When an errant sniper bullet leaves James Bond underwater and bleeding, his dazed mind sends him on a fragmented first-person-shooting trip through 50 years of cinematic history. Ever wonder what On Her Majesty's Secret Service and other flicks would be like with Daniel Craig in the lead?

+ Exciting collection of multiplayer modes; maps; weapons; and characters makes up for a lot

? Why can't Bond move enemy bodies

The annual Bond game is here to coincide with Skyfall. We find out if Bond delivers yet again.

+ Plenty of variety; + Local multi is fun

Poor production values; Frustrating AI and checkpoints; Tons of glitches; Lag online is atrocious; Not faithful to the license

Eurocom's 007 Legends is a game about falling. We see it in the way the opening minutes feature Daniel Craig's James Bond plummeting into a river after a friendly sniper accidentally shoots him off a speeding train, and we experience it in the way this latest installment in the long-running...

Local; split-screen multiplayer mode can be fun

Horrible stealth mechanics; Punch-Out-style boss fights are dull; Lackluster presentation; Story is hard to follow if you're unfamiliar with the movies

Confession time: I haven't actually finished 007 Legends yet. In my defense, however, neither did developer Eurocom. I know, I know: it's bad form to review a game before you've finished playing it.

Game doesn't come with some sort of console-crippling virus

Game's end not actually on disc, meaning that it ends that much faster; horrifying PS2-level graphics

What do you think of when you hear the name ‘James Bond'? Is it his specific dress code and shaken, not stirred martini? Is it his crafty fighting style and near-future gadgets? Is it the decades of daring escapes, Bond Girls, and arch-villains? The correct answer is all of these things - and more.

James Bond should be the perfect gaming protagonist. He's a gun-slinging action hero, with a pre-built character who can do plenty more than just run and gun. He can visit casinos, drink Martinis, get off with women and drive bombastically fancy cars.

James Bond is back and in 007 Legends, you're charged to revisit some of the franchise's most iconic moments. You find yourself in such Bond adventures as Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker, Die Another Day, and License to Kill.

007 Legends is rushed, short, frustrating, and wastes several interesting scenarios. It's at best slightly above average (several bits in Moonraker ), but largely painfully average or excruciatingly below average. And then it ends with a sudden stop and a blast of late DLC.

" 007 Legends " isn't a total failure, but it's a sad return to the mediocrity so long associated with the Bond games. There's clearly something rotten at the core of the whole relationship between the movie and game studios, and it's unclear if this can even ever be resolved.

Happy birthday, James! The James Bond film franchise turns half a ton this year. With Skyfall taking in over one hundred million dollars in box office sales so far, the five decades don't seem to have slowed the genre-defining spy movie series down at all and given the that our favourite British Spy...