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Did it get any better if you played further?
It gets mentioned alongside the likes of Goldeneye and Perfect Dark but apart from the way it's presented I found it to be a terrible, dull FPS over the 20 odd hour I spent playing through the various versions (Blue Shift etc).
Do did it get better? If not I don't see why it's such a 'classic'.
I then bought the Generations pack in 2001.
> Goldneye on an emulator will never be as brilliant as it was on the
> N64. For a start there's no multiplayer.
Of course it wont, but it gave me a chance to see what all the fuss was about. Singleplyer, anyway.
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> To be honest, I don't see what the point of these topics are apart
> from posting your opinion, and leaving it at that. I personally
> found
> HL to be great, as I hadn't played any console FPS.
>
> Broaden your horizons next time.
It's got nothing to do with not wanting to broaden my horizons.
I can't afford to support a pc and a console plus games. I have to buy my own food and provide a roof over my own head you know. Still, emulators sometimes are the way.... :)
> To be honest, I don't see what the point of these topics are apart
> from posting your opinion, and leaving it at that. I personally found
> HL to be great, as I hadn't played any console FPS.
Broaden your horizons next time.
I think when I get HL2 on xbox and Far cry I'll most likely prefer Far Cry.
I hate it when 'classics' turn out to be to$$. I hope the Final Fantasy games I'm going to get don't end up being as poor.
> I found it to be a terrible,
> dull FPS over the 20 odd hour I spent playing through the various
> versions (Blue Shift etc).
Missed this first time. If you don't like something after the 20 hours you spent playing the various versions, I doubt it'll improve any after the point you decided to stop playing.... :D
> Just to play goldeneye it's worth browsing the second hand console
> section of Game and picking up an N64 for about £15, Goldeneye
> should set you back about £5. It's a gem of a game, it fully
> deserves the classic status that it commands.
I'd agree with that. IU played Goldeneye on a pc emulating the N64 a few years back. Very good game.
> I never played Goldeneye, and I don't recall any FPS on the PS1 at
> the time either (though I do remember the first Medal of Honor game,
> which was brilliant at the time, but ruined with by-the-numbers
> sequels).
>
> Whether I'd I've found Goldeneye to be better than HL is something
> I'll never know, so HL will remain a superb FPS in my eye's, well
> deserved of it's classic status.
Just to play goldeneye it's worth browsing the second hand console section of Game and picking up an N64 for about £15, Goldeneye should set you back about £5. It's a gem of a game, it fully deserves the classic status that it commands.