Has EA really done wonders with the Bond license? Well, not really. Goldeneye: Rogue Agent is one of this era's most forgettable first person shooters, and, well, Agent Under Fire was underwhelming. But that's not to say the company hasn't worked a little magic. Nightfire was a decent FPS, Everything Or Nothing had a solid budget backed by enjoyable little sequences, and, last year, EA even turned on some retro flavor with the jam-packed From Russia With Love, even going as far as employing good ol' Sean Connery to voice the agent he helped make famous. That game was a blast, if coming up a bit short in long-term value. That's retro flavor for you, I guess.

Now, a few months later, we have the PSP port of From Russia, with players once again filling the shoes of a classic Bond as he tries to complete a series of missions loosely based upon the same film. But there's a few things to consider here that hurt this port. First of all, like I said, the appeal of the console game was short-term. You beat the game a couple of times, endure your favorite stages, and then shelve it. Also, the PSP game is priced at, what, $40? The console version has already seen the drop to $20. The worth of trying to take the game on the go is questionable. But the real backfire on this Q product wanna-be is that it has a couple of crucial flaws that prevent it from being the quintessential on-the-go Bond experience. It goes the other way, really, with barely anything to even justify a rental.

The game features a number of stages where Bond must work his way through, shooting countless henchmen and occasionally taking to the skies with a jetpack in order to get his aerial danger level risen a few notches. There's nothing wrong with the design of these stages, as it mostly holds up fine for the PSP build. The graphics look okay, and continue to pack the retro touches that reflect upon the film's license. Sound is also adequate, complete with Connery trying to sound young again (and mostly succeeding), and backed by a decent film score and sound effects.