You've surpassed yourself with this video. 2 hours of great analysis and a lot of fun.

A two hour in-depth review of a James Bond video game… Now this is a perfect way to spend Sunday

Agent Under Fire character models and their The World is Not Enough counterparts: Adrian Malprave - Elektra King Nigel Bloch - Renard Carla the Jackal - Cigar Girl Zoe Nightshade - Christmas Jones Also note that the henchman carrying the case of vials in the beginning cinematic of ‘Trouble in Paradise’ is the Swiss banker Lachaise from TWINE. The embassy levels seem to use a lot of old TWINE assets from what would’ve been either the Bilbao intro or the MI6 office, while the streets of Bucharest and Hong Kong seem to do the same for London (‘Thames Chase’) and Istanbul (‘Turncoat’). The Cyclops Oil Platform reuses assets that would have originally been Zukovsky’s Caviar Factory, and ‘Forbidden Depths’ could have totally been an on-rails segment for the King Pipeline. ‘Poseidon’ could very well have been King’s submarine dock enclosure in Istanbul, Malprave’s alpine assets for a skiing segment, the underground bits of her HQ being used for the silo level.... While I never was a massive Agent Under Fire fan (I was a Nightfire girl :P ), you review has made me appreciate the game in a whole new way. =) Awesome review, Calvin - well done!

Fun fact: the licence plate on Zoe's green car is the same plate (and indeed car) as on Bond's BMW in Tomorrow Never Dies. This is my favourite Bond game by some margin. The mix of action, driving, stealth and rail sections is amazing, the Bond theme made for the game is one of the best, the story is a perfect blend of GoldenEye-esque intrigue and Moore-esque entertainment and the multiplayer mode with low gravity and gadgets is still hilarious after a night of drinks with some friends. Fantastic review Calvin, I really hope the new 007 game will be in the same spirit as this.

Agent Under Fire, Night Fire and Die Another Die was my introduction to Bond. *_I wouldn't change it for the world!_* Btw; Gold Homer/Bond had me reeling, that unlocked a core memory!

Calvin DESPERATE to hit that ten minute mark… Looking forward to this!

2 hours?! Let me get my popcorn

I don’t know what possessed me to remember this game and search videos on it, but I literally just started watching this and can’t stop. Excellent and comprehensive video on one of the most fun James Bond games ever made.

“Private quarter pounders” This will never be forgotten. Probably the most fun review you’ve had to date! This game introduced me to good ol’ 007 and is the reason I went on to play Goldeneye and Nightfire at a very young age. Those three are the reason I went on to rent Tomorrow never dies and the World is not enough those same years and their most definitely the reason I’m such a huge Bond fan today. While nowadays From Russia with love is my favorite Bond game I still hold this one close as a super fun adventure I revisit every now and then, yes Nightfire and many other may be above it but it’s still a nice near Gold adventure itself

The worst thing is this video is that magazine labelling Luigi's Mansion as the most disappointing game of 2001? What the hell? Who in their right mind would say Luigi's Mansion is a disappointment?

It's amazing what you can find by digging around the files or just knowing a thing or two. Prepare yourself for real nerd stuff about Agent Under Fire. Night of the Jackal features a leftover model. The civilian in the blue shirt and white pants isn't just a nod, his model uses TWINE Bond's model with the bulkier proportions. His texture file is different from other models and part of his hair was lifted from the Brosnan hair texture. The Lotus Esprit was originally meant to be a 750iL. If you read the instruction manual, the 750iL is still mentioned there with a description that makes it seem like the perfect stats car like the Lotus. This was not corrected in the GameCube or Xbox releases. If you're wondering why Poseidon has armor at the start, it's because they cut an entire Section 1 before it! All three sections of Poseidon was originally one map internally known as _uwb_2_ that would've been Section 2. It got split up into "uwb_2a," "uwb_2aa," and "uwb_2b." Also the submarine featured in Section 3 is straight up lifted from TWINE PC with a couple of texture changes. Clone Bond was in fact a thing at one point. You can look up concept art of Evil Summit featuring him and a different ending with the Union Jack parachute and Malprave surviving. His removal was pretty late as there is still data you can find inside the map file. And that's not all, after that originally you were meant to fight Clone Bloch instead of the original Bloch. If you play the Spanish or French versions, they did not update the dialogue so Malprave says "So you don't die alone, I created a new Nigel Bloch. He's eager to meet you. Goodbye, Mr. Bond!" Abbey reuses window textures from Night Watch from TWINE. Same thing with some beams which were from Turncoat. Tuxedo Bond is still in the game. But his tuxedo lacks textures. I'm still the only person who's uploaded this (albeit in a gag video) ;) The game originally did have the gunbarrel blood when you died and blood when you wounded someone. Who knows why the former got cut but the latter wasn't approved of because it was considered "gory."

Nice to see Sterling Archer subbing for Brosnan as Bond.

After your 007 Nightfire in-depth review, I was overjoyed to see this video pop up on my home page! I've become completely addicted to your Bond game reviews. Fantastic as always 😀

Agent Under Fire was my first next gen experience coming from the N64/PS1. It blew my mind how good looking and smooth is. It holds a special place on my heart and I try to replay it every year.

Luckily for Hong Kong petrol station owner, he also invested in Goodyear tyres. Bond’s been keeping him in business for years.

I appreciate child-era Calvin getting in a few thoughts and anecdotes.

Bravo Calvin. An excellent break down of a childhood classic! I remember messing with the multi-player settings during sleepovers and having monster battles with mates 😅

Scratch evening plans! 2 hours of Calvin goodness coming up!

“Look Closer, Lenny!” There were so many great gags and that was the one that got me the most!

I love Calvin's dedication! I loved the original review and they just keep getting better!

I played this game a ton as a kid, though nowadays I usually do play Nightfire more for my James Bond FPS fix. EA games definitely steadily improved the cinematic presentation side of the Bond game formula with each successive entry and I love them for it. This game was already a massive step up from the prior gen consoles and they added even more with Nightfire and Everything or Nothing.

Back when they didn't worry too much about epilepsy! Shocking (positively shocking) to see full-screen flashes in the on-rails sections!

the clones saying "yes Mrs Malprave" gets me every time

Agent Under Fire often gets overlooked by its sequel, and that sucks because it still holds up. NightFire improved on it in every way, but Agent Under Fire is still home to some of the best gunplay and vehicle levels in Bond Game history. Sure holds up better than GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, that's for sure!

One of the best bond games without a doubt. short and sweet, no filler, fast frenetic gunplay, cool and interesting level designs, not to mention the best vehicle levels of any bond game by far. Id rank it just under night fire as far as the ones i still enjoy going back and replaying today

I don't know if you knew this Calvin, but the first Bond Move in Evil Summit (where you get the code with the Q-Remote up in the sniper's tower) is actually repeatable and keeps giving you the points bonus every time you repeat it. I ducked behind the wall to avoid gunfire from the guards and spammed it for the better part of 2 minutes to make sure I got the gold and platinum medals when I first played through the game, as I had no hope of getting through the level quickly enough otherwise 😂

Amazing video Calvin. Thanks for all the effort you put into it.

Agent Under Fire is my all time favourite Bond game, I remember getting the game with my ps2 on Christmas 2001 (14 years old)

You have really outdone yourself here Calvin. Such a labour of love and these 2 hours have just flown by, didn't once had to reach the pause button. Also, great Lenny from Simpsons impression...convinced myself that was the line for a sec. Well done, 00-Calvin ❤❤❤

I do like some elements more than Nightfire and EON, lemme explain: GE had a bit of an immersive sim quality to it- Bond felt like a physical body moving, running too much hurt your aim, dropped into sandboxy levels where you could choose how you did everything. Using gadgets was more like using items vs just pressing a button and watching Bond do the action. GE's subtle immersive aspects are what keeps it my favorite Bond game to this day. AUF replicates this more than any later Bond games. Bond feels heavier, there's headbob, the animations of the guns look a bit more physical. Gadget contexts are sprayed all throughout each level and you use them as your tools to help. It even has consequences for your choices that change the game heavily vs just being another route to take. Front door on the first mission doesn't just give you away but hints at the villain while keeping you from getting the armory key. Hiding behind the boxes as the guards guards by is another great touch. Failing to get the verification code makes you start the ship level in a different spot. It's another super immersive Bond game. Nightfire is fantastic, I have no complaints about it, it's objectively more well made in many ways, but for me it lacks that immersion. Gadgets are way more contextual, especially the grapple. The different routes all feel more linear, like you're being funneled through tunnel A vs tunnel B. The control is so tight that controlling Bond feels more robotic and "video gamey". It does have those elements but mostly only in the first real mission The Exchange. Wanna stress I'm not hating on Nightfire, i love all the Bond games, but AUF has those quirks that make me personally enjoy it a bit more. It follows GE in some of those subtleties, and feels like a true expansion of it (other than Perfect Dark, the true GE sequel). Those little immersive sim-esque qualities go a long way for me. Then the multiplayer. Maps aren't as good as Nightfire but the gadgets make it the most underrated Bond multiplayer. Grappling on any surface, proton guns, jetpacks, gravity boots, it's all just pure energetic fun. It's more barebones but the simplicity adds to its fun factor. Just load up bots, have a friend over, and you'll just have pure fun (not to use that word so much). Nightfire's lack of gadgets for mp was dissapointing but it's still hectic fun with better maps for sure. Overall another great review, Calvin. It's great to see the Bond games dissected in such detail.

The absolute joy in your voice throughout these videos just makes me smile. We need more reviewers like you who just have this childlike giddiness to replaying their favorite video games.

Great video! The skit at the end made me think about review channels of the late 2000s and how we’d now have a plot line about clone Calvin.

The thing about this game being one of the best selling titles on the PS2, isn't because of the fact it was a good game that went under appreciated at the time... It was because it was the most easiest game to run softmod exploits for. PS2, Xbox, look for any softmod methods and Agent Under Fire is going to almost ALWAYS be one of them. Its still a good game tho!

You know its a good Bday when Dyson drops a video on the same day. 😂

So awesome to hear such a positive review about this game. It gets overshadowed by games like Goldeneye or NIghtfire and it does have some jankyness to it but it's always been one of my favourites on the PS2. I definitely agree that it did its own thing and that's probably what helps it stand out. That and certain lines of dialogue like "Mmm...Fireworks" are burned into my memory. Also, "Private Quarter Pounders" is brilliant XD Excellent video!

I am happy to see you have made such a long video. I binge watched your content a while ago... so this length will bring me back to the times I discovered your channel. Hope all is well from Ottawa Canada ❤🎉😊

Love the Bond game reviews, Calvin! I know it takes a lot of time and work. Thanks for the entertainment and hope in the future you make more Bond game reviews!

Also a very movie-like moment of the goon vehicle careening into the next one and blowing them both up at 28:19 was REALLY satisfying to watch. I never knew a Need For Speed engine can do vehicle combat like this.

Such good stuff Calvin. Thanks for the hard work brother!

I understand where you are coming from with the lights. There was a big jump between ps1 and 2. Full voice acting was my 'wow' moment.

Sometimes I do wish there was some bonus levels where you play as Zoe Nightshade between her initial cloning and her getting to the submarine. That would've been a cool way to flesh out the plot a little and I always like the concept of playing as the Bond Girl. If only it had more dev time. That said, AUF is one of my favorite Bond games. It's so ridiculously silly sometimes but I think that's part of its charm. The multiplayer being treated as an in-universe super-level is also fun. This is one of the few games where I have lots of fun rocket (and photon) jumping.

Great video. It's been at least a decade since I last played it, yet I still remember all the damn quips Bond makes. Lol

Only got to the end of the first level discussion and laughed out loud several times! 'I wonder if she'll make me a firework cake?'

"These are private quarter pounders" 🤣💀 I effing died

This is so brilliant, thank you for doing such a loving, insightful exploration of this game that was a MAJORR part of my childhood ❤❤ this is such an entertaining and well-edited video, absolutely brilliant. I loved this, fantastic work

OMG that evil clone under the bed was amazing! You never miss with a great review!

I could play AUF for the rest of my life. Glad Calvin has such a big admiration for the game as I do. Thanks for the content! 😊

Two hours!? Yesss

Let’s go dude! Quality content for this 20 yr old game posted 4 months ago? You are the man.

Always love these vids Calvin! One interesting thing I remember reading was when they decided to make an OG Bond story compared to a new generation TWINE game is they only had around 9 months to complete it. The fact the game is this great makes its flaws more forgiving! The early 00's Bond games are a small era of gaming I'll always love and its great to see in depth reviews on products most consider just "decent licensed games".

Many, many great memories of playing Agent Under Fire. A fantastic and very fun review, I look forward to the next one...

Outstanding video i really hope your channel grows ans grows! Best bond youtuber out there

Oh, what a nice Saturday gift for me to watch later this week while I'm at work. 🥂🍾

That Bond clones/Dolly gag gets me every time 😂

I absolutely adore these reviews. I'd assume I am near the same age as you, Calvin, as alot of your nostalgia moments I remember having when I played this game.

It was cool to, years after first playing this game's campaign, finding out how many well-hidden easter eggs and cool secrets are in this game! You mentioned the laser sharks, the unlockable Lotus Esprit and the TWINE pipeline kart, which are all cool. But my favorites are probably the triple health _Dev's cache_ hidden in the beginning of Fire and Water, as well as the _hidden CH-6 rocket launcher_ in Forbidden Depths found by shooting out station monitors! And for more fun with the excellent multiplayer in this game, there's a weapon rebalancing and QOL changing mod released last year called *Agent Under Fire Reloaded,* which I can personally recommend as a great time!

My only nitpick is Malprave/her clone henchwomen basically being an afterthought throughout the whole game

Thanks for these, love your in depth game explorations 🤘🏼🤘🏼

That’s so cool the leftover oil pipe scanner/gps from World Is Not Enough, never seen anyone mention it.

Well done as always sir!

2nd comment after watching this whole thing, cheers for the Sunday entertainment! I really love this game. You're totally right, it's so unpolished. Nightfire is far more polished, but I think this game is still so worth playing. Fire and Water is actually my personal favourite. As a kid it was so difficult for me, and my older brother! I have a distinct memory, one of those random memories you have as a kid that still seem so clear so many years later. We were discussing our plan for Fire and Water after school, as we'd been stuck on it for ages. I remember one time we actually beat it, and then got stuck on one of the later levels. We never completed it as kids, so it was fairly challenging! Did you know that at the start of Fire and Water, if you jump onto those big barrels in front on you, on the little valves that stick out of them, you get given a sniper rifle?? I found that out as a kid by accident, trying to see if I could escape the map haha. Multiplayer was such a blast. I did 4 player with it once with friends that stayed over and we had so much fun, the Q Claw being the most fun thing out of it all. I have the same opinions about the maps as you do too! Forbidden Depths has such a great soundtrack, I still listen to it on youtube from time to time. And yes, I'm so glad to see someone else complain about the night vision part of Streets of Bucharest haha. I remember that jump at the end of the driving section being tricky as a kid. And I totally explored the 3rd mission map as well! I can't believe how much detail went into it for a mission that ends in like 1 minute. The pistol you start with is mega busted. You can do all the missions on 00 Agent just using it, and you should to be honest for the highest scores, you can easily end up with 100% accuracy rating with just headshots. How did the other Zoe know about the other Zoe? Why was she immediately getting it on with James?! They just met! Maybe its just James Bond lol. For the longest time I thought Judy Dench voiced M, the likeness is perfect. I really don't understand the problem some people have with this original Bond model, I think he looks great. You're very right that this isn't quite a cinematic bond game though, it feels very much like a early 2000s PS2 action game with James Bond flavouring. I never realised how much was taken from TWINE! Also a funny side note, this games plot really captured my imagination as a kid. I was always a sciency type kid and having this game be all about cloning, and running through all these bioengineer levels, I actually really loved it and it make me study on those topics. I didn't go down that path but it was just another thing I was really interested in as a kid and I have this game to thank for it. I have NEVER played this game with the Lotus! I'm going to do that right now. Cheers Calvin!

Really loved and enjoyed this video, it's got me wanting to play this now, although I'll have to finish Nightfire first. Would love to see you do a live playthrough and deep dive into Bloodstone now that Craig's tenure is over, that game has held up decently overtime and now ties in strangely well with his films.

This review is spectacular Calvin. I played this and nightfire a bunch.

Agent under fire night fire and everything or nothing was my holy trilogy of 007 games growing up :)

That cut to you saying 'mmm fireworks' 😂😂😂

Great video! Hopefully one day you can do one of these for Everything or Nothing

Let’s goo!! Thank you Calvin. This was first game I got with my PS2 in 2001 for Christmas!! I was 7… good memories man. 😢

omg that Lenny impression 😂I’m dying

Here's a suggestion: what if the Adrian Malprave who blows herself up is actually the *clone* of the real Adrian Malprave, who survives... somewhere? If only the sequel to Everything or Nothing had been made and she'd become the main villain!

I’ve played this game 100 times and never knew about the keycard on the first level 😂. Amazing video Calvin!

Only took me a few weeks but I watched the whole thing, Calvin!! That was really fun to just watch a level a day or so. I very much enjoyed it, well done. Even though I only have a handful of MP memories from Agent Under Fire with the neighbor kid down the road that had a copy.

Well done Calvin for finding something interesting to talk about during this extended Bond drought :)

I expect a 1 hour video for each level of the IO game when it finally releases lol. Fantastic video as always. The GC/XBOX/PS2 really felt like the peak of Bond games.

I rewatched the MAX Zorin "More Power" part 20 times laughing my ass off 🤣

here in the US, Agent Under Fire was rated T for teen, so we could legally play it earlier than those across the pond!

Five thumbs up. Absolutely stellar and entertaining review for what is my favorite Bond game ever.

Absolutely great review

Hilarious as always Mr Dyson. That bit about Zoe's bust causing difficulties for the sub cracked me up

Even back then IGN was doing seriously bad takes.

Ah Q vision in the Tank level, an obscure memory I had forgotten. This video was fantastic, I loved this game as a kid and 4 player free-for-all with rocket boots and low gravity battles was the pinnacle of hosting sleep overs with my pals

your review of Nightfire got me to play this Agent Under Fire again a couple of months ago! Both are the best of the best of Bond games!

The Bond in this game is basically Geoffrey Moore.

“COME ON! LET’S GO BOND!” -Nigel Bloch

Fantastic video. Think we have a very similar entry point to the Bond fandom, and this strech of EA games up to EoN, couple with the DAD/40th anniversary build up hoopla must surely be the greatest time of being a Bond fan

Loved the game on PS2 back in the day - thanks for bringing back those memories!

Been waiting for this video for awhile now as this game is the sole reason I bought a GameCube for my 14th birthday with all the money I’d gotten and had saved up beforehand. I’d gotten into Bond in a big way and played through the PS1 games, then the demo for Agent Under Fire (which was a large chunk of Night of the Jackal, as I recall) blew my mind. I played the heck out of the game, even when I got NightFire for Christmas mere weeks later. At the time, I came to prefer NightFire and Everything or Nothing to it (having barely gotten to play From Russia With Love due to only having it on a different console). Which is ironic because, having revisited and tracked the games back down again last year after watching your original videos (thanks, Calvin!), a part of me prefers this to NightFire. Yes, it lacks some of the polish and the more cinematic Bond elements. But replaying the two games, this was the one that felt more fun. Especially in the driving levels which, while short here, at least gave you the chance to use what gadgets you wanted! And as a shoot ‘em up with Bond elements, it retains a lot of its charm. As for the story, I’ve seen this game described as a Roger Moore era plot with Brosnan aesthetics and, given the humor and characterization of the game’s Bond especially, I can’t disagree with that. Perhaps that’s why the game works so well? A part of me would like to step into the parallel universe where we got a version of the game with Moore reprising the role, which seems like it would have been a hoot and a nice counterpart to the From Russia With Love game with Connery we got a few more years down the road. As it stands, it’s a fun Bond sidestep. All that being said, I still prefer the third person games like Everything or Nothing and especially From Russia With Love. All games I wouldn’t have revisited for the first time in a dozen years (at least!) if it hadn’t been for your videos. So thank you for inspiring some re-visitations and reconsideration after all these years!

Great review! Loved this game. Surprised you didn’t catch the car in that first car level where Bond shoots out the moonroof was a green BMW 750il. You can tell by the tail lights. Also the license plate… BMT2144 is the plate of Bond’s 750il in TMND. Cool to see them pay so many homages to the Brosnan bond cars throughout the levels. This game and Everything or Nothing were my favorite!

Thank you Calvin, as always!

"mmmm fireworks" i keep quoting that now brilliant video calvin

Calvin no way you made a breakdown video longer than it takes for a playthrough 😂 hero

CHRISTMAS HAS COME EARLY!!!

Fantastic video again, Cal!

YESSSS I was waiting for this! I love this game so much, still replay it through every year or so. I think it's really underrated. It really captured my imagination as a kid.

4:24-4:26 should be the updated title card with Calvin’s voice 😂😂😂😂

Great retrospective

My favourite bond game without a doubt! cheers for the long review, Calvin! A sidenote to anyone wanting to play this game, avoid the PS2 version. Loading times are horrific. GC is the way to go

Can you imagine if they actually did have rendered models of the world leaders in 2001? As a Canadian I would laugh my ass off seeing XBox/PS2ified Jean Chrétien.

Fire and Water was the first bond level I ever played. My cousin let me play it while he was playing through 😅

LOVE this game on GameCube. This was my “golden eye” along with tomorrow never dies on the ps1.

We made so many memories here in under fire and now I want more lol.