A really cool idea, carried out with all of the polish I'd expect from a big publisher like EA.
User Rating: 8.5 | From Russia With Love PS2
First of all, a 7.0 is a bit light for this game. I wouldn't say it's "easy" so much as it is "accessible". For all the cash EA shelled out for the licensing rights and for a couple of Euro-hos to vamp up the game for the twenty-first century, did anyone think that it was going to be difficult for the casual gamer to play through? Casual gamers don't pony up for frustrating games. There's a virtual graveyard full of quality games nobody bought because they were too hard or required too much of an investment in time or energy to complete. The very fact that the letters "EA" were stamped on the box pretty much lets any serious gamer know that he's buying dumbed down game with nice graphics. Count your lucky stars that this is a James Bond game from EA that doesn't thoroughly stink .
From Russia With Love does a wonderful job of looking pretty while spoon feeding me a light hearted romp through an anachronistic cold war male fantasy. The voice acting could be better but come on... Sean Connery is as old as the hills - the dude is "mailing in" life at this point, cut him some slack. Besides, if he's taking as much medication as my grandmother than EA was lucky just to catch him lucid enough to read the script without wetting himself and asking where he was every ten minutes, nevermind "acting". Give this game a shot and you might just have a good time playing a game that doesn't make you yell at the television or toss your controller.
