Goldeneye remake starring Daniel Craig coming to Wii?

[Judge Holden]

Ehhh... this will never live up to the bonafide classic that is Goldeneye.

I remember i swapped my PS2 and XBOX for a N64 with a friend JUST to play Goldeneye. Granted it was only a termporary swap, but well y'know what i'm saying... Goldeneye is beastly.

 

[Team Andino]

It's not meant to live up to the nostalgia hype we already have in our hearts. It's merely a somewhat updated version of a game we loved so much. It will have some classic elements and will still be enjoyable as long as the people behind it remember what made Goldeneye so special to begin with. There are a few things I'm not happy about (one being Sean Bean not in it) but I'm still excited to see how it plays an it even makes me want to get a Wii if I hear it's worthwhile.

 

[jacobed]

http://screwattack.com/blogs/Freiteezs-blog/Goldeneye-007-Isnt-Just-a-Remake

Classic Controller Pro and Gamecbue controller can be used instead of Wii remote + nunchuck

 

[Timstuff]

This game is basically a remake of the Goldeneye movie in video-game format, as far as I can tell. I'm not expecting it to play anything like the first Goldeneye game, and from what I'm hear it doesn't. It might still be a solid game for Wii, but the way this game is shaping up hasn't really inspired much confidence since they're clearly just doing it for the money.

 

[DACrowe]

This thread is interesting. It brings about people ready to discount a game out of loyalty to an original and those who use it as a platform to bash the movie (and Brosnan) again.

I'd just like to say people who still latch onto the whole "game is why the movie is popular....." get over it. GE is one of the top 5 Bond movies and that is why people love it and will continue to love it.

As for this game. I'm open to it. It looks like a clever remake. And other masterpieces on par with GE were remade to spectacular result: Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil both had superior remakes on Gamecube. N64's OOT is ultimately a remake or "reimagining" of previous Zelda games and is the franchise's masterpiece.

With that said, I highly doubt this will touch the original GE. First it is on Wii (I love Wii, but that is a disadvantage with shooters in the current market) and it just will not be the "game changer" that defined the shooter genre on console forevermore that GE was. You can only break that sort of ground once.

With that said, it looks like it could be a blast and the best Bond game in years.


P.S. REplacing Brosnan with Craig is bad form. But if the game is a great play I can overlook this injustice. Imagine if the next Bond gets to play Craig in a Casino Royale game though? That'd be ironically funny.

 

[spidey-dude]

they cant use brosnans likeness due to rights, so makes sense to use craig as they have him under license - i prefer craig by a million miles anyway so im happy

as for the game, i will prob end up getting it but i think it needs newer mechanics and tweaks tbh, i downloaded the old perfect dark and its good but dosnt hold up to the best modern shooters

 

[Timstuff]

As for this game. I'm open to it. It looks like a clever remake. And other masterpieces on par with GE were remade to spectacular result: Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil both had superior remakes on Gamecube. N64's OOT is ultimately a remake or "reimagining" of previous Zelda games and is the franchise's masterpiece.

The problem is that this has less to do with the original Goldeneye than the fan-made "Goldeneye: Source." The only thing Activision has the rights to is the Goldeneye license. Not one shred of source code, not one level or arena design can legally be used in this game because Activision does not own the rights to remake the original Goldeneye game. This is a remake of the Goldeneye movie, and it just so happens to be in video game format. They have no business remaking Goldeneye if they can't do it right, and that is why so many people are irritated.

This is more like if someone made a video game out of Escape from New York and called it Metal Gear Solid because they legally could. Just because the MGS games took inspiration from the Snake Pliskin stories does not mean that if you make a game out of them then it's somehow connected to Metal Gear Solid. What Activision is doing is essentially trying to trick people who are nostalgic about the original Goldeneye game into thinking that this is a remake of it, when really it has no connection to it at all except that they're both based on the same movie. None of the original developers are involved, and nothing from the original has been ported over.

The only reason to be excited about this is if you think that it looks like it will be a decent shooter, but we don't even know that much yet. Being excited about it because "it's a remake of Goldeneye" is folly though. It's just another Bond game with nothing to do with the N64 classic.

 

[Rodrigo90]

I think they should create the new controller in the form a N64 one,to give it that extra kick of authenticity of when playing this game,and other N64 games you may download.

 

[Timstuff]

Why bother when nothing else about this game is authentic to the N64 one?

 

[Rodrigo90]

It would good though,even if they created it specifically for N64 downloads. Nostalgia is what I thrive on,lol.

 

[spidey-dude]

they made a snes one (which i own)

didnt realise this wasnt just an update of the original with better graphics and few new things etc....

hmmmmmn i will give it a chance but unfortunatly it seems like they are just using the name to sell it, hope it is actually good

 

[Timstuff]

It looks like it has a lot more in common with Call of Duty than Rare's Goldeneye.



OK, scratch that... It is a Call of Duty game starring Daniel Craig.

 

[spidey-dude]

i do like call of duty...

 

[spidey-dude]

okay my memory might be a bit hazy but the first part of the level design seemed identical to the classic, if its like that but just wth expansions throughout it could be great, i liked that vid

 

[Rodrigo90]

That looks pretty good.

Ive just been playing on the original,lol.

 

[spidey-dude]

rodrigo, seeing as you have just been playing it, is my memory playing tricks or is the first part of the level in that video identical to the begining of the original???? (just the level design)

if ther plan is to take the original levels but expand them to make them longer and more action heavy (like modern set pieces like that driving segment etc..) then i am very excited

i like that theres a stealhier element now when compared to the gun blazing original (or maybe i just played it that way because i was about 10)

 

[Rodrigo90]

Oaky doke.

The tunnel part is very different. On the first mission,you have to install a modem on a communication device,then you have to blast your way through the dam,turn on the communication machine,get out and bungee jump off the dam. The next mission is inside the weapon facility and then you meet up with 006.

The way that level leads to things is very different from the original.

If that helicopter is the Tiger,then I think the level on the freighter will have been cut. Where you have to save the hostages and place a tracking bug on the chopper,then that leads Bond to Servenya. That level of course was loosely based on a scene in the movie.

 

[spidey-dude]

oh i know the tunnel bit was completely diff, but the very first part was identical in design was it not?

2 games featuring bond voiced by craig as a massive fan of the books and of craigs bond i am very very excited!

 

[Rodrigo90]

Structure of the area is almost the same,just a few minor things added and tweaked.

 

[Rodrigo90]

 

[socool]

OK, scratch that... It is a Call of Duty game starring Daniel Craig.

no, Call of Duty is Golden Eye. Golden Eye set the standard for FPS's everywhere. Call of Duty may have never existed without it lol Call of Duty is just more polished, so when playing it compared to the original Golden Eye, of course it's different! The remake will also be more polished which is why it will be more common to Call of Duty.

 

[Timstuff]

Goldeneye and Call of Duty do not play alike. Goldeneye has non-linear missions where the player decides what order to tackle the objectives in, and staying alive meant keeping an eye out for health kits and body armor vests. In Call of Duty, it's a highly scripted, linear on-rails game with auto-regenerating health. They are two different game styles. Goldeneye is not a military shooter, and if anything it's got more in common with Hitman. Call of Duty =/= Goldeneye, and Call of Mi6 =/= a true remake of it.

 

[howl]

goldeneye on N64 - classic
goldeneye on Wii, for a new generation of Bond fans and gnarly updated graphics (and hopefully gameplay and multiplayer to match) - sweet
the fact that Daniel Craig, and not Pierce Brosnan, is Bond - WTF?!?!

 

[spidey-dude]

the fact that Daniel Craig, and not Pierce Brosnan, is Bond - WTF?!?!

they only have right for craigs likeness


plus craig is much better anyway!

 

[howl]

i figured it must've been some legal mumbo jumbo.

daniel craig is a better bond, but still, he wasn't in goldeneye so its a bit weird.

meh, i'm sure i'll still buy the game :P