Comment by magic_hamster
9 months ago
What a great game series. This really shows what an innovative and campy gaming industry we used to have. You don't see games like this anymore, especially not from big studios. Maybe in the indie scene - but mostly not in the same scope.
Underneath the campy humor and old spy movie/TV series references, there was a number of elements on spying, about manipulating and using people, attitudes to women, the dull work spying is for the non-super spies. and so on. If someone was to make a follow-up, I don't think a NOLF copy/paste would do so well beyond pure nostalgia (and I don't think NOLF ever set the world on fire with its sales), but there's enough substance there where they could make something interesting playing it straight.
Yes, not just creativity but actual humour and experimentation! Not to mention taste.