GoldenEye - out now on Switch & Xbox

[Marlowe]

Real shame the Xbox 360 remaster won't ever see an official release. That was perfect aside from a couple of minor stylistic decisions (Surface with too much draw distance and without the stylised orange sky at twilight didn't feel right).

 

Glad people are enjoying this port though. I'm sure the "aged badly" crew will be along soon to tell us what this really needs is objective markers, regenerating health or some other abominable aspect of modern game design.

[Darren]

This is great on the Xbox, just needed to invert Y and that’s that. Controls are great and it seems very smooth. I remember the dam so well even though it’s been well over 20 years since I last played it. There is definitely something magical about this game. I know why the bloke in Game gave me such a funny look when he recommended it and I said I didn’t need another shooty game as I already had Shadows of the Empire.

[teddymeow]

3 minutes ago, Darren said:

I said I didn’t need another shooty game as I already had Shadows of the Empire.

 

 

[Sumire]

omg, one of the guards you see is young Boris Johnson

[HarMGM]

After getting my controls fixed on Switch, I can say this has been a pleasant surprise so far. No rose tinted glasses for me as I never had the original myself back in the day and only got it well after the NGC-era at which point the game looked and performed terrible.

 

Not an issue here apart from some awful default controls. Thank god that even Nintendo has seen the light on this and have given the option for button/stick mapping.

 

There's a pleasing arcade quality to the action. Fast, breezy and lots of enemies to mow down. The different animations that play are great, no 2/3 enemies react the same when attacking in groups giving every encounter a unique feel.

 

Levels have an almost maze-like quality to them, with lots of little nooks to explore. So far, this is great.

[Popo]

I'm planning an old-skool multiplayer session for the weekend and a worrying thought has crossed my mind - I have no idea if each player can invert their look independently of each other. 

 

I will have to test this after work. I'm the only inverter of the group and I'll be damned if I'm going to play against their home advantage!

[Graham S]

I’ve played with default controls (other than inverting) on my N64 controller as I never switched to Turok controls back in the day and it does make perfect sense with that controller, and aiming the reticle feels lovely and twitchy when you’re lining up a sniper shot. But that’s enough nostalgia now, I’ll go back to the Xbox. 

[ZOK]

1 hour ago, Fierce Poodle said:

Definitely not pointless! I watched this video which explains how to set up the controls in a couple of minutes.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Kryptonian said:

 

I just did it and it makes the controls like a modern FPS, only took a minute or so to set it up. Without it is was incredibly hard to control for me.

Oh that doesn’t sound too bad then, I’ll give it a go!

[ZOK]

14 minutes ago, Popo said:

I'm planning an old-skool multiplayer session for the weekend and a worrying thought has crossed my mind - I have no idea if each player can invert their look independently of each other. 

 

I will have to test this after work. I'm the only inverter of the group and I'll be damned if I'm going to play against their home advantage!

I’ve been wondering about this…I was an inverter for years, then suddenly switched round (no idea how or why) and now I’ve been a normy for years…I wonder if this will make me switch back again?

[Fierce Poodle]

What is it with all the pervert inverters in here?

[Stanley]

7 hours ago, Ork1927 said:

My 10 year old wouldn't leave the house this morning for Breakfast club - this isn't a mis-post to the Things that F*ck you off Thread as its because I booted up the Xbox to download the game - showed him and after briefly questioning the graphics - grabbed the control off me, got sucked in and wouldn't go anywhere until he completed The Dam.

 

So they have a new convert.

 

 

Awesome, just as with old books, films and music it’s lovely when kids discover and enjoy a little bit of history. 

[Stanley]

11 minutes ago, Fierce Poodle said:

What is it with all the pervert inverters in here?

It’s the other way round surely, not inverting is a vulgar and obscene way to play it.

[Graham S]

Summary: map move/strafe to dpad. 

[Graham S]

Forgot how much this made me look for security cameras in real life and imagine blowing them up. 

[Timmo]

1 hour ago, Marlowe said:

 

 

Glad people are enjoying this port though. I'm sure the "aged badly" crew will be along soon to tell us what this really needs is objective markers, regenerating health or some other abominable aspect of modern game design.

I thought it had shitty level design on release if that helps

[RaoulSilva]

13 minutes ago, Graham S said:

Summary: map move/strafe to dpad. 

 

 

Thanks, I actually need this, I've got the Facility and Archives cheats, but Streets and Statue are proving more difficult!

[tonic_water]

On 30/01/2021 at 13:52, ZOK said:

Looks sweet!

 

Yeah, but who the hell is Dr Rakhmanov?  And what did he do with Dr Doak?

[Fierce Poodle]

37 minutes ago, Stanley said:

It’s the other way round surely, not inverting is a vulgar and obscene way to play it.

Pervert.

 

Anyway this is great. Shame it’s not 60fps but it’s smooth enough, the guns feel fantastic and the sound design is still awesome. So many happy memories.

[Jamin]

9 hours ago, Isaac said:

 

There is a deadzone setting in the controller options on the watch.

 

I reduced it to zero.

 

This makes a world of difference - thanks for posting. 

[scottcr]

Played them both for a while. Switch is the more accurate version… thing to remember when playing that though is to use the auto aim - you barely ever need to move your head. In fact, if you do, auto aim turns off for a bit and makes it harder.  Old schools but with modern Ish controls using that video.

 

xbox the easiest way to play and definitely better for folks who have never put 1000 hours or so into the original.

 

wonderful game, great emulation 

[Yiggy]

Played the dam level and I’m done. Remember being wowed back in the day and like many I smashed the MP but it feels unplayable to me now. 

[Fargo]

It’s a bit rough but the charm is still there if you were a fan back in the day. Still a shame we didn’t get the improved version mind  

[Loik V credern]

1 hour ago, Stanley said:

It’s the other way round surely, not inverting is a vulgar and obscene way to play it.

 

i know right, i think. i wanted to reply to zok's post with what did you fucking say because i thought it'd be funny but i know people will take it wrongly it wasn't worth the fallout. (control schemes are serious things). it doesn't matter if you're not a pilot at the controls of a plane, you're not moving a mouse on a flat screen, you're in a 3d space, up must always mean head/gun down.

[Loik V credern]

41 minutes ago, Timmo said:

I thought it had shitty level design on release if that helps

 

Compared to what?

[Count Buffalos]

Despite some pleasant memories, this should have stayed in the 90’s. 

[Sumire]

The music in this is as awesome as ever. Some really nice bass as well through the subwoofer.

[K]

My muscle memory keeps tripping me up when I hold the trigger to aim; I keep trying to use the left stick to control the crosshair. Using the left stick to aim in Goldeneye is so deeply embedded that I assume the information is entangled with the part of my brain that governs enzyme production and proprioception.

[SozzlyJoe]

I used to be an 'invert' but then my brain started to want to invert x too and I had to take drastic measures before the contagion spread too far.

[scottcr]

Ahhhh. We’ve been expecting you Mr Bond

 

[Haribokart]

Just now, scottcr said:

 

Put it in 16:9 you madman!

 

More importantly, what are you cooking for dinner Scott?