Goldeneye 007 on the Wii

[Gingerbread Man]

It was brilliant on the N64, will it be a gaming hit for the Wii?

At first I fear it maybe a let down due to other Wii shooting games. I have Red Steal for the Wii. An early first player shooter on the console and a game that friends and I found hard to master due to it's awkward controls.

But... the adverts on TV suggest the use of the gamecube controller for added ease of play, or the classic Wii remote and numbchuck setup. Lets hope!

Online playable.

Game modes featuring include death match, team death match, you only live twice, golden gun, protect the flag, base capture.

Characters including Bond, Jaws, Odd-Job and Scaramanga.




It's due out any day now. £30 preorder from Play.com. £50 with a limited edition golden controler (everybody say oooooooo).

[CooperS]

I think what I and my friends of 12 years ago would of wanted from todays game was golden eye content but with razor sharp graphics.

However the graphics look weak compared to what is achieved on the ps3 (unlike the original launch which was as good as the ps1) and tbh like getting mates around a n64 with my golden controller trying to recreate that feeling u got playing the game i feel it'll be a let down I'm not going to touch it.

[TheEnd]

There is a golden rule about not re-visiting your childhood heros.

[LukeBird]

Didn't realise they were doing this.
Is it similar in idea to the re-touched version of Perfect Dark on the 360?

[Lefty]

I still play Goldeneye on the N64 - it's the only reason I didn't throw away my last CRT telly.

I don't have a wii and will have to see Goldeneye running before I decide whether it's worth getting it or not. Will the new version have all the same maps as before?

[Gingerbread Man]

I do believe that they have roughly the same maps and story line like the tank chase through the streets. But I think they've put more into it.

Graphics aren't the be all and end all for me, otherwise I wouldn't have a Wii.

[onlynik]

I had this on pre order but cancelled it. I don't have a Wii yet. THey have replaced Brosnan with Craig but mostly everything else is the same. Will probably pick up a copy and a Wii anyway.

[louiebaby]

With a bit of luck my brother will be back to the family home, and we can dig the N64 out of my folks' loft.

As for the new version, I will await views from you guys and make my mind up in a few weeks. The Mrs already wants a Wii for Wii Fit, so this may be the perfect excuse...

[MK4 Slowride]

I've still got 2x N64's for some reason, I only ever bought one

Goldeneye was the only game I had for the N64 for a good 6 months so it's all I played. I can still remember where all the dudes are etc. Also I unlocked all 23 cheats. I'll be going to the shop in a bit for this.

[Republik]

I'm sorely tempted by this as well as The Fight Lights Out on the PS3 Move. Both released this Friday. Goldeneye on the N64 was one of my all time top 10 games so I'm half tempted to buy it. Agree about the graphics though, they don't look much better than the N64.

[russ_a]

It looks rubbish on the advert, go buy Halo for the Xbox 360 instead

[Neil H]

Clearly the point isn't to compete with the latest shooters but to bring back one of the greatest multiplayer shooters ever.

I'm not sure it will work to be honest, times have changed.

It still won't make me buy a Wii either (I still have my N64 & Goldeneye).

[louiebaby]

The graphics don't look the best, but I'll sacrifice some of the graphics for a great multiplayer action, and it looks like it's up to 4 players on the same TV and up to 8 players online...

It might be best player with nuncuck to move around and a gun shaped holder for the remote... Maybe that will get rid of the advantage of "auto-aim" though.

It better have the "one shot kills" from the N64 version though. We pretty much played nothing else.

[Republik]

Were these the same guys who went on to make Timesplitters? Another brilliant game.

Edited by Republik on Wednesday 3rd November 12:40

[Gingerbread Man]

Republik said:

Were these the same guys who went on to make Timesplitters? Another brilliant game.

Edited by Republik on Wednesday 3rd November 12:40

I think timesplitters is made by the people who did perfect dark - Rare. I think Rare were made up of some of the people who did Goldeneye but not all of them.

[HereBeMonsters]

Will reserve judgement until I play this, but I'm not going to be packing away my N64 just yet.

[WhiteBaron]

louiebaby said:

Maybe that will get rid of the advantage of "auto-aim" though.

Auto-aim at uni we always set that to off.... sorted the men from the boys

And we also banned people choosing oddjob... short ass happy slapping git.

Edited by WhiteBaron on Monday 27th December 13:15

[Neil H]

Gingerbread Man said:

Republik said:

Were these the same guys who went on to make Timesplitters? Another brilliant game.

Edited by Republik on Wednesday 3rd November 12:40

I think timesplitters is made by the people who did perfect dark - Rare. I think Rare were made up of some of the people who did Goldeneye but not all of them.

Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were both by Rare, Timesplitters was made by some of the Rare developers who left after those games AFAIK.

[HereBeMonsters]

WhiteBaron said:

louiebaby said:

Maybe that will get rid of the advantage of "auto-aim" though.[quote]

Auto-aim at uni we always set that to off.... sorted the men from the boys

And we also banned people choosing oddjob... short ass happy slapping git.

Click here for hilarity

[LukeBird]

Neil H said:

Gingerbread Man said:

Republik said:

Were these the same guys who went on to make Timesplitters? Another brilliant game.

Edited by Republik on Wednesday 3rd November 12:40

I think timesplitters is made by the people who did perfect dark - Rare. I think Rare were made up of some of the people who did Goldeneye but not all of them.

Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were both by Rare, Timesplitters was made by some of the Rare developers who left after those games AFAIK.

Indeed, that's correct.

Timesplitters was pretty damn good!