Bourne Conspiracy demo hits UK stores
by Xav de Matos 
{ May 2nd 2008 at 4:30PM }
While the rest of us wait for the May 19 demo of Sierra's Bourne Conspiracy action title to hit Xbox Live, UK gamers can snag the demo today at their local GAME store. While picking up his copy of Grand Theft Auto IV one of our loyal X3F soldiers was given the demo for the anticipated game based on the best-selling novels by Robert Ludlum. We've been vocal on our interest in the game so color us green with envy from the early demo, at least until it finally lands on the Marketplace later this month.
[Thanks, Rhemelious B.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
AnOffday @ May 2nd 2008 4:37PM
Movie game = meh.
Movie game staring hypocritical Matt Damon = Extra meh.
Xav de Matos @ May 2nd 2008 4:48PM
Um... Not based on a movie and Matt Damon is not involved at all.
Zoot Suit Jedi @ May 2nd 2008 7:13PM
"I always thought that Matt Damon was like a Streisand, but...I think that he's rocking the shit in this one."
shay07 @ May 2nd 2008 4:49PM
wow do u know anything.....its not exactly a movie game since it doesnt follow any of them, and matt damon isn't in it
AnOffday @ May 2nd 2008 5:35PM
Yeah. You're right. It can't have anything to do with the bourne movies at all. Just a coincidence, right?
Raheem @ May 2nd 2008 5:41PM
Hey dipshit, get an education. It's based on the Bourne series of novels written by Robert Ludlum, not any of the movies, which are stories of the same character but not linked to the game. Are you telling me Goldeneye on N64 was a 'crappy movie game'?
AnOffday @ May 2nd 2008 5:52PM
No. Goldeneye was an awesome game. But how far back did you have to go to find a decent movie video game?
And last time I checked having an "education" didn't have much to do with knowing who the hell Robert Ludlum is. I did learn that run on sentences are bad, though. Maybe you should go back and work on your GED.
Raheem @ May 2nd 2008 7:47PM
Sorry buddy, don't live in North America so GED doesn't apply. Perhaps that's the problem ;) Run on sentences are 'bad' eh? Wow you certainly couldn't be described as grandiloquent, could you?
pswii60 @ May 2nd 2008 6:21PM
Woah, AnOffday, you are a complete moron. Robert Ludlum is the famous author behind the Bourne series of novels. The game is based on the books and not the movies.
So perhaps before you start criticising a game like that, you should consider getting your facts straight first.
ryan @ May 2nd 2008 8:25PM
....
not really the kind of comments i was expecting when i cliked on this.
but, why is the UK getting a physical disc demo and not just put it out onto the marketplace for them and everyone else?...i really don't see the incentive...unless games based off of Robert Ludlum novels have a huge fanbase in the UK. is he from the UK?
ManicBomber @ May 2nd 2008 7:13PM
Wow, a lot of people splitting hairs here. It's not based on the trilogy of movies based on the books, it's just based on the books... that the movies were based on. I think you are stretching it pretty thin to say that it's not a "movie game".
AnOffday @ May 2nd 2008 7:56PM
Thank you. It's good to see that someone here isn't a complete idiot.
Raheem @ May 3rd 2008 6:32AM
AnOffDay, don't try insulting people just because you made a dumb comment and are now trying to divert attention. Your comments are here to stay so everyone can see what a prick you are.
CJ Strike @ May 2nd 2008 8:18PM
AnOffDay,
We all just would like to see you get your facts straight before criticizing a game.
This game is based on the books, with a tie in to the movies. Matt Damon is not involved. Please get it right before posting.
:)
ManicBomber @ May 2nd 2008 8:58PM
Oh so the fight scenes I keep seeing in this game that really remind me of that medium with the moving pictures that is based on the books, and I guess we just ignore that the trilogy was based on the books.
Oh, and I guess we ignore the fact that the game is already after the movie adaptation.
Right? As long as we accept denial and complete ignorance it all makes sense!
CJ Strike @ May 2nd 2008 9:06PM
Manic,
The books also had the fight scenes you speak of and came out before the movies. Yes, the game has similar scenes to the movie, that is why I said it had "tie ins" to the movies as well. It wasn't meant to start a flame war...
ManicBomber @ May 2nd 2008 9:32PM
Um, no I don't think those fight scenes happened in the book, seeing as how the books don't give a blow by blow description and the constant countering and the way the fight scenes are portrayed in the game is the same as they were in the movies.
Movies = based on books = game
It's all relative and you people are laughably trying to say that the game is more like the books (a medium famous for words, and no pictures), even though it is a medium (again maybe I should type slower) with MOVING PICTURES that looks an awful lot like the other medium with MOVING PICTURES.
AoE @ May 2nd 2008 9:15PM
Wow this whole "is it a movie tie-in?" thing seems REALLY important to you guys!
Shall we all just agree that since Jason Bourne's been around since the 80's but this is the first JB game ever... the fact that the developer/publisher even optioned the license probably has far more to do with the movies than the books.
HOWEVER, since it's not a direct movie tie-in with the need to meet the same release window as a movie, the chances of it being a decent game are 10x better than if it were a direct movie tie-in.
And AnOffday, for the record although they are few and far between, good film tie-in games DO get made, and I can even point out a fairly recent (well, 2004) one... Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay.