The World Is Not Enough (2001 video game)

The game is presented from a top-down oblique projection. The player's health and equipped weapon are displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The World Is Not Enough is an action-adventure game based on the 1999 James Bond film of the same name, where the player must control James Bond from a top-down oblique projection through eight mission-based levels.[1] The game closely follows the plot of the film and its levels take place in film locations such as London and a Russian submarine.[2] In each level, the player must complete a number of objectives and then escape.[1] Objectives range from collecting keycards to gaining access to restricted areas of a level or using high-tech gadgets such as remote mines to destroy objects.[3]

Bond has a limited amount of health which decreases when attacked by enemies, but the player can collect health-recovery items to restore a portion of his health.[3] The player can also use several weapons to neutralize enemies, ranging from pistols to submachine guns, a grenade launcher, and a taser.[3] If Bond dies, the player must start the level again from the beginning.[3] Passwords must be used to restore the game to a specific level.[3] The game is compatible with the Transfer Pak accessory,[4] allowing players to transfer multiplayer character data to its Nintendo 64 counterpart, depending on how far they reached in the game.[2][5]

The World Is Not Enough was developed by 2n Productions, a video game developer based in Redwood City, California, and published by Electronic Arts for the Game Boy Color handheld console.[6] The game was released on a 16-megabit cartridge, on September 18, 2001.[4][7]

The World Is Not Enough received generally mixed reviews from critics, who unfavorably compared it to Metal Gear Solid.[1][9] AllGame praised the game for its diverse level designs and soundtrack, but noted the game's difficulty.[1] Nintendo of America's official print magazine, Nintendo Power, criticized the game's clumsy controls, noting that the player cannot walk and shoot at the same time,[4] while the French video games magazine, Consoles +, felt that the graphics lacked details.[8] The Spanish official Nintendo magazine, Nintendo Acción, criticized the game's artificial intelligence, stating that enemies stop following the player if they are only a few steps away, and remarked that, due to the game's lack of graphic details, it is occasionally difficult to determine the objects that can be interacted with.[9]

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