I first heard about this game around Christmas time when I was watching
the Bourne Ultimatum on DVD. They had a trailer for it in the
Ultimatum. I was always complaining that there wasn't a game about
Jason Bourne. Well I got my wish, and it is a pretty good answer to my
prayers.
The Bourne Conspiracy has some incredible cinematic scenes, with
graphics that are the best i have seen in a game I have played (I
haven't played Metal Gear 4 Solid, so don't yell at me). The games
regular 3D engine is very good, but not great the faces are a little
rough looking (Conklin's).
The Bourne Conspiracy takes you through major action sequences in the
Bourne Identity, and also lets you play as Bourne when he was an
Assassin. The Campaign is just to short for me. I finished it in less
than five hours, but I replayed it on harder difficulties. The missions
are long, but there aren't very many, and it isn't like the missions
are super long like Halo.
The hand to hand action is absolutely insane. Everything in the
envirorment becomes your weapon. Bourne uses kitchen sinks, pens,
books, tables, pools, chairs, and pretty much any other object you can
think of. The action is extremely simple, with just two buttons for
basic attacks, and one button for take downs. This action never gets
boring, and can be very tedious in boss fights.
The third person shooting action is a lot of fun, but isn't
groundbreaking or anything. The gun sound effects are excellent and
rival those of CoD4 MW. I loved using the silenced pistol. The shooting
is somewhat realistic even on easy difficulties people don't die with
one or two shots to a vest, if you want one shot one kill then you need
to hit in the head.
My biggest problem with the Bourne Conspiracy was that there is no
multiplayer for it. I was really bummed when I walked into Gamestop,
and I didn't see an Xbox live logo on the cover.
Overall the Bourne Conspiracy is an excellent game with stellar
graphics, realistic sound effects, incredible hand to hand fighting,
decent third person shooting, a very short campaign, and NO MULTI
PLAYER .
