GoldenEye 007. Enough said for that intro.
GoldenEye 007, the Nintendo 64 hall of fame shooter. It came out in 1997, and jumped into possibly the number one spot for gaming all time. This first person shooter lets you be every man’s idol, James Bond, the secret agent playboy. The combination of action, stealth, and the cool movie story line, made for an instant classic.
The game play was so deep, it kept people playing for hours. With the numerous guns you can unlock, to the great combination of both full out gun warfare, to careful strategy, the unheard of realism in bullet damage, where certain areas caused more damage, so for once a head shot wouldn’t do the same amount of damage a bullet to the foot would do, to a state of the art multiplayer mode. The multiplayer in this game, is one of the things that put this game above the status quo.
The multiplayer was way beyond ahead of its time, and was considered the most fun, even more so than Mario Kart 64. There were fun game modes and all were fully customizable to how the game could be played. And the place where hours on end were spent? Paintball mode. I think after it’s all said and done, I’ve played that game mode more than I’ve played the rest of the game combined. It wasn’t even a game mode, rather a cheat. Nonetheless, this game mode was just fun, and I’m not really sure why, maybe because it was different. But it was time consuming, and it was incredibly fun. Not often you can say a cheat code in a game is more fun than a majority of games that have ever come out.
This game is an icon, it’s revolutionary, and it’s James Bond. There is a lot that can be said about this game, but at the same time, nothing is really needed if you’ve played it or know the history and legacy behind it. I could go on for pages talking about this game, but at the same time a fitting closing to this game after you read the title, could simply be GoldenEye 007. And anyone reading it instantly understands, and then gladly likes my post for simply reminding them that this game exists.
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