007: Quantum of Solace

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  1. esp
    Sep 6, 2010
    10
    This is one of my favorite FPSes of all time. Granted, I never played Goldeneye, and this game is all shooting with only a tiny bit of required stealth and turret action, but the game mechanics are superb, and the fun factor is very high.

    I've played it through four times already, and I expect I will play it through many more times to come. The multiplayer is still good after two years    This is one of my favorite FPSes of all time. Granted, I never played Goldeneye, and this game is all shooting with only a tiny bit of required stealth and turret action, but the game mechanics are superb, and the fun factor is very high.

    I've played it through four times already, and I expect I will play it through many more times to come. The multiplayer is still good after two years (though of course there aren't too many people playing these days), and overall it's just loads of fun.    … Expand
  2. MrMayge
    Jul 13, 2011
    9
    I was at my friend's house, all bored, when I decided to pick some random game from his shelf and give it a shot. I looked over the small library, and picked one with a logo that is legendary in the FPS genre; 007.
    I play the first mission and am hooked, and don't stop until I've beaten the campaign.
    I don't understand why it's so good until after the first mission, when the opening    I was at my friend's house, all bored, when I decided to pick some random game from his shelf and give it a shot. I looked over the small library, and picked one with a logo that is legendary in the FPS genre; 007.
    I play the first mission and am hooked, and don't stop until I've beaten the campaign.
    I don't understand why it's so good until after the first mission, when the opening credits roll. I see that Treyarch was behind it. Now it makes sense why the game is so fun.
    And now, the review: The campaign is great. Combining the tense combat of Call of Duty with the cover systems found in Breach or GRAW. The story is nice, though it skips a bit in some places. The missions never feel too short or too tedious. Stealth isn't usually necessary, but it will usually make your mission easier. Silenced weapons and headshots, crouch-walking, melee takedowns, and not being directly spotted by camera or human are the rules of stealth. The ending isn't completely satisfying, but it's decent and leaves you feeling like you did, in fact, complete a full game.
    The multiplayer is so much fun, and I feel that it combines the best of the classic FPS "Goldeneye" (God bless it), and the modern FPS we love and won't shut up about (I'm looking at you, Black Ops), to create one, stellar multiplayer experience. Think I'm exaggerating? In most games, I get killed and yell some obscene thing I am going to do to the enemy's pet turtle and throw my controller (in my head, at least). In this game, after a 10 deathstreak, I feel great after one kill, enough to say "Idiot" every time. This, like Goldeneye, has that effect on people; no matter how good or bad you are, you can still find something fun and 007-class awesome to do.    … Expand
  3. Zman6495
    Jul 22, 2013
    8
    I really want to give this game a 7.5 out of 10. It is a blast to play through. Although not very innovative or challenging, it is simply a lot of fun. Parts of the game really make you feel like James Bond, as you sneak around in hotels and other Bond-like locations. No, it is not a 60 dollar game. But it is definitely worth what you can get it for at today's prices. I got my copyI really want to give this game a 7.5 out of 10. It is a blast to play through. Although not very innovative or challenging, it is simply a lot of fun. Parts of the game really make you feel like James Bond, as you sneak around in hotels and other Bond-like locations. No, it is not a 60 dollar game. But it is definitely worth what you can get it for at today's prices. I got my copy for 3 dollars. So if you can get a cheap copy, definitely check it out!… Expand
  4. SteveWalls
    Oct 24, 2008
    4
    Got to play this at a Activision hosted gaming event. The Game looks great (it buses the call of Duty 4 engine)... that's a given, but it lacks the feeling of an actual BOND game in the process, and honestly playsm subpar. Not a BOND game at all, but hopefully the controls are fixed by it's release!
  5. Post_Cursed
    May 2, 2022
    8
    Historia: 10/10
    Sonido: 6/10
    Jugabilidad: 10/10
    Graficos: 8/10
    Duración: 10/10
    Total: 8.8
  6. BenRiggleman
    Nov 5, 2008
    8
    Great game. Quantum of Solace has great graphics and the single player is fun but kind of short. It took about 8 hrs. to beat. This is definetly a top notch Bond shooter. If you are a fan of James Bond then pick this one up.
  7. LopezDeLaGomez
    Nov 8, 2008
    9
    I'm surprised at most of the reviews for this game. It's balls-to-the-wall right out of the gate and a lot of fun. I think it's extremely well done and I'm not a big fan of other Treyarch games. I was afraid I'd be disappointed but I'm not even the slightest bit.
  8. OliA.
    Oct 31, 2008
    9
    While the single player may be very short, it is great fun and action packed. Multiplayer is surprisingly good. Its like a modernized Goldeneye running in the COD4 engine. The cover system works well and allows for mixed styles of gameplay and the gamemodes are all very well thought out, clear in what you have to do and fun to play.... It also has proximity mines and some direct ports of While the single player may be very short, it is great fun and action packed. Multiplayer is surprisingly good. Its like a modernized Goldeneye running in the COD4 engine. The cover system works well and allows for mixed styles of gameplay and the gamemodes are all very well thought out, clear in what you have to do and fun to play.... It also has proximity mines and some direct ports of a few Goldeneye maps like the Chemical Silo level we all know and loved. Pace is a bit different than what you might be used to... its faster than COD4 and much less gritty. Its like a cross between RainbowSix Vegas and Counterstrike and makes a nice change from the usuals.… Expand
  9. j
    Jan 7, 2009
    9
    Ok goldeneye was probably the best bond game, but this game is great. Everyone needs to stop living in the past and stop comparing every bond game to goldeneye. this new game made me feel like bond and the fps with third person cover system works great. online is also amazing. And for those people who are complaining about for casino royale missions than QOS ones, watch the two movies. Ok goldeneye was probably the best bond game, but this game is great. Everyone needs to stop living in the past and stop comparing every bond game to goldeneye. this new game made me feel like bond and the fps with third person cover system works great. online is also amazing. And for those people who are complaining about for casino royale missions than QOS ones, watch the two movies. QoS is terrible while Casrino Royale's stoyr is watchable and a much better movie. I would much rather play casino when i saw that over a year ago and remember the scenes much better than QoS which i saw a month ago.… Expand
  10. ErikR
    Dec 16, 2008
    10
    I thought this game was very innovative in the way it lets you see bond by using cover. There were also some really cool things from the movies, like when you have to get out of the casino when you are poisoned. I'm tired of people complaining that this game focused too much on cover. . . the game is realistic! You have to take cover in real life and in real life a shot or two to the I thought this game was very innovative in the way it lets you see bond by using cover. There were also some really cool things from the movies, like when you have to get out of the casino when you are poisoned. I'm tired of people complaining that this game focused too much on cover. . . the game is realistic! You have to take cover in real life and in real life a shot or two to the head will kill you.… Expand
  11. DeVr33z
    Nov 7, 2010
    7
    I didn't really like the multiplayer that much, mostly because I felt like it was just a Bond-themed Call of Duty knockoff. But the single-player campaign had enough exciting and fun moments that I can call Quantum of the Solace the best Bond game in quite a while. It's not able to compete with many modern shooters in terms of gameplay but it's fun, and it really lets you feel like you areI didn't really like the multiplayer that much, mostly because I felt like it was just a Bond-themed Call of Duty knockoff. But the single-player campaign had enough exciting and fun moments that I can call Quantum of the Solace the best Bond game in quite a while. It's not able to compete with many modern shooters in terms of gameplay but it's fun, and it really lets you feel like you are James Bond. And that says something.… Expand
  12. peoplewhomatter
    Sep 2, 2010
    9
    if you dont have multiplayer then dont get it. story isa good warm up for online and the multiplayer modes are the best. highly reccomend if you like fps's
  13. jimbot21
    Oct 15, 2010
    6
    Worth £7. I mainly got this game I really wanted to bring home a game while with mates. This game was the only realistic shooter I could find that was a 12 as I am 14 so i could not get any 15s. Was good for a bit, not great but good. Probably deserves about 70/100. Dont pay anymore than £8 for it though
  14. Caestus
    Mar 11, 2013
    7
    Was sprised that i actually liked it. It is nothing outstanding but it is a good fps, wich includes also casino royale in it
  15. ADobbo
    Feb 18, 2012
    7
    This is a great Bond game which represents Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace together in a fantastic way. The game is not the longest but is around the right length for an FPS story. The online is great fun with friends (especially the Golden Gun game mode) and overall there is a big variety in the Multiplayer of both weaponry and maps and game modes. Overall a very fun game. The onlyThis is a great Bond game which represents Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace together in a fantastic way. The game is not the longest but is around the right length for an FPS story. The online is great fun with friends (especially the Golden Gun game mode) and overall there is a big variety in the Multiplayer of both weaponry and maps and game modes. Overall a very fun game. The only downside being that there is no levels in the multiplayer which makes you less likely to stay on it.… Expand
  16. alexentino
    Dec 23, 2013
    5
    This game is an incredibly wasted potential. It tries to copy CoD, but does so badly and it has a ridiculously short story. It really seems more like a movie when it comes to length but it fails at capturing the movie's greatness. A short game that could have been so much better
  17. SilentRich69
    Oct 10, 2013
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wrote this review on gamespot and posted it on March 18th 2009 I have simply moved it here and edited it so I hope people take that into account when reading this review. Hope its a good read to anyone who takes the time.

    In the past their have been many games based on films some of them have been rather awful and some have been rather good and Quantum of solace is no different from this. We all know that movie tie-in games are going to be awful, short and complete rip-off's 90% of the time but its great to see that this game has dodged that stigma quite well.

    I originally picked this up hoping for cheap gamerscore which I did get but that wasn't what made me enjoy this game in the end because it turned out to be a lot more fun than I had ever expected especially for a movie game. They have got Daniel Craig to voice bond for the game which is a credit to the voice acting (which is good for anyone who likes good vocal work) its good to see him being willing to perform bond in almost all of the Bond games with his likeness.

    The experience of single player and multi-player gameplay is just brilliant in terms of how the game is designed to be played. The game is based on the call of duty 4 engine and you can tell this very easily. You could easily accuse the game of being call of duty Bond Edition this isn't really something bad at least not for this game. But it plays a lot more like it has been mixed with Rainbow Six Vegas when it comes to the cover system that they have implemented (a good move by Treyarch). This cover system is very useful online and offline because it can give you a view of the combat situation even if you are hidden, this may be seen as too much of an advantage but it really isn't, even online the more intelligent player's can just take you out with a grenade if your camping behind a wall becomes a nuisance to them.

    The story itself is mixed with both of the new Bond films Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace and they are both displayed within the game to great extent even though most of it seems to be Casino Royale related in terms of missions that is. But both games have been represented very well many of the iconic moments from the latest films. For example the parkour chase scene in Casino Royale where you must catch a bomb maker by chasing him through a building site or another awesome chase in Quantum where you race over the rooftops of an Italian city before engaged in a great fight with your opponent....just a shame its the equivalent of quick time event heaven when you catch up to him.

    While on the subject of quicktime events and comparing this game to Call of Duty again when you go to melee an enemy in this game rather than simply knifing them you engage in a slow-motion quicktime melee move where you must press a button to take down your opponent its not exactly creative but it does show how physically strong Bond is against those inept guards he fights on a daily basis.

    The weapons involved in the game are very standard pistols, SMG's, M16's, the Golden Gun that fires explosive rounds........with the odd gadget mixed in but this isn't really the games fault as so many modern shooters have weapons that we are all too familiar with. And with Treyarch a well known shooter developer being behind the game you can't really complain that the guns they have given us are all too familiar.

    The game has four difficulty settings each of them progressing in challenge but even the hardest mode 007 isn't too much of a task I personally completed the game in a day on this mode with only a few tricky levels to deal with. And missions don't feel too repetitive since on some levels you don't even have to engage the enemy to continue the story you can just avoid them by staying down using stealth and avoiding camera's etc.

    So overall the Single Player portion of the game is very well done and there is rarely a dull moment. One of the things I personally enjoyed were the sections when I didn't have to kill the enemies in the area, it gave off a sense of professionalism which bond lacks in the new films. So I personally wasn't the best bond around but that's one of the best points of gaming to PLAY the way you want to PLAY it out, not the way the character would do it if he/she was in control of themselves at the time.

    The multi-player I personally thought would be terrible but to my surprise it actually works well indeed it has the basic modes team death match etc. But there are also modes that implement bond as a playable character online for example bond evasion, a simple mode one team must get bond out (who is controlled by a random player) and the other team must eliminate him. But bond has an advantage he can see all enemy locations so the other team must compromise by watching their own backs at all times and staying in groups. This is one of several modes that I believed made this game fun a fresh along with the random designs    … Expand
  18. XandWacky
    Nov 5, 2015
    3
    Is it me or did this game have the exact same plot as the movie Casiona Royale? I mean I watched the movie Casino Royale and.... I detected some HUGE similiarities.
  19. ChrisMC36SSR
    Nov 26, 2014
    7
    When I first played Quantum Of Solace six years ago I thought it was a very good game. Now looking back on it, it's kind of average. They did a good job making you feel like you were in the movie mostly due to the game's cover system and the game stayed faithful to both Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace for the most part but what really hurt this game was that it was too generic. It wasWhen I first played Quantum Of Solace six years ago I thought it was a very good game. Now looking back on it, it's kind of average. They did a good job making you feel like you were in the movie mostly due to the game's cover system and the game stayed faithful to both Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace for the most part but what really hurt this game was that it was too generic. It was far too easy to just hide behind cover and pick enemies off by simply blind firing. The game was also pretty linear in design and there wasn't much exploration. The AI was very smart in this game however but unfortunately that's because they are all programmed to know exactly where you are. The multiplayer in this game is okay but I wish the weapons were balanced out better. Anyway this is not a bad game to have... at least for a rental.… Expand
  20. gamingisgreat
    Oct 4, 2016
    7
    007: Quantum Of Solace is a surprisingly good movie tie-in.

    The gameplay does feel very similar to COD 4,though it's by Treyarch,so what were you expecting?.It has a cover system,which switches you to third person from first,and you are extremely accurate from cover,which makes the game a bit too easy.The stealth sections are awful,about the gameplay's only flaw. The graphics are    007: Quantum Of Solace is a surprisingly good movie tie-in.

    The gameplay does feel very similar to COD 4,though it's by Treyarch,so what were you expecting?.It has a cover system,which switches you to third person from first,and you are extremely accurate from cover,which makes the game a bit too easy.The stealth sections are awful,about the gameplay's only flaw.

    The graphics are decent,but nothing special.The framerate is solid,and never even hitches.The enviroments are well-varied too.

    Sound design and soundtrack are mediocre.

    Overall,Quantum Of Solace is a solid movie tie-in FPS that is worth at least trying even if you,like me,are not a fan of Bond.    … Expand
  21. kyle20ellis
    May 11, 2020
    7
    I didn't really like the multiplayer that much, mostly because I felt like it was just a Bond-themed Call of Duty knockoff. But the single-player campaign had enough exciting and fun moments that I can call Quantum of the Solace the best Bond game in quite a while. It's not able to compete with many modern shooters in terms of gameplay but it's fun, and it really lets you feel like you areI didn't really like the multiplayer that much, mostly because I felt like it was just a Bond-themed Call of Duty knockoff. But the single-player campaign had enough exciting and fun moments that I can call Quantum of the Solace the best Bond game in quite a while. It's not able to compete with many modern shooters in terms of gameplay but it's fun, and it really lets you feel like you are James Bond. And that says something.… Expand
  22. frederik1478
    May 30, 2020
    6
    Lucky for game it is made by the Call of Duty people, If you like Average shooting games then I would recommend it
  23. Alex_Pilgrim008
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    A hybrid first-person/third-person shooter that covers events from "Quantum" and Casino Royale. The game is fun, but it doesn't feel very Bond-like. It's more comparable to Gears of War or Rainbow Six Vegas. Some stealth sections help break up the non-stop action. Controls are fluid and the graphics are impressive. Overall, this is an enjoyable action game. I would rate it with a 7.3 out of 10.
  24. Mirowave
    Jul 15, 2020
    10
    One of the best James Bond Games, in First Person Shooter Style! Great Action and Sound and very underrated!
  25. wiredspore44
    Dec 28, 2020
    7
    Decent shooter even if it is another call of duty clone. I liked the gears of war style cover mechanic and character models. Level design is pretty bland in the quantum levels while it's much better in the Casino Royale levels.
  26. Spidey6025
    Jul 4, 2022
    7
    Quantum of Solace is a weird game because it shouldn't work as well as it does. It's based on arguably the worst (recent) Bond movie and is quite simple in design. HOWEVER, it does manage to provide a lot of fun in its quite small campaign. The shooting works decently well, it's essentially Call of Duty, but will pull back into a third-person view when in cover. It makes sense that this isQuantum of Solace is a weird game because it shouldn't work as well as it does. It's based on arguably the worst (recent) Bond movie and is quite simple in design. HOWEVER, it does manage to provide a lot of fun in its quite small campaign. The shooting works decently well, it's essentially Call of Duty, but will pull back into a third-person view when in cover. It makes sense that this is similar to CoD since it's developed by Treyarch. If the level design reminded me of anything, it'd probably be Half-Life, strangely. I like that all of the film's cast are here, they do a decent job. I will say it's odd how most of the campaign is adapted from Casino Royale, as that's obviously not Quantum of Solace, but I digress. I will also say that I haven't done the multiplayer, but I'm guessing it's of a similar quality to the campaign mode.… Expand
  27. BigManReviewer
    May 6, 2023
    5
    I enjoyed this game back in the day, but there is just so much wrong with it now, the shooting is weird, enimies can kill you in a second and the gtes are boring, it's a fine game, but like: COD, Battlefiled, Gears Of War, Halo, Bioshock. Borderlands, Duke Nukem, Postal, Counter Strike, Medal Of Honor. The list goes on, these games are all better than this

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#72 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2008

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65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 50 out of 69
  3. Negative: 3 out of 69
  1. X-ONE Magazine UK
    60
    This is an unexpected game. Everything points to the fact that by all accounts it should be awful. Licenses like this hardly ever work, but amazingly it comes off feeling like a fun, throwaway shooter with a workable shooting mechanic and some quite enjoyable moments that, while strictly not very Bond in nature, make the game well worth a look if you’re either a Bond fan or even just enjoy a good shooter.
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  2. VideoGamer
    90
    This is "GoldenEye" for a new generation. And praise doesn't come much higher than that.
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  3. IGN UK
    69
    A true blockbuster of a game, Quantum of Solace is loud, dumb but sadly all-too-forgettable. The Bond licence goes a good way to hiding the game’s lack of ideas and for the four hours the single-player campaign lasts there’s no denying it’s a solid blast, but ultimately there’s better ways to spend your money this autumn.
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