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INTENSE FPS ACTION AT A NICE PRICE - Review written on October 25, 2005
Rating: 4 out of 5
12 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.
I was playing REVENGE OF THE SITH and got a little bored with it. I said to myself, "I need to put down this lightsaber and get me some guns." Even though I bought this a while ago for 50 bucks, it was just sitting around the house because I put so much time in on KILLZONE. I looked at the manual for the controls and popped it in. I wasn't expecting much. Not too many people liked it. Well, I have to say this one is definitely a lot of FUN!! And guns are way better than lightsabers anyway.
I've never played GOLDENEYE for N64, so I can't say how it stacks up. I thought EGM magazine said it was the same engine. I don't care, I'm having a blast with this!!
The character was a little clunky at first, but I got into the OPTIONS during PAUSE and ramped up the SENSITIVITY for the X and Y axis almost ALL THE WAY. Now the action is fast and I'm moving well. Getting a handle on the controls EARLY is essential. You can only carry one weapon in each hand at any one time and some weapons require 2 hands. 2 handed weapons have a ZOOM feature as well as the SNIPER RIFLE. You also need to pick up weapons that are dropped, very quickly and on the fly. Grenades look weird, but you can throw them far. The animation makes it look like you're throwing a candied yam. Yay. You can only throw grenades with your left hand and only when your left hand is empty. So I learned very quickly to drop my left-handed weapon and throw a grenade, then pick up the weapon again in my left hand in one quick movement. Again, learning the controls early is ESSENTIAL. I've never played an FPS with 2 handed weapons, so it was a nice change to have 2 triggers on the L1 and R1 buttons. Very nice.
The difficulty of this game goes up very quickly in a short amount of time and the game is hard going in places. Firefights are intense and cinematic. Keeping a cool head, using defilade, and reloading constantly is a must. The game is designed nicely to give you the proper cover in most situations. Someone here complained about the difficulty. It is hard and I would recommend the EASY setting for newbies. But, if you're an FPS veteran, you'll find that wading through the enemy is at times fast and furious. At other times, bumrushing the enemy will get you killed. The reviewer below said you'll kill at least 100 guys a level. I just completed the VERY LONG Hong Kong level last night and clocked in 262 kills. Wholesale slaughter at a very decent price.
You'll also receive BONUS POINTS for imaginative kills and taking enemies hostage for defilade is very cool. Enemy AI can be very smart or very dumb. Just like in real life. Enemy death animations are stylish and real looking. However, the game doesn't feel realistic, but more like a cinematic anime cartoon. Okay by me.
Health regenerates when you're hiding and you can pick up the armor from dead enemies if you haven't unloaded a whole clip into them.
Most of the weapons are standard fare. Don't forget to use the 357s. They have some punch I was not expecting. But, there are some clever weapons too. Some guy was shooting green darts at me, so I killed him and picked up his VENOM PISTOL in my right hand. I shot the next enemy with it, paralyzed him, then took him out with the uzi in my left hand. Very Bond.
One of the coolest features is the GOLDENEYE. With 4 different devices that you earn along the way. After completing 3 very long levels, I acquired 3 of them. One of the EYES sees through walls, stairwells, and objects. Which is very handy at times. Especially when you're looking to see how many enemies are hiding behind that barricade. And when you're using the RAILGUN which shoots through walls. Other times you won't need it. One of the best is the HACKING EYE, which can be used on the machine environment to kill, disable enemy weapons, or move objects. A welcome feature that makes you feel like a hightech killer. Mastering their use is essential to mastering the game. Learn to use them early.
I think the graphics are awesome. They can be a little trippy or weird at times. Not as good as the cell-shaded look of KILLZONE, but very anime none the less. My favorite environs so far where the Bathhouse in Hong Kong, the Snowdome, and the Vegas Casino.
The music is incredible and gives that cinematic Bond feel to the proceedings. Make sure you check out the song in the ending credits. Very funny lyrics. "I wanna stretch my limo." Use the THX PRO LOGIC if you have it. The surround effects work GREAT. The game also has a WIDESCREEN setting.
Why does everyone compare every game to HALO!?! Is this the only game people play? Okay, your loss.
I haven't played the multi-player and I don't have broadband for online play, so I can't comment on those functions. But, if you love FPSs this may be right up your alley. IT'S DEFINITELY FUN!! And the PRICE IS RIGHT!!
ENJOY!!
gansterfabolous rambo scarface james bond action - Review written on September 27, 2005
Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.
yeah, this game is pretty awesome. This is pretty much what u do for all the levels- get an uzi in each hand and just blow dudes away left and right.Seriously u take on about 100 people in each level and amazingly win.But if u dont no what yur doin u will die real quick. There some real hard levels but this game is great to play with a friend when ur hanging out. The two player is about the coolest for any shoOter iv ever seen. U have a choice of at least ten awesome places and u can modify what guns u what, time,# of kills blah blah.U can play it for hours just going one on one . THe weapons are the best part of the game to me. Heres a little bit of your arsenel-uzis(probably one of the best guns in the game),assualt rifles,rocket launchers(1 hit kill),lazer rifles(one hit kills),remote detonation bomb pistols(u shoot a bomb on someone and then press fire again to blow thier hineys sky high),grenades,mag rails(these babies jsut pretty much just shoot rails of steel at people and impale the mess out of em,one hit killer), and of course the famous goldengun, in multiplayer.one more thing-if you have seen the matrix u no the part where hes on the helicopter and hes coming to save morpheus and he has like a minigun- well theres one just like that in the game. yeah didd i mention u can have a gun in each hand,which is so awesome its unbelievable.if u buy this game, which u probably will if your reading this, the best gun combo is definately a mag rail and an uzi. another good one is two pistols,just taking em out old western style.
ok so
PROS-Gansterfabulous rambo scarface gameplay.Lets be honest though its so impossible to kill like twenty dudes in the same room with u, but in this game u can do it with ease.
-one on one showdown awesome multiplayer(the best iv ever seen since the original goldeneye on that little ghetto N64.
-AWESOME GRAPHICS
-supergangster arsenal of firepower
-youll play it for hours with friends
-little hint- the best multiplayer level is the funhouse if u buy this game
CONS-some of the levels are really hard on one player.youll be stuck in alot of situations where its u against like twenty guys with assualt rifles all in one room and all u have is a little sissy pistol. u litterly have to avoid most of that gunfire and whoop one guys butt real quick,steal his gun and then try to take out like the other twenty guys. it will take u twenty trys sometimes just to get thru one section of a level.
-there arent that many health packs. u pretty much have this one little bar of health and u have to be real careful or youll die real quick. but ur health slowly regenrates, and there is armor u can take off jacked up carcasses u have demolished(just kidding the dudes dissapear once u waste em)
well thats about it. all in all this is a great game to get if your just starting off with a ps2 or ur a old veteran. its the funnest game i have to play with friends so get it fo sure.
This game Sucks - Review written on January 30, 2005
Rating: 1 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful, 9 did not.
The graphics suck.
There is close to no storyline.
It has no James Bond elements, no stealth.
Its gameplay is fun for the first few levels, maybe a mission or two, until it starts to sag, it's way to repetitive.
So what's going for this game, its title, what I'm thinking is obvious so I won't dwell into it. The game has too much of a me-too attitude with all the things it stole from Halo. As for the two - no wait three (god almighty that's a big number) things the creators say makes the game an exercise in originality will be bashed as thus. The Golden eye, holy-mother of uselessness! Oh you can see trough walls, what are you gonna do about it? The mag-rail gun, that can shoot through walls, that makes this a perfect combo, only appears frickin' twice for me. What's that about? The shield is really the only useful thing, but because the games so easy, you don't even need it. But it comes in use sometimes if you want it. The weapon hacker is totally useless, because you have to hack a weapon twice so it completely stops working; otherwise they still shoot at you, although the shots spew wildly, some hit their mark. Finally, the magnetic field one-hit kill and toss is pretty ineffective when you're facing a room of enemies, and takes up too much of your eye gouge (did I mention you can't use this whenever you'd like). The second thing this game boasts is the death traps. DO I EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE! Jesus Christ! While taking the time to aim at them, you'll be shot up, not to mention you don't even know what they are. I missed lie what must have been a totally useless fifty death traps. The third thing is Evil AI, the power full enemies talk and yell t each other like where you are, and use limited strategy against you, they can hide and move randomly, still this doesn't save the game. And the yells become unbelievably annoying when they starts going "He's got duel weapons" and what gun you're holding! Taking hostages is the limit of your evil, which I didn't really do because I either wanted to hold on to duel wield, or wanted to hold my one handed weapon. Also, the game boasts "original weapons - never before seen in the bond universe." Since when is a rocket launcher original! Also since when is having one gun that never runs out of bullets equipped always original. Throw me a bone here!
Just don't get this game in good judgment, just move on, if you're a James bond fan, there isn't much bond but get it, because I respect your love of the franchise, that's not my place to criticize, but the game is a low-rate shooter.
Also it's short and easy.
P.S., the person who thought this game was hard on easy - what r u smoking, r u retarded, Jesus! What r u playing without a controller.
A bit like the Ugly Duckling of the EA 007 Chain. - Review written on January 11, 2005
Rating: 4 out of 5
3 customers found this review helpful.
"Take EA Games back to School." Edited quote by Hai Fat: The Man With the Golden Gun.
After the sheer disappointment of "Everything or Nothing" being a *gag* Third Person Shooter, I was willing to play any 007 game to get back into the First Person Mode (FPS). While the game did have some logical errors with the Series (we'll get into that later). It was a small breath of fresh air, from the other side of the Gun Barrel.
Graphics: 8.5/10: EA Games brought itself into high water by advertising some of their locals for the game. Some of these include Goldfinger's Midas Casino, Goldfinger's Auric Enterprises (completely re-vamped for the 2000's) as well as the infamous Octupus lair from "The Spy Who Loved Me." Overall, EA does handle these challenges well, almost pushing the player into the world of Goldeneye.
Sound: 10/10 OR 0/10: I make the score different as EA enlisted the help of Techno/Trance DJ Paul Oakenfold to compose the tracks for the game. Obviously if you or the gamer-in-mind loathes techno music, the rating will be definately lower. My own opinion, the normal person will have no problem with the music. Two other plus' include that EA signed on Dame Judi Dench and, an aged, Christopher Lee to voice "M" and Scaramanga. Why they didn't find Honor Blackman for Pussy Galore, I'll never know, the stand-in didn't thrill me at all.
Gameplay: 6/10: The first five minues of the first level encompasses the calibration of your character. While I give EA a bit of innovation points, you shouldn't hold your breath. In addition, once I was able to level my crosshairs correctly, I was able to pull off one "head shot" after another. The controls get the job done, they aren't anything special. The dual wield feature is nice in the sence I can control a high powered pistol in one hand, and a fuly automatic weapon in the other hand.
Logic: 3/10: Anyone who has even remotely heard of the 007 series knows that the characters of Oddjob, Auric Goldfinger, Francisco Scaramanga, Dr. Julius No, and Ernst Starvo Blofeld are all dead. The first level is a 2004-ized simulation of the assault on Fort Knox from Goldfinger. You are on a 'chopper with 007 when a missile strikes and the 'chopper goes down. From the start of the level, you are safely on a platform, while 007 is hanging (somehow) from the wreckage of the crashed helicopter. Within seconds, 007 plunges and gets squished to his death. Afterwards M states that the player was directly responsible for the death of 007.
I've still yet to figure this out...really I am.
The training exercise is a bust, M says don't let the door hit your butt on the way out, and your character pulls out an offer to join Goldfinger. Somehow, you and Dr. No fight (I'm not quite sure on this one either) and No shoots your eye out. Scaramanga's "contacts" then seem to make a prostetic eye that has multiple functions. Although in The Man with the Golden Gun, Scaramanga states that science was never his subject.
Another one I haven't figured out yet.
Overall: 8/10 (with the 10/10 Sound): The game was a nice return to a normal First Person stance. The music and locals were nice, even if the logic was a bit... non-existant. Definately a Renter, but I'd wait until the prices drop a little before shelling out money to buy it.
Good gameplay. Ok Graphics - Review written on January 02, 2005
Rating: 4 out of 5
The graphics in this game aren't that bad but they sure could fixed up a little. The graphics are good but it looks like there is a haze over them whenever it plays one of the cutscenes. On the back of the case it says that the game can be viewed in Progressive Scan (PS), but switching it to PS is tricky and wierd. There is no option on the menu, so I went to the Help at EAGames. I followed their instructions and I still haven't been able to switch to PS.
The gameplay is pretty good. Being able to have two guns at the same time is cool and easy to use. The levels are cool but long (some can take up to an hour or more to complete and thats on the EASY setting). The game even on the EASY setting is a challenge. This is the only Bond game I have (I have 2) that I was not able to beat all the levels on the same day that I got it. A negative aspect of the game is that you can't jump. This doesn't cause any problems as you never have the need to, but it is always fun to jump.
Multiplayer is fun. There are so many levels to play on, and lots of the levels are based on a location in a real Bond movie. Most, if not all the levels, have player activated actions that can injure or kill other players that are caught by the surprise. Setting up a multiplayer game is a little disappointing though. There are only about 8 skins you can chose (unless you can unlock more), which aren't even any of the cool/main characters, except Goldeneye. Once the characters have been chosen you get to select the type of multiplayer game it will be and what level. Thats easy but then if you acidently hit the "X" button, the game starts...with the default weapons, Goldeneye "powers", etc. If you want to customize the "advanced settings" you have to push the "O" button at the map selection screen. It is very easy to forget this and skip it.
Overall this is a good game. The graphics and gameplay aren't "crap" as some people have said, but yes they could use a little work. But don't let this discourage you from getting the game.
Ruling the world with your Goldeneye! - Review written on December 21, 2004
Rating: 4 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful.
Well, as a big James Bond fan, I have been waiting for this game for a very long time. After playing the new Everything or Nothing game, I was very excited to see what EA Games was going to cook-up next. I haven't bought the game (yet), but I did try it at a friend's house, and I was stunned in both a good way, and a bad way.
On the first level of single player, you're a 00 agent being transported in a chopper with 007. You have to stop Goldfinger from detonating a bomb inside Fort Knox (sound familiar?). The intro clip shows your chopper crashing through the roof of Fort Knox, killing Bond (?!). That's where you come in.
Here's the bad stuff. Your primary handgun may have infinite ammo, but it isn't that accurate. In the later levels, enemies take way too many shots (2 shots from a double-barreled shotgun!), and sometimes it seems near impossible to get through certain areas alive. The graphics aren't all that good, the storyline moves waaay too fast, you don't know whether or not you are aiming at an enemy, the enemies take each other as a human shield, there are only three modes in multiplayer, and, to top it all off, there are only two guns in the whole game that have manual aim! Yikes!!
Now, for the good. You have infinite lives, it's cool taking enemies hostage, and you have the option of turning auto aim off so you can shoot those barrels beside that patroling guard. Oh, and you don't have to worry about killing civilians or the wrong person because you're a bad guy. It doesn't matter! Also, the game can be played online (but not for Gamecube :-( ), and you have pretty sweet goldeneye gadgets, like a temporary shield against bullets and see enemies through walls. These devices can be used in multiplayer, and multiplayer courses are actual locations from other Bond movies (like the Golden Gate bridge from A View to a Kill). Because of all the enemies, weapons, and environment hazards that you can use to your advantage, I would describe this game as a giant gunfight; just one big shootfest!
Despite all the bad stuff, this is a pretty good game, and I recommend it to any James Bond or First Person Shooter fans.
This is one license to kill you won't want revoked... - Review written on December 08, 2004
Rating: 5 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.
We've all watched at least one James Bond film and seen how the villians live...big mansions, sexy women, huge underground lairs. So at least once you've sat and wondered what it would like to be the bad guy. Well with GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, your chance to be a baddie has finally come.
First off, this game is not exactly a sequel to the classic GoldenEye game for the N64 that most of us remember from less than a decade ago, far from it. This GoldenEye refers to the codename you assume throughout the game. You start off as an agent in training for MI6 going through a training exercise involving Auric Goldfinger's plan to irradiate the gold supply in Fort Knox. When your recklessness and disregard for life (especially Bond's, since he also is in the exercise)get you dismissed from MI6, you find yourself in the employ of Goldfinger and his organization.
But during a mission assignment, Dr. No (the very first Bond baddie) shoots out your eye and wounds you. A friend of Goldfinger's, Scaramanga (voiced by Christopher Lee, who originally played him in "Man with the Golden Gun"), implants a golden eye (NOW do you get the title?) that grants you amazing abilities like x-ray vision, an electromagnetic hacker, and a distortion shield. Your total mission is to find Dr. No, and show him exactly what "an eye for an eye" means.
Needless to say, the ability to wield two different weapons at the same time might not be too original (uhhh...Halo 2, anyone???), but the idea works brilliantly to assist you in dealing with your foes. In addition you can unlock special things throughout the game by executing Rogue Bonus moves and using Machine Kills (the freeze chamber is the sweetest one so far).
Also the voices in the game, which include Lee and Judi Dench (Bond's boss M) and the AI of your targets are top-notch. This is one time that having a license to kill is more fun than it should be...
Look at the box. It says GoldenEYE!!!!!!!!! - Review written on December 04, 2004
Rating: 5 out of 5
2 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.
Well what did you expect this to be cause this neither A) a remake and B) a sequel. The reason this game is named Goldeneye is because you have a goldenEYE, get it. This game has:
1) 8 chapters with sublevels in them (20 in all)
2) LOTS of guns, but you can only carry your pistol, grenades, and two other weapons
3) Many James Bond villians such as Goldfinger and Dr. No
4) Powers such as X-ray vision
5) NO life packs, instead, your health regenerates over time
Try this first though, because some people may not like it. If your looking for a game like Goldeneye, buy all the other 007 games. If your looking for a different James Bond experience, then get this.
Goldeneye: Not that evil - Review written on November 25, 2004
Rating: 3 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful, 1 did not.
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent comes out on all major platforms (yes it does). First of all, i give this game a 7.5 on a scale from 1 to 10 and i give halo 2 a 8.5. The reason is the two games are very similar. You can duel wield weapons and throw grenades when you hand is empty. In Rogue Agent your starting weapon, a pistol, has unlimited ammo and is holstered when you change weapons as are your grenades. This is one thing i like better than halo 2 you can hold 4 weapons (including your grenades and pistol) when duel wielding. The makers of this game were very lazy in that this "rogue agent" cannot jump so they do not have to do much in directing you where to go. The story of the campaign is good but there are only 8 levels. The campaign is short but longer than you might think as some of the levels seem to go on forever. Although the graphics are not great, the levels look good and the voice of the enemies is good as it is in the short movies. The campaign is not really that fun. The halo 2 campaign is also not great as it seems so much like the first game. The makers of Goldeneye made a mistake like did the makers of halo 2 as you health or energy bar recharges. This makes a otherwise fun splitscreen less so. If one person is better he can just kill the other and regenerate his health and in the moderately difficult campaign you can just duck for cover to regain you health. The multiplayer is fun and exciting like is halo's plus there are a nice assortment of weapons to dispose of your enemies. This would make online play very fun, although i have not tried it. One more thing about splitscreen and multiplayer: WHAT HAPPENED TO COOPERATIVE MISSIONS? This is always fun to play with a friend but they are not there. Oh yeah, your eye. The powers can be fun sometimes but in a battle with your friends they can be annoying (like whats the point of you both becoming invincible for 5 seconds and regaining all you health). Deathtraps in some levels they add something special to the game but in others they affect the whole playing style (a bad thing) as two enemies stand across a pit scared to move forward as both of them have their EM hack aimed at the button to activate the deathtrap. The physics of the game is good except when you are exploded, you seem rather stiff. The "EVIL" A.I. was hyped and it is good but not, that good. Another thing (that effects the campaign) is that enemies are all the same except have varying levels of armor. In the game you are not that evil all you do is take hostages for shields and throw people off the edge. Speaking of which i like the hand to hand combat system. Ok finally, thank you for reading my review and a final note: if you liked those halo and halo 2 parties where 4 - 8 people come over, x-boxes are linked, and all you do is play halo 2 or halo then a Rogue Agent party would be just as fun.
Why save the world, when you can rule it. - Review written on November 18, 2004
Rating: 5 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.
Wow, the first 007 game you can play as the bad guy. First, Don't let the title fool you because its NOT a sequel to 007: Goldeneye AND you do NOT play as 006. In the beginning, you must push James Bond off a building,YOU must push JAMES BOND 007 off a building to let him fall to his doom (you should be like ???). Because you did that, MI6 suspends you. Soon you meet Goldfinger, who is in a war with Dr. No. Later you lose your eye, courtesy of Dr. No, and it gets replaced with a golden one, thanks to Scarmanga(aka The Man with the Golden Gun). So mostly the game is about revenge, punishment, and Psychic powers, (yes you heard me correctly). You can use powers such as Telekinesis and the ability to see through walls, plus, you can hold duel weapons such as machine guns, pistols, and genades. Well I can't wait for this game[...]. Well bye-bye for now.