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A Great Game Based On Its Own Merits,
Goleneye for the Wii has some high expectations to live up to. The original N64 game was a classic, revolutionizing the FPS genre on consoles. Could this Wii game of the same name be just as important?
I think your enjoyment depends on just how into modern FPS you are. Personally, I absolutely loved Goldeneye Wii. But that’s because I love the Call of Duty games…
Finishing the single-player campaign and logging in dozens of hours into the multi-player game is an ENORMOUS amount of time for me to invest in a game, in fact the last time I can think of spending that much time gaming was when Modern Warfare 2 came out. Which makes sense, since the game is so similar to that series.
Goldeneye isn’t at all a remake of the Rare game. Everyone throws out “re-imagining”, but that doesn’t really explain it. The game is completely new, relying only on elements of the movie script to move along the gameplay. Eurocom uses a few familiar locations to invoke memories of playing through the N64 title, and then promplty throw you off with completely new level designs. The game is definitely its own beast.
The single player game is very fun. There’s four difficulty levels, and it follows the mission structure Rare made famous. On the lower two difficulty settings only one or two missions are required per level, and they are usually simplistic (like “follow the bad guy” or “get out alive”). The higher two difficulty settings, including classic mode, involve more missions, and while you can finish levels without completing everything, you’ll be unable to move on with that specific difficulty. I’ve been playing it on 007 difficulty (the equivalent of Secret Agent in the original) and have had to redo missions when missing something.
Goldeneye apes a lot from the Call of Duty series. The single player is very cinematic, the gameplay is almost exactly the same (from the constant location icon, to the look down the sight of your gun, to the icon indicating you’re crouching), and the multiplayer might as well be called Call of Duty: James Bond. But is that such a bad thing?
Yes, the game is much more cinematic than the original, but it’s VERY well-done. The voice acting is superb, the animation is excellent, and the pre-scripted events in the game just make it feel so much more alive than the original. And while you may or may not like the pop-up targeting, replenishing health, and down the sights view, you don’t have to play that way. Eurocom had the great sense to make Goldeneye extremely flexible, and that’s very much appreciated. Classic mode might be for you, and there’s a wealth of more traditional control options available.
That said, I’m a big fan of the COD games, and I enjoyed playing Bond in that style. What separates Goldeneye from, say, Modern Warfare 2 is its reliance on stealth gameplay. I always thought the original’s focus on stealth gameplay was a bit artificial, I never felt overwhelmed when setting off alarms or having enemies call for backup. In this game, it’s practically required at the higher difficulty settings. This game does great job of allowing for different play styles. There’s usually more than a couple paths to get around enemies (including a large number of vents) and you’ll really have to take advantage of silencers on your pistol and sniper guns. The game also allows for melee stealth kills, which work great. Sneak up behind an enemy (by crouch-walking), and then snap your nunchuck forward and Bond will pull off a cinematic, and silent, kill. It works VERY well and gives the game its own feel.
The enemy AI is certainly better than the original, which is to say it isn’t brain-dead, but not the best in the world. That’s partially because there’s a focus on stealth; because the game encourages you to sneak up and silently take out enemies, sometimes a fellow adversary a couple feet away might not even take notice. Again, it’s not that big of a deal. It always feels like the AI smartens up once a large firefight ensues. Backups are called in and they become aggressive about taking you out. They’ll flank you, throw well placed grenades to smoke you out, use cover, etc…
While not as deliberate as in something like Gears of War, Goldeneye has a pretty well implemented cover system. There’s barriers around everywhere, and it’s always smart to crouch behind them and pop up for a couple of shots. The best part, of course, is that most cover options are destructible, forcing you to constantly search for a better cover option. It’s nothing super new, but it’s really obvious that more attention was given to this game than most other third-party Wii games.
I’ve tried using three separate control schemes: Wiimote + Nunchuck, Classic Controller Pro, and the GC controller. And while the CCPro was instantly familiar and well-done, the Wiimote + nunchuck ultimately won out…
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|Classic,
The Classic is back.
007 Goldeneye for the Wii is the classic redone, only this time with the controls that we all know and love from Metroid Prime 3. It remains the same solid FPS that we all grew up with, with a few improvements in storyline and graphics (relatively speaking).
THE GOOD:
-The motion controls make this game so much easier than any other FPS I have played. Please see Halo for example.
-Improved nuance. Ex. The sound of ears ringing when a grenade goes off nearby, or the way the head shifts with the movement of Bond’s body
-Bring in the Daniel Craig. While the original GE was done with Pierce Brosnan, the modern Bond is a nice addition to an old classic.
-The familiar: Judi Dench as our beloved M.
-New Weapons: now kill with more ways than ever!
-Options: Go in stealth or guns blazing. Take your pick. Either usually works in any scenario if you’re careful.
-Multiplayer: It is incredibly true when they say “bringing multiplayer back to its roots.”
THE BAD:
-Graphics, dammit! “Metroid: Other M” is a clear example of what can be achieved with the Wii’s limited graphics. Or how about Mario Galaxy 2? The machine is better than most give it credit for.
-The graphics again: Seriously, Nintendo, time to go HD. Gamecube graphics + 1 does not cut it anymore.
-A bit of change to the original story. Forgivable, however. It’s GoldenEye.
OVERALL:
It’s a solid FPS for the Wii, something that is desperately lacking. We have Metroid Prime and that’s more of a puzzle/adventure than a true FPS. The controls are fluid, the nuance is great, and we have the lovely Judi Dench narrating our mission objectives to us. It is easily the best Bond game since Nightfire or Agent Under Fire for the GCN.
Highly recommended.
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|Goldeneye all over again,
When it comes to videogames, there is nothing I enjoy more than a good remake of a classic game. I’d rather have a remake of a superb, 13 year old game (like N64′s “Goldeneye”), than a new and original but lousy one. This has been done a few times before with great results: PS1′s “Resident Evil” was remade (from scratch) for the Gamecube in 2002, PS1′s “Metal Gear Solid” was remade (from scratch) for the Gamecube in 2004 (under the name “Twin Snakes”), and PS1′s “Silent Hill” was remade (from scratch) for the Wii in 2009 (under the name “Shattered Memories”). This remake of “Goldeneye” is just as good as those. However, this is more than just a remake of N64′s “Goldeneye” from 1997. This is like “Goldeneye” + “all the other cool stuff from the James Bond-franchise” thrown together in the mix and shaken (not stirred). Classic guns (including the golden one) and characters from past Bond-movies are playable in the multiplayer mode. These characters include:
-Jaws (That big scary 7’2” tall guy with metal teeth played by Richard Kiel in “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977) and “Moonraker” (1979))
-Francisco Scaramanga (Played by Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974))
-Oddjob (The Hawaiian guy with the lethal hat played by Harold Sakata in Goldfinger (1964))
-Ernst Stavro Blofeld (This is the Blofeld played by Charles Gray in Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Not the Blofeld played by Donald Pleasence or Telly Savalas)
-Baron Samedi (That scary voodoo-guy with the peculiar laughter and face-paint played by Geoffrey Holder in Live and Let Die (1973))
-Rosa Klebb (The dangerous little lady with the red hair and lethal shoe played by Lotte Lenya in From Russia with Love (1963))
-Red Grant (That blond henchman played by Robert Shaw in From Russia with Love (1963))
-Julius No (Played by Joseph Wiseman in Dr. No (1962))
The multiplayer is split-screen just like old times (up to 4 players), but an 8-player online multiplayer is also available. The single player story mode pretty much follows the same story as N64′s “Goldeneye” from 1997. The only big difference is that you will be seeing the face and hearing the voice of Daniel Craig, rather than that of Pierce Brosnan. Personally I would have preferred Brosnan. Also, the rest of the cast (except Judi Dench) has been replaced by new “actors”. Trevelyan, Ourumov, Onatopp etc. have different faces and voices than you see in the movie. Also here I would have preferred the old cast: Famke Janssen, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane etc.. But this isn’t enough to ruin the game. Like I insinuated earlier, this is a remake made completely from scratch. This is not the Nintendo 64-game just printed onto Wii-discs. So you will have the pleasure of seeing the best graphics around. You can play this game with almost every controller ever released by Nintendo since the release of Gamecube: The Wii Remote with Nunchuk, Wii Zapper, Classic Controller, Classic Controller Pro, and the Nintendo GameCube controller can all be used with this game. I’m a bit old fashioned, so I prefer using the Gamecube-controller. Some parts of the story in this game are actually closer to what happened in the movie than the N64-game ever was. Like in that park in St. Petersburg when the identity of Janus is revealed, this time you will actually be sitting in the helicopter when those two rockets are fired. And you’ll have to find a way to escape, just like in the movie. Some changes are made regarding locations I might add. The things that in the movie happened in Monaco, are here happening in Dubai, and what usually happened on Cuba is now happening in Nigeria etc.. I think this game is perfect as it is. Would have been fun with even more than 8 classic characters in multiplayer though. I am missing the likes of Auric Goldfinger, and I wouldn’t mind having seen some of the newer characters like Jinx from Die Another Day (2002) and Solange from Casino Royale (2006) if you know what I mean
. This game also lacks some of the humour that made the original so great. The AK-47 is among the weaponry here (wouldn’t be Goldeneye without one) along with MP5 and SPAS 12, but nearly all the weapons have fictional names. Another thing that would improve this game: The original N64-game hidden somewhere like an easter-egg (just like “Maniac Mansion” was hidden in “Day of the Tentacle”, and the original “Donkey Kong” was hidden in “Donkey Kong 64″). For example, in a video game arcade cabinet standing somewhere in that nightclub in Barcelona. I would even say this is the game of this decade (the 00s) I have been looking forward to the most, and for good reason. Oh, and unless you have been living under a rock the last 13 years, you know this is a first-person-shooter.
P.S. Is it just me or did they stop making games like “Goldeneye”(N64) and “Ocarina of Time”(N64)? Miss those times…
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