Romier S Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Check this out: xPieter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Interesting. I still can't help but think this could be a "careful what you wish for" scenario. As wonderful as it was in its day, I'm not sure what appeal it will have once you strip away that layer of nostalgia (unless a remaster were to make some gameplay and animation improvements here and there). With that said, if they also include the option to play the game as it was then that will certainly make it worthwhile for the sake of preservation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 6 hours ago, Angry the Clown said: Interesting. I still can't help but think this could be a "careful what you wish for" scenario. As wonderful as it was in its day, I'm not sure what appeal it will have once you strip away that layer of nostalgia (unless a remaster were to make some gameplay and animation improvements here and there). With that said, if they also include the option to play the game as it was then that will certainly make it worthwhile for the sake of preservation. Totally, I remember at the time people going nuts for Goldeneye four-play split screen at what, 320x240@20fps? And I was like, dude, see this over here. It is called Half-Life. I’m playing with 8 people at 800x600@30. The environments, weapons, gameplay, everything is better. I cant’t even look at your game without getting a headache. It is like watching from my penthouse apartment at neanderthals excited they discovered fire. Angry the Clown and Magness 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 52 minutes ago, foogledricks said: 320x240@20fps? Did your friends have some sort of suped up enhanced version of the N64 that could run the game at double the frame rate or something? foogledricks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, foogledricks said: Totally, I remember at the time people going nuts for Goldeneye four-play split screen at what, 320x240@20fps? And I was like, dude, see this over here. It is called Half-Life. I’m playing with 8 people at 800x600@30. The environments, weapons, gameplay, everything is better. I cant’t even look at your game without getting a headache. It is like watching from my penthouse apartment at neanderthals excited they discovered fire. I think what made Goldeneye stand out at the time was it showed you could design a great fps for a console, and then several years later Halo took that a step further (even though one could argue Halo was conceived for the Mac). Resurrecting Goldeneye, I fear, faces the same problem as Shenmue III really, in that it has long since been improved upon by other games to the point where it's unlikely that anything other than a full on remake would impress anyone today (even those who loved Goldeneye when it came out). Again though, if a remaster were to include the original code of the game, albeit ideally with a resolution and fps bump, then that's worth preserving nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 4 hours ago, JFo said: Did your friends have some sort of suped up enhanced version of the N64 that could run the game at double the frame rate or something? I guessed 20fps. Some googling revealed it to be 15fps. Sometimes 10fps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 10 fps is not that uncommon, based on Digital Foundry’s findings. Multiplayer is where performance really takes a hit though, running below 10 fps much of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foogledricks Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 How I felt about Goldeneye versus Half-Life back in the day is how I feel about Roblox versus all ‘real’ games today. So frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 Finally revealed at the Xbox conference, maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 Fall 2022’s big release 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 52 minutes ago, Romier S said: ‘Finally revealed at the Xbox conference, maybe? Keighley's thing on the 9th I think might have a broader audience of people old enough to care about Goldeneye compared to Microsoft's own show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, Angry the Clown said: Keighley's thing on the 9th I think might have a broader audience of people old enough to care about Goldeneye compared to Microsoft's own show. Maybe. Either way, I see it as a “It’s available now!” type of announcement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 25 minutes ago, Romier S said: Maybe. Either way, I see it as a “It’s available now!” type of announcement. Yes definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 Put this on Game Pass on day one and it will be the greatest day in the History of Video Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted June 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, JFo said: Put this on Game Pass on day one and it will be the greatest day in the History of Video Games. …and then you play it and realize the game has aged like Mickey Rourke and the greatest day slaps you back into reality. Angry the Clown, AlbertA and JoeyN 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Romier S Posted September 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 No more guess work. It’s coming to Xbox Gamepass and Nintendo Switch…. Switch is apparently getting the N64 version on its NSO service with online play. The remaster is on Xbox. Dan B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I think I’ll play it on Xbox, thank you. 🤔 JoeyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I desperately hope this is enjoyable to revisit. I'll certainly favour playing the XBox release which will hopefully help smooth out its rough edges, but I am also glad the Switch will be getting the original (though I wonder if they will at least even out the frame rate there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Interesting to note that “Rare Replay” banner in the corner of the cover art. I suppose this will be added as a free update for those who already own the collection? Also, it would be hilarious if they just released it as an Xbox 360 game, which was finished a million years ago but never released. “[R]ecreated for Xbox consoles,” indeed. You can play it on everything but the O.G.! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan B. Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 54 minutes ago, JFo said: Interesting to note that “Rare Replay” banner in the corner of the cover art. I suppose this will be added as a free update for those who already own the collection? Also, it would be hilarious if they just released it as an Xbox 360 game, which was finished a million years ago but never released. “[R]ecreated for Xbox consoles,” indeed. You can play it on everything but the O.G.! 😁 https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/09/13/james-bond-returns-goldeneye-007-on-game-pass/“Additionally, players who own a digital copy of Rare Replay, the 30-game compilation of classics from the award-winning studio behind GoldenEye 007’s original release, will be able to download and enjoy the game free of charge.” Angry the Clown and Romier S 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Wow… Starhawk and Dan B. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I guess that explains the last sentence of this tweet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted September 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Oh man. What might have been! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted December 21, 2022 Report Share Posted December 21, 2022 I'd rather hoped we'd see this released for Christmas. I blame Sony somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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