Summary

this is handsdown the best game on the n64, definetly the best Bond game ever.

Sound

okay that is the only problem of this game. THEY DON"T TALK!!!!

Gameplay

incredibly addictive. the multiplayer along on this game is a reason to buy and n64.

Summary

Goldenye is said to be one of the greatest First Person Shooters of all time. When in fact this game is so terribly over-rated. In all honesty it can be thoroughly entertaining, yet it has many noticable flaws. Some that can be ignored and others that may have an effect on your experience of the game. The only thing that I personally enjoy about this game is the humor the game unintentionally creates. I could laugh all day at how silly this game is, the terrible AI the ugly faces on the gaurds, the ridiculous loctations you visit that werent in the movie, and altogether how much this game ISNT like the movie in ANY way besides the name and story and even then it starts to get questionable. By the way the starting intro and the end credits are also hilarious, Boris with a cougar magnum or RC-P90 ahahahahahahaha. OVERALL RATING: I personally can't see how this game could be rated more than 1% out of 100% Truly the WORST game on the N64 well, besides body harvest, blast corps, shadowman 64, cruising USA, Duke Nukem 64, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Donkey Kong 64, Rayman 64, Glover, 40 winks, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Space Station:Silicon Valley, Turok 2, Turok 3, Poke'mon Stadium 1 & 2, Poke'mon Snap, Clay Fighter 63 & 1/3, Mace the Dark Age, Quake, Quake 2, South Park 64, All wrestling titles on N64 except WCW vs NWO revenge, Chameleon Twist, Kirby 64, Bomberman 64, Mischief Makers, Forsaken, Killer Instinct Gold, Jet Force Jemini, Twisted Metal 64, F-Zero X and South Park Rally.

Sound

Really bad. The music is like everything else in this game, terrible. Its not based on the original soundtrack of goldeneye, because either they couldnt reproduce it in N64 format or they were'nt allowed to. It cracks me up so much listening to all the silly music they came up with, for example try playing Frigate or Dam, they are just so terrible that its funny. The weapons all sound strange and warped, yet they somehow fit in with all the other strange content in the game so thats okay. The gaurds make some funny sounds too. That rocket launcher sound however is just so painful your ears might bleed if you listen to it more than once. (Sounds something like TICCKEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!)

Gameplay

PLAYABILITY: One of the few highlights of this game is the playability, easy configurable controls and several skill levels to choose from: Agent, Secret Agent and 00 Agent, with the latter being the hardest. It also boasts a rather useful crosshair feature which may be toggled on and off, alowing the player to target certain areas of the enemy more accurately. Which brings us to another topic, location specific damage. Introduced to us for the first time on N64 it allowed players to experience more realism when shooting enemies. For example, shooting an enemy in the foot will cause him to hop around, while a shot to the head will kill him outright. It is this system that may have been responsible for goldeneye's popularity, although many say they are more fond of the multiplayer side of the game. LEVELS: There are many levels in Goldeneye 64, which may leave you wondering "whats going on here?" did bond really go to all these places in the movie? or is this level supposed to be that famous movie locale? Heh, I know i did. Maybe im just picky but since when did bond go on an all out killing spree on the frigate? or chase 006 through an underground cavern? or better yet, shoot it out in a nuclear silo? i guess Rare decided that the movie didnt offer enough in the way of level creativity so decided to make some stuff up.. fair enough for gameplay, but not for movie contintuity. WEAPONS: A satisfactory selection of weapons, but nothing to get excited about. You have your semi-automatic pistols, your sub-machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, explosives and a rocket launcher. As well as a drivable tank at certain points in the game. However you wont get to use all of these guns in one level, each level has its own selection of weapons, you start out with 1 or 2 of your own, usually your trusty PP7, and are required to pick up any along the course of your mission/enemy massacre. The guns themselves are all ridiculous, the sniper rifle for instance looks like a drink bottle strapped to a long stick, the PP7 model is terrible, the klobb is the worst gun in the game even holding 2 of them it takes about 300 head hits to kill 1 gaurd in 00 agent. The KF-47 is just ugly. And the most pathetic attempt at a close quaters combat weapon.. bonds karate chop. It does little to no damage unless the enemy is hit in the head from behind. DIFFICULTY: In Agent skill, it is pretty much run around and do as you please, very little threat of dying and the gaurds will go down in 2 hits or less regaurdless of where you hit them. Less objectives to complete as well. Dam for instance: Jump off dam. Thats it, you could practicaly complete that mission without shooting anyone, and you probably wont even be hit on the way. 00 Agent is where it heats up, and gets ridiculous. The game starts to lose its realisim when it takes you 2 full clips emptied into 1 gaurds head from 2 9mm uzi's (thats right im talking about the Janus Special Forces in the Caverns levels) Xenia can also prove a bit unrealistic and un-movie like, brandishing a grenede launcher and an RC-P90 (a very powerful sub-machine gun). ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: (AI) Goldeneye has very little AI for its enemies, infact probably the worst kind of AI, basically all the gaurds will follow a patrol route or stand still until you come within their visual range, which is sometimes completely random. Then once you are spotted, all the gaurd is told to do is run at you and attempt to shoot you. Terrible, what this results in is for example, you shoot a few gaurds in a room, and then go to open a door and there will be about 5 or more enemies trying to force themselves into the doorway all at once, absolutely ridiculous, all you have to do is open up with you guns and they are dead, they dont run, hide, or show any emotion. Occasionally a gaurd may jump or roll to avoid your fire, well it may SEEM like he is trying to avoid your fire but really the game is just using it as an excuse to play a certain attack animation. For example, you come face to face with a gaurd, and instead of simply raising his gun to shoot you he will jump to the side, then look at you over his shoulder and then lower his gun slowly to fire.. by then you could already have shot him and thus proves the terrible AI, another example of bad AI is when you get to close to a guard they will attempt to shoot you, figure out you are to close and simply lower their weapon. In fact the only threat the enemies pose in this game is in sheer numbers and in the higher difficulty when they have too much health and do far too much damage. MULTIPLAYER: One word, Terrible. You probably thought i would say "classic" like all the others, but no, in reality it is simply run around a huge pointless level, with boring guns and bad animations. Not to mention everyone in Multiplayer is way to strong. LASTABILITY: Player specific. Unlocking the cheats would be about the only salvation of this game.

Summary

This Game is one of the best shooters ever.The game is based of the movie Goldeneye which came out awile bit before the game.Anyway what really makes this game a classic is the combonation of easy controls, cool guns, lots of levels and fun missions.The Game has alot of Levels such as The Bunker,the streets,facility,ect.There are alot of guns/weapons in the game such as The PP7,DD44,throwing knives,K-47,rocket launcher,grenades,remote mines,etc.Overall this game set the standards of all shooting games.

Sound

The opening theme is very catchy.The gun sounds are great.But unlike perfect dark no voice overs.

Gameplay

The gameplay is superb.Truly fun and easy controls which make this game is very addictive

Summary

This game was the very first N64 game I played when I bought the system. At first, when you start the mission briefing, I didn't know what to do, I just pressed B the whole time. So when I got to the first mission, I was surprised. The place looked so real. I have to say that this game has soo many missions that it's so adventurours. You are so independent in the game, you're free to go wherever you want, you can even kill your partner. Whenever I think of this game, I remember the old times I used to play it, when I was in fifth grade in 1999-2000, in the Islamic month of Ramadan, i used to connect the N64 with the TV downstairs in the kitchen and I used to stay up ALL night playing it. It's somehow exactly like the movie. This game gives me a lot of memories about how I used to play it in the past, and I still have the game, I still play it. It's a great game, I tell ya!

Sound

I don't really wanna talk much about the music, because whenever I play the game, I turn the music down. So, I didn't get a chance to listen to the music well. But the bad thing about the characters is that they don't speak, they talk in text. But the sound when a gaurd is knocked out is good, when he shouts, and the funniest is when a guy sneezes, but that often happens.

Gameplay

The one thing about the game that bothers me is that it's viritual reality. The character isn't there when you play. You just see what he is seeing. I sometimes pretend that I'm James Bond himself looking out there. The controls are controlable, you can change the way you use the joystick. The game is just terrific when you play it, you feel that every mission is your favorite.