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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Could not disagree more, I don't have to words to describe how much I disagree.
Last winter a group of us got together with a buddy who still had his old n64, we hooked it uo to a 42 in plasma and boy... what a riot it still was. It was amazing how much fun it still was, still easily one of the best FPS (atlaest for multiplayer) I have ever played.
Nothing beats proxy mines, in the facility, you only live once rules. And NO ODD JOB!
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Nostalgia aside, I feel you would have had more fun playing a newer game. Of course, the majority of us have tons of memories playing goldeneye, and will always think it's the best. It's similar to how a lot of UO players think that's the best thing ever, then the people that played EQ first think it's the best MMO ever, and finally, the masses of people that started in WoW think it's the greatest thing ever.
Objectively though, Goldeneye is just an aged game. Poor FPS and controls. Gameplay is still there, but the exact same type of gameplay is mirrored in many of the newer FPS'es out there, but done much better.
I feel for a game to "age well", it must be the best of its time, and not have anything later on that competes with it. For example, NHL 94 was really the last game where they stuck with the 2D formula, but the 2D was so perfect for that game, that it really doesn't ever age. Thus, it is impossible to compare NHL94 to NHL11. You can appreciate the 2D for what it is, and the gameplay is so extremely smooth that it is still amazing. Goldeneye, the second you load it up, you see the flaws, and know that many games have done it better since GE revolutionized the genre. Classic? Yes. But it has not aged well at all.
Other games that I feel aged well is Super Mario Bros 3 (which New Super Mario kind of makes obselete...but they made the gameplay easier and a lot different than the old versions), N64 Smash Bros (which plays just as well as the GC and Wii versions), Street Fighter, and other things similar. RPG's also have a pretty easy time of aging well because a lot of their merit was in their story and execution of said plot, which doesn't change over time.