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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 17, 2010 14:41:14 GMT -5
Could a Goldfinger or You Only Live Twice game be made with Craig instead of Connery? Anti-Craigs who are Connery fans would feel that their childhood has been raped.
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Post by Alec 006 on Jun 17, 2010 19:40:09 GMT -5
Could a Goldfinger or You Only Live Twice game be made with Craig instead of Connery? Hello, I would hate to think so. They'd be treading on sacred, hallowed ground. I, as a James Bond fan who has grown to accept and even like Daniel Craig as our favorite British Secret Agent, think making him the star of an updated 'GoldenEye' to be a very unpopular move. I would go so far to say it shows absolutely no respect for the Bond franchise....it's an absolute travesty! The whole point of the 'GoldenEye' game is nostalgia, and in many ways reliving the movie to a certain point! All combined with the superior game play and graphics of next generation consoles. 'GoldenEye' was Pierce Brosnan's best 007 film. It, along with the game...were smash hits. I would have rather seen them go with a tall, dark generic Bond than Daniel. I do, however...have a feeling someone (Activision) would owe Pierce Brosnan big royalties for using his likeness to launch this game, and so they should. But for a video game that move I guess would be far too bold. We'll buy it because it's Bond. At least when Electronic Arts held the Bond licence they showed great reverence and respect for the 007 franchise by paying Sean Connery a handsome fee for his voice and likeness for "From Russia With Love". I guess Nintendo figures we'll buy it because it's Bond and / or are too stupid to care. I am not here to slam Daniel Craig. I quite enjoy his likeness and voice work in the 'Quantum Of Solace' game I am currently playing. I would go so far to say he's fantastic. It works because the missions you explore from "Quantum" and "Casino Royale" are Daniel's gigs. Shame on EON, Activision, and Tretyarch. Also to Nintendo, a very special 'up yours' for making this game exclusive to the Wii, and leaving this Xbox 360 lover out in the cold. Playstation gamers I'm sure will concur. Take Care!
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 17, 2010 19:53:42 GMT -5
www.pocket-lint.com/review/4836/goldeneye-007-nintendo-wii-previewGoldenEye 007 - Nintendo Wii - First Look review Hands-on the forthcoming Bond shooter
Reviewer Tobias Henry Review Date 17 June 2010 Manufacturer Activision Price as reviewed £TBC Latest price compare
I'm sure I'm not the only one to have met the announcement of GoldenEye 007 at Nintendo's E3 conference with a mixture of fanboy enthusiasm, skepticism and confusion. On the one hand, it's a new version of the game that - before Halo - proved that first-person shooters could work on a console, and work damn well to boot.
On the other hand, the GoldenEye brand has been appropriated before, and used to flog a second-rate shooter that really had no business with the name. Plus, on a mysterious third hand I've suddenly developed, it's not immediately obvious what this GoldenEye wants to be. Is it a remake? A reworking? A totally new game? Why does it star Daniel Craig and not Pierce Brosnan? Why not just kick-off with a brand new Bond game.
A few hours later, at an Activision briefing, it all becomes clear. Activision, working with UK devs Eurocom, wants to create a GoldenEye that builds on our nostalgia for the N64 classic, but also works as a contemporary FPS for Wii. The environments have been re-imagined, the story has been reworked, and the game now reflects the persona of Craig's bond, but Activision is trying to do all this the classy way, working with writers from the original film, set-designers associated with the Bond franchise, and featuring an all-new score from David Arnold, who has worked on the Bond films since Tomorrow Never Dies.
Locations have been added and expanded; Zukovsky's club, for example, will now be a playable level. However, effort has been made to keep it all in the spirit of the original game and the movies. When it comes down to it, Activision wants to make you feel like James Bond.
Part of this is giving you choices. At all times in the new GoldenEye you can choose to play it straight, blasting guards left and right with sniper rifle and AK-47, or take the covert approach, picking enemies off one-by-one, sneaking up and using hand-to-hand moves to silence them, and thinking your way through the locations. Blast away and there will be repercussions - you'll only have a limited period in which to blast away at your foes before they call in reinforcements - but it's perfectly possible to play the game either way.
Our quick look at the game took us through the first part of the initial Arkangelsk Dam mission, and right from the start you can see how the game appeals to the nostalgia of older gamers. The basic geography at the opening level is much the same, and after a brief cinematic you're out in the complex, shooting guards with a silenced pistol, grabbing the sniper rifle from the tower and letting loose. However, we also get a chance to see some new moves, with Bond throttling unwary Ruskies from behind, and some new mission elements that spring up additional objectives as you play.
The more you go on, the more the action deviates from the original, and the clearer it becomes that this is - in the end - its own game. Purists may react badly to some of the more Call of Duty-esque, all-out action elements, but the action looks compelling, and the visuals are amongst the most striking we've seen from a shooter on the Wii.
With the demo over, it's time to get hands-on with the bit that everyone is curious about: multiplayer. Here's the good news: it feels like GoldenEye used to. You can play as eight characters, including Bond, Jaws, Odd-Job and Scaramanga, and - played on the Classic Controller Pro - the action is fast, frenetic and ever so slightly silly, with Odd-Job chucking razor-sharp hats around the place, and Jaws placed at an unfair disadvantage because of his sheer, impossible to miss size. It's a lot of fun, but I can't help wondering if the GoldenEye feel could also be a negative.
A range of competitive modes is promised, but after years of Halo, Call of Duty and Battlefield, do we really want to go back to playing GoldenEye? On the plus side, it's not as if Wii owners are spoilt for decent alternatives. First Impressions
Some doubts remain about the style and direction the new GoldenEye has taken, but at worst it looks like a decent Wii shooter, and at best it could be the best Bond game for some time. The graphics are decent by Wii standards, and Activision promises that we've far from seen the best that the game has to offer. What's more, the team has obviously thought long and hard about how to bring the game and the story up to date, and it's good to see a remake that isn't just a nostalgia exercise. For these reasons, we're feeling reasonably positive about this one. We'll see how it all works out when the game launches in November.I hope this game fails BIG TIME when it comes out.
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Post by Alec 006 on Jun 17, 2010 21:54:44 GMT -5
I hope this game fails BIG TIME when it comes out. Hello, The fact that Nintendo are making 'GoldenEye' exclusive to the Wii and DS, leaving PC, Xbox 360, Sony PSP, and Playstation 2 and 3 out of the picture ensures it can only make a 'minor dent' in the videogaming sales world. To quote Boris Grishenko from 'GoldenEye': "Better luck next time... SLUGHEADS!!!" Take Care!
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Post by poirot on Jun 19, 2010 23:31:38 GMT -5
Here's an article from 2008, which sheds a little more light on why this game is such a drastic reinvention of the original. Apparently, so many different companies have a legal claim to GoldenEye 007, a modern version has little chance of getting off the ground. But while this explains why the upcoming game is little more than a loose retelling of the GoldenEye story, it also makes the whole thing seem even more pointless. If you can't legally update the original game, why even bother? Why not just create an entirely new game starring Craig- especially if that's what you pretty much have to do anyway? As it is, they're just rather blatantly trying to cash-in on nostalgia for a 13-year-old game. www.joystiq.com/2008/08/06/red-tape-preventing-goldeneye-revival/Red tape preventing GoldenEye revivalMicrosoft wants it. Nintendo wants it. Rare has no control over it. Such is the situation with GoldenEye 007, fondly remembered and much-loved N64 shooter of yesteryear.
Speaking to Videogamer.com, Rare senior software engineer Nick Burton said that the bid to bring the eleven-year-old game to either the Virtual Console or Xbox Live Arcade was "locked in this no man's land," and that it was up to the separate license holders to play nice before the greatest Bond game of all time could be made available for download on any service. "The ball's not in anybody at Rare's court really," sighed Burton. "It's squarely in the license holders' courts. It's a shame. There's nothing on LIVE Arcade, there's nothing on Wii."
It's not solely about Microsoft or Nintendo reaching an agreement, either -- the revival of GoldenEye also hinges on those who own the license to the game rights now, the parties that have the licence to Bond as an IP, and "umpteen licensees." Man, looks like eBay is still your best bet if you yearn for some RCP-90 action.
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Post by harrypalmer on Jun 20, 2010 11:42:41 GMT -5
Here's an article from 2008, which sheds a little more light on why this game is such a drastic reinvention of the original. Apparently, so many different companies have a legal claim to GoldenEye 007, a modern version has little chance of getting off the ground. But while this explains why the upcoming game is little more than a loose retelling of the GoldenEye story, it also makes the whole thing seem even more pointless. If you can't legally update the original game, why even bother? Why not just create an entirely new game starring Craig- especially if that's what you pretty much have to do anyway? As it is, they're just rather blatantly trying to cash-in on nostalgia for a 13-year-old game. www.joystiq.com/2008/08/06/red-tape-preventing-goldeneye-revival/Red tape preventing GoldenEye revivalMicrosoft wants it. Nintendo wants it. Rare has no control over it. Such is the situation with GoldenEye 007, fondly remembered and much-loved N64 shooter of yesteryear.
Speaking to Videogamer.com, Rare senior software engineer Nick Burton said that the bid to bring the eleven-year-old game to either the Virtual Console or Xbox Live Arcade was "locked in this no man's land," and that it was up to the separate license holders to play nice before the greatest Bond game of all time could be made available for download on any service. "The ball's not in anybody at Rare's court really," sighed Burton. "It's squarely in the license holders' courts. It's a shame. There's nothing on LIVE Arcade, there's nothing on Wii."
It's not solely about Microsoft or Nintendo reaching an agreement, either -- the revival of GoldenEye also hinges on those who own the license to the game rights now, the parties that have the licence to Bond as an IP, and "umpteen licensees." Man, looks like eBay is still your best bet if you yearn for some RCP-90 action.It does look like an attempt to cash in on the famous GoldenEye game.
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 21, 2010 15:34:31 GMT -5
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Post by James on Jun 22, 2010 20:21:48 GMT -5
From what I've read even many Craig supporters are a little dubious about this new GE and inserting him in Brosnan's film/game.
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Post by Alec 006 on Jun 23, 2010 20:35:44 GMT -5
From what I've read even many Craig supporters are a little dubious about this new GE and inserting him in Brosnan's film/game. Hello, That's very interesting. At least it shows that many strong Daniel Craig supporters have some reverence and respect for the James Bond film franchise. Take Care!
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Post by 007 on Jun 24, 2010 16:25:39 GMT -5
More money in the bank for Craig anyway.
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 24, 2010 17:13:15 GMT -5
More money in the bank for Craig anyway. I hope GoldenEye Wii fails BIG TIME.
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Post by Gambit on Jun 25, 2010 6:04:39 GMT -5
I've noticed a few magazine covers for this already with photos of Craig.
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 25, 2010 10:41:32 GMT -5
I've noticed a few magazine covers for this already with photos of Craig. And I swear I will make Joker faces on those photos if I see them.
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Post by 009 on Jun 25, 2010 18:54:53 GMT -5
It's a little cheeky putting Craig in GoldenEye. It just seems a bit off.
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
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Post by FormerBondFan on Jun 25, 2010 20:08:11 GMT -5
It's a little cheeky putting Craig in GoldenEye. It just seems a bit off. Little cheeky, my @$$! A bit off, my @$$!!!!!! More like a TOTAL TRAVESTY if you ask me!
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