Calling this a remake is like saying Lord of the Rings Conquest is a remake of Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (the game). At most it's a reboot but it's largely just a re-imagining of the Goldeneye film if it were a Daniel Craig Bond outing.
The game itself? It's okay. I thought the redone intro straight out of the actual Goldeneye film was great, fantastic performance by vocalist Nicole Scherzinger, though of course it doesn't compare to the marvelous set-work and choreography of the original from the film. The gunplay is pretty straight forward, if you played the astronomical 2007 hit CoD 4: Modern Warfare, you've already experienced most of what this game has to offer in regards to its weaponry; though there's some multiplayer-centric meta memes like throwing mines high in the air and shooting them trick-shot style to really embarrass your opponents.
The campaign still feels very Bond, with a lot of levels (particularly Facility from what I remember) offering alternate paths / more sneaky routes you can take if you prefer a stealth approach. Come to think of it, it's very bizarre how low-key Facility is as a level given that you and Alec/004 crash trucks around and blew shit up on the dam directly above it. Anyways, it IS basically a CoD campaign but there's a lot more Bond flavor and styled setpieces that I think any Bond fan would enjoy, though I do think its soundtrack pales in comparison to Goldeneye (N64) and 007 Agent Under Fire.
I'm not like a diehard Bond fan or anything, I've only actually seen 1 film to completion, but I've played almost all of the 3D game titles to varying degrees aside from the other 7th gen games and was pretty fond of the "master spy" stuff as a kid. In the end I think GoldenEye 007 (2010) was overhyped at launch, and overhated today. It's just alright, and is what I'd call the last serviceable Bond game, since the actual last Bond game produced, Legends, was a very boring disaster.
The game itself? It's okay. I thought the redone intro straight out of the actual Goldeneye film was great, fantastic performance by vocalist Nicole Scherzinger, though of course it doesn't compare to the marvelous set-work and choreography of the original from the film. The gunplay is pretty straight forward, if you played the astronomical 2007 hit CoD 4: Modern Warfare, you've already experienced most of what this game has to offer in regards to its weaponry; though there's some multiplayer-centric meta memes like throwing mines high in the air and shooting them trick-shot style to really embarrass your opponents.
The campaign still feels very Bond, with a lot of levels (particularly Facility from what I remember) offering alternate paths / more sneaky routes you can take if you prefer a stealth approach. Come to think of it, it's very bizarre how low-key Facility is as a level given that you and Alec/004 crash trucks around and blew shit up on the dam directly above it. Anyways, it IS basically a CoD campaign but there's a lot more Bond flavor and styled setpieces that I think any Bond fan would enjoy, though I do think its soundtrack pales in comparison to Goldeneye (N64) and 007 Agent Under Fire.
I'm not like a diehard Bond fan or anything, I've only actually seen 1 film to completion, but I've played almost all of the 3D game titles to varying degrees aside from the other 7th gen games and was pretty fond of the "master spy" stuff as a kid. In the end I think GoldenEye 007 (2010) was overhyped at launch, and overhated today. It's just alright, and is what I'd call the last serviceable Bond game, since the actual last Bond game produced, Legends, was a very boring disaster.
Vaudevillain
1 year ago