There’s a lot of charm in its design with interesting objectives helped me roleplay as bond (not really seen in first person shooters that are usually extremely linear), well-balanced difficulty, auto aim worked well besides long distance shooting, and mostly interesting locations.

The in game scripted scenes with Sean Bean were awesome because they were the only levels that I felt like Bond. Most levels, your only interaction with the spy network is through your dossier. Felt like I was playing out the movie with those specific levels instead of just blowing up specific things, killing the bad guys to get to the end, protect Natalya, etc. my favorite levels were the snowy region for its openness, the dam level, the bathroom intro level that you have to talk to a double agent scientist, and then meet up with Sean Bean, Russian scrapyard meetup with plot twist Sean Bean scripted event (you have to put away your weapon to talk), and the final fight on the giant satellite dish.

The updated controls really help make the game playable. Okay music that you don’t really notice while playing that it repeats constantly (a restriction of being an n64 game). The turrets suck and you have to edge around corners to shoot them. Every object explodes in this game hurting you (even boxes, lockers). The missions where you protect Natalya suck.

Multiplayer actually seems fun and simple (interesting different modes). The levels feel open with how you complete the objectives. There isn’t a character chirping in your ear telling you where to go next. Extra objectives for higher difficulties was a very smart way to extend its replayability. Shots that hit enemies cause them to dynamically react based on where they’ve been shot. Fun game that’s pretty dated.