While it feels formulaic, it's a good story that's worth seeing through to its conclusion. There's plenty of twists, spectacle and intrigue to Blood Stone's plot. While Blood Stone is never particularly stellar in any regard, the variety stops the game from becoming repetitive. The vehicle sections are more about spectacle than true racing they are very linear, but Bizarre Creations pack so much graphical interest on the screen that they do have a very cinematic quality to them. Bizarre Creations' pedigree as a racing game developer shines through, as the cars have a good feel to them. Vehicle components in licensed games usually instill fear, but in Blood Stone they are perfectly tuned. While a majority of the game is spent shooting from behind cover, the game also includes plenty of stealth gameplay, as well as some excellent racing segments. Blood Stone's single-player campaign takes around six hours to complete, but the game also boasts online multiplayer.īlood Stone conveys all the elements of James Bond, and it does them well.
While it feels like an homage to a Bond movie (it sticks very rigidly to the structure of a typical 007 plot), the narrative is enjoyable and is only let down by some poor cut-scene animation.īlood Stone is a cover-based third-person shooter, but it mixes stealth, hand-combat and racing segments to add variety to the gameplay. The story sends Bond to a number of worldwide locations as he tries to get to the bottom of a biological terrorism plot. The plot, which is paced just like a Bond movie, opens in Athens as 007 scuppers an attack on the G-20. Seeing as there is no James Bond movie this year, Blood Stone is a unique story penned by Goldeneye's screen writer, Bruce Feirstein.
Y'know, the team behind the excellent XBOX exclusive franchise, Project Gotham Racing, and this year's PS3 combat-racer, Blur. The game's developed by the criminally under-rated British studio Bizarre Creations.