Toby Moses 

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded – review

This HD version of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded only comes alive in its multiplayer format, writes Toby Moses
  
  

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded: 'up to 16 players can scrabble to be Oddjob'. Photograph: PR

With more than a century worth of history, it's little wonder cinema finds itself endlessly rehashing its greatest moments for a quick buck. Video games, however, have no such excuse. As they're still in their relative infancy, it's simply depressing to see a 14-year-old classic already being remade. Which makes a further twist of the knife, in this case the remake being rebooted just a year later, inexplicable.

GoldenEye: Reloaded is an HD twist on last year's Wii game, itself a retelling of the Bond film – with Daniel Craig replacing Pierce Brosnan and the story neatly updated; fewer gadgets, more brutality.

Single player is entertaining, if short, with neat nods to the original, but it feels dated with linear levels and poor AI. The enhanced multiplayer, however, is where Reloaded shines. There's four-player split screen for retro fun, with up to 16 players scrabbling to be Oddjob online. It's just a shame no one is refreshing the FPS genre in the same way the original did back in the 90s.

 

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