James Bond 007: Blood Stone review | minimme
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"Why are there sidewalks in Cars?"
You've completely destroyed my mind
Think of them as weaker curbs
Regarding the sidewalks, I think they're supposed to be an area separate from the roads that cars can hang out on.
Imagine this scenario:
Mater: Hey, McQueen! I’ll meet ya in front of that there Chrysler building!
McQueen: Haha! Okay Mater!
So, how does Mater accomplish this? Does he stand in the middle of a busy street in a metropolitan area and block traffic, or does he “stand” on an elevated surface designed to differentiate itself from the road?
Cars can fit on a sidewalk most of the time, and they can also be driven onto. They aren’t just made for pedestrians to get around, they are also designed to keep people out of the streets.
@@dominikbury2 the movie Cars, not actual cars silly.
The answer is obvious: Cars happen after a human extinction event. The sidewalks were for the humans but they all died.
Theres a theory about the cars universe. It's basically a future after humans have somehow gone extinct but before they did, they figured out a way to make cars and other vehicles sentient and have brains and shit. Its actually quite an interesting theory, and it explains some of the things that wouldn't logically make sense in a Cars universe otherwise
The twist where Bond knows that Joss Stone is a traitor is so hack that I almost respect it. There's no real foreshadowing or explanation, but Bond still figures it out.
How? He's Bond.
Fuck you.
I love it.
Is like I don't like you so you must be a bad guy.
Actually, in the Burma level, there's an enemy who's using a laptop right after Bond escapes the prison. If he dispatches the nearby enemies and scans the laptop with the smartphone, it reveals that Nicole Hunter is actually working with the enemies. So that's technically how he ends up finding out about it.
You're terrible in an interesting way and that's why we love you Minimme.
I was like #666 yippee!
FINALLY, someone talking about this game. Underrated.
It is actually the only good Bond game after PS2/Xbox installations. I feel like it received very harsh press, despite the simplicity of game design. It is enjoyble to play from start to finish and that's what really matters.
Word agreed Tyler I couldn’t agree more it’s theeeee best bond game the rest are pure garbage in my opinion the combat in blood stones is amazing and amazing story level design was a masterpiece I love this game such a shame what has happened to this masterpiece
Underrated by who?
If every single game is underrated then why even look at ratings
@@benaskrensintellect332 ???
The name is me, Minimme
But where is Dr. Evil?
Tony Hawk accidentally grinded on the blood stone and now he has to keep his heart beating really fast or else Shrek from Shrek 2 (2004) eats him up
Isn't that the synopsis for Crank?
CrazyKraken yes, but with James Bond, Tony Hawk, & Shrek
Shrek from Shrek (2001) would have never condoned such violence
I heard that too.
@@bagelfan6 My guy, I think you've just uncovered Crank 3.
"The Call of Duty Machine" sounds like a metal gear solid mech dude boss name
its special power is consuming innocent little developers
And eating your money.
It really does lmao
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The fact you still haven't reviewed Stranglehold, orthesimsontheds, is amazing:
•Mediocre but fun game
•Kind of movie tie-in
•Third person shooter because that seems to be your thing now AND bullet time mechanic
That just screams minimme review to me
@Brupcat I mean, it was okay, tbh
I really enjoyed that game when i was younger. And it reminds me of a game called "Wet", which still screams minimme review for me lol
That would be awesome. I'd be excited just for the thumbnail.
Orthesimsontheds?
@noided Mediocre has a negative connotation.
"Bizzare creations, main known for racing games like *Project Gotham Racing*"
*sad BLUR noises*
PGR is there claim to fame after all. And Blur was one of the games that killed them, even though it was great.
motherurck Fair enough.
I'll go for the deep cut of Fur Fighters :-)
BLUR was the shit, needs to be rereleased
To me the best game they did is The Club.
Just a recommendation: Speed Racer-The Videogame. Given that you clearly enjoy driving games, this one is... graphically impressive, especially the Wii version, although the PS2 version has a little bit more content. Either way, it is a pretty good game and those who played it, like me, remember it fondly.
It's a fun game.
It also have splitscreen, played it with my little brother a couple of times
I've tried this game on Wii last week and thought it was a bit bland. It seems that the races come down mostly to taking out your opponents since the driving is so simple.
I played the shit out of the DS version
@@she1by same same
Gotta love DS download play
The "ridiculous looking military seaplane" featured at 7:58 is an old soviet ground effect aircraft, designed to use little fuel to go long distances
I beat this one back in 2011 on PS3. When it was over I said to myself, “I hope they make another Bond game one day, because I want more.”
Couple of years ago a Fan sent me a ton of Bizzare Creations' assets he got ina liquidation auction. Not been able to open a few of them because of the weird format they're in, but a lot of them were marked "knightwing", so not sure if that was a Batman game they were working on, or something related to Project Gotham.
But you should look at the James Bond games not based on movies, like Everything or Nothing and 007 The Duel, That and watch Doc Hollywood. :P
Hi Larry, if you're up for it I'd love to give unpacking the files a try!
@@Xx_m1k3_0X1onG_xX I san send over some of the files that were on DVD, but I got some stuff on these things that look like super thick floppy disks, not zipp disks, they're twice as thick as those.
Maybe someone from the Cutting Room Floor wiki or the Hidden Palace wiki could unpack that?
@@Larry please dump them somewhere
@@priceless073 Will do.
2:18 "oh, no, i'm being shot by an helicopter. Better hide behing this wood cabinet"
The DS version of Blood Stone is surprisingly good.
That sounds like a topic for this channel!
*_BLOOD STONE'S WEIRD DS PORT_*
@@WH250398 not weird
Annoying Reptile and is not a port. Is a different game.
Indeed. I got my hands in a copy recently and I didn’t stopped until I finished it. It’s a really good game, with some additional dialogues and more information about Rak in Switzerland. Also the final dialogue between Bond and Nicole is a way lot better than the main console version.
Words can't describe how heartbroken I felt after hearing the Ravensoft game was cancelled. Great vid as always my guy 👌
That Trav Guy It really is heartbreaking! To think we would have had another Daniel Craig 007 adventure, on PS4 and Xbox One of all things, is devastating.
Activation has killed hundreds of talented developers over the years
Thankfully we got 007 Legends instead! *HAHAHAHA*
:(
I absolutely hate what Acti did to Raven, they made some of my favorite games
Because of this, any time I see a friend with a knife I'll *KNOW* they're a double agent
This is genuinely one of my favourite Bond games out there. None of the others have felt quite so... Bond in the set design and action sequences as this one did for me. It's also the only shooter I've ever played where I've finished it and gone "huh I really wanna try out the hard mode now", and really focused on mastering the stealth and headshots. Loved it.
My hobby is music production, so I really enjoyed that wave form enjoyment graph. Got a good laugh out of me
I adored this game despite it's flaws, thrilled to see it being covered.
I believe that “seaplane” is the ekranoplan, a weird boat plane mix. Dark Docs made a great video about it
was just about to comment this. it is an ekranoplan
@@gustafrenstrom8549 It was also in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, it's the plane Snake and Eva escape in during the ending.
If I remember the story was pulled from the script of a movie they canned when the writers strike happened in 2009. They wanted to make another bond movie but had to put it all on hold. There was something with the game license and they basically chose to make it a game rather than a film
To me this game seemed like a good introduction to gaming in general it gets you used to techniques in this simple environment.the shooting, driving levels, detective mode, simple stealth, using cover etc
So confused
Never heard of this channel
Never heard of this game
Yet I'm watching the vid
Guess the algorithm works lol
Try his driver San fransisco series
Soon you'll be watching every video of his that gets recommended to you, and you'll eventually subscribe... Happened to me, will happen to you. The cycle continues
lol, welcome to the club kido
I don't remember how I found this channel but it's pure solid gold.
Yo, Minimme, if you are still reviewing bond games, Id recommend looking at the PC version of Nightfire. it was made BEFORE the console versions, has different levels and gameplay, and it STILL has a multiplayer fanbase TO THIS DAY. Recommend checking it out at the very least.
NIGHTFIRE on PS2 was when I saw the future is here. Then came MGS2. Somehow today's games are far more predictable and nothing surprises you anymore
My childhood game lol hate how everyone hate it
I liked this game purely for the reason that it truly felt like a Daniel Craig bond game, it was fast paced with cool car chases, and pretty satisfying shooting and hand to hand takedowns. I always thought Daniel Craig was never very charismatic like the older bobds, but he absolutely nailed the action part of it
Ever thought about reviewing any of the mysims games? They're tie in games to the sims franchise but each has a widely different play style. I specifically remember playing mysims agents and sky-heroes as a kid.
your reviews r very chill
Yes , reasonable dude who doesn't trash people work for the sake of it and is fair. Damn a rarity these day
I remember this being a solid game, although I feel ashamed that I remember the bland sewer level more than that crazy opening. Although I played it through to the end, I never felt any need to return to it again.
I wondered why I never played this game, then I checked my PS3 trophies. Apparently I did, even replayed it on 007 difficulty.
I do not remember a single thing about this game and none of the footage looked familiar.
Incidentally I'd love to see you talk about The Club. I've only played a little of Blood Stone but seeing your video makes me want to dig it back up; The Club is a fantastic little arcade shooter (think Mario Kart, but with guns) and no one ever seems to talk about it.
It's always nice to see you review a game you genuinely enjoy; it's a refreshing change of pace from all the bad games most CZcamsrs cover.
I play this a couple of times and its pretty competent third-person shooter and a good Bond game overall. Thanks for the review minimme.
Weird Siberian sea plane is actually Ekranoplan -- you can find some good short documentaries here on CZcams. It was another perspective war machine of cold war era and it's cool they inclided it. I watched one just days before and instantly recognized
Your videos give me those "WAIT!!! I remember this!!" vibes
I always got the impression there was content missing from the story, and I’d kill to actually read the scripts or design docs for this game, I always really liked the story I’m this honestly
The third stage (casino) opening always make feel a nostalgic feeling for some reason dude its so beautiful .
Great review! It is a real shame that this studio got closed down: BLUR is still among the best racing games ever made!
As someone who's been to istanbul, its a shame as its perfect setting for an actiob game with massive castles, underground chambers and tight streets.
Anyway, whens everything or nothing?
As an Istanbul ..uh Istanbul-itan?? The only time i felt like a game portrayed Istanbul actually properly was the From Russia with love game tbh. Its mad how every time theres an Istanbul episode in a game, even 3A like uncharted 2, they manage to put 70's cars and dark skinned people and women with burkas. Its mad
@@Astarlord yeah i have yet to see a game that can show the wonders of istanbul better, there's so many places you can use yet people always make istanbul seem like a boring place
@@limmynade i mean its slowly becoming a concrete jungle if not already BUT theres SO many historical and sceneric locations that can be used(not to mention population density and variety) while also having actual modern cars.
Yeah despite most things there being built by Greeks before turks took over and turkey spreading propaganda that it's theirs. Like come on man the ruins there are clearly Greek made. If you read history and not propaganda history, but real history then you will see that that architecture was around the time of Constantine. Also, the castle ruins in amazing Greek old cities look the exact same as those so it kinda tells you that a lot of those architectures are Greek. I don't hate turks by any means but I ahte it when they say that the architecture is mostly theirs. The big church you see in "Istanbul" (Constantinople) is purely Greek. And PURELY Greek.
@@stavroskoul732 when Byzantine fell, it became ours. Suck it.
Your voice soothes my soul in these rough times.
Oh my God I love this game when I was younger. I really should play it again
GameCorpCrew On CZcams I played it for the first time last year and thought it was great. I looks great and plays well.
Interestingly, rumours leading up to Blood Stone's official announcement constantly stated that this Bizarre Creations title would be a driving / racing 007 game (similar to the very poor 007 Racing on the PS1). Given their background in racing titles, this would make sense, and could explain why Blood Stone's racing segments are a highlight to an otherwise pretty generic 3rd person shooter.
I can't think of another game that did racing as well as this, it must have cost a fair bit to script everything. Also, I have strong memories of eating a giant gobstopper while playing this game. Dunno why but I remmebered it just now. I don't think I finished the gobstopper before I finished the game, but it was a very large gobstopper.
Judas Priest's Bloodstone hits my mind whenever I read that title...
Same.
Every single time he said I heard Rob Halford go “BLOOOOD STONE” in my head
@@Scorpie Hahaha! I love that song so much.
They should hire Minimme as a developer for future Bond games i think he'd make a pretty solid Bond game.
Bond knows about Nicole because when Rak is hanging from the scaffolding he notices he's wearing one of her watches - or a fancy watch at least. The connection is tenuous at best, but that's how he works it out. He sends the knife to her to essentially say "I know B, what you gonna do about it?"
”Ridiculous looking plane"
It's not a plane, it's an Ekranoplan and it existed in real lifem(and it worked).
Your positive opinions on games (that sometimes don’t even deserve it) is actually really refreshing. Keep it up
Gotta say, the quality of your videos has skyrocketed over the last year
I loved this game. Sucks that we'll never get a sequel
The rumors of the 2009 to 2010 delay for Blood Stone were likely true, as Blood Stone was at one point planned to have a Wii port that was being developed by SuperVillain Studios that got cancelled due to this delay.
To quote an SVS developer: "We were working on the Wii version of a major film license (although this particular game was not tied directly to the films). We were really happy with the work we had done, and it was looking amazingly good for a game that was tasked with mimicking high-end photo-real 360/PS3 visuals as best as the machine could.
Unfortunately, there were major delays on the 360/PS3 version and the big bucks dictate that money is best spent focusing on those consoles with this type of game (3rd person cover/action shooter, think Gears of War-type gameplay). So the Wii version was eventually canceled. It happens quite a lot behind the scenes, especially these days with publishers being super careful with their money in the down economy. There are a ton of games that don't see the light of day."
I originally thought this Wii port the developer was referring to was for another game (that game being Transformers: War for Cybertron) however after searching for some time i found out it was for Blood Stone instead, heck i was even able to find a couple of screenshots of the Istanbul level.
Also speaking of War for Cybertron, are you gonna do a review on that game?
Fun Fact: If you own a Japan region PS3, you can’t finish this game lmao. You won’t get past the Monaco level (the 2nd level Iirc) camera hacking game.
In the console , the X button is actually the Back Button. You need to press the X button during the hacking mini game and every time you do, it just cancels the mini game and you can’t actually finish it.
Source: Personal Experience :( . (Reposted my own comment from the Community post over here for visibility. Luckily I’d bought the game pre owned for really cheap so i traded it back for practically no loss. But I feel bad for those with Japanese PS3s who bought the game full price at launch and then realised they couldn’t even finish the game.)
Isn't there an option in the XMB to swap the X and O buttons? Sorry, it's been a long time since I used a PS3 so I can't remember if there was such an option.
And it was never patched??
John Kurian Nah not on mine. I checked everywhere. But it’s just hardwired in the Japanese consoles since that’s the system they’ve been following for years. “O” for Yes, “X” for No.
WH250398 As far as I could tell, no. Activision never bothered with it. After I faced the issue I looked online for any solutions and found some forums where people were facing the same problems on imported consoles / copies of the game. They contacted Activision for help but only got a response that different regions of games might not work properly on different region consoles. Only problem was there was never an Asian region version of this game, only US and Europe so you’re basically SOL. Also apparently Red Dead Redemption has a similar issue in the arm wrestling mini game but Rockstar patched it out. Just shows that Activision doesn’t care.
@@gavinlobo5320 Well Bizarre Creations was murdered very shortly after the game released by Activision, so that's probably why that happened.
i actually have a crazy amount of nostalgis for this game. i was just thinking about it a few weeks ago randomly and thought it was forgotten.
Fun fact about that plane: it's actually real.
It's called " Корабль-макет" or "ship prototype". Most people know it as the Caspian Sea Monster, though. It's a giant seaplane that never truly "flew". Very low altitude, it's more like a ship than an aircraft(hence the name). It's also called prototype because it got canned like a lot of crazy projects in the USSR back in the day. There's some old prototypes still around on the Caspian shorelines, but most of them have been disassembled.
The reason that there are sidewalks in Cars is that it takes place after the apocalypse where people have died off and what is left are the cities that they made and the AI cars that still roam them.
The cars are evolved from bugs. MattPat. someone that annoying must be... something.
-Whe don't know what is the blood stone, it's like a phantom
-Ms Stone die near an ocean
Bizarre + (Phantom) Blood + Stone (Ocean) = is that a jojo reference ?
All of Bond's non-tux outfits make him look like Tom Hanks.
Hey Minimme, you should take a look at some of the Sims games on the consoles. O have oddly strong memories of The Sims 1 on the original Xbox, where you did like missions and it was kinda you controlling one person I think? There's also The Sims 2 (there was apparently like a story based one on the PSP), The Urbz in the City and the ones on the DS. I'd also say you should check out some of the really mediocre/odd late Xbox originals around 2005/2006 when the Xbox 360 came out. Stuff like Project Dark Zero, Total Overdose, Mashed, The Outfit, just these complete bizarro games that came out and no one ever saw again
Jesus I love this game. Which is more interesting because I'm not big JB fan. But the story, shooting and driving was for young me so great I felt in love with this game. I know there's a lot of nostalgia in this but I played it before Uncharted or Gears so everything was fresh to me
I like how the unique features of Rak's knife are on the handle and the cutscenes only show the knife being held.
Best Bond game after Goldeneye. Had a blast with this.
this is my best james bond game i ever played especially online pvp mode its was amazing
I think that "ridiculous looking military seaplane" is the ekranoplan, a ground-effects craft
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan
I love your reviews! It allows me to recap games I missed growing up. Please, never stop filming!
Tony Hawk holding a gun in the thumbnail? My life is complete
Not sure if it's just my computer/browser, but the subtitles aren't displaying properly. The lines are layering on top of one another, such that you can only see one line at a time, and even that line is obscured by the letters behind it. That said, great video as always!
i loved this game and From Russia with Love as well
Regarding the game's writing Nicole is the best part. Her "Sean Connery bond girl" personality is purposeful, a facade to make Bond trust her and avoid suspicion. She does, for a moment in Siberia, break the facade when talking to the guard. It's a random bit of anger right after she's been chill, then she reverts to being chill again. Showing her true colors on the bridge was very Elektra King, just sad she couldn't have been developed a bit more. I consider her the main villain but there're so many underlings teased as the villain she gets lost in the plot.
The knife twist I remember guessing and it felt clever. As soon as Rak says it's platinum and you see that gem Bond kinda observes. On my first playthrough it made me go "Ohhhh". Looking back, is it confusing and random? Yeah, but it felt very Bondy. Also a decent twist, making you recontextualize Nicole's moments in the game a little.
Overall I see it as a good game with a Craig Bond story, and that puts it above most games for me. When you're unhealthily obsessed with this franchise the post GoldenEye games are interesting to observe as pieces of the Bond franchise, and it's always nice to have more performances by the several actors (especially Connery in FRWL)
The game was way more fun than watching Spectre.
Man, I’ve gotten into a binge of old bond games and found you mini. I wish we could figure out what was the best element of each bond game because I’d love to get a new bond game
15:41 Fun fact, “Risico” is one of the few original Ian Fleming Bond titles that hasn’t been used for an official movie, others being “The Hildebrand Rarity” and “007 in New York”
EDIT: Oh never mind, you actually said that lol
Watching this late at night in bed on my phone and boy jeepers does that digital flicker effect annihilate my eyes, even at the lowest brightness
Man I wish Activision would put this back on Steam. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great to hear that the console versions run well and all, but I’m just too much of a PC snob for my own good lol
Also wish they’d ported Goldeneye Reloaded to PC as well. I heard they ported 007 Legends to PC but that port was disastrous on top of being a bad game
a remaster for Everything or Nothing in PC. would be cool as well
They won't, unless it brings them money they don't bother with devoting resources or reupping licenses to anything. They even took down 007 Legends and the Skyfall DLC for Xbox/PS3, so the only way to play it complete is WiiU. I have this game on PS3/360/DS, but will grab a physical disk for PC as soon as I find out if it had a cd key or was drm free.
@matt shut up peasant
This game was fun back then and still fun to play
You should definitely check out the DS version of this game. I remember playing it a lot as a kid, it was nuts
Raven's 007 actually looks like it could have been a massive improvement over Blood Stone, which is a guilty pleasure of mine. Sad that it didn't happen. Hoping Raven Software will find its way back to making non-Call-of-Duty games.
watching this video reminded me of how far you've come since that mafia review, your editing skills are stellar nowadays and you've gotten really good at script writing
2:10 i like how you cut out that you were going to crash there
The thumbnails are getting better, they pretty good! Haven't played this game!
One of my favorite CZcams channels! Love your insight man.
One of these days I’d love to see you do a retrospective on Journey or
Shadow of the Colossus
I love how you review almost all the best games from the 7th generation that were not that great but still so god damn fun!
I loved both bloodstone and Wheelman but almost nobody talked about neither of them on CZcams.
Not to mention the great quality of voice, sound and gameplay examples...
RIP Bond girl Honor Blackman.
The "ridiculous looking military seaplane" is actually an MD-160 Lun class Ekranoplan, a frankly astonishing Soviet era ground effect vehicle designed to launch nuclear weapons. Sadly the one and only MD-160 ever built is now rotting on a beach on the Caspian.
It's a bummer that this was Bizarre's last game...I absolutely adored The Club and Blur, honestly.
I really enjoyed this game back in the day, and before watching your video I played it again, and... Really enjoyed it, again
I love 007 Blood Stone, but I must agree with you. The first 20 minutes were absolutely phenomenal. After that, it just felt like a drag.
The "Blood Stone" is a reference to blood diamonds (also known as conflict diamonds). They are mined from the war zones of Africa and used to fund insurgency. If I remember correctly there was a small plot in this game that dealt with Diamonds, so I assume that's where the name comes from.
Here's an interesting side note regarding the Bangkok level. the Thai letters are reverse and the Royal Thai police never used Lada or Fiat. I always wonder why they made that mistake.
I don’t know about you but the later Bizarre Creation game Blur is one of my favorite games ever.
Suggestions can be annoying, so sorry if this has appeared before, but Bioshock apparently had two mobile ports: Bioshock 2d and Bioshock 3d. I was surprised you hadn't reviewed them on your channel.
Great video as always btw
The game that got me into james bond and was basically my childhood alongside ghost recon future soldier. Maybe it wasn't nintendo but I absolutely adored these types of games so thank you for taking me down memory lane.
Can the enjoyment curve graph please return in every video? That was beautiful
8:49 Koenigsegg CCXR. Could even be a Trevita, too, by the looks of things. Good taste right there
EDIT: Not a Trevita, "just" a CCXR, but still one hell of a car choice. The DBS would have no chance.
Regarding the sidewalks, I think they're supposed to be an area separate from the roads that cars can hang out on.
Imagine this scenario:
Mater: Hey, McQueen! I’ll meet ya in front of that there Chrysler building!
McQueen: Haha! Okay Mater!
So, how does Mater accomplish this? Does he stand in the middle of a busy street in a metropolitan area and block traffic, or does he “stand” on an elevated surface designed to differentiate itself from the road?
Cars can fit on a sidewalk most of the time, and they can also be driven onto. They aren’t just made for pedestrians to get around, they are also designed to keep people out of the streets.
So they're more like side-parks than side-walks.
I would like you to cover The Italian Job video games, as there were two released; one was based on the original 1969 film and developed by Pixelogic and published by Rockstar Games, and the other was based on the 2003 remake, developed by Climax Brighton and published by Eidos Interactive.
I got stuck on the train chase part because I didn’t know that you had to turn right under the bridge. This is true.
Dude you neeeeed to do Minority Report. It's an awesome brawler and kind of ties in with the movie in the same odd way The Godfather game does. Good fighting, some gunplay, hilarious ragdolll physics. Be sure to check out the cheat codes!
His movements on this game were incredibly well done, right down to the craig bond shooting one hand while running
There is a single hidden line in the game where someone talks to Nicole and mentions Blood Stone behind glass. Other than that it is never mentioned and don't know why it's named that.
I agree 100%. This game was super fun at tons of points (ie. Monaco, most of Siberia, Bangkok, the driving parts) but had its weak points that largely hurt the experience (Catacombs, military bunker). I thoroughly enjoyed Blood Stone and have revisited several times over the years and feeling the same way each time. I really wish that the leaked sequel wasn’t cancelled as with time and the lessons learned from this game, the developers might have been able to create a successful Bond series instead of being in limbo like we are now. Also, this game (unfortunately) largely suffered sales-wise as it came out the same day as the Goldeneye remake on the Wii which pretty heavily hurt the developers’ chance of creating their sequel.
Fun fact: The cover of the game is directly lifted from a production still of Quantum of Solace .
Hama Kaze Indeed it is!