I'd like to get something out straightaway; I'm a self-confessed Bond-fan; I've seen every movie, played most every game, and just love to death the franchise as a whole. When I heard about Blood Stone, I knew I had to get it, and, to tell the truth, it was well worth the price.
BS is your typical third-person action shooter. It borrows every mechanic and concept from previous third-person hallmarks, such as Gears of War's cover system and Splinter Cell Conviction's Mark-and-Execute system. One could go so far as to say it is a generic game with little-to-no originality. This theory holds some claim. I saw nothing new in this game that I haven't seen before, but this is not necessarily a bad thing, because BS executes so well what it does. Apart from pacing issues in the driving set-pieces, I found the game to be something I had to keep coming back to in order to finish. The story is very forgettable, and the characters are non-existent. Sadly, there's no real "Bond Babe" in the game, probably due in part to the game's T rating, and the one girl that is present is mostly just story-related. You'll skip all over the world, and while that's not a bad thing, you won't know why you are doing it. Overall, BS is not worth a purchase for the average consumer, and probably for most Bond fans as well. There's probably no replay value at all, and there's no collectibles or anything like that. However, I do recommend you get your hands on a copy somehow, because Blood Stone is a great game that lacks a little in some departments.