A unique parody game based on spy movies. Set in the 60s, with an excellent female protagonist, a fantastic soundtrack and aesthetic, creative situations and level design, some genuinely great humour, and gameplay that still feels satisfying and rewarding today. Your hair-clip doubles up as a lockpick, your perfume bottles spray sleeping gas, and your belt buckle is a grappling hook. They don't make games like this anymore, do they?
NOLF is a solid shooter with stealth elements, but is understandably old-school in its design. The game doesn't really give you any stealth mechanics or indicators, so it's basically just the crouch key (which you'll have to keep held down, as it's not toggleable), and using distractions. It's quite unforgiving and the smallest mistake can alert the whole level, so sometimes successful stealth comes down to luck, and a very liberal use of quicksave. Some similarly old fashioned elements include the awkward sticky ladder climbing, short vehicle sections that feel admittedly terrible to control, and the fact that cutscenes can sometimes drag on for eternity. Lastly, the game doesn't always give you a good idea of what exactly you're supposed to be doing. Overall it's not a very difficult game or anything, but it can feel quite vague and unrefined at times, which is mostly down to age.
None of these things bothered me much on my most recent playthrough, so just go into the game with an open mind and stick with it, it's really worth the effort. This is a sadly forgotten gem.