Goldeneye 007 Wii

[The_Human_Cyborg]

This game comes out in a few weeks and I am absolutely pumped!
The remake of one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time, and it looks like they CARE about it! 
So I'm starting this thread for the discussion of Goldeneye Wii. What do you want from this game? What do you want changed?
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yhlHOzp78" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yhlHOzp78</a>
Just this video alone has my psyced!

[Hyruleansoldier]

Holy crap, that's AWESOME.  Actually teaming up with 006 at the start is a nice touch, some stealth, lots of action, heck yeah.  I don't like how Trevelyan, Ouromov and even Brosnan as Bond aren't preserved - they all look different, and Daniel Craig as GoldenEye Bond just doesn't work.  Ah well.

Loving the original so much, I'll probably frown a lot if they keep changing THAT much to the original stages, but then if you just play it as a different game, simply inspired by the original, I think it'll be a blast.  It's not like OoT 3DS is going to be: merely better looking and a few slowness/inconvenience issues solved.  This game is brand new.

I loved the elaborate structured in-depth maps at the start too, it's cool to see the entire map area, including the dam and the facility with the bottling tanks.  Doesn't look like you'll just be able to speedrun to the entire game like with the original ;-)

[hisak]

I don't think I'll be picking this up. The original was great for 1997, but I feel like the gameplay won't hold up very well today. Maybe if it wasn't releasing in the same time frame as Donkey Kong, Epic Mickey, and Golden Sun...

But who knows, maybe it'll turn out great.

[Hyruleansoldier]

Maybe the gameplay won't hold up?  Have you SEEN the trailer?  The gameplay's all different, it's like the more recent FSP games.  And an improvement on the last couple of Bond games, for sure.

[The_Human_Cyborg]

DEFINITELY  better than the last few bond games, that's for sure. I love the voice acting and motion-capture, it's pretty cinematic without ripping the controller out of your hands. The destructible environments are a nice touch too. The graphics may not be as crisp as most other FPS, but in all honesty the models for environment aren't any worse. The guns look pretty sharp too. 
I was watching a few scenes from the goldeneye movie, and this game looks like everything they wished they could do for the original game.
This'll be a first day buy for me, even just for the multiplayer.

[Witless]

Wow, I didn't know GoldenEye would be so different? Awesome. Definitely a buy for me :D I love this.

[JordAnime]

Ubisoft can take this desecration of the film and game classic Goldeneye and shove it.  Aside from replacing the worst Bond in recent memory with one of the best, it also serves no real purpose other than to cash in on the Goldeneye name. 

Also it looks like all the other Wii games that is getting too much attention, simply because it has guns.

[Hyruleansoldier]

It will definitely be awesome, and I'm loving the bundle: the game + gold classic controller!  DO WANT!

[hisak]

It still really doesn't look all that great to me. I get that they've improved and updated the gameplay, but I'm not seeing anything that makes it stand out from other shooters. I wouldn't call it a "desecration," though. Just not very interesting. Also, Activision is publishing it, not Ubisoft.

That classic controller does look enticing.

[JordAnime]

Also, Activision is publishing it, not Ubisoft.

Oh, sorry, it's easy to get western publishers mixed up since they're all releasing the same crap.

[hisak]

Oh, sorry, it's easy to get western publishers mixed up since they're all releasing the same crap.

I actually might be interested in the game if another publisher was behind it. Combining Activision's penchant for running game series into the ground (Did you know that a Tony Hawk game was released yesterday? Neither did I.) with a series that's already had a lot of weak entries seems like an awful, awful recipe.

But I'm not letting that stop me from checking out the game if it ends up being very well received. It just might be a while, especially considering that I still have yet to get to Sin and Punishment.

[Witless]

Ubisoft can take this desecration of the film and game classic Goldeneye and shove it.  Aside from replacing the worst Bond in recent memory with one of the best, it also serves no real purpose other than to cash in on the Goldeneye name. 

Also it looks like all the other Wii games that is getting too much attention, simply because it has guns.

Sure, it's not the classic GoldenEye, but then again. Do you really need one? They can give us the Virtual Console version for that and still keep this shooter.

[JordAnime]

Yeah, but why ruin it with a slipshod remake?  Don't we have enough of those in the world?  This is just trying to cash in, poorly I might add, on the name Goldeneye.  Do something original.

[hisak]

Sure, it's not the classic GoldenEye, but then again. Do you really need one? They can give us the Virtual Console version for that and still keep this shooter.

Rare's all but said that it's never coming to VC. Or XBLA, for that matter.

In any case, the game will be better than Rogue Agent.

[The_Human_Cyborg]

This game doesn't look like a cash-in to me. They've changed way too much for it to stand on those legs. I understand the Activision hate, but a good game is a good game. And if you think about it, if this game WERE a cash in, it would be a poor choice. Not saying he doesn't have his fans, but James Bond isn't nearly as popular as he once was.

[hisak]

This game comes out in North America on Tuesday, right? I'm still not really interested, but I wouldn't mind hearing what you guys who pick it up think about it.

[The_Human_Cyborg]

Already pre-ordered!

[JordAnime]

This game doesn't look like a cash-in to me. They've changed way too much for it to stand on those legs. I understand the Activision hate, but a good game is a good game. And if you think about it, if this game WERE a cash in, it would be a poor choice. Not saying he doesn't have his fans, but James Bond isn't nearly as popular as he once was.

So you're telling me that remaking the most successful James Bond game from the era when James Bond was arguably at the height of his popularity would make a poor choice for a cash-in?  I mean, are you dense?  Your own statements prove the point that it is exactly that! 

The fact is that Activision paid a ton of money for the Bond license and with as Quantum of Solace was a relative bomb and the James Bond name is sort of in limbo with MGM being in bankruptcy, I think Activision is finding themselves hard-pressed for a little extra revenue. 

The better majority of film to game tie-ins are just thrown together with the expectation that people will see the name and go "Oh I liked the movie, so I'll play the game", but I think as a rule, people will be a little more hard-pressed to buy a game based on a film series that has no connection to any of the films.

It's possible for that kind of project to do well, I think EA had a few successful original Bond games that weren't tie-ins during the Brosnan era, but in general, none sold as well as Goldeneye.

Goldeneye is pretty much the ONLY movie to game tie in that not only was incredibly well received, but stands out as a landmark title in gaming.  It's one of the best selling games ever and people have been clamoring for some kind of update or digital release of it for years.

So you're expecting me to believe that at a point where Activision is struggling with the waning popularity of James Bond, coupled with the craze for all things nostalgic, a Goldeneye remake ISN'T a cash-in? 

Goldeneye was one of the most breakthrough games of its time and defined console FPS gaming; I cannot expect that Activision's remake will measure up in any way, shape or form to the original classic, it's just insulting really.

[The_Human_Cyborg]

I understand how the game could be a cash-in, but I still don't think it's so. First off, the script is being written by Bruce Feirstein, the writer of the original Goldeneye and several well-received bond movies. Another thing, the development team behind GE has around 125 members, which is large for a wii game.

[hisak]

I'll wait for other reviews to roll in, but IGN's Craig Harris gave it a 9.0. Maybe I was wrong?