Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Must-have Wii game: ´Golden Eye´


Activision has set a new benchmark for Wii shooters with the release of ´Golden Eye´, the remake of the classic N64 game. Every Wii owners even vaguely interested in action should purchase this game.

The graphics are astounding, the levels beautifully crafted, character animations are extremely fluid and lifelike, the AI is among the best I have experienced in any game, the actors' performance ranges from good to excellent, the music score is a perfect fit and the frame rate almost never slips below a comfortable measure guaranteeing fluid camera movements. And that is not to mention the online multiplayer, which will keep you occupied for many months after you finish the engaging single-player campaign.

Joystiq has a full review here, if you want to find out more details. But believe me: this is as close to a 360 or PS3 game as you are going to get on Wii. And even across all platforms, ´Golden Eye´ is just a great shooter that can be compared with any other title in the genre.

Just how did they get those graphics out of the machine? Me and another expert believe that there are horizontal lines missing in order to maintain the overall graphic quality at a stable framerate. I have contacted the studio Eurocom for confirmation and will update soon. ´Call of Duty: Black Ops´ is pretty good on the Wii, too, but you will experience framerate difficulties here and there. If you want the best action game on the platform, ´GoldenEye´ is it.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

As brilliant as 2D Donkey Kong (which according to Eurogamer is a strong contender for the best looking title on the Wii platform)might look, after playing Vanquish for a couple of hours I cant help but realize what a hopelessly ancient piece of tech the Wii truely is in terms of performance. I mean that game alone Vanquish is so far beyond anything you could ever dream of in 100 years on wii its not funny anymore the difference. It got perfectly rounded and painstakingly detailed architecture and texturework that stretches to the horizon enemy and charact er models constructed of thousands of polygons and a fright ingly realistic blur effect for movement. Incidentally, Goldeneye looks ok imo but its most definitly not impressive not even for a wii game at least from what I ve seen so far.

Anonymous said...

I think that DKCRs 2D style pretty much nailed it in terms of looks making the best of what the Wii is capable of within its boundaries with its rich colors, clean sharp textures and detailed round models. In my opinion it truely is the best looking title on Wii until the next Zelda comes out.

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electronic cigarettes said...

t got perfectly rounded and painstakingly detailed architecture and texturework that stretches to the horizon enemy and charact er models constructed of thousands of polygons and a fright ingly realistic blur effect for movement.

Some German Guy said...

What I've noticed just recently is that too much detail and millions of polygons bla bla... all this stuff on the screen is just very distracting. Check out this free classic sonic game in HD: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/21/give-sonic-fan-remix-a-spin/

This is a very pretty game to look at but playing it just feels terrible. There is just too much happening on the screen and details always get in the way.
All I'm trying to say is that less detail isn't a bad thing.

And by the way. A Wii controller combined with Kinect makes a perfect pair. ;-)
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Anonymous said...

HAHAHAHAHAHA MAKING EXCUSES FOR REAL WII GRAPHICS A HARDCORE PASS TIME IF EVER THERE WAS ONE

FACT STOP MAKING THINGS UP THERE WII GRAPHICS THERSS NO EXCUSE HERE WII = 2.5 X ANYTHING A MAXED OUT GAMECUBE CAN DO THAT IS OVER 5X PS2 AND 10X PSP

YOU AND ANOTHER EXPERT CAN TALK ANTI WII BULLSHIT ALL YOU LIKE NATIVE RESOLUTION IS 480P @ 30FPS @ 16/9 RATIO THERE IS NO SCALING AT ALL AND WII CAN ACTUALLY BUFFER OUT IMAGIES AS HIGH AS 800X600 SO DROP THE BULL SHIT YOU FREAKS
REAL WII GRAPHICS BEING CALLED EXCUSE GRAPHICS BY ANTI NINTENDO MORONS AND PSP CHEAP SHOVELWARE GRAPHICS BEING CALLED REAL WII GRAPHICS BY THE SAME PEOPLE YOU ARE PATHETIC

wii's fillrate and bandwidth are at least 2.5x xbox 1 at the same resolution wii supports HDR and shaders blenders and high performance colour

COD black ops online maps are far more better looking than goldeneyes

goldeneye has better story graphics black ops mu]h better online graphics another big step over cod reflex

check out HQ videox on youtube black ops maps destroy goldeneyes and reflex and look very close to x360 and run smoother than ps3 CONTROLS destroy x360/ps3 and again no excuses 480p 16/9 eidescreen NO TRICKERY NO SCALING

iv just debunked this blog yet again WIIBOY101

xbox 1 fsb =1GB bandwidth peak and slow ram

wii fsb= 7.8GB bandwidth peak and blindingly fast ram

your a liar

Anonymous said...

so the wii is desplaying graphics it cannot

ARE U I INSANE THATS IMPOSABLE ITS NOT POSSIBLE IN REALITY

MY TINY LITTLE JAPANESE HATCHBACK CAR WITH A PEAK SPEED OF 90MPH IS DOING 170MPH THATS WHAT UR SAYING ANTI NINTENDO HARDLY CORE BUST GAMES INDUSTRY NONSENSE

Anonymous said...

if you break down wii numbers at 480p they match x360 at 720p and run more efficently so= near x360 visuals @ 480p OH LOOK GOLDENEYE/BLACK OPS

OH LOOK EMULATED WII GAMES RUNNING 1080P ON DOLPHIN PC'S LOOK BETTER THSN X360 GAMES

EXAMPLES OTHER M/GOLDENEYE ETC try making sence

ill explain whats going on its phycolagie hardly core anti nintendo morons like the german running this blog are seeing great looking wii games so instead of like a sane person would say oh look at ladt 3rd partys are pulling there finger out about time too THERE SAYING oh look mythical trickery is going on and ultra low resolution then scaled up to 480p everything about wii graphics is a lie TRY HARDER YOU ANTI NINTRNDO VIRAL MARKETEERS ITS PATHETIC

PLEASE INFORM THIS EXPERT FRRIND OF YOURS WIIBOY101 WANTS A WII SPECS BATTLE OF WITS ON THIS THREAD LETS SEE HOW MUCH THIS SO-CALLED EXPERT KNOWS I KNOW WHAT WII CAN DO AND ITS ACTUAL SPECS AND THRU-PUTS DOES HE

BRING IT ON THIS SO CALLED EXPERT ANALIST OF WII

Anonymous said...

EUROGAMER anyone taking wii info from there NEEDS A HEAD TEST THERE ANTI NINTENDO MORONS

THEY EVER SAID THE FOLLOWING NO SHIT A DUAL ANALOG WAS A BETTER FPS CONTROL THAN A WII RRMOTE AND CALLED DUAL ANALOG A COUGH CORE FPS CONTROL

SORRY WAKE UP FROM UR SONY FANBOY DREAMS A MOUSE IS Z CORE FPS CONTROL WHAT IS WII REMOTE A 3D POINTER MOUSE
THE INSANITY OF THE HARDLYCORE CONTINUES

Anonymous said...

kinect biggest if succesful sales by 2014 (ofcouse it will never happen but its a peak expected number if in dream world it succseeded) 24 million users by end 2014

lets compare that to real motion controls wii remote/nunchuck

wm+ user base already at plus 30 million globally now not 2014 wii remotes 65 million usa alone over 100 million globally near same nunchuck wii balance board 40 million now not 2014

as you can see even if kinect did hit 24 million by 2014 WHITCH IT WILL NOT every single wii control type HAS ALREADY KICKED ITS ASS,,,as for sony move it has flopped in canada/usa/mexico/south america way less than a million sold it has flopprd massivly
THIS BLOGS MANAGER NEEDS A REALITY CHECK

Anonymous said...

so nothing has changed HARDLYCORES using on rails auto-aim/aim assist and software supported analog aim on ps3 and x360 are still CORE GAMERS and real gamers fps-ing with a gamers mouse on wii R DA CASUALS

does that really comput inside a not insane fanboys head analog stick vs 3d pointer mouse

ERM W-T-F-E ,,,,,,3DS the next wave of disruption in 2011 is it ps3,x360,kinect,move that will sell well or 3DS so wii and ds and dsi continue to sell 3DS sells massivly were does this leave kinect/move and ps3 and x360

if you cannot see the bigger picture SHUT THE FUCK UP

Anonymous said...

Wiiboy u re a hopeless caze Wii is ancient Low Res trchnology Vanquishs graphics shit on all
Wii games combined ..... u Need a reality check.....Wii is tw
o gamecubes ductaped together....that's why the games look horrible!! It's not marketing or devs fault it's simply a low spec system period ....it's not worth the pain to get good graphics out of such an underpowered console!! Face the truth once and for all

RGB said...

Can you please hire someone to check your grammar? It is shocking and I dont even bother to ready your posts due to it.

Ive lost interest in Wii bar a few games...looking forward to a HD upgrade to Wii II.

RGB said...

BTW I meant that anonymous, not Fal

Anonymous said...

which anonymous? there are quite a few lol

Anonymous said...

crazy im not the one running this blog HIS CRAZY thats the point im clearly making HIS TALKING CRAZY ANTI NINTENDO CRAP MISSING RESOLUTION IN GOLDENEYE/MOVE CONTROLS TO END WII/3DS TOO LATE/IPADS A GAMING DEVICE

HOW THE FUCK IS STATING FACT CRAZY YOU ARE AS INEPT AS THE GERMAN RUNNING THIS BLOG HIS LIKE HITLER IN THE BUNKER AS THE RUSSIANS CLOSE IN HIS ANTI NINTENDOISM EXPLODES INTO UTTER MADNESS

65 MILLION WII REMOTES IN USA ALONE STILL GROWING

KINECT/MOVE ARE A LIE AND WII CONTINUES TO BREAK ALL PS2 SALES RECORDS AND DOESNT HAVE A HIGH FAIL RATE ITS BY FAR THE FASTEST SELLING CONSOLE IN HISTORY BUT THESE MORONS STILL TELL US ITS DOOMED

ONE DAY WII HAS PSP GRAPHICS THEN THEY SEE A GSME THATS GOOD LOOKING TO THEM RUNHING ON WII SO INSANE EXCUSES ARE MADE TO BIG UP THE 3RD PARTY INVOLVED AND SOME HOW MAKE OUT WII CANNOT DO THAT WEN IN FACT It IS THATS FANBOY INSANITY

there like scizo's running down the street naked not knowing witch direction to go whilst jo public watch and point ssying look at the nutter
funhy thing is the industry is doing the same darn thing

Anonymous said...

just because its selling doesnt mean the graphics are good. The graphics are horrible.

METROID OTHER M COULD HAVE LOOKED SO MUCH BETTER ON BETTER HARDWARE!!!!!

WHAT A SHAME!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

black friday week wii sales up on last year 1.5 million total nintendo hardware sales for 1 week ds sales slightly down BUT NINTENDO IS DOOMED....i think a high sales rate a good strong christmas sales and red wii sellouts prove otherwise only 2011 is needed now to wipe away competition 3DS wii dsi ds all dping well in 2011 3DS seriously well and slow up take on kinect and move= well work it out for yourself

Anonymous said...

can you explain how tearing/popup/bugs/log loadtimes/20frames a second/poor controls/and tearing choppy 3D= good graphics

il await nintendo to go HD
fact 1 no fan noise,,,fact 2 fast loading fact 3 high quality,fact 4 great build quality,fact 5 60 frames per second 1080p 3D no tearing x360/ps3 are a joke lets not forget fry a egg heat and desktop pc power drain

wii successor will wipe the floor with ps3 and do it in a tiny box with no fan noise etc HOW ITS SUPPOSED TO BE

Anonymous said...

G4TV wii is crap epic mickey is great (nonsensical crap) and wiimote and nunchuck are childs controllers and ps3 dualshock is cough ADULT the insanity continues with these FAILED tv presenters

Anonymous said...

KINECT HAS FAILED MOVE HAS SUPER FAILED

NOVEMBER NDP NINTENDO TOTAL HARDWARE UNITS 2.7 MILLION

MICROSOFT 1.4 MILLION UNITS X360

PS3 LESS THAN 600K PS3 PSP NOT WORTH A MENTION....

X360 HAS FAILED TO STOP WII WITH BOTH SLIM AND KINECT PS3 SALES HAVE CRASHED DS CONTINUES TO OUT SELL EVERYTHING NO KINECT GAMES IN TOP 10 USA DONKY KONG WII 500K IN A WEEK

3DS COMING SOON THE END-GAME IS SOON

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I think Golden Eye is great. It was one of my favorites on N64, and it's a close match. It's really hard for me to move around and shoot, but I think I am getting used to it.
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