Topic: GoldenEye Discussion Thread (OMG OMG OMG)

wonder no more:

Hellooooooooooooo, new screenshots! This game looks gorgeous (for Wii, that is)!

i don't know which game is going to suck it yet, but there can be only one. if they're both well reviewed i'll have to rent them to figure it out, but as soon as i've found the answer i'll let you guys know which game can, in fact, suck it.

that last bit isn't necessary; the character models are a little more polygonal, but otherwise this looks more appealing to me than what i've seen from activision's HD shooters. i'm pretty sure you can thank the wii's lack of horsepower for it, since it forces them to work on compelling art more than compelling graphics.

this game seems to have them both, though; look at that last photo with the well detailed trees stretching into the valley with all the light and fog effects on top of them... looks good to me regardless of what system it's on.

It'll take a while to get used to some characters in the roster, haha.

Seems that the last character is Donald Grant...

Oh man, I'm so confused on which of the 3 shooters to get. Aren't they all coming out at like the same time?

Is it just me, or does it look like Xenia and Natalya should switch names?

It does. I hope those arent the actually portraits they used for it. They look nothing like their characters. If those are the pics their using I am kinda disappointed I thought they were just changing Bond not the whole cast.

If by "3 shooters" you mean CoD Black Ops, Conduit 2, and Goldeneye, then yes. They are all supposed to be released in November.

@irken004
Yep, those are the ones.They all seem to have a good reason to get them.

Conduit 2 will probably release later. HVS have said winter but then joked that winter's long in Illinois. I think it would be foolish for them to go up against both Black Ops and Goldeneye.

I'll be getting all three anyway... but Black Ops on my 360.

Agreed. They may (or not) delay Conduit 2 eventually but I'm getting that and Goldeneye before I get Black Ops on Wii.

Wait a minute!! HVS is here in Illinois????? That means I can go heckle them if Conduit 2 sucks!

Wow, that looks much better than the E3 shots. But still need to work on the character models a little bit.

Sweet screens. Definately a day one buy for me. Anyways, here's a gameplay video showing off the first part of the single player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yhlHOzp78
The cinematics look pretty sweet, but it's the stealth gameplay that has me excited. Most shooters tend to be just mindless bullet flinging, but adding stealth makes it a lot more strategic. Some other highlights: looks like there's destructable cover, so that's cool. I also liked how the scope on the sniper rifle is in night vision to make it easier to pick off enemies. The atmospheric rain and fog is also sweet.

EDIT: Just realized that somebody else already posted this, so, sorry.

Wow I'm having a really hard time deciding which one to get first. My money was on Conduit 2, but man, those screen shots have me thinking, wow. I'd hate to shell out $100 in one day for two games, but man oh man.

activision know their FPS by now and the worst possible outcome is that it'll be another generic but competent shooter. considering that the first conduit couldn't even live up to that standard, just fixing the worst of what went wrong is only enough to make an 'average' quality sequel; so technically, conduit 2 has it's work cut out for it just to match the lowest expectations of goldeneye.

@romulux f*ck that both desirve a chance goldeneye can also stil screw it up!
i haven't seen both in real action so everything could happen

and after 5 years i now see what actievision is just a lazy copie of EA where big systems like ps3, xbox360 and pc are easy to programme at a very low price.
for them its just money they don't put theire soul in it...
i gave up on call of duty since cod 3 for not being new... they just add little stuf what could have been patched!
and don't start with "beter grafiqs" cod mw, waw and mw 2 use olmost the same engin only slithly different art work

although it's similar to the call of duty ports, the developers confirmed at comic-con that it has it's own unique engine, so it's not cheaply using the reflex tech as some people are claiming. also, if this were a cheap cash in i don't think they would have the bond actors, original script writer, and composer on board. those high production values make it hard for me to believe that they aren't taking the gameplay seriously.

i don't disagree about the call of duty games being uninspired though; how many have they released in the last year or two? those things are a dime a dozen, but this one looks like it could turn out to be special. it's not being made by infinity ward or treyarch, it's eurocom, who blew everyone away with dead space extraction. all together there are a lot of reasons to expect this to be more than a call of duty clone.

conduit 2 could turn out to be a great game as well, but from what i've seen, i don't think their claims about fixing the art direction and level design are really resonating. it still looks pretty bland, that sea serpent boss just looks kind of stupid, and ironically enough it's in danger of being more of a call of duty clone than goldeneye. i can see that they're trying, i just think given their abilities it's going to take a lot of luck for it to turn out great.

Well, Treyarch did only have like 8 months from start to finish on that one. I think they did a pretty good job with it considering these games typically get 2 years in the oven.

so there you prove my point that theire after money
i didn't make my final point yet but the past 4 years its bein like this so my hope is low
i don't give conduit 2 thumps up yet...
the first one i had a blast even with the online bug
but when you played that one you didn't have the guns shooting every way like cod
it was more old school schooter iff you can aim then your good, on cod you also need to learn aiming but you also need lots of luck that the bullets don't shoot away