Goldeneye 007

 

 

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I am the stereotypical Nintendo Wii casual gamer. I put my hands up - I'm not entirely green, but I don't know a great deal about video games. More experienced gamers might think that is very apparent from my review, but there must be lots of Wii owners like me out there: we play Super Mario Kart / Galaxy with the kids and a bit of Wii fit when we're feeling guilty - and that's about it. As a big James Bond fan, I thought that it was high time I reclaimed the Wii for a bit of grown up fun. This game is a reworking of the classic, genre defining Goldeneye game originally seen on the N64 - that's why it's Goldeneye and not a more recent Bond film. This time around Daniel Craig has stepped in as Bond (something to do with licensing agreements) but everything else (as far as the film is concerned) is as it should be.

The first thing that struck me about this game were the production values: A proper James Bond soundtrack provided by David Arnold. The voice talents of Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench. Even the titular Goldeneye song has been re-recorded by Mrs Lewis Hamilton, Nicole Scherzinger. These production values continue as you play the game - When you enter a night club the song playing is Samantha James - Right Now which is a Hed Kandi classic. And what follows is an incredibly atmospheric slow motion shoot-out to Billie Holiday's The Man I Love - "One day he'll come along, the man I love..."

I'm playing the game with the Nunchuck and Wii-mote. I tried a Wii-Zapper (the gun) but didn't think it really added anything and went back to the standard setup. You point the Wii-mote around the screen to look and target your enemies and use the joystick on the Nunchuck to move around. I struggled to begin with (I've never played a game like this before), but as I practised a bit and refined the controls (there are almost infinite controller options) it became easier and easier. By the end of my first afternoon I was creeping down corridors, taking out CCTV cameras and unsuspecting enemies with my silenced PPK like a true double-zero. This is by far the most satisfying and engrossing aspect of the game. You can enter a scene guns blazing with your AK47 and get besieged by the enemy, or you can creep about and clear a room without anyone else even knowing you were there. There are tons of different guns to pick up along the way and you can even sneak up on a badguy and shake the Wii-mote or the Nunchuck to silence him-to-hand. There's an impressive amount of detail too. Walls become bullet sprayed. You can shoot locks on doors. You can remove air-conditioning vents and crawl down conduits. Even traffic cones and other inanimate objects bounce about and fall apart as you empty more and more bullets into them. Everything is shown from the first person perspective to the point that when you're a passenger in a truck that flips over, your vision goes blurry and you see your hands infront of you, pawing your way out of the wreckage.

There will be lots of experienced gamers out there that know their stuff and they will be able to tell you how this game compares to either the original game on the N64 or other First Person Shooters on the Wii and other platforms. I really respect that, but I'm afraid it's not me. All I can tell you is that as a relatively inexperienced gamer with no preconceived ideas of how this game should look or play, I absolutely loved it. I found Goldeneye Wii to be a thoroughly engrossing and extremely enjoyable game - that looks and sounds great and gives you a real sense of the James Bond franchise. As a footnote, the game is rated 16 but although there is a lot of killing, it's not graphically depicted - people go down with a yelp or a scream, but their bodies then dissapear without a trace of blood being shown.

Goldeneye for Wii is a brilliant game and a must have for any Wii owners who want a decent shooter.

Yes, the N64 original was a great game but the Wii version is just as good and now with the added bonus of online play. I have owned the game for a while now and before writing this review, I dug out my old N64 and played the original to ensure my rose tinted glasses were sufficiently removed.

Goldeneye Wii is a remake to a certain extent in that the story is pretty similar and the gameplay (which made the original so good) is excellent, but this new version has been made in the mold of the new Bond played by Daniel Craig and you vistit mostly different locations. You can use the Wii remote & Nunchuck, Wii Classic Controller or a Gamecube Controller and modify the controls almost endlessly which is a great feature. The graphics are pretty good, the levels are fun (although one or two more would have been great) and the online play is very good. The only issue I have found with the online play is there is an occasional time lag/jerkiness (although this could be my internet connection) and sometimes you are kicked out of games when the host player quits. The offline multiplayer is also great fun, just like the N64 version.

Overal, the game is a great success and a very much needed addition to the limited amount of good adult games available on Wii.

never really played the n64 one but knew that it was meant to be an absolute classic and this one also got lots of good review so expectations were extremely high. well i can tell you that you should never trust reviews as they must be written by lizards on the payroll of activision. the single player is intensely boring the only gadget you have is a phone, and i cant actually remember anything much else about it. i wish you could have played snake on that phone as that would have been much more entertaining

Multiplayer can be fun for awhile until you realise that it is basiccally a naff version of cod with hardly any guns or maps and you weep because you could have spent the money getting drunk instead. it is also as tight as a nuns chuff with giving out exp, it takes about a month to level up even if you repeatedly massacre everyone in the game and come first everytime (which you wont because eventually you will run into some level 56 cretin on the smaller maps who will mow you down with an ridiculously overpowered automatic shotgun you dont unlock till you have played the game for an eternity and everyone you know and love is dead.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Goldeneye
I Like the game, graphics are good,
Not being a constant gamer I am finding it difficult to navigate my around and complete the levels but I have no faults with the game.

Published 5 days ago by Rock

3.0 out of 5 stars Average to Good
This is an average to good game. IGN gave it a nine out of ten which is way off the mark. It should have got a seven. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Bubo

1.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievably Bad
It's fascinating to see so many positive reviews in conjunction with this game but i can only give you my honest account. Read more

Published 1 month ago by M. Rossiter

5.0 out of 5 stars Wii Goldeneye 007
Bought this as a gift and they were absolutley delighted with the game and graphics and haven't stopped playing on it yet.

Published 1 month ago by L. Larcombe

4.0 out of 5 stars Top game
Very enjoyable. Atmospheric and exciting, though a little frustrating in some of the tunnels when it's too dark to see much. Read more

Published 2 months ago by SJJones

5.0 out of 5 stars vivanco140
Looks amazing,bought because friends have said it is great gaming.Not yet used as I have bought it for a christmas present for my son,I am sure he will love it,have also bought... Read more

Published 3 months ago by vivanco140

5.0 out of 5 stars goldeneye wii
I thought the game was brilliant. My mum bought it for me and from the first day I got it I loved it. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Thomas says it is great

4.0 out of 5 stars GoldenEye 007 is the business
challenging, fast action packed game. keeps you occupied for longer than you would like! great settings, good levels. would definitely recommend

Published 4 months ago by Blobby121

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Game
As any James Bond fan I got every game that came out and movie now looking at this game for the Wii puts new cast into the mix but it has some levels you may know from Goldeneye... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Mr. L. C. Emmott

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Wii version of classic FPS
Bought this on my son's behalf; he'd had great value from the DS version. He hasn't been disappointed: good graphics, story, videos and adventure. Read more

Published 5 months ago by D. O'Sullivan

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