From Russia With Love

 Xbox
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
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  1. BlueFalcon
    Nov 9, 2005
    7
    1st of all let me just say that I'd rate Nightfire and Everything Or Nothing as both 9/10 (Rogue Agent much much lower, but that's another story). This game plays like Everything or Nothing, evcept not as fun. It does look good, and the connery bond is an excellent one, but the levels just aren't well designed. It's like someone trying to make a deadline created them.
  2. aspentitan
    Jun 14, 2021
    6
    This is a game that had potential. The missions are varied within a charming simple plotted story and the game design around it is pretty decent. You have lots of upgrade potential with weapon choice and the missions are easily replayable once unlocked. There is decent skill involved in not wasting ammo to make the game easy or hard depending on your skill. The atmosphere is immersive andThis is a game that had potential. The missions are varied within a charming simple plotted story and the game design around it is pretty decent. You have lots of upgrade potential with weapon choice and the missions are easily replayable once unlocked. There is decent skill involved in not wasting ammo to make the game easy or hard depending on your skill. The atmosphere is immersive and the focus aiming mechanic is brilliant......and then all this is destroyed with terrible controls and aiming feel. I tried and tried to love this game cuz the potential is so easy to see but those controls were definitely not sharply customized to make this game nothing but regretfully frustrating. Lots of repeating areas because the game design was tighter than the controls. Further to that the 3rd person animations are quite spazzy and goofy as well. It also would have been nice for scrolling through target locked enemies too. In sum a phenomenal game reduced to meh by unoptimized game controls.… Expand
  3. evolution98
    Nov 3, 2017
    7
    A somewhat fun yet flawed Bond game.

    The graphics were impressive for the time. I love the soundtrack. I enjoyed the sound effects and design. The gameplay was very good. I liked the focus mechanic. I think this was the first game to have this mechanic. It followed the film albeit changing a few things near the end of the game. I also liked the upgrade system for weapons and gadgets by    A somewhat fun yet flawed Bond game.

    The graphics were impressive for the time. I love the soundtrack. I enjoyed the sound effects and design. The gameplay was very good. I liked the focus mechanic. I think this was the first game to have this mechanic. It followed the film albeit changing a few things near the end of the game. I also liked the upgrade system for weapons and gadgets by collecting schematics and cracking attache cases.

    There were so many things that brought the game down: It had a constant frame rate drop, the controls were awful, the driving controls were slippery and broken, turret controls were so slippery and the multiplayer was a disappointment compared to Nightfire and Agent Under Fire.

    It's a fun game but not as good as past Bond games.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

100
#100 Best Xbox Game of 2005
56
#56 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. AceGamez
    70
    At the end of the day, it has quite a compelling story and where else are you going to hear Sean Connery in a videogame.
  2. Eurogamer
    60
    Here's the difference between "Everything or Nothing" and From Russia With Love: whatever you thought of its approach, "Everything or Nothing" had to be invented; From Russia With Love just had to be filled. And it has been - with stuff from "Everything or Nothing."
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  3. Thunderbolt
    50
    If From Russia With Love could be solely judged on its sheer Bond-ness, it would receive high marks thanks to the stunning music, the incredibly detailed in-game Sean Connery and the excellent voice acting. However, as an actual game, this one just doesn't do enough to impress.
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