James Bond 007: Blood Stone

The game's developed by the criminally under-rated British studio Bizarre Creations. Y'know, the team behind the excellent XBOX exclusive franchise, Project Gotham Racing, and this year's PS3 combat-racer, Blur.

Blood Stone is not a bad game: it's just a painfully average one. There aren't any majorly broken elements to it, but just because this Stone is relatively polished, doesn't make it a gem. There really isn't anything at all remarkable about it, and even though it's extremely short it still manages to wear out its welcome thanks to its extremely repetitive design. If GoldenEye is indeed the Sean Connery of 007 video games, then Blood Stone is the George Lazenby; not bad, but not good either, and forgettable in almost every way. At just five hours long and lacking in any real innovation or chall...

Taking alot of its core game mechanics from one of the best games of 2010 surely made it at least tolerable, and at times very satisfying.  The car chases you can put on par with a big budget motion picture and can really get your adrenaline pumping, until you inevitably leave the car and begin your next level that feels exactly the same as the last.

In many ways, Blood Stone is a mediocre title. Graphically, characters look dull and frankly some PS2 and Xbox titles looked better. We don’t see any good side to Daniel Craig, whose low-quality avatar barely resembles the famed actor. His voice work is also shoddy, mumbling lines and speaking quickly. It feels like he just wanted to get the whole thing over with so he could move on to real work. Yet even with these things and a throwaway plot, we don’t get enough dumb fun games, and Bloo...

According to my Xfire, the game took me only 8 hours to finish, which make it pretty small. In the end of the game, there is a message for the upcoming 007 game called Return of the Bond. Not sure when it'll be released though. Anyway, here are some nice screenshots if you are interested to download them.