developed the driving missions
for 007. You have no weapons or gadgetry, so it's a genuine battle
to the
finish line.
An SUV Spree
The majority of the Porsche Cayenne action takes place in South
America. In one mission, you drive to meet Serena
St. Germaine but need to avoid the local militia,
with the help of a new gadget which gives 60 seconds of cloaking
much like that from the movie "Die
Another Day". The RC Car Bomb is also available with the
Porsche and is put to good use when you drive it into a fireworks
factory, blowing it up and distracting the local militia.
"Everything or Nothing" will
ship on Tuesday 17th February
2004 in the USA, and should
be in stores by Thursday 19th February. Images courtesy EA Games.
Stay tuned to MI6 for the full review later this month.
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