Strange that the very game that brought me to vized has not even been reviewed, I probably should have done that a while ago.

So mission impossible, I played it years ago, albeit on the ps1.  Its the very game that, via Google, directed me to vizzed.

The game, unlike the movie, Starts off with you in Russia, with not much explanation to be honest.  You're basically on a sabotage mission.  Actually, the game seems hugely different to the movie...
Either way, like the movie, its awesomeness carrys it through, a great game shouldn't even need to stand on top of a great movie anyway.


The gameplay and progression of the game are pretty fun and addictive, there are a few key let downs though.

First, the graphics, theres no 2 ways about it, they suck.


Then theres the controls, and boy do they suck, as well as being dropped right into it amongst armed Russians, you aren't told anything about the controls and theres no easing into it, learning as you go, nor are there particularly great explanations of what to do and how to do it.
The controls are clumsy, you rotate around and then move in that direction, and using a keyboard its a logistical nightmare trying to accomplish everything, its really far better with a controller but dont think hats going to solve the problem completely.

Then theres the fact the game has like, no checkpoints, you die, you're doing the mission again buddy.

Graphics-6
They are blocky, Ethan's head is square and it looks like he fell off a building onto it.
The environment and npc's are not a great deal better.

Sound-6
Hell if that didn't drive me crazy, same tune throughout the whole missions, and that could be as long as 15 minutes.
The voices are pretty bad too, and the sounds of pain are some of the worst out there, its really pretty unbelievable.

Addictiveness-10
The game is addictive and a half, looking back at all the stuff iv said, I honestly have no idea why, but genuinely, I kept coming back for more.  I wanted to progress and push on to the end.

Story-9
Again, pretty good, some twists, some turns, and really nothing like the movie but who cares, it stands on its own to be great, and that's far from easy.

Depth-9
The game is pretty damn long, how long I cant be entirely sure because I haven't actually finished it, for reasons you will see as soon as you finish this paragraph.  It'll take a good while to get through, but when you do it wont be like so many others, where you think its good, but there are a hundred more like it.  This one feels pretty unique to me, but maybe that's just nostalgia and sentimentality talking.

Difficulty-10
I'll put this at 10, it is genuinely hard.  The cumbersome controls, the lack of checkpoints, the unhelpful objectives and lack of hints, plus the ocassionall time limit all make it much harder.  Last time I played I was stuck in a particularly awkward level featuring multiple lasers and a rather pesky guard, one of the few things which unites with the movie.  It wouldn't be so bad if the controls weren't so unforgiving.

Overall- 8.9
The game gets a very decent score from me, a close 9, deprived of the top rating due to a multitude of things from the graphics to the sound, but predominantly, the controls are what shot it down.  Even still, it turned out to be a good game, against all the odds, truly, it was Mission improbable, achieving the impossible.

Nice review!

I think there was an accidentally repeated sentence near the beginning, but it's pretty cool to read about the game that brought you here in the first place

septembern :
yeh and theres a bit missing, what the heck.
thanks for pointing it out

Mission Impossible is an underrated game in my opinion. Its been bashed with Bad reviews in the NES, now with the N64 its been overlooked a bit. Its a good game. its a shame nobody really looked at it.

This is an excellent review of the game, and MI is one the reasons I came to Vizzed too. The part you say about wanting to push on to the end is the same as I felt when playing. 
You highlight all the flaws of the game, but point out the depth of this one makes it kinda unique.
Overall, a spot on review.