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'97 Goldeneye Game Informer review fail
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in which dimension is Turok better than Goldeneye?
perfectnight
Banned
The more you know! I didn't know Turok was thought of as anything other than an ugly festering pile of shit until I came to neogaf.
Magicpaint
Member
Mario Kart 64 was my life at one point...but it probably hasn't aged well.
"Just another FPS" is so funny to read in 2012. *giggles* It's also funny how N64 was once the home console for FPSes
"Just another FPS" is so funny to read in 2012. *giggles* It's also funny how N64 was once the home console for FPSes
Neuromancer
Member
"This game does have some drawbacks, though. For example, there is another game that is better than this game. Also, there are other games like it."
Foxtastical
Member
How is it not an opinion still?
I never said all opinions were equal.
Protip: I realize how terrible of a review this is. I just find it silly that people are upset that the reviewers didn't like the game as much as they did.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I have never played Goldeneye.
Its not a popular opinion. Its just the internet being the internet
The last time I played through was a couple years ago and I still had a blast, even on single-player. Nostalgia weighs heavily, though.
This one.
Single player wise, I think Turok (the precursor to Metroid Prime) is a superior experience to Goldeneye.
The multiplayer, however, is one of the reasons why Goldeneye became such a popular title and I can understand someone having a preference for it as a result. I never felt it was very good in multiplayer myself (certainly not compared to things like Quake on the PC), but I see the appeal.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Gaming magazines were the worst. If you actually go back and read them.
Kong Fisso
Banned
Turok: Rage Wars shits over Goldeneye multiplayer.
Control scheme and weapons are better.
Supports the expansion pack.
You can play as a raptor.
Or a pack of mites.
That is all.
It is a provably false opinion, so it is worthless.
Probably, but I never owned an N64 and never found it when I was forced to play Goldeneye at friends or cousins houses.
SecretSphere
Member
I remember that the biggest Dutch gaming magazine gave F-Zero X a 3.5 out of 10 or something ridiculous like that, because it didn't have weapons and the graphics were bad.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
I love that in one of the pictures in the scan you can see that they shot the hell out of the trap door in the train before they realized you can use the laser on the watch, haha!
Not precisely.
so you like to make up words.
John Rabbit
Banned
score doesn't match the written part.
would've been slightly more prophetic if they'd mentioned how the game looks like vaseline covered mud.
also, turok 2 was amazing.
would've been slightly more prophetic if they'd mentioned how the game looks like vaseline covered mud.
also, turok 2 was amazing.
Well when he said there is no way to switch weapons backwards, he was factually wrong. I was only referring to the actual factual mistakes.
More Fun To Compute
Member
I think that Timesplitters games got the same tepid reviews with complaints about controls from some places. People play a game for long enough and they get used to the controls. Although better framerates and precision should be expected as technology improves.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Too high.
Some might forget that Turok 1 was pretty goddamn outstanding for its time. The N64 had damn near nothing to deliver post-launch, and Turok swooped in and delivered a solid 90's style FPS experience. Looking back, it easily doesn't hold up, but again, mindblowing for its era. Goldeneye was an improvement, which doesn't exactly placate the review quotes. But Turok really did turn some heads when it came to FPS experiences on the consoles.
Agreed. 4-player dorm play was novel, but MK64 was a piece of shit compared to its predecessor. Though really, every MK kind of blows.
Agreed. 4-player dorm play was novel, but MK64 was a piece of shit compared to its predecessor. Though really, every MK kind of blows.
sixteen-bit
Member
If you do, go with the remake. Original has aged poorly.
Right. Nevertheless, his opinion of the game, is unable to be "proven false".
I will admit that Turok had a better default control scheme. Goldeneye had so much auto-aim you didn't need the stick to aim.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Yeah, but the original is SO dated at this point that I think it would be difficult to enjoy.
This isn't like going back to the NES where you still get 60 fps and spot on controls. Goldeneye comes from an era when people were still figuring 3D and first person console controls out. If you don't have that nostalgia for it, the game isn't going to hold up at all.
Me too. The 4 player battle was the peak of the series.
I thought Mario Kart DS had the best racing.
Super Mario Kart was good in its day, but the controls just don't hold up.
Turok 2 is where its at. I played the first few levels so many times.
Also Mario Kart 64 was great. Doesn't compare at all to the most recent ones, but it was my 1st Mario Kart, so i got great memories from this game and i always play its tracks in Retro Cups.
Also Mario Kart 64 was great. Doesn't compare at all to the most recent ones, but it was my 1st Mario Kart, so i got great memories from this game and i always play its tracks in Retro Cups.
Takamura-San
Member
That's a long ass grudge to hold against Game informer
Is that reviewer still working for the mag?
Is that reviewer still working for the mag?
MikeE21286
Member
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
Lol, I'm not sure the guy even played it, it doesn't sound like it to me. He whines about only scrolling up for weapon selection which is false (you can scroll back, or select from menu). He whines there are no configurable controls, also false.
Prophetic my ass. . The only thing this review foretold was a new job for this guy somewhere else. I hope.
boiled goose
good with gravy
Maybe Turok was better as a FPS, but Goldeneyes mission structure, content, and music are what makes it the overall better game. It was just so much fun.
Wish more FPS today would be packed with content like Goldeneye. There really hasn't been another game like it. Except maybe timesplitters.
Wish more FPS today would be packed with content like Goldeneye. There really hasn't been another game like it. Except maybe timesplitters.
Play Goldeneye: Source for the multiplayer. It's almost a 1:1 updated version, and better. And I've heard they're planning to add the singleplayer campaign as well.
plagiarize
Banned
there's a name for people that aren't that impressed by Goldeneye. we're called PC gamers. if i was jealous of one N64 FPS it was Turok 2. truth. Goldeneye had bizarre controls (yes yes, configurable whatever, but the whole stupid thing where the gun moves and view doesn't shouldn't be an option let alone a default) and average at best single player. first really good console FPS multiplayer? well yeah... but it was nothing compared to what was happening over in PC land at the time.
Well Lego Racers is a far superior game.
(Disclaimer: Lego Racers is one of my all time favourite games)
XANDER CAGE
Member
Goldeneye does have bad controls, though. M+kb existed in '97. It's a great game, but its claim to fame was "we made fps work on console" not "we made better fps controls on console".