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GoldenEye 007

Rare

1997•Shooter•ESRB T•About 9 hours

Taste attributes: actiondetectiveespionagehistoricalmafia/gangsterrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyintricatelineargrittybig & variedall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpansive and conventional: an unsavoury shooter, heavy rather than light. Best if you like comfort over surprises.

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

87 / 100

423 ratings

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About This Game

GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter based on the 1995 James Bond film. The game features a single-player campaign with 20 missions across multiple difficulty levels, emphasizing stealth, varied objectives and mission-based progression. Players can use a range of weapons and gadgets while navigating diverse environments inspired by the movie. The local split-screen multiplayer mode supports up to four players and offers competitive scenarios such as deathmatch, team modes and character selection from the James Bond universe. The multiplayer component became widely recognized for its influence on console FPS design and is considered a landmark feature of the game.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Set during the Cold War and its aftermath, GoldenEye 007 follows James Bond, an agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service. The story opens with a covert operation at a Soviet chemical weapons facility, where Bond and fellow 00-agent Alec Trevelyan infiltrate the site before the mission goes wrong. Years later, Bond is drawn into an investigation surrounding GoldenEye, a space-based weapon capable of firing an electromagnetic pulse that disables electronics across a targeted area. As the trail leads through Russia and beyond, Bond works alongside computer programmer Natalya Simonova to...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionDetectiveEspionageHistoricalMafia/gangsterRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Rail shooterHelicopterBloodyJames bondBased on - movieOn-railsTankCamera

Details

Developer: Rare
Publishers: Nintendo, Gradiente
Released: 23 August 1997
Series: James Bond
Platforms: Nintendo 64
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 9h normally
Age rating: ESRB T
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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