This was one of the biggest contributors to the original’s high replayability. NOLF 2 is also missing a lot of the things that made the original special, such as being able to choose your equipment before a mission. The only silver lining is that it doesn’t take very long to earn enough skill points to overcome the most irritating disadvantages. I shouldn’t have to spend hard-won skill points just so it doesn’t take an eternity to loot a body. Upgrading a skill doesn’t feel like a reward it just makes you feel less broken.Ī lot of the skills are really basic quality of life things, too. In essence, they nerfed the player’s capabilities into the ground and then let you buy your way out of the suck with skill points. I barely tolerate these sorts of things in RPGs I definitely didn’t want one in No One Lives Forever.Īnd this particular skill system embodies pretty much all the worst sins of RPG design. There are a couple things that gave me a negative impression of No One Lives Forever 2 out of the gate.īy far the biggest is that an RPG-style skill point system has been implemented. How could it possibly live up to the impossible standard set by its predecessor?
I went in with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Now, fourteen years later, the fan-made Revival Edition has at last given me the opportunity to play through NOLF 2. The original had been an instant classic, and I sorely wanted to play the sequel. There are a number of games I regretted missing out on during this period, but few that stung as much as No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way. Unfortunately, NOLF 2 crashed when I tried to run it at resolutions above 1440p, and I couldn't figure out why.As regular readers may know, there was a period of several years in my life where I had to give up video games due to various Real Life issues. But the game perfectly playable in widescreen, and I was able to run it at 1440p with no issues. Some text in the menus isn't quite properly aligned. When Cate takes damage, you'll notice the flash of red that appears on the screen (as you can see in one of the screens on the next page) is still 4:3. Download the patch here and follow its simple instructions to get it running. A Widescreen Gaming Forum member created a simple patch for the game that adds widescreen support and makes it easy to adjust FOV and resolution. Thankfully, patch 1.3 is easy to find online. The game's built-in patcher is no good, since Sierra's servers shut off years ago. When you install NOLF 2 from its CDs, it'll be running version 1.0, not the final 1.3.
There are two simple steps to running No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way at a decent resolution on modern Windows. You can grab that installer on Play Old PC Games. No One Lives Forever 2 installs just fine on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, but the first game requires a special patched installer for 64-bit Windows.
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