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007: Quantum of Solace for PlayStation 2
007: Quantum of Solace for the PlayStation 2 is an action game in which you control Daniel Craig's James Bond from an external perspective. The story combines events from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Your journey takes you through guarded locations where you must shoot, sneak and find the next passage. During those assignments, the camera shows both Bond and the space around him.
Taking cover is an important part of the gunfights. You move along walls and obstacles, check where opponents are and emerge to aim. When a position comes under fire, moving can help more than staying put. You can use certain parts of the environment to distract enemies or approach an encounter differently. Bond can also intervene at close range.
The campaign alternates open combat with sections where staying unseen is part of the assignment. You watch guards and try to judge when you can safely move on. Actions involving secured doors appear along the way, among other tasks. You play this PlayStation 2 edition alone and the missions follow a fixed order. The combination of cover, aiming and cautious movement gives each new area a clear question: where can you stand, who sees you and how do you reach the next spot?
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
007: Quantum of Solace for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of 007: Quantum of Solace
007: Quantum of Solace was released for the PlayStation 2 in 2008 and published by Activision. The company had announced its agreement for the Bond game licence in 2006. This title brought the events surrounding Daniel Craig's Bond to a new line of games. The campaign used both Casino Royale and the then-new film Quantum of Solace, making two connected film stories its foundation.
Several studios worked on their own interpretations for different platforms. Eurocom developed the PlayStation 2 version. Treyarch handled the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions, which focused much more strongly on first-person shooting. On the PlayStation 2, Eurocom chose a camera behind Bond and its own campaign with stealth sections and gunfights. It therefore represents a separate playing experience within the same film adaptation.
Eurocom already knew the secret agent from earlier work. The studio had made The World Is Not Enough for Nintendo 64 and then worked on the console versions of Nightfire. That background connects Quantum of Solace to earlier Bond games, while the new actor and film stories represent a different era. On the PlayStation 2, this edition concentrates on a solo campaign. Taking cover, searching rooms and passing a guard unnoticed shape the variation between recognisable events from the films.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing shares the third-person perspective and use of cover during gunfights. It follows Pierce Brosnan's Bond in an original story and intersperses that action with vehicles. Quantum of Solace uses events from two Daniel Craig films and keeps its PlayStation 2 campaign to assignments on foot for one player.
James Bond 007: From Russia with Love also turns a film story into third-person action, with additions for the game. You play Sean Connery's Bond in a different era. Quantum of Solace builds around Daniel Craig and combines two more recent film adventures, with cover and stealth as recurring elements.
James Bond 007: Nightfire combines espionage with shooting, but lets you see through Bond's eyes during missions on foot. It also includes driving missions and local matches against other players. Quantum of Solace for the PlayStation 2 uses a camera behind the agent and concentrates on his solo story with combat and infiltration.
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire uses an original story and combines first-person action with gadgets and vehicle assignments. The PlayStation 2 version also offers local multiplayer. Quantum of Solace instead follows scenes from Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, with a camera behind Bond and a campaign built entirely for one player.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent shares weapons and familiar elements from the Bond world, but puts you in the role of a renegade agent working for Goldfinger. You see through his eyes and combine two weapons with special eye powers. Quantum of Solace keeps Bond himself at the centre and connects its third-person action to film events and careful movement.
