Featuring a slightly altered storyline written by screenwriter Bruce Feirstein, who co-wrote the films screenplay, GoldenEye for Xbox 360 adds completely new levels, alternate locales, destructible environments, high-definition visuals, and even a new Bond: the original films Pierce Brosnan is. There was a 2010 "complete reimagining" of GoldenEye 007 featuring Daniel Craig as Bond, but a true remaster of the classic game never happened. GoldenEye 007 makes its Xbox 360 debut as a reimagined version of 1995s film. Yet despite its accolades, GoldenEye 007 remains one of the great titles from history that never got a remastered rerelease, which would have brought its gameplay to newer systems and introduced it to additional generations of gamers.
After all, the game was well-received when it first came out: The Dallas Morning News' reviewer, then a high-schooler, said it had "the most enjoyable first-person gameplay ever." IGN called it a "truly masterful first-person gem." GameSpot thought that if more Nintendo games used GoldenEye 007 as a model, the N64 could be a PlayStation killer.įor many, the game was a revelation: instructional in how good licensed games could be, but also creative and innovative in its own right. And, according to CNet, it was developed by a team of nine people, eight of which had never made a game before!
Over the years, classic gaming fans have probably wondered why GoldenEye 007, the influential James Bond-based Nintendo 64 shooter from Rare in its prime, never saw a re-release on later systems.