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Goldeneye 007
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Reviewed by Jeff Kazen

Graphics:  9.5:  Beautifully rendered scenery, with details to the pine
needle on trees, to bullet holes in glass and on walls, to the blood stained
leg of your opponent, this game has one thing in mind when it comes to
graphics:  Detail.  Although in some scenes James Bond looks more like 
Arnold than Pierce Brosnan, and those features on some of the
characters can look a tad bit polygon-ish, along with some quirks with 
some features showing up weird, the game is perfect in graphics.

Sound:  10.0:  The sound is so realistic, you'll wonder who brought the 
PP7 into your house, or where the explosion occurred.  From the characteristic
ricochet off a nearby wall to the thud when your target hits the ground, this
game is as close as you can get without actually shooting your friends with a
gun.

Music:  7.5:  Where the music fails, the Sound makes up for it.  Although
there are some nice songs, there are few and they repeat often, similar to
SOTE.  There are some good theme songs and other appropriate songs, but other
than that this category tends to lag behind the rest.

Play Control:  9.7:  What can I say?  The analog joystick makes 
for the finest precision targeting, and the combination of strafe and aim 
can make nice circles around your target while keeping them in the 
cross-hairs.  The only down parts to the control is the slow turning 
rate while aiming, along with not being able to move while aiming.

Challenge:  10.0:  This game has something for everyone.  Agent 
mode for the novice, then Secret Agent for the trained marksman, and 
then the extremely difficult 00 Agent mode for that gun-toting agent 
of death.  It has something to satisfy everyone, and the levels are 
fine-tuned to be a perfect balance between too hard and too easy.

Theme/Fun/Satisfaction:  9.9:   From the characters to the 
areas, this game takes theme all the way.  And what's more fun than 
putting a bullet in the back of your friend's head?  This game is very 
pleasing to all the senses, except smell and taste, of course (Assuming 
you have the rumble pack).  The only thing keeping this rating from a 
10 is no place where Bond says, "Shaken, not stirred."

Multiplayer:  10.0:  You thought playing Quake over the net was good, 
wait until you play multiplayer Goldeneye!  With tons of options, from teams,
capture the flag, and License to Kill (where every shot kills), along with
many different weapons to choose from, this game has it all when it comes to
2 or more players.  The frame rate is excellent, and not a single detail is
missing when playing with 4 players (unlike Wave Race that misses the water
effects in multi-mode).  You'll never get tired of blowing your friends to
bits with those proximity mines (although you will get tired of blowing
yourself to bits with them).

Replayability:  8.0:  Well, when you beat this game on 00 Agent, that's
basically it.  However, there's always multi-player mode to satisfy yourself.
And there's the cheats to get in each level too.  Not bad, but not as good
as other games.


Overall:  9.5:  I'd have to say it's the best game available today, with
excellent scores in every category.  It's not perfect, so I can't give it a
10.  Besides, there's bound to be even better games in the near future, and
what would they get?  (I personally do not believe in 11's)

Overall:  9.5

Take the roll of James Bond in his quest to rid the Janus Syndicate of their
powerful weapons and foil their evil schemes.  Sounds simple?  Think again.
To do so, you must go through 20 levels full of automatic weapon-toting
commandos with one thing on their mind:  Put as much lead into your body as
possible.  You get past them?  You still have to solve the endless puzzles
and work your way through huge levels that you can get lost in before you
even move.

Think that's all?  Think again.  Tired of putting bullets through enemy
heads?  Why not put them through up to three of your friends' heads?  With
tons of different options in multi player mode, you'll never play the same
game twice.

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