007 - From Russia with Love
007 - From Russia with Love is a PSP shooter game released in 2006 developed by Rebellion Developments. It centers on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion, with controls and information arranged around the directional pad, single analog nub, shoulder and face buttons, with a camera or another accessory only where required.
- AI score · out of 10
- 5.4 / 10
About this game
007 - From Russia with Love is a PSP shooter game centered on aiming, shooting, and weapon use, aiming and shooting, and positioning and evasion. Missions pace progress through enemy waves, routes, objectives, and weapon opportunities, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Aiming feedback, projectiles, hits, and danger zones need to remain readable, while the portable widescreen, UMD streaming, compressed audio, and handheld-scale interface need to preserve targets, text, and action readability. The genre-specific limitation is that camera turning, aiming methods, dense encounters, and peripheral support can increase control pressure. Platform conditions also include single-nub camera control, UMD loading and noise, Memory Stick saves, battery life, regional language, ad hoc requirements, and retired online services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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PlayStation PortableAI review
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Film charm survives a severely awkward portable camera.
Carrying a Connery-era Bond adventure has an obvious appeal, and the portable game retains recognizable film situations, extravagant gadgets and third-person combat. It is a reduced adaptation, however: driving missions and other console material disappear, leaving less variety and fewer of the strongest cinematic set pieces. The PSP-specific controls are a larger problem. Camera rotation sits on square and circle and moves slowly, while automatic targeting does not reliably track threats. Bond Focus requires standing still, increasing exposure during fights that already demand careful ammunition use. These are costs of this handheld edition, not defects borrowed from the PlayStation 2 or Xbox releases. It is mainly for someone determined to carry this particular film adaptation and willing to tolerate its camera. Players seeking the fuller campaign and more comfortable shooting will be better served by a home-console edition. This review concerns the historical PSP port only.
Strengths
- Preserves film situations and recognizable gadgets.
Weaknesses
- Driving levels are missing and targeting is cumbersome.
Who it is for: Bond fans willing to tolerate a difficult handheld control scheme.
Play notes: 2006 PSP port, without borrowed PS2 technical claims.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Missing driving missions reduce portable variety. | Reviewed | 5.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Stationary focus aiming makes firefights awkward. | Reviewed | 5.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Film atmosphere remains, with less complete staging. | Reviewed | 6.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Slow PSP camera and unreliable targeting obstruct fights. | Reviewed | 3.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Rebellion
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2006
- Platforms
- PlayStation Portable
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyShootingFast-pacedMain Story Under 10 HoursReplayableDodge3D GraphicsThird PersonLinear LevelsPlayer versus PlayerPlayer versus Environment
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation PortableWorldwide2006
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