GoldenEye 007

Movie-game tie-ins are crap. This is not a fact, but is often treated as such by the majority of the gaming community. Who can blame them when the market gets filled with seemingly no end of rushed products pushed out the door just to cash-in on the latest big thing. Rareware turned this whole concept on its head when it developed a certain game that would become the standard many FPS games to follow would be measured against. It was one of those rare gems; a movie tie-in that was good. Nay, scratch that, a movie tie-in that was and still is amazing.

The ability to step into the shoes of that famous OO agent is an experience like no other, and it has not been done as well as it is here. The underlying plotline to the game is amazing as you start off taking out an enemy facility and then progress to travelling across the globe to stop a weapon satellite from blasting key targets on Earth. Of course, the basic plot is straight from the movie, but the way Rare have...

THE GOOD:
Challenging yet addicting and well executed first person shooting gameplay, objectives add a twist to the generic FPS games we see today, 3 different difficulty levels which adds to some replay value, really tight controls, mission location designs are all unique whilst being well designed to cater to objectives of the missions, visually pleasing to the eye, human groans sound excellent and realistic, realistic sound effects, pulse pounding soundtrack, multiplayer is well worth playing and adds more to the replay value and the replay value within this game is virtually endless!

THE BAD:
Some choppy frame rates here and there. Multiplayer in terms of customization may seem limited to some, especially those used to Call of Duty 4's style.

SUMMARY:
Created in 1997 by Rare, Goldeneye 007 (along with Doom 64, Quake and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter) revolutionized the first person shooter genre by perfecting the shooting + aiming mechanics tried...

THE GOOD:
Try everything!

THE BAD:
I can't quite find anything.

SUMMARY:
Lastability: 10/10.
This game will last you a long, long time. Not just in the sense that you just want to play again to see if you can do better but more because of all the extras like cheats and plus, friends make it all that much funner. 4-player deathmatch FTW!

Graphics: 9/10.
The art direction here is just good. Everything looks amazing for the time, hell I think it looks awesome by today's standards! Some bland color schemes here and there but that's nothing!

Sound: 10/10.
Catchy soundtrack, realistic sound effects...honestly what more could you ask for?

Gameplay: 10/10.
This is how FPS games are supposed to be done. None of this World War crap we're seeing today with halfassed AI and such. The AI is just friggin awesome, not the smartest, but they're decently smart. Plus, it just plain kicks ass. You get to shoot...

THE GOOD:
Almost everything

THE BAD:
Lack of realism
Graphics (scan Brosnan's face!)

SUMMARY:
Once upon a time, there was a man named Bond, James Bond. He was owned by an old company named Parker Brothers, an evil little company. He exposed the evil of the company, and was then bought by Rareware, which was the greatest company alive at that time. Then, he was bought by EA, which made only one good Bond game, Nightfire (which I suggest you get (for the PS2)). But enough about Bond's life, let's talk about Rare's lil' creation, GoldenEye.


Graphics 6/10
The first time you play this game, it may not look good. Bond's face looks like it was molded and thrown into a shredder, and glued back on upside-down. But once you get used to it, you won't really care.



Story 9/10
The story is hard to comprehend, but in the fourth level, it comes together. A military satellite, GoldenEye has been stolen by a crime...

THE GOOD:
Excellent multiplayer
Great story
Good levels
Excellent graphics [for its time]
Many weapons
Many characters [and some (surprise!) secret ones too]

THE BAD:
Only four players, but this is just nitpicking. There wouldn't be a way to have more than four on an N64
Minor glitches

SUMMARY:
This is a game that I have played and beaten over and over again. I remember doing 4 player matches with grenade launchers only on Stack in Multiplayer. I remember this being one of the best multiplayer games ever. The single player is great; plot twists, thrills, frantic encounters and a great story await you! Also, if you beat the game on the 00 Agent difficulty level you unlock the 007 mode, which basically allows you to customize the game to your preferences. You can give enemies 100% accuracy but 0 life or millions of other of combinations. It's the holiday season, find this in the bargain bin and play it!

THE GOOD:
It's 007! The weaponry is very well done, the graphics for this game were good, the audio is pretty good,story line is well built, the difficulty is a good mix of easy and hard and the maps are well built.

THE BAD:
Not too much exept for some cliping(when a object visually passes another...) (man I feel like such a nerd)(nerdy laugh here).

SUMMARY:
Well I know youre playing youre Halo2's and youre GTA San Andreas's but since that new Golden Eye game is coming out I might as well get you in the mood for Bond..James Bond. For it's time this game was very good. The graphics were there and so was the audio and the maps were well deseigned. There are some cliping(go to the bad for a full definition) but either than that it's really good. So play it already!(Sheeeeesssh!)

Freak 2345 is out(again)

Of all the games I've played over the years, on all different kinds of systems, from the NES to the PS2, no game has left me with fonder memories than Rareware's first-person shooter GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64.



GAMEPLAY: 10/10
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Single-Player Mode

I've got a lot of ground to cover in this section, so I'll start off with the single-player mode. There are 18 regular missions, roughly following the plot of the James Bond movie the game is based off of, with three different difficulty modes (Agent, Secret Agent, 00 Agent) for each level. The Agent missions (the easiest difficulty) are naturally pretty simple; the AI reacts slowly to your presence, the objectives may be as simple as not killing any civilians or scientists as you traverse the stage from Point A to Point B, and it usually takes only one to two hits to kill an enemy (assuming you hit them in the chest or head; hitting them in the leg will merely disable them for a few...

THE GOOD:
the gameplay, graphics and sounds

of course wepons

THE BAD:
levels

SUMMARY:
well, this game is pretty good, i really like the weapon selection and the location of the places, except for the places them self.

the levels can be hard, or easy, but most of them are quite simple.

i really like the multiplayer game, you can shoot down your froends

i really recommend this game to all 007 fans

THE GOOD:
Revolutionised the first-person shooter format.
Presented James Bond to a new generation of younger fans.
Superb mission design and layout.
Well-paced.
The first major James Bond release that started the tidal wave of success for 007 games.
The multiplayer deathmatches.

THE BAD:
Graphics.
Failed to stick to the film's story.
Unlicenced weapons.
Filled with references to past Bond films that did not integrate well with the action.
Overrated and the "GoldenEye Myth".

SUMMARY:
"GoldenEye 007".

One just has to utter the title of Rareware's 1996 Nintendo64 smash-hit blockbuster extravaganza and everyone knows what one is talking about. Gamers the world over recognise the name, recognise the number and recognise the overhyped "GoldenEye Myth" that now overhangs each and every Bond game created by Electronic Arts. And I for one am sick of it.

I am probably one of the biggest Bond fans ever, and I...

THE GOOD:
1. Lots of characters
2. Fully challenging
3. The introduction has four new characters when Aztec and Egyptian are cleared
4. Level 20 is awesome, actually more than some awe, it's full of awe!
5. When all 23 cheats are unlocked, you'll probably be playing the game for 6 more months!
6. Multiplayer mode
7. Large arsenal, variety of weapons
8. More violent reactions and entertainments than the TWINE 64 game
9. 007 mode featured when all 20 levels are beat on 00 Agent, can set enemy status!
10. Four files
11. With 007 mode and all this, this is like the only game with such features, they make you feel like you can reprogram the game your way
12. Good music
13. Has that 'all so special killer spy' feeling that TWINE doesn't have
14. The button activated code, known as Line Mode (no color, just white and some lines), is sweet!
15. Lots of gadgets/equipment
16. The graphics are fairly good
17. In the Runaway or the...