Agent 64: Spies Never Die

Eh, I don't know how anyone feels a deep connection between this game and the N64 Rare titles that inspired it. The game looks similar. And it is an FPS. But that's where the similarities end. There is no flavor. No iconic characters, no engaging story. If you just want to pew-pew guys while playing something that looks like an N64 game in your memory, this is a great way to waste your money.

I really wish I could give this a positive review as I'd been looking forward to it for years but I really can't recommend the game in its present state. The presentation is really nice and its evident that theres a lot of love put into the GE64/PD vibes but unfortunately it really misses the mark apart from these. I've read a lot of complaints about the cypher system but personally never had much issue progressing through the acts (played on 00 Agent). However, the bigger problem with this is that the game makes itself about beaating the (incredibly tight) par time on every challenge and mission more than creating a solid campaign experience. Because of this the enemy variety really suffers and you fight essentially the same tuxedo grunts over and over for every level and when combined with an extremely lacklustre weapon pool where you see the same 3 guns every level. The AI is incredibly basic with either two modes of "clueless" or as soon as they detect you will run directly at you and fire across the level. They have essentially no reaction to anything soundwise and will ignore other enemies dying in front of them and react only when they see you which is a huge downgrade from GE/PD. These factors make the very few levels in the game feel incredibly barebones, linear, basic and offer little to do unless you're chasing those par times. Even something as basic as mission breifings would go a long way but it feels hard to be invested in the campaign/story when there is just no hook or anything tying the missions together. tl;dr: the game in its current state feels like a very early early access tech demo that feels like it could be built into something a lot bigger but at this point is a very, very expensive and short barebones experience that can't justify multiple replays unless you're chasing collectables.

Este juego es simplemente espectacular. Es cortito, pero el gameplay es fenomenal si te gustan los FPS tipo Goldeneye, Perfect Dark y Timesplitters. Eso si, es algo sencillo. Juegos como Perfect Dark tenian más cosas, como rifles torreta y armas que te dejaban mirar a traves de las paredes. Pero, esta hecho por una sola persona, así que esta más que bien.

It's okay, wasn't really worth the 7 year wait, and $19.99 for a game like this, but I guess most have forgotten that this exists now.

SENSACIONAL! AGENT 64: SPIES NEVER DIE é um jogo de tiro em 1ª pessoa inspirado/chupado/copiado nas lendas Goldeneye 007 e Perfect Dark, do Nintendo 64 (chamarei de Goldenark)! HISTÓRIA: simplíssima (mal precisa, convenhamos)! GRÁFICOS: estilo Goldenark total, com fases bonitas e bem arquitetadas! MÚSICAS: estilo Goldenark, e muito bem feitas, total no clima do jogo, melhor que o esperado! EFEITOS SONOROS: estilo Goldenark e muitas vezes iguais à inspiração, como gritos de inimigos e vidraças quebrando (eba)! JOGATINA: é você jogando Goldenark 3.0 sem tirar nem por, uma delícia! CONTEÚDO: Campanha single-player com 3 dificuldades, Campanha coop online, Desafios single-player, Multiplayer single-player com bots, Multiplayer online! Os Multiplayer com bots e os online têm diversos modos de jogo (Se Matem, Rei da Zona, Dono da Maleta, etc)! Recheado de coisas a fazer e dificuldades! E dá pra chamar amigo que não tem o jogo pra jogar via Remote Play! AGENT 64: SPIES NEVER DIE é um belo jogo que mantém a essência dos 2 clássicos nos quais se inspirou e consegue ter uma personalidade própria. Não chega aos pés dos originais, mas não passa vergonha! É daora demais jogar a Campanha em todas as suas dificuldades, e jogar todos os outros modos, é desafiador e instigante! Uma pena o Multiplayer online ter poucas pessoas mesmo no lançamento, porque a sensação é de jogar Goldenark online pela primeira vez, ou seja, épico! COMPREM E DIVULGUEM ESSE JOGO! E me encontre no banheiro cheio de vidros! SENSACIONAL!

This game is so so close to being perfect. Unfortunately I've got one issue that really hampers my enjoyment with the game. Atmosphere is great, Vibe is great, character design, weapon design, music, all of it is great. Level design from what I saw was good, But the combination of the very fast death animations and the black smoke effect that appears when enemies are shot just doesn’t feel particularly satisfying to me, an enemy can go from standing normally to dropping to his knees and being dead in less than half a second and the shooting effects themselves don't really give the impact of the hit much weight. The whole thing can feel like the game is saying, “Okay, that's done, keep moving,” rather than giving even a tiny moment of feedback for successfully taking an enemy down. This might sound like an incredibly small criticism, and I suspect plenty of players won't even notice it consciously. But killing enemies is such a fundamental part of the gameplay that I think these little details have a disproportionate effect on how satisfying the game feels. As it stands I'd wait for a sale. The foundation of a great game is in here, it just needs a bit of polish.

Its OK. Like, gameplay wise they absolutely NAILED that GE/PD feel and the artstyle is faithful... but I feel like they really missed the trick in atleast pushing the level design and gadget mechanics. Its a deliberate choice to handicap it as if it was made in the late 90s, but its done so at the cost of potentially being really interesting and evolving the formula a little. Its not PD/GE 2.0, its like the same game made with a different theme. And many people will love that. For me though, I'd have liked to have seen them do more to push it forward with level design and really interesting cool things on the maps. Think of the step forward in maps from GE to PD. This should have been that from PD to this. But instead, it feels almost like it sits pre-GE in some ways. the maps are very static and lack any real visual variety. This was a limitation in the day because of the technology and memory space for storing geometry and textures and they've kind of done the same here. You especially feel this in the cinematics. the game throws you in with little context. The story is light. The menus feel like Unity tutorial samples with a complete lack of theming.