Was it Good? - 007: Nightfire 

The multiplayer for this was legendary for sleepovers. That ski lodge level with control rockets. Good memories

I didn't grow up with this game, but my husband did. He's been talking about this game for 11 years. Thank you for increasing my education on the topic 😂

Fun fact, if you use the camera to zoom in on Kiko's chest on the Castle level, she'll ask if you're enjoying the view. I'm sure there are more of these kinds of Easter egg interactions, but that's the one that comes to mind first.

Playing this in multiplayer on the PS2 was a large part of my childhood. We typically had a house rule banning the Golden Gun and the remote controlled rocket launcher. I remember the campaign levels being extremely difficult, but that might have been because I barely knew English at the time so I had absolutely no idea what I was doing or what was going on.

Great choice. I remember endless hours in multiplayer just sitting at the opposite ends of the map trying to kill each other with remote controlled missiles or Oddjob hats.

I like how a lot of the critiques Josh brings up are actually addressed in the next Bond game, Everything or Nothing. Gadgets are less restricted and you can choose to use them or not more freely, score rewards are toggleable, the Bond Moments feel more polished; and they even got the voices of Brosnan, Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, and John Cleese.

I appreciate the swiftness of the ad delivery

Playing Nightfire and Halo 2 was the highlight of me and my cousins whenever we got together. I miss those days.

"Hanry Cavill from wish" was absolutely brilliant.

"We snipe him with a few grenades...gets you his space laser weapon." Yeah, that tracks.

Oh my word. This game was such a huge part of my childhood and I forgot all about it until now!! Thanks again Mr.

Josh presenting a "Bond Move" Tutorial is such a fantastic showing what this entire channel is about

I don't really have a problem with sponsor ads in general but going for a 3 second spot immediately after sponsoring was relevant is a nice touch and I appreciate it.

Curious Story: This game was inside my ps2 the night some thug entered my house when I was a kid. He stole my ps2 along with some other stuff. It belonged to a friend, who quite frankly hated the game, and he liked to think that it would be a punishment to the guy that stole it.

A great continuity gameplay element of Nightfire being a sequel to Agent under Fire is it uses the same familiar mechanics, Health bar, Sound effects, music, gadgets, Arena multiplayer, score & so much more. Truly Nightfire was an innovative sequel to Agent under Fire and a successful one at that.

The VHS/Betamax joke got a full out loud laugh. Great vid - loved playing this game, especially the multiplayer!

I had this on the Gamecube. Over summer break, My friends and I would play Smash Bros Melee, Conflict Desert Storm 2, and 007 Nightfire for hours every day. My favorite map was the Skyrail map for split-screen.

The Judi Dench voicealike was actually pretty solid.

I remember playing the PC version of this a lot (I didn't have a PS2, Xbox, or GameCube back then). While the PC version did lack the vehicle levels, the levels themselves were larger than the console versions, sometimes slightly, sometimes much more. Another thing is the PC version was MUCH tougher, compared to the console version. One good example is the level title "High Treason" (I think it's called Phoenix Rising on console). This level is VERY long on PC and can easily take many people over an hour. This is that major "difficulty spike" level, especially since there are probably more enemies in this level than probably half or most of the console version. Unlike the console version where you can get out much quicker, it can take a while going through the building. While you don't have to go through every floor, you will have to go through many of them, plus the stairwell which are flooded with enemies. Not saying it's the "hardest" level, but for 1st time players, it could be a challenge if they aren't expecting it. There is one thing that also wasn't said, because the console and PC levels differ, the ordering can change. Example: After the Chain Reaction level, Bond sees the vent, then it cuts to bond on the rook with Kiko. At least this is how THAT level ended for consoles. On PC, THAT bond going into the vent starts a completely different level as Bond infiltrate's the base. It still ends the same at the end with Kiko knocking bond out with the tranquiller dart, but still. Another level is the Airfield Ambush (2nd level). On consoles, I think this was where you used the snowmobile and car, but on PC, you get a stealth section mission (at least the first part). Moving through the base in stealth took me a while back then (I was in my younger teen years). However, I LOVED the sniper section when you have to cover Zoe from the tower with a sniper rifle. I did eventually get the PS2 version years later. I honestly like both versions as each has their own positives. The PC version wasn't as bad as people kept saying. My guess, they played the console version first, when played the PC version, saw there were no vehicle sections on PC so instantly thought it was terrible.

Josh should be the next James Bond

"...this is the level where..." I exactly knew what he was going to say. Never have I felt so exposed.

So much nostalgia for this game. The first mission of the story, playing split screen with friends.. so good

5:13 "you've got ext-really limited controls" Sorry, I just couldn't unhear that

i also had both those vhs tapes, and this game as well as agent under fire. nostalgia achieved

Ngl the cutscenes in this game feels like what would happen if Hugh Grant played Bond

I remember having problems with the security guards on the stealth level waking up after being sleep darted. I discovered that they would just despawn if you punched them, but it didn't count as a kill, and so didn't fail the level. Core memory unlocked.

I always liked how Agent Nightshade showed up again after Agent Under Fire. It tied things together nicely.

Thanks for the excellent content. For this old of a game, the space helmet call overlay effect is absolutely stunning. I missed out on playing this back in the ol high school days but looks like Imma have to give it a download later!

My heart literally throbbed when I saw this title, this game was a remarkable part of my childhood, thank you for covering it ❤

Oh my God, you covered Nightfire. I can't wait to dig into this video! This game was one of those absolutely TREASURED childhood games for me. I have this core memory of me playing Nightfire on my Xbox while waiting for the airships in Final Fantasy 11. Or when I would wait for a group to fill up. I played Nightfire. I know, I KNOW the game isn't the best, and I've watched sooo many reviews on it to feel my nostalgic thirst for an old time favorite. But goddamn, it was my comfort game for a long time. That mission with the snipers, and you crawl through the abandoned power plant. I remember in high school asking my crush out, and her rejecting me. And how I spent that night working through that mission. It's just so baked into my head, this weird dream. Almost liminal how this game was so involved during my high school years. And if I think of playing it while I played Final Fantasy 11, that means it was previous to WoW coming out. WoW gave me a lot of great memories. But WoW didn't come out until after high school. -- I missed that Playstation train, so when people talk about Tomb Raider or Final Fantasy 7, Twisted Steel as their childhood games, I wasn't playing those ones. I had Nintendo. Super Nintendo in elementary school. Mario and Donkey Kong. DK2 has so many elementary school memories. Middle school was Golden Eye, Donkey Kong 3d. Command and Conquer. High School was Xbox, Nightfire, Final Fantasy 11, Warcraft 3. -- I wish Josh Strife would cover Earth and Beyond, because I can't seem to find any good videos covering it. And I played that game for what feels like 3 months before quitting, lol...

Look so forward to these videos its actually insane

My first and only 007 game - love that you've chosen this for your WIAG series 😁 Played the ski-lift level to absolute death with my brother and sister, so fun

Great video as always Josh. There's one small (and almost entirely inconsequential) thing I can add. That AIMS-20 wasn't just a "random sci-fi machine gun". Its an actual prototype weapon called the HK OICW. It was all the rage back in the late 90s/early 00s as the "future of infantry weapons". The main barrel is a 20mm airbursting grenade launcher, and the underslung bit is a 5.56mm rifle. And then it was cancelled because someone in the Department of Defense finally came to work sober and went "this is wildly impractical".

i LOVED this game back then intresting to see what josh will say

The cut scenes are awesome for the time they came out. Like better than most games today. That says a lot. So many memories with this game. Thanks Josh! Lookin forward to this weekends streams!

Your videos are a brilliant mix of historical fact, perfect humour, reality of the games at their time, and reliving the fun! Thank you as always

I had this on GameCube, my sisters and my dad and I would play skyrail for years together, well after the games release. Great memories.

While me and my friends were too young to really enjoy goldeneye, we had this on gamecube. We played split screen multiplayer on this game so much that the original disc went bad and we had to get a second copy. The amount of time this game took me to beat the harder levels on singleplayer was crazy especially on the harder difficulties. I even found one of the guides for this game recently and ive been tempted to play through it using the guide. Such a nostalgic game for me, and considering it was a franchise tie in game (not specifically for any movie, but the last game in the brosnan line of james bond games I believe) and what a Gem of a game it was. This and Goldeneye are two of the best Bond games. I know people will say agent under fire but Nightfire was better. Also the name is badass. Edit: I looked it up, everything or nothing released in '04 and that I believe was the last brosnan based bond game. From russia with love was connery, and I stopped paying attention after that. Edit2: Its the Prima official Strategy Guide for 007 Nightfire

4 player multiplayer was pretty cool in this game. One of the few games I ever got to see the multitap being used.

I have so many good memories of me and my friends playing on Skyrail, picking Oddjob who weirdly had his hat as a weapon, and one of us would sit at the top and see if we could hit the other with the Hat that homed in to the person at the bottom. So incredibly fun 😆

This game was my childhood. Had so many hours into it that after the 4th mission my game was crashing.

The Eragon comment unlocked a core memory for me I had totally forgotten about. Please do a video on it!

Oh my teadrinkin' god! the tickles of nostalgia you gave me with this piece of artwork is beyond words to describe... Love you

I didn't expect you to cover this one! The PS2 James Bond games were a core part of my childhood! I spent so many hours on that Skyrail map having snipe-offs with my friends from opposite buildings.

It's always great seeing a new JSH video pop up in my feed.

You unlocked a memory of me playing the ski hut multiplayer level with the bots and the little helicopters!

So many fond memories of both the single player and the local splitscreen vs. mode for this absolute banger. Cheers josh

"Objectively the best Bond: Pierce Brosnan" - and thus I celebrate with a toast, for Josh has indeed the best taste.

Love your works so much ♥

Really loving your Was It Good series. Had never heard of this Bond game before, but it looked really cool!

This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Had it on Gamecube and played it a ridiculous amount.

Another great upload, love that outro rating out of 10 😂

Josh got a really nice sleeved vest for this video, wow!

The Bond game on the N64 “The world is not enough” was one of my favorites due to it having BOTS to fight so I could practice and beat my older brothers in golden eye 😂

Great video as always! At 13:30 you mentioned TimeSplitters - any plans on covering the rest of those games? Would be lovely to see a video on them

I like the implication that josh will leave a can of gamer supps on the ground, walk away, and detonate it in an act of excessive product placement

Pierce Brosnan will forever be the "perfect Bond" in the looks department, damn if he was playing Bond today we would be like Henry Cavill for boomers and gen X....and probably for every other age group! Also you unlocked memories of too many hours spent on Agent Under Fire 4 player split screen multiplayer in a 29 inch CRT tv. Meaning each individual screen was as big as a notepad and for sure none of my friends were screen snipping each other. Same with the Eragon game having 2 player co-op in the campaign. As a fan of the books that´s the only good thing that came out of that movie ^^

0:37 You and I, sir, are unique amongst the human race in that we agree that Pierce Brosnan is the best Bond.

I had this for the GameCube. It was one of my favorite games I had, and I remember spending hours on a multiplayer map (the snow one with the building in the middle of it) and I tried to guide the guided missile launcher into the building as far as I could. I made it to the lobby eventually but couldn’t get past it

Dude honestly you're one of the only people on this website where I look forward to your uploads

Bond girl: " why do you always end up on top?" Bond: "because I'm Xenia..." 😎🤨(Cue Bond theme).

It might be worth playing Agent Under Fire for comparison honestly. It followed a lot of the same beats like the gadgets, Bond moves, and the progression between on foot, driving, and on rails levels. The Nightshade character was also first introduced in Agent Under Fire, which is probably why she showed up in Nightfire for five mintues and then disappeared without a trace lol. The multiplayer didn't have the mini vehicles or quite as memorable maps, but it had some crazy modifiers, and you could use gadgets like the grapple phone whenever and wherever you wanted. Flying around with the grappling hook and low gravity turned on was an absolute blast as a kid.

Multiplayer, the docks map, trip mine, and grapple hook, man so much fun. Didn't realize how we we're living in the good old days

This was my fav game as a kid I've been waiting on your vids forever I love this series to death :D

Ohhhh yes! Man I miss the days of 007 games, I still have very fond memories of playing Everything or Nothing, Agent Under Fire, and From Russia With Love on ps2. Also, Roger Moore is the best Bond hands down. I won’t hear otherwise.

The best 007 game. Would love to see it on PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch

My brothers and I used to play the splitscreen pvp for hours - usually the skyrail level. This video brought back tons of memories.

Nightfire on PC, at least in multiplayer was really fun back when this game was newly released. I wish this multiplayer experience could come back to 2024 or even 2025.

I was in the middle of typing a snarky 'Henry Cavill from Wish' joke when Josh beat me to it, much like James Bond besting the movie's villain moments before he pushes a button to blow up all the Queen's corgis. Damn you, Josh Strife Hayes! Damn you!

I guess you missed TWINE for N64? Way better than PS1 version

This is an iconic game and I'm glad I still have my PS2 copy. The opening level alone is quite a map to explore in infiltration.

Love the video, love all the videos you make - But when is Golden Sun 2: Was it any good, coming?

You are unreasonably handsome for a man who makes RU-vid retrospectives on classic PS1 games

Pierce Brosnan isn't just the best Bond; he is the best Pierce. Thank you, Josh. Always a pleasure.

The bond move mechanic is pretty cool. Early Assassin's Creed did something similar where you got more mission completion points by doing specific actions that were more in character with what the main character would have done in that time

Great review as always Josh. One of these days I’d love to see you tackle Thief The Dark Project, I’d love to hear your thoughts on its design

DMCA avoided with class, good job Agent josh

Was it good on GameCube? Yes. Was it good on PC? Fuck no.

This is the best 007 game since Goldeneye. It may not be perfect, but I have so many good memories. Me and my cousin would play the multiplayer all the time. We use to put a huge book separating each screen, so that each one did not know where the other was

I've watched so many shorts i didn't even think about the idea of josh making an actual video. I DID NOT REALIZE THIS WAS HIM UNTIL HE SHOWED HIS FACE.

I remember playing this as a kid at a friends house, andi had so much fun having grappling hook shenanigans. For some reason I always thought it was a different bond game and couldn't find the grappling hook but your line about the skihut map with the minicopters triggered a memory for me lol.

Man, the nostalgia. Replaying it over and over. Playing local multiplayer with my mate on new years eve into the night while the adults were partying. Haven't thought about this game for two decades. But lord, did I love it!

I remember playing this as a kid in the SUV driving level blasting The Logical Song by Scooter, what a blast from the past seeing this video has brought

Commenting in the beginning, but I loved the multiplayer. Never really played the campaign though. Just standing on opposite ends of the map launching the remote rockets or Oddjob's hat across the map trying to kill the other person is some of my favorite gaming memories from high school

What a blast from the past~! Thank you for the forgotten nostalgia

I absolutely *LOVE* this channel and what he does! So many games from my past that I grew up with.

33:39 Josh Strife Haye: You can really picture this being in a Bond Film me: Wactching No Time to Die Stairwell scene

I love how they kept the "bond moments"mechanic on Everything or Nothing, IMO the best 007 single player experience.

This is peak nostalgia for me. This game made 7 year old me FEEL like James Bond. I remember replaying the levels over and over to try and be sneaky and try new things. The part on the Japanese levels where the ninjas kill the guy you're trying to save is a core memory of mine, once I saw that I knew this game meant business. Damn what I'd give to be that kid playing this again.

Mastering the skill of hitting someone with Oddjob's hat from the opposite side of the ski lodge was a crucial part of my childhood.

Classic, I still have this and a working PS2! I love the level where you infiltrate the launch base and drop Kiko into the launchpad and casually board a rocket. A moment worthy of being in a Bond film!

My little brother and I played multiplayer on Xbox a ton, and I think that's genuinely the time during which he and I really started to get along. I'll never forget when he killed me with a grenade and said "KLUDOOiE!" which has been my favorite onamatopoeia ever since.

Nightfire, Everything or Nothing, and From Russia with Love, are some of the games I remember most fondly from my childhood. My brother and I used to play bot matches in Nightfire almost every day.

Nightfire was one of the first games I ever played with my son. Our favourite thing to do was to stand at opposite ends of the Ravine level and see if we could hit the each other by throwing hats.

0:53 Nice little jingle you got there Josh.

Truly one of my favorite games on the PS2(now GameCube). Sometimes I still put in music or a podcast & play for hours.

Ok, hearing the Voice of Rex Manning come out of the face of Remington Steele is just amazing! 🤯

Me and my cousins spent so much time playing the multiplayer on this. Great memories!

The amount of fine detail you can do in these old games is mind blowing.

I used to play multiplayer for hours with my brothers. It was the first game I could beat them at and we still always play when we're all at our mom's.