My favorite game ever has to be Goldeneye for the N64. It opened up gaming and made it a more social event. I remember going over to my friends houses very frequently just to get the 4 player deathmatch going. We played frequently on a TV that we had to warm up because it was 25 years older than all of us, which believe it or not, added to the game. We would sit and play from when we woke up till when the N64 would overheat because some dumbass let the chip bag sit on the console. Or even worse, someone would accidently turn off the TV and we would have to wait 15 more minutes for the stupid TV to warm up. I really hated that TV…
Besides making sure to NOT turn off the TV, when we played, we had only one rule. Without this rule, the game could almost be considered broken. No Oddjob. He is bullshit. I didn’t care if you were in complex and all you did was camp that little room at the V-split (with the walk-through wall) with proximity mines and a rocket launcher. That is JUST FINE as long as you are not Oddjob. Got it? Good.
Now, besides bringing everyone together for a quality gaming experience, it really showed that a shooter could work on a console in a 3D environment. You can see the influence of this game in all shooters since then. Due to The excellent gameplay, the wonderful multiplayer mode and the well designed maps, you truly have a cornerstone of gaming. This is why Goldeneye is my favorite game of all time.
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