So I started from the very top of the alphabet chain. To my surprise and joy it was Goldeneye! I remember playing this game with other people when I was twelve and thirteen. When I was a little bit younger I was not allowed to play or own any games that killed people. So this game was not allowed in the house. I had friends who played it, and ever once in awhile my brothers told me of when they would play it at friends houses. So feeling a bit nostalgic I was ready to enter the life of a spy and take on the USSR.
There were already three saves on the game so I decided hey, let's just fill up the fourth one. That way it's super confusing. Also I wanted to get through as much as I could so I put the game on agent. There was agent, super agent, or 007. I didn't want this to be frustrating so I went full on easy. When the game started I had to adjust my eyes. I was not use to how terrible the pixels were. There were only 64bits and my eyes were killing me. I pushed through however, and started to shoot those USSR commies! The shooting is very simple. You you point in the direction that you want and your gun shoots the right people. There is no aiming, you just turn. It's auto aim, and that was very useful. The first mission has you running from the beginning in this snowy mountaintop, to bungee jump off of a dam. Now mind you I have been playing games heavily based on collectables and exploration. This game has none of it. I wasted many a minute by trying to search for collectables. So finally realizing that it just has straight missions I booked it to the bungee jump. I jumped off and fell for what seemed like forever. Then game jumped back to the jumping point, and showed James finally bungee jumping off of the dam with no bungee chord. I had to tell myself that this was back in the nineties!
Shoot forward to mission two. I am in some kind of ventilation system and don't know where to go. Luckily the game does everything for me. If I need to crouch all I need to do is go towards what I want to crouch under and I crouch. Very easy! So I go through the vent system until I fall into a bathroom stall. Classic spy stuff! So after I purge the plumbing of all USSR suits, I head out into a vast stairway hall area. I started shooting some more baddies, until I find one that has a card key. Sweet this will be needed in the future! However, I went through the wrong door and had to back track and find the right one. I was on my way again! Shooting some guys and being awesome. I then find myself in a room with a door on the right, and a door on the left. A voice in my head (My brother) tells me that I have to blow up the containers in those rooms. So after placing many mines I do so, AND I FAIL THE MISSION! So after such a thing, I decided not to listen to that voice in my head, and do it my own way. I go through all of that again, because this game has no checkpoints, and I get to the end where I am supposed to meet 006. However, He sneaks up on me and I shoot him. Thus starts a shootout between me and my ally. After killing him I feel victorious, until the failed mission screen appears! So apparently this game has friendly fire, and they shoot back! So this time it's my third try. I run past everything it seems shoot some baddies at the end and talk to 006. Then the alarm starts going off and a ton of guys bust into the room. I then proceed to shoot them all, not knowing my mission is to blow up the containers in this room (these were what my brother was thinking of). So I fail the mission because the guys over power me and I die (This is the only time I died the whole session). So once more I go through everything, and place mines on the containers. As soon as the people show up I explode the mines and book it out of there. Only to look back and see a man executing 006. I am glad this was scripted, because I did not want to go through all of that again. The cut-scene ends with James looking smug with his gun up. Ah classic James Bond.
So by this time I have gotten all the controls handled, and I start my strafing ways. The next mission was easy all I had to do was grab keys to a plane. THEN DRIVE A TANK! I was very excited and the sound of squashing virtual people with the tank was comical. I drove to the plane in the tank, and jumped out. As soon I got there this mini turret started shooting at me. Fortunately I had parked the tank in front of it and so it blocked all the shots. So ending this easy mission I jumped into the plane and took off!
The next two missions were boring, and nothing happened. The first of the two I was running through snow going through houses, and shooting goons. The mission ended with me jumping into this vent system. Once again Mr. Bond was not shown with any harness of any kind. To end my play time, I went through this mission under ground. I came across a room with a bunch of computer screens and I thought, sweet this is the goldneye room. I grabbed the goldeneye key and booked it out of the room on the helipad. To be welcomed by a failed mission! Apparently there was three other missions I missed and I failed the level. So it started me back at the beginning, and that's where I ended my play time. So my experience with this game was a great one. Yes the non checkpoints were annoying, but the auto aim made up for that. Classic spy routines, gave me more nostalgia and I had a good time. This is N64Guy and I will be seeing you guys tomorrow with another N64 game!
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