GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004) (VG)

Director:

Ken Harsha

Writers:

Danny Bilson (writer)
Paul De Meo (writer)

Release Date:

15 November 2004 (Canada)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Thriller

Tagline:

Why save the world...When you can rule it?

Plot:

Join the other side of the law, as you play a rogue MI6 agent, who becomes involved in a bitter gang war between Dr. No and Auric Goldfinger.

Plot Keywords:

Agent | Dam | Spy Mission | Top Secret | Scene Before Opening Credits

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Enn Reitel	...	Auric Goldfinger
Jeannie Elias	...	Pussy Galore (voice)
Christopher Lee	...	Francisco Scaramanga (voice)
Jenya Lano	...	Xenia Onatopp (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Dr. Julius No
Jason Carter	...	James Bond / 007 (voice)
Gideon Emery	...	Number One (Ernst Stavro Blofeld) (voice)
André Sogliuzzo	...	Voice
Robert Wu	...	HK Triad
Ron Yuan	...	HK Triad Boss / Multiple Voices (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Voice (voice)
Brian George	...	Voice
Linda Wang	...	Hong Kong 1 "Sexy Bath House Girl"
Peter Kwong	...	Hong Kong 1
Timothy Dang	...	Triad Informant (voice)

Also Known As:

GoldenEye: Dr. No vs. Goldfinger (USA) (working title)
Goldeneye 2 (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 | Japan:15 | France:-16 | South Korea:15 | USA:T

Company:

Electronic Arts (EA)

Trivia:

"Goldeneye" is the nickname of James Bond creator Ian Fleming's beach-front house in Jamaica where (between 1952 and 1964) he wrote the James Bond novels and short stories. "Goldeneye" was also the code name of a contingency plan that the Allies devised in the event of a Nazi invasion of Spain. This plan was concocted in part by Ian Fleming himself, as an SIS agent.

Quotes:

Dr. Julius No: [to troops] Bring me the *omen*!

Movie Connections:

Spin off from GoldenEye (1995)

Generic first person shooter

I'm really rather sick of first person shooter games. They are a dime a dozen and with all the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty games out there do we really need another? The previous game in the Bond universe was Everything or Nothing, which wasn't a first person shooter, something new. But this one goes back to something old.

There is a bit of a twist though. It's fun to play a villain, there's a little bit of RPG (only a touch) and the villains from the older movies (such as Dr No, Blofeld, Oddjob, Goldfinger and Francisco Scaramanga) come back, even though they are supposed to be very, very, long, long dead. But this novelty didn't last long and I quickly became bored of the game.

Plus there is too much going on. Hooked up to a home theatre this game is loud and thrilling but it will easily induce epileptic seizures so beware. Plus the targeting is terrible. If you have a gun that sprays bullets everywhere you will still have trouble killing a lone enemy in the distance. This got highly irritating.

As these type of games go even Die Hard: Vendetta was better. Nice music though. Rent it to try it out first as buying blind would be a serious error in judgment.