The Operative: No One Lives Forever 2000

Is it still worth playing?

Monolith Productions' 2000 first person shooter with stealth elements, set in the 1960s, in which you play Cate Archer, a new agent for a secret organization called Unity. Most missions can be completed by sneaking or by fighting openly. When sneaking, enemies react to noise, footprints in snow and discovered bodies, and stealthy players can overhear humorous conversations between characters. Gadgets are disguised as women's fashion accessories, such as lock picking barrettes, camera sunglasses and explosive lipstick. When fighting, there are pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles and a briefcase rocket launcher, with special ammunition, silencers and scopes. Some sections add motorcycles or snowmobiles, and there are boss fights. Missions open to sneaking or to fighting, with humour throughout, still suit more than one way of playing today.