Easily one of the best James Bond games, and Nintendo 64 games to be released.

User Rating: 9.8 | GoldenEye 007 N64
Golden Eye just did it right from the beginning, and when it came out it was in a way the best first person mission based shooter available. The game was set up with several levels that could be played on several different difficulty settings, and when you beat the game on these different difficulty settings you could then unlock stuff. The higher the difficulty setting the more missions you would have to accomplish. This kept you playing for a long time.

Each level is different and had its own feel and different mission. The levels tried to replicate specific points from the movie. And the game did somewhat follow the movie, and now to this day without even playing the game in several years when I watch the movie I cant help but remember parts of the game. That is how much this game has stuck with me.

The graphics were great for the time, but they don’t hold up with todays standards. Some of the levels have some large environments to explore and it can get hard to see where you are going when things take forever to load. The people’s characteristics look awful today, but back in the day they looked great and nobody cared.

The sound stayed true to the James Bond format giving you that perfect James Bond feel. Guns and explosions sounded perfect. The only thing that could have helped this game in sound would have to be communication between characters, nobody likes to read.

The biggest selling point for this game, and what really gives a reason to buy this game today would have to be the Multi-player. Although you cant play co-op, fighting against each other in variety of different deathmatch styles, with different guns, characters, and levels is very enjoyable. This is where the unlockables from beating the game on higher different difficulty settings come into play. Here you can unlock things like paint-ball mode where all your guns shot paint balls instead of bullets or DK mode where everyone sort of look like a Donkey Kong character. The Multiplayer gives this game the high score it deserves.

This game is must have for any Nintendo 64 owner.