I was anticipating this game for over a year and how did it turn out? Well, it's okay. I guess. It's got some really cool levels, and some really crap levels. When I got it, I was really, really liking it. It kicked ass! But after a while, I didn't want to play the old levels again, they just weren't fun anymore. Occasionally I go back to it and play it but not all that often. Here we go.

It sure has it's moments (the gunboat comes to mind) of good controlling but usually the controlling sucks. Like in the Embassy level you have to walk everywhere which really, really sucks! And on some levels you need to be jumping and the designers of this game really neede to work a little harder on that. The jumping is terrible. I think that how you use your inventory is good and using the gun is cool (holding R to go sort of First-Person) But the aiming is really bad. On the Train Station level when your protecting Ethan, even when you're aming right in their stomachs you sometimes miss. For Gameplay this game sucks.

This game sure has it's polished look and some levels are brilliantly designed (Train, Terminal room, Embassy) But the first two and some of the last ones are really crappy! You can see barely 20-feet in front of you and that ain't good. The characters throughout the game, however, are really nice looking and sometimes even put Goldeneys to shame (except Max, first time I saw her I thought she was naked!) Ethan doesn't have that many animations either which makes him look very unrealistic and awkward looking when he does some stuff. But the little cutscenes do look nice.

All the original tunes are in, which is good. But sometimes the music is kind of a drag, and the gunshots are horrible! Not even close to comparing to Goldeneyes. Usually your going through a mission with some fast-paced music, that feels nice when playing some of the more suspencefull missions.

Now here is where this game really suffers. If Ocean and Eurogames only decided to put in a multiplayer mode, the replay value could have been pumped way up! Unfortunately, they din't. And by not doing so, After 4 days and already completing the easy mode, I barely ever come back to play this game.I waited over a year to play it and only 4 days to get bored of it? Wow! That sucks.

Overall So all in all if your looking for the Goldeneye killer that everyone speculated forget it. Good though, to rent. N64Gamerz

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