Regarding the sidewalks, I think they're supposed to be an area separate from the roads that cars can hang out on. Imagine this scenario: Mater: Hey, McQueen! I’ll meet ya in front of that there Chrysler building! McQueen: Haha! Okay Mater! So, how does Mater accomplish this? Does he stand in the middle of a busy street in a metropolitan area and block traffic, or does he “stand” on an elevated surface designed to differentiate itself from the road? Cars can fit on a sidewalk most of the time, and they can also be driven onto. They aren’t just made for pedestrians to get around, they are also designed to keep people out of the streets.
Theres a theory about the cars universe. It's basically a future after humans have somehow gone extinct but before they did, they figured out a way to make cars and other vehicles sentient and have brains and shit. Its actually quite an interesting theory, and it explains some of the things that wouldn't logically make sense in a Cars universe otherwise
The twist where Bond knows that Joss Stone is a traitor is so hack that I almost respect it. There's no real foreshadowing or explanation, but Bond still figures it out. How? He's Bond. Fuck you. I love it.
Actually, in the Burma level, there's an enemy who's using a laptop right after Bond escapes the prison. If he dispatches the nearby enemies and scans the laptop with the smartphone, it reveals that Nicole Hunter is actually working with the enemies. So that's technically how he ends up finding out about it.
It is actually the only good Bond game after PS2/Xbox installations. I feel like it received very harsh press, despite the simplicity of game design. It is enjoyble to play from start to finish and that's what really matters.
Word agreed Tyler I couldn’t agree more it’s theeeee best bond game the rest are pure garbage in my opinion the combat in blood stones is amazing and amazing story level design was a masterpiece I love this game such a shame what has happened to this masterpiece
@@thefallenloser what even is a rating if everything is underrated lmao. I literally see this comment in every review video. Who cares if its supposedly underrated if u found and enjoyed it.
The fact you still haven't reviewed Stranglehold, orthesimsontheds, is amazing: •Mediocre but fun game •Kind of movie tie-in •Third person shooter because that seems to be your thing now AND bullet time mechanic That just screams minimme review to me
Couple of years ago a Fan sent me a ton of Bizzare Creations' assets he got ina liquidation auction. Not been able to open a few of them because of the weird format they're in, but a lot of them were marked "knightwing", so not sure if that was a Batman game they were working on, or something related to Project Gotham. But you should look at the James Bond games not based on movies, like Everything or Nothing and 007 The Duel, That and watch Doc Hollywood. :P
@@Xx_m1k3_0X1onG_xX I san send over some of the files that were on DVD, but I got some stuff on these things that look like super thick floppy disks, not zipp disks, they're twice as thick as those.
Just a recommendation: Speed Racer-The Videogame. Given that you clearly enjoy driving games, this one is... graphically impressive, especially the Wii version, although the PS2 version has a little bit more content. Either way, it is a pretty good game and those who played it, like me, remember it fondly.
I've tried this game on Wii last week and thought it was a bit bland. It seems that the races come down mostly to taking out your opponents since the driving is so simple.
Indeed. I got my hands in a copy recently and I didn’t stopped until I finished it. It’s a really good game, with some additional dialogues and more information about Rak in Switzerland. Also the final dialogue between Bond and Nicole is a way lot better than the main console version.
That Trav Guy It really is heartbreaking! To think we would have had another Daniel Craig 007 adventure, on PS4 and Xbox One of all things, is devastating.
This is genuinely one of my favourite Bond games out there. None of the others have felt quite so... Bond in the set design and action sequences as this one did for me. It's also the only shooter I've ever played where I've finished it and gone "huh I really wanna try out the hard mode now", and really focused on mastering the stealth and headshots. Loved it.
To me this game seemed like a good introduction to gaming in general it gets you used to techniques in this simple environment.the shooting, driving levels, detective mode, simple stealth, using cover etc
If I remember the story was pulled from the script of a movie they canned when the writers strike happened in 2009. They wanted to make another bond movie but had to put it all on hold. There was something with the game license and they basically chose to make it a game rather than a film
Ever thought about reviewing any of the mysims games? They're tie in games to the sims franchise but each has a widely different play style. I specifically remember playing mysims agents and sky-heroes as a kid.
Incidentally I'd love to see you talk about The Club. I've only played a little of Blood Stone but seeing your video makes me want to dig it back up; The Club is a fantastic little arcade shooter (think Mario Kart, but with guns) and no one ever seems to talk about it. It's always nice to see you review a game you genuinely enjoy; it's a refreshing change of pace from all the bad games most UA-camrs cover.
Yo, Minimme, if you are still reviewing bond games, Id recommend looking at the PC version of Nightfire. it was made BEFORE the console versions, has different levels and gameplay, and it STILL has a multiplayer fanbase TO THIS DAY. Recommend checking it out at the very least.
I remember this being a solid game, although I feel ashamed that I remember the bland sewer level more than that crazy opening. Although I played it through to the end, I never felt any need to return to it again.
I liked this game purely for the reason that it truly felt like a Daniel Craig bond game, it was fast paced with cool car chases, and pretty satisfying shooting and hand to hand takedowns. I always thought Daniel Craig was never very charismatic like the older bobds, but he absolutely nailed the action part of it
Weird Siberian sea plane is actually Ekranoplan -- you can find some good short documentaries here on UA-cam. It was another perspective war machine of cold war era and it's cool they inclided it. I watched one just days before and instantly recognized
One of my favorite UA-cam channels! Love your insight man. One of these days I’d love to see you do a retrospective on Journey or Shadow of the Colossus
I always got the impression there was content missing from the story, and I’d kill to actually read the scripts or design docs for this game, I always really liked the story I’m this honestly
As someone who's been to istanbul, its a shame as its perfect setting for an actiob game with massive castles, underground chambers and tight streets. Anyway, whens everything or nothing?
As an Istanbul ..uh Istanbul-itan?? The only time i felt like a game portrayed Istanbul actually properly was the From Russia with love game tbh. Its mad how every time theres an Istanbul episode in a game, even 3A like uncharted 2, they manage to put 70's cars and dark skinned people and women with burkas. Its mad
@@Astarlord yeah i have yet to see a game that can show the wonders of istanbul better, there's so many places you can use yet people always make istanbul seem like a boring place
@@limmynade i mean its slowly becoming a concrete jungle if not already BUT theres SO many historical and sceneric locations that can be used(not to mention population density and variety) while also having actual modern cars.
Yeah despite most things there being built by Greeks before turks took over and turkey spreading propaganda that it's theirs. Like come on man the ruins there are clearly Greek made. If you read history and not propaganda history, but real history then you will see that that architecture was around the time of Constantine. Also, the castle ruins in amazing Greek old cities look the exact same as those so it kinda tells you that a lot of those architectures are Greek. I don't hate turks by any means but I ahte it when they say that the architecture is mostly theirs. The big church you see in "Istanbul" (Constantinople) is purely Greek. And PURELY Greek.
Man, I’ve gotten into a binge of old bond games and found you mini. I wish we could figure out what was the best element of each bond game because I’d love to get a new bond game
watching this video reminded me of how far you've come since that mafia review, your editing skills are stellar nowadays and you've gotten really good at script writing
I wondered why I never played this game, then I checked my PS3 trophies. Apparently I did, even replayed it on 007 difficulty. I do not remember a single thing about this game and none of the footage looked familiar.
Not sure if it's just my computer/browser, but the subtitles aren't displaying properly. The lines are layering on top of one another, such that you can only see one line at a time, and even that line is obscured by the letters behind it. That said, great video as always!
Jesus I love this game. Which is more interesting because I'm not big JB fan. But the story, shooting and driving was for young me so great I felt in love with this game. I know there's a lot of nostalgia in this but I played it before Uncharted or Gears so everything was fresh to me
@@minimme THE REASON THIS DID POORLY WAS BECAUSE OF GOLDENEYE:RE RELEASED ON THE EXACT SAME DAY! IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CREATE HYPE! THATS WHY AND IT IS A BETTER GAME TO PLAY THEN GOLDENEYE RELOADED!
The game that got me into james bond and was basically my childhood alongside ghost recon future soldier. Maybe it wasn't nintendo but I absolutely adored these types of games so thank you for taking me down memory lane.
I love how you review almost all the best games from the 7th generation that were not that great but still so god damn fun! I loved both bloodstone and Wheelman but almost nobody talked about neither of them on UA-cam. Not to mention the great quality of voice, sound and gameplay examples...
I can't think of another game that did racing as well as this, it must have cost a fair bit to script everything. Also, I have strong memories of eating a giant gobstopper while playing this game. Dunno why but I remmebered it just now. I don't think I finished the gobstopper before I finished the game, but it was a very large gobstopper.
Interestingly, rumours leading up to Blood Stone's official announcement constantly stated that this Bizarre Creations title would be a driving / racing 007 game (similar to the very poor 007 Racing on the PS1). Given their background in racing titles, this would make sense, and could explain why Blood Stone's racing segments are a highlight to an otherwise pretty generic 3rd person shooter.
I think you've mentioned this game before in a video briefly but I would love to see your review on 2009s "Wheelman" with Vin Diesel being the main character. It came out for the PS3 and Xbox 360. I only ever played the demo.
That one is a guilty pleasure of mine. Most aspects about it suck, but the actual driving controls and features, as well as the upgrade tie-ins, are surprisingly fun to experience, and put some other vehicle-based games to shame.
Hey Minimme, you should take a look at some of the Sims games on the consoles. O have oddly strong memories of The Sims 1 on the original Xbox, where you did like missions and it was kinda you controlling one person I think? There's also The Sims 2 (there was apparently like a story based one on the PSP), The Urbz in the City and the ones on the DS. I'd also say you should check out some of the really mediocre/odd late Xbox originals around 2005/2006 when the Xbox 360 came out. Stuff like Project Dark Zero, Total Overdose, Mashed, The Outfit, just these complete bizarro games that came out and no one ever saw again
I would like you to cover The Italian Job video games, as there were two released; one was based on the original 1969 film and developed by Pixelogic and published by Rockstar Games, and the other was based on the 2003 remake, developed by Climax Brighton and published by Eidos Interactive.
I remember playing this game over and over again. I also remember it looking good for its time and still does I guess. I might try and install it again, it was a fun game and a fun story, very 007. Wish we got more from the creators. I remember getting this and Batman: Arkham Asylum, couldn't complete Arkham (Until about a week ago) but I fell in love with Bloodstone.
Bond knows about Nicole because when Rak is hanging from the scaffolding he notices he's wearing one of her watches - or a fancy watch at least. The connection is tenuous at best, but that's how he works it out. He sends the knife to her to essentially say "I know B, what you gonna do about it?"
15:41 Fun fact, “Risico” is one of the few original Ian Fleming Bond titles that hasn’t been used for an official movie, others being “The Hildebrand Rarity” and “007 in New York” EDIT: Oh never mind, you actually said that lol
Fun fact about that plane: it's actually real. It's called " Корабль-макет" or "ship prototype". Most people know it as the Caspian Sea Monster, though. It's a giant seaplane that never truly "flew". Very low altitude, it's more like a ship than an aircraft(hence the name). It's also called prototype because it got canned like a lot of crazy projects in the USSR back in the day. There's some old prototypes still around on the Caspian shorelines, but most of them have been disassembled.
Suggestions can be annoying, so sorry if this has appeared before, but Bioshock apparently had two mobile ports: Bioshock 2d and Bioshock 3d. I was surprised you hadn't reviewed them on your channel. Great video as always btw
The reason that there are sidewalks in Cars is that it takes place after the apocalypse where people have died off and what is left are the cities that they made and the AI cars that still roam them.
Oh maaannn finallyyyyy!!! I've been waiting so long for this; brings back memories and surprisingly, exactly how i remember it. Looking forward to the last 2 game reviews.
The rumors of the 2009 to 2010 delay for Blood Stone were likely true, as Blood Stone was at one point planned to have a Wii port that was being developed by SuperVillain Studios that got cancelled due to this delay. To quote an SVS developer: "We were working on the Wii version of a major film license (although this particular game was not tied directly to the films). We were really happy with the work we had done, and it was looking amazingly good for a game that was tasked with mimicking high-end photo-real 360/PS3 visuals as best as the machine could. Unfortunately, there were major delays on the 360/PS3 version and the big bucks dictate that money is best spent focusing on those consoles with this type of game (3rd person cover/action shooter, think Gears of War-type gameplay). So the Wii version was eventually canceled. It happens quite a lot behind the scenes, especially these days with publishers being super careful with their money in the down economy. There are a ton of games that don't see the light of day." I originally thought this Wii port the developer was referring to was for another game (that game being Transformers: War for Cybertron) however after searching for some time i found out it was for Blood Stone instead, heck i was even able to find a couple of screenshots of the Istanbul level. Also speaking of War for Cybertron, are you gonna do a review on that game?
I'm sure it's mentioned elsewhere but the DS version of Bloodstone seems right up your alley. I'd be very interested in a review of it. I can't believe it exists.
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"Why are there sidewalks in Cars?"
You've completely destroyed my mind
Think of them as weaker curbs
Regarding the sidewalks, I think they're supposed to be an area separate from the roads that cars can hang out on.
Imagine this scenario:
Mater: Hey, McQueen! I’ll meet ya in front of that there Chrysler building!
McQueen: Haha! Okay Mater!
So, how does Mater accomplish this? Does he stand in the middle of a busy street in a metropolitan area and block traffic, or does he “stand” on an elevated surface designed to differentiate itself from the road?
Cars can fit on a sidewalk most of the time, and they can also be driven onto. They aren’t just made for pedestrians to get around, they are also designed to keep people out of the streets.
@@dominikbury2 the movie Cars, not actual cars silly.
The answer is obvious: Cars happen after a human extinction event. The sidewalks were for the humans but they all died.
Theres a theory about the cars universe. It's basically a future after humans have somehow gone extinct but before they did, they figured out a way to make cars and other vehicles sentient and have brains and shit. Its actually quite an interesting theory, and it explains some of the things that wouldn't logically make sense in a Cars universe otherwise
The twist where Bond knows that Joss Stone is a traitor is so hack that I almost respect it. There's no real foreshadowing or explanation, but Bond still figures it out.
How? He's Bond.
Fuck you.
I love it.
Is like I don't like you so you must be a bad guy.
Actually, in the Burma level, there's an enemy who's using a laptop right after Bond escapes the prison. If he dispatches the nearby enemies and scans the laptop with the smartphone, it reveals that Nicole Hunter is actually working with the enemies. So that's technically how he ends up finding out about it.
You're terrible in an interesting way and that's why we love you Minimme.
I was like #666 yippee!
The name is me, Minimme
But where is Dr. Evil?
Tony Hawk accidentally grinded on the blood stone and now he has to keep his heart beating really fast or else Shrek from Shrek 2 (2004) eats him up
Isn't that the synopsis for Crank?
CrazyKraken yes, but with James Bond, Tony Hawk, & Shrek
Shrek from Shrek (2001) would have never condoned such violence
I heard that too.
@@bagelfan6 My guy, I think you've just uncovered Crank 3.
FINALLY, someone talking about this game. Underrated.
It is actually the only good Bond game after PS2/Xbox installations. I feel like it received very harsh press, despite the simplicity of game design. It is enjoyble to play from start to finish and that's what really matters.
Word agreed Tyler I couldn’t agree more it’s theeeee best bond game the rest are pure garbage in my opinion the combat in blood stones is amazing and amazing story level design was a masterpiece I love this game such a shame what has happened to this masterpiece
Underrated by who?
If every single game is underrated then why even look at ratings
@@thefallenloser what even is a rating if everything is underrated lmao. I literally see this comment in every review video. Who cares if its supposedly underrated if u found and enjoyed it.
"The Call of Duty Machine" sounds like a metal gear solid mech dude boss name
its special power is consuming innocent little developers
And eating your money.
It really does lmao
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The fact you still haven't reviewed Stranglehold, orthesimsontheds, is amazing:
•Mediocre but fun game
•Kind of movie tie-in
•Third person shooter because that seems to be your thing now AND bullet time mechanic
That just screams minimme review to me
@Brupcat I mean, it was okay, tbh
I really enjoyed that game when i was younger. And it reminds me of a game called "Wet", which still screams minimme review for me lol
That would be awesome. I'd be excited just for the thumbnail.
Orthesimsontheds?
@noided Mediocre has a negative connotation.
Couple of years ago a Fan sent me a ton of Bizzare Creations' assets he got ina liquidation auction. Not been able to open a few of them because of the weird format they're in, but a lot of them were marked "knightwing", so not sure if that was a Batman game they were working on, or something related to Project Gotham.
But you should look at the James Bond games not based on movies, like Everything or Nothing and 007 The Duel, That and watch Doc Hollywood. :P
Hi Larry, if you're up for it I'd love to give unpacking the files a try!
@@Xx_m1k3_0X1onG_xX I san send over some of the files that were on DVD, but I got some stuff on these things that look like super thick floppy disks, not zipp disks, they're twice as thick as those.
Maybe someone from the Cutting Room Floor wiki or the Hidden Palace wiki could unpack that?
@@Larry please dump them somewhere
@@priceless073 Will do.
"Bizzare creations, main known for racing games like *Project Gotham Racing*"
*sad BLUR noises*
PGR is there claim to fame after all. And Blur was one of the games that killed them, even though it was great.
motherurck Fair enough.
I'll go for the deep cut of Fur Fighters :-)
BLUR was the shit, needs to be rereleased
To me the best game they did is The Club.
Just a recommendation: Speed Racer-The Videogame. Given that you clearly enjoy driving games, this one is... graphically impressive, especially the Wii version, although the PS2 version has a little bit more content. Either way, it is a pretty good game and those who played it, like me, remember it fondly.
It's a fun game.
It also have splitscreen, played it with my little brother a couple of times
I've tried this game on Wii last week and thought it was a bit bland. It seems that the races come down mostly to taking out your opponents since the driving is so simple.
I played the shit out of the DS version
@@she1by same same
Gotta love DS download play
The DS version of Blood Stone is surprisingly good.
That sounds like a topic for this channel!
*_BLOOD STONE'S WEIRD DS PORT_*
@@WH250398 not weird
Annoying Reptile and is not a port. Is a different game.
Indeed. I got my hands in a copy recently and I didn’t stopped until I finished it. It’s a really good game, with some additional dialogues and more information about Rak in Switzerland. Also the final dialogue between Bond and Nicole is a way lot better than the main console version.
The "ridiculous looking military seaplane" featured at 7:58 is an old soviet ground effect aircraft, designed to use little fuel to go long distances
Words can't describe how heartbroken I felt after hearing the Ravensoft game was cancelled. Great vid as always my guy 👌
That Trav Guy It really is heartbreaking! To think we would have had another Daniel Craig 007 adventure, on PS4 and Xbox One of all things, is devastating.
Activation has killed hundreds of talented developers over the years
Thankfully we got 007 Legends instead! *HAHAHAHA*
:(
I absolutely hate what Acti did to Raven, they made some of my favorite games
This is genuinely one of my favourite Bond games out there. None of the others have felt quite so... Bond in the set design and action sequences as this one did for me. It's also the only shooter I've ever played where I've finished it and gone "huh I really wanna try out the hard mode now", and really focused on mastering the stealth and headshots. Loved it.
I beat this one back in 2011 on PS3. When it was over I said to myself, “I hope they make another Bond game one day, because I want more.”
2:18 "oh, no, i'm being shot by an helicopter. Better hide behing this wood cabinet"
Because of this, any time I see a friend with a knife I'll *KNOW* they're a double agent
My hobby is music production, so I really enjoyed that wave form enjoyment graph. Got a good laugh out of me
I believe that “seaplane” is the ekranoplan, a weird boat plane mix. Dark Docs made a great video about it
was just about to comment this. it is an ekranoplan
@@gustafrenstrom8549 It was also in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, it's the plane Snake and Eva escape in during the ending.
To me this game seemed like a good introduction to gaming in general it gets you used to techniques in this simple environment.the shooting, driving levels, detective mode, simple stealth, using cover etc
I adored this game despite it's flaws, thrilled to see it being covered.
your reviews r very chill
Yes , reasonable dude who doesn't trash people work for the sake of it and is fair. Damn a rarity these day
If I remember the story was pulled from the script of a movie they canned when the writers strike happened in 2009. They wanted to make another bond movie but had to put it all on hold. There was something with the game license and they basically chose to make it a game rather than a film
Ever thought about reviewing any of the mysims games? They're tie in games to the sims franchise but each has a widely different play style. I specifically remember playing mysims agents and sky-heroes as a kid.
Incidentally I'd love to see you talk about The Club. I've only played a little of Blood Stone but seeing your video makes me want to dig it back up; The Club is a fantastic little arcade shooter (think Mario Kart, but with guns) and no one ever seems to talk about it.
It's always nice to see you review a game you genuinely enjoy; it's a refreshing change of pace from all the bad games most UA-camrs cover.
Yo, Minimme, if you are still reviewing bond games, Id recommend looking at the PC version of Nightfire. it was made BEFORE the console versions, has different levels and gameplay, and it STILL has a multiplayer fanbase TO THIS DAY. Recommend checking it out at the very least.
NIGHTFIRE on PS2 was when I saw the future is here. Then came MGS2. Somehow today's games are far more predictable and nothing surprises you anymore
My childhood game lol hate how everyone hate it
The third stage (casino) opening always make feel a nostalgic feeling for some reason dude its so beautiful .
I remember this being a solid game, although I feel ashamed that I remember the bland sewer level more than that crazy opening. Although I played it through to the end, I never felt any need to return to it again.
Your videos give me those "WAIT!!! I remember this!!" vibes
I liked this game purely for the reason that it truly felt like a Daniel Craig bond game, it was fast paced with cool car chases, and pretty satisfying shooting and hand to hand takedowns. I always thought Daniel Craig was never very charismatic like the older bobds, but he absolutely nailed the action part of it
Your voice soothes my soul in these rough times.
I love your reviews! It allows me to recap games I missed growing up. Please, never stop filming!
I play this a couple of times and its pretty competent third-person shooter and a good Bond game overall. Thanks for the review minimme.
Your positive opinions on games (that sometimes don’t even deserve it) is actually really refreshing. Keep it up
Oh my God I love this game when I was younger. I really should play it again
GameCorpCrew On UA-cam I played it for the first time last year and thought it was great. I looks great and plays well.
Weird Siberian sea plane is actually Ekranoplan -- you can find some good short documentaries here on UA-cam. It was another perspective war machine of cold war era and it's cool they inclided it. I watched one just days before and instantly recognized
Great review! It is a real shame that this studio got closed down: BLUR is still among the best racing games ever made!
One of my favorite UA-cam channels! Love your insight man.
One of these days I’d love to see you do a retrospective on Journey or
Shadow of the Colossus
I always got the impression there was content missing from the story, and I’d kill to actually read the scripts or design docs for this game, I always really liked the story I’m this honestly
this is my best james bond game i ever played especially online pvp mode its was amazing
As someone who's been to istanbul, its a shame as its perfect setting for an actiob game with massive castles, underground chambers and tight streets.
Anyway, whens everything or nothing?
As an Istanbul ..uh Istanbul-itan?? The only time i felt like a game portrayed Istanbul actually properly was the From Russia with love game tbh. Its mad how every time theres an Istanbul episode in a game, even 3A like uncharted 2, they manage to put 70's cars and dark skinned people and women with burkas. Its mad
@@Astarlord yeah i have yet to see a game that can show the wonders of istanbul better, there's so many places you can use yet people always make istanbul seem like a boring place
@@limmynade i mean its slowly becoming a concrete jungle if not already BUT theres SO many historical and sceneric locations that can be used(not to mention population density and variety) while also having actual modern cars.
Yeah despite most things there being built by Greeks before turks took over and turkey spreading propaganda that it's theirs. Like come on man the ruins there are clearly Greek made. If you read history and not propaganda history, but real history then you will see that that architecture was around the time of Constantine. Also, the castle ruins in amazing Greek old cities look the exact same as those so it kinda tells you that a lot of those architectures are Greek. I don't hate turks by any means but I ahte it when they say that the architecture is mostly theirs. The big church you see in "Istanbul" (Constantinople) is purely Greek. And PURELY Greek.
@@stavroskoul732 when Byzantine fell, it became ours. Suck it.
I like how the unique features of Rak's knife are on the handle and the cutscenes only show the knife being held.
Man, I’ve gotten into a binge of old bond games and found you mini. I wish we could figure out what was the best element of each bond game because I’d love to get a new bond game
watching this video reminded me of how far you've come since that mafia review, your editing skills are stellar nowadays and you've gotten really good at script writing
2:10 i like how you cut out that you were going to crash there
Judas Priest's Bloodstone hits my mind whenever I read that title...
Same.
Every single time he said I heard Rob Halford go “BLOOOOD STONE” in my head
@@Scorpie Hahaha! I love that song so much.
i actually have a crazy amount of nostalgis for this game. i was just thinking about it a few weeks ago randomly and thought it was forgotten.
I wondered why I never played this game, then I checked my PS3 trophies. Apparently I did, even replayed it on 007 difficulty.
I do not remember a single thing about this game and none of the footage looked familiar.
They should hire Minimme as a developer for future Bond games i think he'd make a pretty solid Bond game.
The thumbnails are getting better, they pretty good! Haven't played this game!
Man was i happy to see this pop up in my notifications! Love the videos man, keep it up.
Gotta say, the quality of your videos has skyrocketed over the last year
Tony Hawk holding a gun in the thumbnail? My life is complete
Why has this channel not blowing up already? Such a great content.
This game was fun back then and still fun to play
Watching this late at night in bed on my phone and boy jeepers does that digital flicker effect annihilate my eyes, even at the lowest brightness
Not sure if it's just my computer/browser, but the subtitles aren't displaying properly. The lines are layering on top of one another, such that you can only see one line at a time, and even that line is obscured by the letters behind it. That said, great video as always!
”Ridiculous looking plane"
It's not a plane, it's an Ekranoplan and it existed in real lifem(and it worked).
i loved this game and From Russia with Love as well
Jesus I love this game. Which is more interesting because I'm not big JB fan. But the story, shooting and driving was for young me so great I felt in love with this game. I know there's a lot of nostalgia in this but I played it before Uncharted or Gears so everything was fresh to me
Man, good to see you're alive. I don't have a lot of tolerence for many UA-camrs, but you're a gem. Keep up the good work!
thankyou 🙏🙂
@@minimme It`s actually based off of Everything Or Nothing, NOT ARKHAM.
@@minimme THE REASON THIS DID POORLY WAS BECAUSE OF GOLDENEYE:RE RELEASED ON THE EXACT SAME DAY! IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO CREATE HYPE! THATS WHY AND IT IS A BETTER GAME TO PLAY THEN GOLDENEYE RELOADED!
The game that got me into james bond and was basically my childhood alongside ghost recon future soldier. Maybe it wasn't nintendo but I absolutely adored these types of games so thank you for taking me down memory lane.
I love how you review almost all the best games from the 7th generation that were not that great but still so god damn fun!
I loved both bloodstone and Wheelman but almost nobody talked about neither of them on UA-cam.
Not to mention the great quality of voice, sound and gameplay examples...
I can't think of another game that did racing as well as this, it must have cost a fair bit to script everything. Also, I have strong memories of eating a giant gobstopper while playing this game. Dunno why but I remmebered it just now. I don't think I finished the gobstopper before I finished the game, but it was a very large gobstopper.
Interestingly, rumours leading up to Blood Stone's official announcement constantly stated that this Bizarre Creations title would be a driving / racing 007 game (similar to the very poor 007 Racing on the PS1). Given their background in racing titles, this would make sense, and could explain why Blood Stone's racing segments are a highlight to an otherwise pretty generic 3rd person shooter.
I really enjoyed this game back in the day, and before watching your video I played it again, and... Really enjoyed it, again
Best Bond game after Goldeneye. Had a blast with this.
I think you've mentioned this game before in a video briefly but I would love to see your review on 2009s "Wheelman" with Vin Diesel being the main character. It came out for the PS3 and Xbox 360. I only ever played the demo.
That one is a guilty pleasure of mine. Most aspects about it suck, but the actual driving controls and features, as well as the upgrade tie-ins, are surprisingly fun to experience, and put some other vehicle-based games to shame.
Hey Minimme, you should take a look at some of the Sims games on the consoles. O have oddly strong memories of The Sims 1 on the original Xbox, where you did like missions and it was kinda you controlling one person I think? There's also The Sims 2 (there was apparently like a story based one on the PSP), The Urbz in the City and the ones on the DS. I'd also say you should check out some of the really mediocre/odd late Xbox originals around 2005/2006 when the Xbox 360 came out. Stuff like Project Dark Zero, Total Overdose, Mashed, The Outfit, just these complete bizarro games that came out and no one ever saw again
You should definitely check out the DS version of this game. I remember playing it a lot as a kid, it was nuts
I loved this game. Sucks that we'll never get a sequel
Can the enjoyment curve graph please return in every video? That was beautiful
You and Colourshed are great and seem to work on a similar schedule so there's always two reviews I can look forward to.
I would like you to cover The Italian Job video games, as there were two released; one was based on the original 1969 film and developed by Pixelogic and published by Rockstar Games, and the other was based on the 2003 remake, developed by Climax Brighton and published by Eidos Interactive.
I remember playing this game over and over again. I also remember it looking good for its time and still does I guess. I might try and install it again, it was a fun game and a fun story, very 007. Wish we got more from the creators. I remember getting this and Batman: Arkham Asylum, couldn't complete Arkham (Until about a week ago) but I fell in love with Bloodstone.
7:57 That's an Ekranoplan which is pretty rare in video games with the only appearances being in this game and World in Conflict Soviet Assault.
Great video. Great editing. Absolutely loved that graph part of the vid.
Bond knows about Nicole because when Rak is hanging from the scaffolding he notices he's wearing one of her watches - or a fancy watch at least. The connection is tenuous at best, but that's how he works it out. He sends the knife to her to essentially say "I know B, what you gonna do about it?"
15:41 Fun fact, “Risico” is one of the few original Ian Fleming Bond titles that hasn’t been used for an official movie, others being “The Hildebrand Rarity” and “007 in New York”
EDIT: Oh never mind, you actually said that lol
I don’t know about you but the later Bizarre Creation game Blur is one of my favorite games ever.
The driving in this game reminds me of my all time favourite racing game Motorstorm apocalypse. Mix that with the 3D aspect. My god, soooo good!
His movements on this game were incredibly well done, right down to the craig bond shooting one hand while running
Glad to see my country in the game. Love your vids bro. Keep up the good work.
It's a bummer that this was Bizarre's last game...I absolutely adored The Club and Blur, honestly.
Fun fact about that plane: it's actually real.
It's called " Корабль-макет" or "ship prototype". Most people know it as the Caspian Sea Monster, though. It's a giant seaplane that never truly "flew". Very low altitude, it's more like a ship than an aircraft(hence the name). It's also called prototype because it got canned like a lot of crazy projects in the USSR back in the day. There's some old prototypes still around on the Caspian shorelines, but most of them have been disassembled.
I enjoy your videos more than any other youtuber in this genre.
I think that "ridiculous looking military seaplane" is the ekranoplan, a ground-effects craft
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan
Suggestions can be annoying, so sorry if this has appeared before, but Bioshock apparently had two mobile ports: Bioshock 2d and Bioshock 3d. I was surprised you hadn't reviewed them on your channel.
Great video as always btw
This was one of the only shooters I was allowed to play when I first got my 360 (I was kinda young.) I remember it being very fun.
I played this game for the first time last year and I loved every minute of it.
The reason that there are sidewalks in Cars is that it takes place after the apocalypse where people have died off and what is left are the cities that they made and the AI cars that still roam them.
The cars are evolved from bugs. MattPat. someone that annoying must be... something.
This channel is filling such a weird niche that I'm always interested in. Thanks mininimiememie
I loved the graphs at the end! A funny way to convey your point!
Oh maaannn finallyyyyy!!!
I've been waiting so long for this; brings back memories and surprisingly, exactly how i remember it.
Looking forward to the last 2 game reviews.
hello, the subtitles are completely borked its overlaying one line on top of the other instead of them being together on just 1 talk bubble.
Glad i'm not the one who saw that, i hope he will fix this
All of Bond's non-tux outfits make him look like Tom Hanks.
The rumors of the 2009 to 2010 delay for Blood Stone were likely true, as Blood Stone was at one point planned to have a Wii port that was being developed by SuperVillain Studios that got cancelled due to this delay.
To quote an SVS developer: "We were working on the Wii version of a major film license (although this particular game was not tied directly to the films). We were really happy with the work we had done, and it was looking amazingly good for a game that was tasked with mimicking high-end photo-real 360/PS3 visuals as best as the machine could.
Unfortunately, there were major delays on the 360/PS3 version and the big bucks dictate that money is best spent focusing on those consoles with this type of game (3rd person cover/action shooter, think Gears of War-type gameplay). So the Wii version was eventually canceled. It happens quite a lot behind the scenes, especially these days with publishers being super careful with their money in the down economy. There are a ton of games that don't see the light of day."
I originally thought this Wii port the developer was referring to was for another game (that game being Transformers: War for Cybertron) however after searching for some time i found out it was for Blood Stone instead, heck i was even able to find a couple of screenshots of the Istanbul level.
Also speaking of War for Cybertron, are you gonna do a review on that game?
I was waiting for this video since you upload the Quantum Of Solace's one. Thanks!
I'm sure it's mentioned elsewhere but the DS version of Bloodstone seems right up your alley. I'd be very interested in a review of it. I can't believe it exists.