Read more about Cate Archer at: Wikipedia Official Site: Monolith Productions The Operative: No One Lives Forever (commonly shortened to No One Lives Forever, abbreviated NOLF) is a first-person shooter video game with stealth game elements, developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive, released for Windows in 2000. Set in the 1960s, No One Lives Forever has been critically acclaimed for, among other things, its stylistic representation of the era in the spirit of many spy-themed films and television series of that decade, as well as for its prevalent use of humor. Players control female protagonist Cate Archer, who works for UNITY, a fictional secret organization that watches over world peace. No One Lives Forever has received several Game of the Year awards in the press, which lead to the release of a special Game of the Year Edition in 2001. The game was also ported later to Mac OS and PlayStation 2 systems. The video game is the first title in the No One Lives Forever series of games. It was followed by a sequel entitled No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way (2002), and a spin-off that takes place during the time between the first two games, Contract J.A.C.K. (2003), both developed by Monolith. The Operative: No One Lives Forever is set in the 1960s, and stars female protagonist and spy Cate Archer. The basic plot of the game is that a secret British organization, UNITY, watches over world peace. Seven UNITY agents are murdered within a week, leaving UNITY with a critical manpower shortage. In response, Cate Archer (an ex-cat burglar) is given a role as field agent to try to discover the cause of the agent assassinations. All roads lead to a new terrorist organization named H.A.R.M., run by a colorful assortment of characters intent on destroying the free world. |