Agent 64: Spies Never Die

It's good so far but I really want to kick it old school and use my usb N64 controller. I managed to program buttons through steam but can't do button combos (trying to replicate goldeneye controls). It would be nice to see official gamepad mapping in settings.. I can't program combos (Z+A to weapon cycle for example). I haven't played through it all yet but I think that's holding it back a little. Kind of a bummer in a throwback game like this. I'll change my review if this happens.

Finishing the campaign in co-op took 2.2h and is less than 10% of the "completion %" in the menu. Wouldn't have been over the refund window if not for the boring, bloated and badly written cutscenes. Most of the "content" in this game is challenges etc on the same maps or just MP stuff. I was expecting way more content to the campaign mode, which was really all I wanted from a game like this. The challenges in games like timesplitters that followed up Goldeneye/PD were never what I was interested in, it was the fun campaign. If you want to do a LOT of challenges on the same map, this game is worth it.. if you want the campaign it's not worth the 20+USD I'm sorry to be harsh but this game just wasn't fun enough of a 2h co-op campaign to warrant feeling that it was worth the money.

GoldenEye, this is not. Why is there no crouch function? Why is there no blood on character models when I shoot them like in GE? Why is there no voice acting when even Perfect Dark, an N64 game that came out 25 years ago, had it? The UI has that Unity-coded generic look to it that just doesn't appeal to me. I hate to sound negative but I hope the devs see these complaints as opportunities to improve the game and not just me dogpiling on it, because there is some potential with Agent 64. Steam Workshop implementation for levels, guns, campaigns and character models would probably have me singing a different tune. The gameplay itself does a good enough job to capture the vibe of GE/PD and I'm sure multiplayer is a great bit of fun with some friends. I can't recommend this one at its current full price but I believe the base is here to turn this game into a much better one.

«Agent 64: Spies Never Die» trifft den Reiz klassischer N64-Shooter erstaunlich gut. Die kompakten Missionen, die zusätzlichen Ziele auf höheren Schwierigkeitsgraden und der großartige Spionage-Soundtrack machen die Reise ins Jahr 1997 für mich besonders gelungen. Der konsequente Retro-Look greift die Ära glaubwürdig auf, ohne technisch darin stecken zu bleiben. Ganz reibungslos gelingt die Reise in die 90er Jahre allerdings nicht. Die Gegner-KI wirkt stellenweise unbeholfen, die Animationen gelegentlich hölzern und manche Missionsziele geben mir zu wenig Orientierung. Diese Eigenheiten erinnern mich eher an die Schwächen als an den Charme der Vorbilder. Die Zeitreise funktioniert für mich auch abseits der offensichtlichen «GoldenEye»-Parallelen. «Agent 64» übernimmt alte Ideen, die ihren Reiz bis heute behalten haben, und macht daraus einen Shooter, den ich gerne empfehle. Meine ausführliche Spielkritik findest du hier: https://www.galaxus.de/de/page/agent-64-spies-never-die-ist-altmodisch-und-erstaunlich-frisch-43460

I think its fine at this time, but I'd like to see more Perfect Dark than Golden Eye, since it's definitely more inspired than the latter. Notably, it feels barebones compared to what its going for. For example, its missing: Voice acting Secondary gun functions Varied multiplayer game modes Dual-wielding Dynamic AI behavior, especially in the story mode. I guess this is all to say that I was expecting more, like how Stardew Valley built off of the framework of Harvest Moon. I don't see the game doing much more than what Golden Eye did, and really it should be ripping off of Perfect Dark instead.

This is a love letter to Golden Eye 64 and Perfect Dark, but fans of Timesplitters may find some common ground as well. Spies Never Die proves that old and seemingly obsolete formulas still have relevance and a place even in the modern day. The game feels very different from your typical FPS in that turning your character will also move your aim in that direction as well, so your crosshair won't always be centered on your screen. This will probably feel incredibly off for players who didn't grow up with this type of aiming system, but it's exactly how Rare handled aiming in their games back in the day, and if that's your kind of jam you'll find the shooting and player feedback immensely satisfying. There are no real movement shenanigans (not even duck or run), so cover is extremely important. When enemies initially open fire on you, their aim will be off and then gradually hone in on you. You can tell almost exactly how much time you have before you start taking damage thanks to the bullet tracers, and this works extremely well with the combat loop of jumping in-and-out of cover. The various difficulty levels you select in singleplayer actually affects just how quickly enemies react and correct their aim rather than health and damage numbers. There also seems to be a fair amount of content available. You can tackle the singleplayer campaign cooperatively, but beyond that there are also singleplayer challenges and multiplayer modes with stupid settings such as big head and the like of which you'd expect from a shooter on the N64. The singleplayer missions are also intended to be replayed in order of difficulty. Once you've beaten a mission on Easy, you should play it on Normal, and then Hard. Each difficulty level adds more objectives to the mission and opens up previously locked areas. It's a clever way of easing players into more difficult challenges, especailly since Hard is brutally punishing. I have three gripes with the game thus far, and thankfully they're not major ones, but I do wish they were addressed to some degree: 1: The enemy variety is sparse. So far I've only encountered a single type of enemy throughout the game, and the only difference is what type of gun they have. This is probably a concious choice by the devs and most of the variety comes from the missions and environments themselves (which are thankfully expertly crafted and the level design stands above and beyond the titles they draw their inspiration from). I still have quite a lot of the game to go through so this might still change, but from what I've seen so far I have no reason to believe so. 2: There are no footstep sounds in the game whatsoever. This might seem like an odd gripe, but on Hard mode this becomes a real problem. Your only advantage is the element of surprise and whatever cover is near you. I have failed missions multiple times from having an enemy silently spawn behind me and attacking me with melee in the back (which kills you instantly without armor) with zero warning, and this ends up feeling cheap and unfair. Audible footsteps were not a thing in Golden Eye, Perfect Dark or Timesplitters, but I really feel that it would help improve the experience in Spies Never Die a lot. 3: The narrative is miniscule at best. All missions start with a cutscene, but sometimes it's no more than a quick flyover of the environment, and you're left wondering where you are, who you are and what you're actually doing there. I don't mind a minimalistic take on the narrative at times, but Spies Never Die often fails to establish a solid relationship between the player and the game beyond "Go shoot bad guys". Beyond these gripes, I would still recommend the game to almost anyone. It's very clear what it's trying to do and be and it absolutely succeeds in this regard.

Escort mission? Protect stupid, stationary, NPC while enemies appear from various doors? F**k no! This was the worst sh*t in Goldeneye, and it's not acceptable here. REFUNDED.

Dans mon adolescence j'avais adoré perfect dark et golgeneye à en passer des nuits blanche. Dans celui-ci on retrouve bien le même atmosphère et surtout les mêmes missions avec un jouabilité amélioré, pour ca rien à redire, le souci est son prix. 19 euros c'est beaucoup trop chère.

Goes without saying, it scratches that Goldeneye / Perfect Dark itch, plays well on pretty much everything from steam deck to big rigs, Been looking forward to this once ever since the demo popped up a while back, Most recommended, It may however frustrate players who are used to more modern games with checkpoints and in mission saves, there's none of that here. Play through, familiarise yourself with the levels and git gud noobs!