I've heard the campaign only lasts about 5 hours. That is sad.
If you rush through the game just to get onto your next game review, then yeah, 5 hours could be doable. I took my time and played it on the Agent level (the one below the hardest difficulty, 007), and searched for the extra scannable items.
I think I completed it in about 7 or 8 hours.
Its not that short, honestly. Its got some pretty good meat on its bones in terms of length, it just depends on the difficulty and how into the game you get. Rushing through it, yeah, 5 hours sounds right.
Still, overall, its worth the price of a rental. The controls work well, the third person shooter and driving aspects all combine together well.
There are a few problems, most notable the storyline, but otherwise its not a bad game by any means.
GoldenEye on the Wii is better, however, but that could be entirely due to that classical feeling of awesome you get by playing it and remembering the N64 version.
James Bond had far, far sillier more science fictiony gadgets in the 90s than any other decade.
Really? Because the 60's and 70's seemed the worst for that in my mind, but I'm no professional on the character.
I'll rent it and see if I can have any fun with it, but the reviews have been really disappointing. What's particularly upsetting is how good the GoldenEye game supposedly is (I can't play it because I ain't got no Wii). If the DS version stands up, I might get that.
GoldenEye really is great. But Blood Stone is a decent game in its own right, in somewhat different ways. Storywise, like I said, its a bit of a let-down, but the action and gameplay itself aren't bad at all.