zantheron:

Absolutely classic N64 exclusive. Goldeneye was a very influential first person shooter and one of the more mature games on the N64. I still play this game today and love it to bits.

The single player missions are action packed and really cool, feeling like you actually are James Bond. Three difficulty levels are present in the single player. The soundtrack is really epic and done very well with a industrial and techno feel. Stealth and all out shooting are both tactics in the missions. Basically the missions are fun and have a breadth of weapons available.

As for the offline multiplayer - it is historic. The split screen shooting is one of the first proper iterations and works tremendously. There are a few modes, stages and tons of characters available such as the infamous ‘Jaws’. The golden gun is one hit kill and adds the need of technique and tactics to win a multiplayer game. Multiplayer never gets really boring and it is known for people to have hour long sessions of it amongst friends. Multiplayer is action packed and feels very intense. The only real downfall for this is that the random respawning it can be very unfair at times.

In conclusion, to me Goldeneye is a fantastic original shooting game as of its fun and cool single player which is presented well and also more for its addictive and epic multiplayer which is stuff of legends still today.

9.3/10

Zantheron.

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