Mission One! This time I have started out in some kind of bank. There is a woman and she is telling me that I need to access my safety deposit box. So I run over to the area, and doing so causes a little tutorial to appear telling me how to open doors and stuff like that. Now I am not one who enjoys tutorials but this was alright. It wasn't in the way, and you could ignore it if you wanted. So I grabbed my stuff and headed into the vault area. The Security Guard took my guns away so I could enter. In doing so I am in a meeting. One of the guys guards shoots their boss, and thus starts the mission. The shooting mechanics are the same like I said, and auto target is still a thing. This is very helpful seeing as I just have a pistol and limited stick maneuverability. So I take out all the guys, and head over the to safe I need to crack. A new thing in this game is the gadgets. You get different gadgets that you can sort through and use. So I used my safe cracking gadget and acquired a swipe card. After killing a few more guys I decide to go through the swipe key card doors and bust my way into a vault. One of the gadgets I have is a keypad decoder, which allows me into the vault. So after all of this I head out of the meeting area, and to my surprise the guards are shooting at me! So I shoot both of the guards and feeling victorious, what do I see? A FREAKING FAILED TITLE! So apparently I am not suppose to shoot the guards. So I go through everything again, because just like it's predecessor this game does not have checkpoints. I get to exit of the meeting area, and I put on my watch to stun the guards. However, this time when I walk through the door they are not firing at me. I was quite pleased to know that the reason they were firing at me is because I had my gun out. So I walked out with the money I took from the vault and ended the mission.
Now the next mission was exciting! After I had gotten the money back to MI6, the base began to be under attack! So it was up to me to take out all the bad guys. One by one I took out the goons, and this time I actually had back up. Naturally they died with one hit from the enemy, but it was nice to be able to use them as bait so I wouldn't get hit. The level was crazy, because I had to first go to the security room and turn on the security protocol. Which then locked down all the windows and doors. The reason I did this, is because the bad guys were actually crashing through the windows. Revolutionary man! So after taking the guys out I started heading down the stairs. Apparently the protocol, does not cover skyline windows, because these guys started zip lining down from the ceiling. After getting a few of them I reached the bottom of the stairs, and crazy stuff started happening. The stairwell exploded and crashed to the ground, showing that I couldn't go back up. Then when I exited into the ground floor, I saw fires blocking my path. I had to fight my way through a group of guys so I would be able to get to the emergency sprinkler system and put out those fires. upon doing so I found my way out, and then Q started freaking out saying the person who started the attack was on a boat and about to take off. So I shot a pathway all the way to the boat docks and took off after the person. This was probably the most exciting mission I played, just because there was so much going on.
Now we get to the level that was kind of crazy. After chasing this mad woman on the boats she crashes into the side of a building. Crazy I know, but she takes off running! So James Bond style I turn the boat and fly it into a harbor landing area? I don't know, but it was great. So the mission starts with a boat passing by me, and there are already guys firing. I am not going to worry about them, because they are going to fast for the auto target to sense them and I get shot a couple of times. So I run up this rampway to the city streets, and pulled up to the entry is a swat vehicle with guys who have snipers shooting me. SNIPERS! I'm like five feet away! So anyways I kill the two guys, and what do I get? Their freaking sniper rifles. The ones that have semi auto shots that shoot once. So I get a few more guys and round a corner, now this corner was a surprise, once i turned it I lost the mission... Why? Because their were hostages and I took a little too long and the bad guys murdered them. SO I get to start back with the guys shooting me from the beginning. I run all the way to the same point, and this time I think, hey why don't I just sneak around back? Well there is no back. Just more guys with harpoon guns. So I fail the mission once again and have to start over. So third times the charm correct? WRONG! This time whilst trying to shoot the men I ended up shooting hostages. Apparently the auto aim has friendly fire! So once again I encounter the boatmen, but this time I shot one! Point for me! I also was able to take care of the two guys with the hostages. After that it was a breeze. I shot more baddies, and got all the way to the subway, where the crazy lady had run. That was the end of the mission.
So after running into the subway, I read my missions first. There are also hostages that I have to watch out for on this mission as well. Great! So I run down the stairs and I see people running at me. I remember last time someone ran at me without shooting and it ended badly. So I wait to shoot, and to my surprise the bad guys shoot and kill the civilians before they got away! Those meanies! So I took down both the guys and took the left out of the two ways. This lead me all the way down to this sub level area, with no doors, however I did get the body armor. So I run back up and I get a guy around the right corner, and head down some more stairs. At the bottom of these stairs there are four guys waiting for me. I take them out quickly and head off. Around the next corner were my hostages. This time there was no problem in containing the situation. I got the guys without a single one dieing! This happened every attempt at this level, which I am proud of. This next part was quite tricky. You had to jump onto the subway rails then run to the wall with a gap in it. You did this, because the subway was still going. Also subway trains apparently run three seconds apart, at very, very, very high speeds. So I make into the maintenance area, and take out some dudes on a broken down train. Once I get into the clear, I see some more guys while heading into the next area, so I take my shots and MISSION FAILED! Apparently there were pedestrians mixed in, but they weren't hostages? I don't know. So I go through everything again, and get to this spot, and before I see the guys I see two civilians run past me. So the other time they had lagged and not ran as far, so they got shot in the crossfire. ANYWAY, I take the guys out, and run to this room that has stairs. I head up the stairs and instantly they blow up the walkway. So I have to use the jump mechanic to jump across, and this was kind of annoying, because they were beginners at jump it seems. So I make it across and head up the stairs once more. While going up, they blow up the walkway once again with a guy on it. He dies and I just walk over because it's not all the way blown up. I get the last guy and head out the door. Through the door there is a blimp and it's flying off. I chase the blimp down and FAILED MISSION... There was a bomb I was suppose to turn off... SO I go through everything again and get to the part right before the stairwell. There are bathrooms to the left and the right. I take the right one, and shoot a baddie in the stall. I look in the stalls and sure enough, there's the bomb. So I take out my bomb defuser, and press the right button, and it explodes... Apparently I was suppose to do this slowly, because the bomb is sensitive. Once again I make my way down to the bathrooms, but this time I don't take the body armor! BOLD I KNOW! So I slowly tap the button, while staring at the timer, that I just noticed was on my screen. The bomb is defused! So I run up the stairs, and spend about two minutes trying to jump the gap again, get out the door, jump into the blimp and what happens? The freaking crazy woman blows herself up! WHY!? I don't know but that was the end of my play time.
So that was TWINE! The strafing was great, the crouching was great, the jumping was great. The only this was they don't explain the missions very well, or how to complete them. Everyone looks the same so the only way to notice a baddie from a civvie is a gun, and at a fast pace with hostages this can be annoying. Once again no checkpoint or save system, so even though you made it to the end if you make a mistake you have to start over. I understand we can be spoiled with saving, but with FPS it's kind of a big deal. This is N64 Guy and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow about another exciting game from everyone's favorite N64!
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