billysastard
11-04-2010, 12:20 PM
ok, someone had to do this and i'm really really sorry.
this game sucks right from the start, no bond theme, not intro just a bland startup screen that looks a little like the old startup screen from wipeout (psx) and from there it goes downhill, start the game and its like WTF this isnt goldeneye.
the moment you start not in the dam but a training mission you realise something is wrong, firstly its almost monochrome, secondly its call of duty modern warfare reflex edition with a new skin, little distance markers, the ability to climb over CERTAIN objects (whilst not others) and enemies lobbing grenades at you is all wrong.
once you get out of the training onto the dam its different and again disapoints so all in all as a single player its a slightly longer version of modern warfare reflex with a goldeneye(ish) skin.
now onto multiplayer..
a decent selection of maps that are similar to the ones on goldeneye but somehow in play still fall short, of course the split screen social multiplayer is still great fun and a reminder of just how much damage "online multiplayer" has done to gaming although i was sad to see many of the 50 playable characters are very similar with only a few recognisable characters (and no bond?) we were gutted to discover that robbie coltraine was not an available selection as that removes much of the fun from a multiplayer of "get coltraine" (google it), ok, so being modern warfare (pretending to be goldeneye) it does also have an online multiplayer mode which is no better or worse than it was on mwr.
am i still going to buy this?
well yes, there is just about enough of goldeneye in the offline multiplayer to make it a worthwhile purchase but if you have not pre ordered this i'd seriously look to buying a pre-owned n64, a few extra pads and a copy of goldeneye for around the same price then you can play it as it was supposed to be played.
scores...
as goldeneye, 4/10 (n64 version 9.5/10)
as an wii shooter (with online) 8/10 (6/10 if compared to ps3 / 360 shooters)
as an offline multiplayer 9.5/10 just because its the most fun you can have with a shooter nowdays.
update: apparently activision are worried because this game is tracking miles ahead of the ps3/360 bond game and is said to be superior in every way (except resolution) i guess thats what happens when you try to sell an online multiplayer game as a mainly single player title, with a 6 hour single player and a really bad online.
this game sucks right from the start, no bond theme, not intro just a bland startup screen that looks a little like the old startup screen from wipeout (psx) and from there it goes downhill, start the game and its like WTF this isnt goldeneye.
the moment you start not in the dam but a training mission you realise something is wrong, firstly its almost monochrome, secondly its call of duty modern warfare reflex edition with a new skin, little distance markers, the ability to climb over CERTAIN objects (whilst not others) and enemies lobbing grenades at you is all wrong.
once you get out of the training onto the dam its different and again disapoints so all in all as a single player its a slightly longer version of modern warfare reflex with a goldeneye(ish) skin.
now onto multiplayer..
a decent selection of maps that are similar to the ones on goldeneye but somehow in play still fall short, of course the split screen social multiplayer is still great fun and a reminder of just how much damage "online multiplayer" has done to gaming although i was sad to see many of the 50 playable characters are very similar with only a few recognisable characters (and no bond?) we were gutted to discover that robbie coltraine was not an available selection as that removes much of the fun from a multiplayer of "get coltraine" (google it), ok, so being modern warfare (pretending to be goldeneye) it does also have an online multiplayer mode which is no better or worse than it was on mwr.
am i still going to buy this?
well yes, there is just about enough of goldeneye in the offline multiplayer to make it a worthwhile purchase but if you have not pre ordered this i'd seriously look to buying a pre-owned n64, a few extra pads and a copy of goldeneye for around the same price then you can play it as it was supposed to be played.
scores...
as goldeneye, 4/10 (n64 version 9.5/10)
as an wii shooter (with online) 8/10 (6/10 if compared to ps3 / 360 shooters)
as an offline multiplayer 9.5/10 just because its the most fun you can have with a shooter nowdays.
update: apparently activision are worried because this game is tracking miles ahead of the ps3/360 bond game and is said to be superior in every way (except resolution) i guess thats what happens when you try to sell an online multiplayer game as a mainly single player title, with a 6 hour single player and a really bad online.