The Bourne Conspiracy

First off, I have to say that I am a big Jason Bourne fan. I've seen every movie so many times (I own them all on DVD), and I'm currently reading the novels by Robert Ludlum and Eric Van Lustbader. Since I am a big Jason Bourne fan, I was walking around the video game store and, at a fairly low price (15$) found The Bourne Conspiracy. I was hoping this game would be GREAT!

Boy was I wrong! I don't know why I got my hopes up so high. This is pretty much just another licensed title based on a movie or series. In other words, it's not that good, and it feels rushed.

The game pretty much follows the story of the Bourne Identity, while some other scenes and missions follow the back story behind Jason Bourne and help us better understand this character.

The game is repetitive really quickly. Run through a mission from checkpoint to checkpoint. Along the way you'll have a few goons to fight or shoot at, and if you're lucky, a few objects here and there to interact with. A few bosses can pop out of nowhere at times and attack you, just punch them with a few combos and perform take downs on them. But that's not all, they get up after take downs, so you have to rinse and repeat over and over again until you defeat the bosses. Sometimes, it feels like it's been 20 minutes you're fighting the same guy over and over again.

The fighting and shooting mechanics suck. Because the camera angles refuse usually to cooperate, it's a chore getting your cross hair directly on top of your target. Fighting probably wouldn't feel all that painful if it offered more combos, if the enemies you are fighting weren't frustratingly difficult (there are times when they are) and, most importantly, if it didn't happen that often. Another control scheme was with driving. Although it happens only once in the game that you drive a car (thank god!!!), the car controls itself so horribly it was worth mentioning it.

Elsewhere, there's not much fun to be had. During the most climatic moments of a cut scene, you'll be asked to press A button that appears on the screen just once. You can't tap it too late, or Bourne will die. A rhythm game is as climatic as things get in the Bourne Conspiracy. This ''minigame'' also happens when you take down multiple targets at once, or when evading take downs from bosses.

But the game does have it's positive points. It does look pretty good for one. And the sound acting is beautiful to hear. The story is quite good and interesting, and progressing through it is my only motivation to passing the game. Notice how everything else but the game play is great about this game? This leads me to believe that, as a Bourne film, it would've been awesome. In fact, since this is based on the Bourne Identity, it was an awesome movie. But as a game, maybe it was rushed or I don't know what, but it doesn't really work out well. If you really want to try this game, wait 'till a friend buys it by mistake and ask to borrow it from him or her, or at the very maximum, rent it.

I am a big fan of the Bourne trilogy. I loved the action in it. When I heard that there was going to be a video game I couldn't wait for it to come out. If you liked the Bourne movies then you will like this game. It has everything from the movies except for Matt Damon's voice acting. Probably the best part of this game is the punching combat. It is just like the movie and it feels really cool to actually be Jason Bourne. The takedowns that you use to finish off an enemy is awesome. You can use the environment around you or just finish of the bad guy with a fury of the fists. The cinema mode action is pretty good as well. It creates a new edge to the game. The graphics are good to. Like when you are in a fist fight if you get hit a number of times you can see the blood on your face. The gun action is cool to especially when you use a shooting takedown. The game is pretty good and I recommend buying it.

After rewatching the first three movies I replayed this game. And it did what the movies did but this time you do the fighting. The environmental take downs look and feel cool. And the switching between the events of the movies and before them flow so well. Example Bourne would read of a man who died in a museum,so you go play a mission set in that museum before Bourne was shot. Its fun and feels good.

The Bourne Conspiracy is not at all what i expected. it is a great game that could use a few touch ups. let me just say that the main feature in this game is the hand to hand combat. it is amazing how many moves you can do to drop an opponent. the cut scenes are great that keep you interested and some have button sequences so you always have to be on your game. the graphics are amazing and so is the voice acting. the gameplay is simple and easy to pick up. the flaws of this game is the shooting its not that bad but can use some touch ups. also the game is pretty short. but other then that the game is good and it packs a few surprises here and there. i recommend it for any Bourne or action fan.

So I am coming from the stand point of a Bourne Movie Trilogy fan. I have to say this Bourne console exclusive (shame there isn't a PC Port release) made for the PS3 and Xbox 360 is a solid 3rd person action adventure game I've ever played on the RPCS3 emulator.

The game's choreography, voice acting, combat takedowns, background score amplifies the Jason Bourne experience to another level of immersion. In the movies, you feel Jason Bourne's pain. In this game, you live and breath his pain flowing through his veins. Most of the time, I honestly felt like a wanted spy evading danger at every corner.

The mission to drive a Rover Mini around Paris is one of my highlights. Drifting and dodging police cars in the tight streets of Paris is an exhilarating feeling. I wish there was a Sequel. Highly recommend this game to first timers. A must play!