Review: Quantum of Solace

MUMBAI: Bond isn���t just back in the cinema - he���s returned to video game consoles too! Making up for the lack of a licensed game for the previous movie, the Quantum of Solace video game - based on the latest Bond flick - combines plot lines and set pieces from both Casino Royale and 007���s new adventure, with the added bonus of outtakes from both movies being fully playable in the game.

Featuring accurately rendered faces of every major character in the movie, including Daniel Craig and Judi Dench, the game uses the same graphics engine and control system as Call Of Duty 4 (CoD4).

This first-person shooter plays a little like an elaborate add-on for CoD4, particularly in multiplayer mode; but there is at least a greater sense of Ian Fleming���s espionage action during the single-player campaign.

A gripping train-top shootout sequence is a particular highlight that even Cubby Broccoli - who started the Bond movie franchise - would surely have approved of.

While it may not be quite as much fun as Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 - the classic 90s Bond game that all others are judged by - this is a solid, modern shoot- ���em-up that certainly does justice to the licence.