GoldenEye 007 Designer Says Remake Motivated By Money
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That's not what he's saying. Valve are in it to make money, but they're also gamers and they actually give a crap. That's why they make a metric-fuck-tonne. Same goes for BioWare - although EA are wise enough to let them do what they want.dududf said:
As for the remake, they're putting it on the Wii which seems like a big mistake.
Indeed, he seems more to be using the "for the money" phrase more as a euphemism for "cash grab." The overall tone gives me the impression that decisions from the top dictated the game's direction not in favor of creativity and making a quality game. Activision is fully aware of how people have been clamoring for a Goldeneye revival and know people will buy it, so whether or not it is bland or amazing is of less concern.The Journey said:
Now that the remake's Bond is Daniel Craig, the whole thing just feels sort of 'tainted.'
Wasn't there a problem with Nintendo getting in the way when they were possibly going to make an Xbox Live version? I have no problem with the Wii getting a game, but they just came off as bloody killjoys if I remember correctly.Woodsey said:
With the exception of EA Sports, EA hasn't been EA since Activision started being EA more than EA could ever be EA about two years ago (where EA = money grubbing, pumping out uninspired games, etc.).
I don't know how accurate this whole fiasco is, but this is what I heard:Woodsey said:
http://www.1up.com/news/goldeneye-xbla-stall
They probably could have made more off of royalties for each XBLA game sold than the sales for the Wii version by itself.
Sour grapes, that's what this is. Rare could've been the ones to develop a Golden Eye remake for the Wii and make lots 'o money, but they didn't.
Activision is everybody's favorite whipping boy for good reason. Beating the scapegoat out of sour grapes, however, is low. Rare, I like you guys. I owe a good part of my childhood (Golden Eye, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong) to you. Unfortunately, however, we've both grown up and you've just turned sour.
Activision is everybody's favorite whipping boy for good reason. Beating the scapegoat out of sour grapes, however, is low. Rare, I like you guys. I owe a good part of my childhood (Golden Eye, Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong) to you. Unfortunately, however, we've both grown up and you've just turned sour.
No shit. It wasn't like someone just thought it would be nice for the fans to release a remake of GoldenEye. Is anyone here at all surprised?
Here are the facts.
1. Goldeneye 007 isn't even that great of a game. It's just an inferior game for the kids who were too stupid to BUY perfect dark.
2. So we have one talentless hack who played the personality-free hole that is bone instead of a different talentless hack who did the same. GET THE TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS BOYS!
3. Last I heard there's a bundle that comes with a gold-coloured classic controller pro. So stop your rampant retardation. It'll be using a more traditional controller layout.
4. Give activision a chance to ruin the game before you start screaming about how it is ruined. They've made some good games, who knows. Maybe this will be good.
5. Since when did "no real gamers" ever play on the wii? A real gamer would have all three major consoles. (well, Xbox 360 and Wii. Who the fuck even has a PS3?)
6. Storyline? You mouth breathers are actually complaining about the STORYLINE of a FPS game? Sweet tap dancing christ, you're doing it wrong.
7. Companies make games for, you know, money. Because if they didn't they wouldn't be making games anymore. Have you people got no brain-worms?
8. If any system is in trouble as far as sales go, it's the PS3. I honestly don't know a single person who owns one of those.
I've got to go. I'd stay and chat longer but I fear permanent brain damage via ... internet proximity? Sure, we'll go with that.
1. Goldeneye 007 isn't even that great of a game. It's just an inferior game for the kids who were too stupid to BUY perfect dark.
2. So we have one talentless hack who played the personality-free hole that is bone instead of a different talentless hack who did the same. GET THE TORCHES AND PITCHFORKS BOYS!
3. Last I heard there's a bundle that comes with a gold-coloured classic controller pro. So stop your rampant retardation. It'll be using a more traditional controller layout.
4. Give activision a chance to ruin the game before you start screaming about how it is ruined. They've made some good games, who knows. Maybe this will be good.
5. Since when did "no real gamers" ever play on the wii? A real gamer would have all three major consoles. (well, Xbox 360 and Wii. Who the fuck even has a PS3?)
6. Storyline? You mouth breathers are actually complaining about the STORYLINE of a FPS game? Sweet tap dancing christ, you're doing it wrong.
7. Companies make games for, you know, money. Because if they didn't they wouldn't be making games anymore. Have you people got no brain-worms?
8. If any system is in trouble as far as sales go, it's the PS3. I honestly don't know a single person who owns one of those.
I've got to go. I'd stay and chat longer but I fear permanent brain damage via ... internet proximity? Sure, we'll go with that.
Um... the best films, music, novels, AND games are made by people who have a genuine interest in creating a great piece of work. Obviously money is involved, it's their career for a reason, but there's a fine line between people who make movies because they want the money and any quality in the movie was a total coincidence, and the people who get into the movie business because they want to be able to create great works of art, and it's just a nice bonus that they get paid for it.rossatdi said:
His point is that Activision doesn't care if they put-out a crappy remake. They already know that people are going to buy Goldeneye in droves purely because of their ruby-tinted goggles of nostalgia, so why should Activision put any effort (and by effort, I mean money) into making sure that it's done right? This product could be a complete and total flop, and Activision won't care even in the slightest because it's gonna sell anyway. Which makes it ironic that I see so many people use the defense of "who cares as long as they're releasing something they want". Yeah... it'll be funny to watch people choke on those words if the release turns-out to be completely half-assed because the company wasn't given enough time to do anything with it.Tom Goldman said:
Blizzard has a nice philosophy about it, they always try to make the gane that they want to play most at the time
Well, yeah. This game will be a money magnet driven off of nostalgia fuel. I'm sure it will be at least "good for a Wii game", but I doubt it will be as awesome as the N64 version.
Yeah, this game looks like shit to me, I'm sorry. I LOVED Goldeneye 007 (for a time it was my favorite game of all time), but this game doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It is to similar to be an all-new Bond game, but it's too different to be a remake. And what they changed, frankly, looks terrible. Not looking forward to it.
