This being released made to want to watch Goldeneye, since I hadn't seen it since I was like 6 years old. So I did last night.
Watching the movie made me appreciate how much care you guys put into crafting the maps. Stuff like Facility's updated tank room, the cafeteria, the details and textures on Archive and then entire Command map feel like they're right from the movie set. Basically took the general design from the Rare maps and added a bunch more detail taken from the movie.
I also never really noticed just how much Rare took from the movie. I hadn't realized the first half of the Facility level was basically 1:1 with the movie, I figured all the maps were more or less just made up, but the layout is basically identical to the movie for Facility and Archives, and a bit of Control. Rare also built entire levels out of 1 minute long shots, like Dam, which is just a minor scene in the movie, but a fairly large level in the game. To the point where I thought the Dam portion of the movie was longer than it actually was. I was expecting him to be dropped off next to a watch tower and have to ride in a truck or something, but nope, Rare made the whole thing up.
I also kind of like Rare's version of the story more than the movie. Rare had Bond doing a lot more moving around and a lot more investigation and actual spy work. He never even sets foot in the bunker in the movie!