Crying tears of gold
Once upon a time, Rare was working on an updated port ofGoldenEye 007for Xbox 360. This remaster, in addition to having updated textures and models, would have included online play and a special split-screen online option.
Whomever is to blame for the cancellation (cough Nintendo cough), we’ve only ever seen small snippets of the project fromUnseen64. Today, website Rare Thief has unveiled half-an-hour of footage for us.
Quite honestly, I stillGoldenEyeis a stone-cold classic. The biggest problem with the game is its lackluster performance, which rarely maintains 30 frames per second. The control scheme is also strange, though no more so than other shooters from the same era.
Rare showed with thePerfect DarkXBLA port that a simple update can shed beautiful light on a misunderstood classic. I have no doubt in my mind thatGoldenEyewould have lit the world on fire if Rare were able to release it on Xbox 360.
Whether or not this project will ever surface on modern consoles is a mystery. Having this bit of footage, though, we can all dream of what life would be with a silky smooth port ofGoldenEye.
