James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
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James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing

James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing is a 2004 action adventure game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. The game features a cast of voice actors including Pierce Brosnan, reprising his film role as MI6 agent James Bond. Other returning actors include Richard Kiel, John Cleese and Judi Dench, as Jaws, Q and M respectively, alongside Willem Dafoe, Heidi Klum, Misaki Ito, Shannon Elizabeth, and Mýa. It is considered a continuation of Die Another Day (2002), featuring Brosnan and Cleese in their final performances as Bond and Q, respectively.

Development of the game began in 2001. Written by Bruce Feirstein, Danny Bilson, and Paul De Meo, Everything or Nothing centers around Bond dealing with the use of nanotechnology as terrorism. The player controls Bond, and the game includes several driving levels. It is the second Bond game played in third-person after Tomorrow Never Dies (1999), and is the first Bond game to feature a two-player cooperative mode. Everything or Nothing was released in February 2004. It received "generally positive reviews" according to Metacritic.

The gameplay is an action-adventure game with a mix of third-person shooting/action sequences and vehicle sequences. In third-person missions, Bond can typically use cover, engage in hand-to-hand combat, use gadgets, and perform some context-sensitive actions, while driving sequences primarily involve racing to a specific objective. The player drives multiple vehicles throughout the game, including the Aston Martin Vanquish, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, a Subaru Impreza rally car, and a Triumph Daytona 600 motorcycle. The player can complete objectives in multiple ways, and players are awarded "Bond Moments" when they complete an objective, feat, or task in a manner consistent with Bond's actions in films. These actions frequently involve the use of Bond's gadgets, which include a rappel gun, remote-controlled Q-Spider drones, and a wristwatch equipped with a strobe flash. A diverse arsenal of ranged weapons is available, headlined by Bond's contemporary standard-issue sidearm, the Walther P99.

The game is identical across each console, aside from minor graphical and sound differences. A cooperative mode was included for two players in which two unnamed operatives must complete missions using the same gameplay mechanics as the single-player portion of the game. The PlayStation 2 version included an online version of this mode. Electronic Arts retired the game's servers in January 2006. Another version of Everything or Nothing was published for the Game Boy Advance and can be linked to the GameCube version via the GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable, providing unique premium content.

The game opens in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan, 2004, where MI6 agent James "007" Bond infiltrates a stronghold where an organization sells a stolen Soviet suitcase bomb. Bond triggers a firefight between the two factions making the exchange, using the confusion to steal the device and escape.

Following the mission, Bond is briefed on the disappearance of Oxford scientist Dr. Katya Nadanova (Heidi Klum), who oversees a top-secret nanotechnology humanitarian project. Bond's search leads to a weapons research facility in Egypt, where he is ordered to rescue Nadanova and prevent the theft of the nanobot prototypes. Destroying the facility, Bond follows the kidnappers onto an armored train where he encounters and dispatches Jaws (using the likeness of Richard Kiel). Bond discovers Nadanova and rescues her before pursuing the terrorist via helicopter through the Valley of the Kings. Bond defeats the terrorist and takes Nadanova to her safehouse, where, after Bond departs, it is revealed that she is working in conjunction with Nikolai Diavolo (Willem Dafoe), a former KGB agent who seeks revenge for the death of his mentor and friend Max Zorin (the primary antagonist of the 1985 film A View to a Kill). The two intend to repurpose the nanobots for far more sinister purposes than their original intention of repairing nuclear reactors.

Upon returning to MI6, M (Judi Dench) informs Bond of the disappearance of another 00 agent, Jack Mason, alias 003, who was last seen investigating a platinum mine in Peru. Bond is sent there to track down Mason's last known contact, Serena St. Germaine (Shannon Elizabeth), an American geologist who may have a clue to his whereabouts. Serena takes Bond to a mining complex, where he discovers Mason is being tortured by Diavolo. Before succumbing to his wounds, Mason informs Bond that Diavolo intends to move his operations to New Orleans. Bond learns of Nadanova's ties with Diavolo when she captures Serena and throws her out of a helicopter. Bond dives off a cliff to rescue her through the use of Q's (John Cleese) rappel gadget, and the two escape Diavolo's mercenaries via tank.

Searching New Orleans, Bond learns that Diavolo has enlisted a war criminal named Arkady Yayakov to help repurpose the nanobots. Bond infiltrates a factory owned by Diavolo and uncovers a lead pointing to a local nightclub owned by Yayakov, where he crosses paths with Mya Starling (Mýa), an NSA field operative who is also investigating Diavolo. However, Starling's cover is blown, and she is being held in a 19th-century cemetery by Yayakov, who hands her over to local mobster Jean Le Rouge. Bond and Le Rouge chase through the cemetery while dispatching Yayakov's men, eventually reaching a crematorium until Bond kills Le Rouge and rescues Starling.

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