The Operative: No One Lives Forever

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  • Summary: A story-driven, first-person adventure delivering over-the-top action, tense subterfuge, outrageous villains, and wry humor in the tradition of the great 1960's spy films and TV shows. [Fox Interactive]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Maxim Online
    100
    An all-around crowd pleaser with great weapons, exotic locales, and enough mystery to keep you coming back for more.
  2. Daily Radar
    100
    So imaginative, colorful and funny that it serves to remind us how insufferably gloomy and witless most shooters are.
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  3. GameZone
    95
    The game is definitely a contender for game of the year. If a possible AI patch would be released, then this game would be a 10+.
  4. Happy Puppy
    90
    More a series of interlinked tale-telling vignettes than a proper blast-'em-up, the small-screen heir to Austin Powers' legacy is nonetheless one of the finest offerings in years.
  5. GMR Magazine
    90
    Austin Powers ain't got nothing on Cate Archer, the hottest digital chick with a gun since that old hag Lara Croft. [Feb 2003, p.94]
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  6. GamePower
    88
    An exceptionally cool game. It's got a fun, interesting story; intelligent level design; and provides a great mix of stealth and action.
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  7. Eurogamer
    80
    Although at times little more than a culmination of spy films and stereotypes over the last forty years, No One Lives Forever is an adventure and a half for the single player, and well worth investigating if you’re sick of world-threatening plots and Quake-engine oddities.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 43
  3. Negative: 1 out of 43
  1. SarahineS.
    Jan 30, 2007
    10
    This game is really amazing and incredible, because she look pretty and intelligent.
  2. Lev
    Jan 15, 2002
    10
    I enjoyed this game. I don't enjoy many, so you can take this as high praise from me. Btw, play chronotrigger :D
  4. Jack
    Nov 22, 2004
    10
    A good game is the one U'll be happy to speak about with ur freinds. NOLF is one of these games!
  5. Skylolo
    Nov 1, 2012
    9
    The game is unrealistic, very funny, spy - like shooter, but stealth component work not so well...also enemies are always same, and that is inThe game is unrealistic, very funny, spy - like shooter, but stealth component work not so well...also enemies are always same, and that is in late game little bit boring...good game anyway, even if released 12 years ago...… Expand
  6. ShawnH.
    Jun 30, 2005
    9
    Clever dialogue and plenty of gameplay kept me interested all the way through the game. Graphics are good, especially for the period of time Clever dialogue and plenty of gameplay kept me interested all the way through the game. Graphics are good, especially for the period of time it was released.… Expand
  7. BStheBOBI
    May 13, 2021
    9
    I would consider it the best FPS in released in 2000. The story is taking place during the 1960s and is a homage to spy series. The graphicsI would consider it the best FPS in released in 2000. The story is taking place during the 1960s and is a homage to spy series. The graphics are one of the best released that year. The gameplay is stealth and/or action. While the game suggests you play stealthy you can go run and gun on most missions. The story has a nice balance of complexity and excitement. The shooting is fun. The music, voice and sound are very good. The game is overall very fun. My only downside with this game is that it can get glitchy at times and that the enemies AI can be broken from time to time.… Expand
  8. Broyax
    Sep 26, 2020
    0
    Je me rappelle à l’époque, cette daube tournait comme une patate sur la Voodoo 3 ! les 3Dfx n’étaient pas à l’aise avec le nouveau Direct3D,Je me rappelle à l’époque, cette daube tournait comme une patate sur la Voodoo 3 ! les 3Dfx n’étaient pas à l’aise avec le nouveau Direct3D, le standard d’accélération pour toutes les cartes du marché… et en même temps, les jeux supportant le Glide se faisaient de plus en plus rares… A contrario, les Nvidia étaient faites pour Direct3D et brillaient évidemment plus que les autres à cet égard.

    Quoi qu’il en soit, 3Dfx n’est plus mais Direct3D demeure et grâce à Microsoft, on peut encore jouer à ces vieilles daubes de chez Monolith par exemple ! comme ce NOLF qui ne fonctionne pas sur 7 mais très bien sur XP (encore heureux me dira-t-on vu que cet OS commence à ressembler à une antiquité… et j’ai le PC quasiment antique qui va avec !). Le NOLF tourne donc parfaitement mais en 4/3 seulement jusqu’en 1400×1050 apparemment… mais les menus sont alors tellement **** qu’ils en deviennent difficiles à lire : il faut se limiter au 1024×768 !

    En tout cas, on a dans ce FPS à la mords-moi-le-noeud une espèce de comédie d’action et une vague satire des « Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir » (The Avengers) er tout le bling-bling de mauvais goût qui va avec… c’est vraiment super débile et … constamment super débile, ça ne faiblit jamais… c’esr le « jeu » qu’on devrait inviter à dîner un mercredi soir.

    Un « jeu » scripté et chiant, rapidement très chiant de surcroît, rigide et dirigiste et carrément super casse-couilles à jouer. En somme, c’est le jeu des superlatifs : super con, super débile et super lourdingue. Tiens, le « jeu », viens t’amuser dans le vide-ordures, tu y seras comme un coq en pâte : le broyeur t’attend… impatiemment !    … Expand

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