GoldenEye 007

GoldenEye 007

Ben Hiller

Twitter: @hillerburton

Because when it came to Bond, things weren’t already black-and-white enough.

Context

•“Licensed game”•FPS•Freshman developers•Technology

Development Constraints

•Hardware•Graphics, sound•N64 controller

Gameplay

•3D•Bottomless inventory•Weapon variety•Stealth

Single Player

•Plot•Objective-based (NEW)•Level design

Multiplayer (Mechanics)

•Split screen•Variety•Spawning•Movement freedom

Multiplayer (Dynamics)

•“Screen watching”•Controller > movement mechanics > dynamics

Legacy

•FPS explosion•Competitive multiplayer•“Smarter” gameplay Clockwise from above:

Doom (1993), GoldenEye 007 (1997), Halo: Combat Evolved (2001). After GoldenEye, the “angled” weapon perspective became a staple of the FPS genre.

Legacy

•FPS explosion•Competitive multiplayer•“Smarter” gameplay Clockwise from above:

Doom (1993), GoldenEye 007 (1997), Halo: Combat Evolved (2001). After GoldenEye, the “angled” weapon perspective became a staple of the FPS genre.