The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000) (VG)

Director:

Craig Hubbard

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

Who wants to LIVE FOREVER?

Plot:

A 1960's female spy must battle an eccentric terrorist organization. |

Plot Keywords:

Spy | First Person Shooter | Espionage | Computer Game | Baron

Cast

Jock Blaney	...	Dmitrij Volkov (voice)
Ken Boynton	...	Santa / Various voices (voice)
Scott Burns	...	Various (voice)
Roger Curtis	...	Mr. Smith
Mark Dias	...	Various voices (voice)
Barbara Dirickson	...	Baroness Dumas (voice)
Kit Harris	...	Agent Cate Archer / Inge Wagner (voice)
John Patrick Lowrie	...	Bruno Lawrie
Mike Madeoy	...	Tom Goodman / Melvin Blitzny (voice)
Nigel Neale	...	Mr. Jones (voice)
David Stalker	...	Magnus Armstrong (voice)
Jeff Steitzer	...	Baron Archibald Dumas (voice)

Also Known As:

N.O.L.F. (International: English title) (promotional abbreviation)

Trivia:

In an overheard conversation, two security guards talk about a new TV series called "The Prisoner", starting "next week". Since "The Prisoner" (1967) started airing on October 1, 1967, this would put the game in that time frame.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The game is set in 1967. Yet, in the opening cinematics, in Cate Archer's apartment you can see a German "Bettina von Arnim" 5 DM banknote, which was first issued in 1992.

Quotes:

East German Guard #1: Haha, did she really say that to you?
East German Guard #2: Ja, can you believe it?
East German Guard #1: So what did you do?
East German Guard #2: What do you think I did?
East German Guard #1: I know what I would have done!
East German Guard #2: Then you have your answer!
East German Guard #1: So, how was she?
East German Guard #2: What do you mean?
East German Guard #1: You know what I mean!
East German Guard #2: No, I don't.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "The Prisoner" (1967)

Cult Classic

So many games are given this title of being a classic but how many of them manage to keep a your interest 6 years after the release? No One Lives Forever of NOLF is one of these games, when I first started playing I was skeptical and with the many FPS on the PC I didn't this would be any different to the rest, likes of Duke Nukem or Doom both good but I don't play then anymore and they also lack NOLFs style and wit.

About the story, in this game a player takes controls of a former thief with rough childhood who becomes a spy down to her sneaking skill. She works for a group called UNITY and her break comes when all other UNITY agents are killed off by a evil group H.A.R.M.

So what makes this game better that the rest? Well for one you get to access a great range of guns and gadgets as well as stealth, while in stealth you can over hear harm henchman me talk about there weekends or how the can't stand the singing of the fellow henchman they are on patrol with, this gives each henchman man a personality which few, if any games do (The one other I can think of is Max Payne).

I'd give this game a 9.5 now, 9.9 on release for the P.C. from what I've heard the PS2 version is best left alone as you can't save during missions.