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Wednesday 20 February, 2008
Two
Gameplay:
For my second part I jumped over to my favorite level (as I have previously beaten the game) Frigate. This level has you backtrack around a boat. It consists of a lot of close quarter fighting and includes my favorite Golden Eye weapon, the Phantom. It closely resembles some kind of assault rifle, and it is just fun to use.
The gameplay can be described by the philosophy the halo developers took, it takes 30 seconds of fun, and repeats that 30 seconds over and over again. Obviously there are different segments put in, but for the most part you are replaying the same fight in different places with different weapons. That is the plight of every first person shooter, most are very similar so they need things to make it stand out. I mentioned ease of play, but this game also follows the story of Golden Eye, the movie. Everyone loves the movie which in my opinion means it is one of the best films of all time. Playing the game is like watching the movie, only you become more immersed as you control the main character.
Design
From a design standpoint this game is as close to perfection as we're going to get. For it's time the graphics were amazing, especially considering 3d polygons and complex animations were a new field. The game was impressive. It has good looking videos that keep the plot together, and brings you across many familiar faces, finally leading to an epic climax against Alec Trevelyan on a satellite dish. It is the movie in game form, and people love it because of that.
The designer's decision to make the controls so user friendly easily made the game from cult classic to epic footnote in gaming history. Games like Turok the Dinosaur Hunter took a different approach with the controls, and it clearly hurt the game. Golden eye pretty much has you using the joystick for all movement, then you can also use the joystick for advance aiming by holding down the right bumper. These control decisions allow almost everyone to enjoy this game to its fullest extent. It appeals to the casual and the hardcore equally, and is fun to play.
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