GoldenEye with standard controls isn't for everyone. Turning with the analog stick while strafing with c-buttons is forever etched into my muscle memory, but I'm fully aware that the 1.1 Honey control scheme can be difficult to get into in 2022.
So if you're trying out GoldenEye for the first time, I cannot stress this enough: CHANGE THE CONTROL SCHEME. Some people are into the "2.2 Galore" setting which allows you to hold two controllers (one in each hand) for a twin stick shooter experience, but I've found it more cumbersome than helpful. "Solitaire" is where it's at, and I'll tell you why.
You hold the left and middle prongs of the controller for this layout. The D-Pad becomes your movement. It's digital, not analog, so think of it as WASD controls. The analog stick is used for looking/aiming. Z is still fire, but it's used by your right hand now, much more similar to modern shooters. L is used for aiming, and A and B still handle weapons and action commands, respectively. At first, it might feel odd to reach for the A and B buttons from the middle prong, but it's honestly not a difficult adjustment to make.
The other secret detail of this scheme (which I don't fully understand, but won't argue with) is that it REMOVES AUTO-CENTERING. You know, that feature that made it really difficult to aim at small targets like locks or alarms because as soon as you let off the stick it would snap back to center? This control scheme ditches it. What this means is that you can actually play this game like a modern shooter, with free aiming and a hybrid of WASD movement and the modern two-stick controller.
If you've been put off of GoldenEye because the default controls are janky, I implore you to give it another shot with different button mapping.
(Also, there are mods that you can play through an emulator or on an Everdrive that add multiplayer levels like Kakariko Village and Peach's Castle, and you should ABSOLUTELY try those out)
So if you're trying out GoldenEye for the first time, I cannot stress this enough: CHANGE THE CONTROL SCHEME. Some people are into the "2.2 Galore" setting which allows you to hold two controllers (one in each hand) for a twin stick shooter experience, but I've found it more cumbersome than helpful. "Solitaire" is where it's at, and I'll tell you why.
You hold the left and middle prongs of the controller for this layout. The D-Pad becomes your movement. It's digital, not analog, so think of it as WASD controls. The analog stick is used for looking/aiming. Z is still fire, but it's used by your right hand now, much more similar to modern shooters. L is used for aiming, and A and B still handle weapons and action commands, respectively. At first, it might feel odd to reach for the A and B buttons from the middle prong, but it's honestly not a difficult adjustment to make.
The other secret detail of this scheme (which I don't fully understand, but won't argue with) is that it REMOVES AUTO-CENTERING. You know, that feature that made it really difficult to aim at small targets like locks or alarms because as soon as you let off the stick it would snap back to center? This control scheme ditches it. What this means is that you can actually play this game like a modern shooter, with free aiming and a hybrid of WASD movement and the modern two-stick controller.
If you've been put off of GoldenEye because the default controls are janky, I implore you to give it another shot with different button mapping.
(Also, there are mods that you can play through an emulator or on an Everdrive that add multiplayer levels like Kakariko Village and Peach's Castle, and you should ABSOLUTELY try those out)
tunikb
1 year ago