by Tim Webb

Created on: December 12, 2010   Last Updated: December 13, 2010

A few weeks ago I borrowed a Wii for a weekend from a friend of mine; the reason for this is that I wanted to play just a single game on it – Goldeneye 007. I have a 50” TV that is wall mounted in my living room so playing a Wii game was an ideal setup. The original Goldeneye game was released on the Nintendo 64 back in 1997 to coincide with the release of Pierce Brosnan’s first film as James Bond as was a revolution in

first player shooter game the view is always looking out, so if your not a fan of Craig then you don’t really see him that much.

The plot of the game is slightly different as well and has been updated to reflect changes in society and culture. The opening sequence at the Chemical facility still remain and so does the escape after fellow Agent Alex Trevelyn (006) is murdered by General Ourumov, however after this adds new locations such as Barcelona and Dubai are used and it is here that the story changes as Bond goes after the Helicopter that is impervious to an electromagnetic pulse that leads him to meet the heroine of the story Natalia Simonova. Okay so the story takes various twists and turns, but the genesis of the story still remains however parts seem to be unfaithful or even unfocused ands detached to the source material, but on the flipside it can be considered a re-imagining of the game that was based on the film.

In the original Goldeneye game, the players have a plethora of gadgets to use and in this instance it was a watch that Bond used as a communications device, here it is a mobile phone that allows communication to M, voiced by Judy Dench. In fact the updating has Bond using a mobile for all kind of things that allows him to complete a mission. Weapons wise you pick them up as you go along and to be honest lost count at fifteen as to exactly how many different weapons there are. It’s the game play that is the superior ability here, several methods of controlling Bond mean that the use of the controllers gets an extended life of its own as you have the choice to use, I prefer the Classic Controller that you get with the package and although its painted in gold and it does have its downfalls when compared to the use of the Wii Zapper with Nunchuka, and to see the controller options available including a Game Cube controller is totally awesome and allows for additional methods of playing the game!

Playing any first person shooter means that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) could simply repeat again

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