GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Critic Reviews

None of this matters. Rogue Agent has it where it counts; in gameplay, innovation and just plain, flat-out devious fun.

Between the AI and the story you also will find hours of enjoyment out of this title. Even if you are not usually a shooter fan.

Environments, character design and voice acting are the big three standouts of the game, but at the core it is still just another first person shooter.

Rogue Agent had the premise to be a great action title, playing the villain but it isn't. Rogue Agent is an average FPS, with an uninspiring single player, with decent multiplayer.

Entertaining, but hardly groundbreaking.

While the final cocktail that is Rogue Agent breaks very little new ground, the eye powers and deathtraps are extremely welcome additions to the shooter arsenal.

Perhaps the best feature, though, is online multiplayer--at least for PlayStation and Xbox owners. The game's intensity is upped by the human competition, and the standard selection of gameplay modes.

There is some fun to be had both in single player and multiplayer game modes, but there aren't a lot of areas that Rogue Agent separates itself from the competition.

EA still can't find that elusive GoldenEye touch in GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. But they finally seem to be on the right path to glory.

If there had been a better variety of enemies and missions and if the story really fleshed out and brought to life a Goldfinger/No power struggle, we could have had the makings of a classic.

Rogue Agent does do a lot of things extremely well, though. The enemies are realistic, ducking in an out of cover, constantly moving, even updating each other on what you're doing ("He's behind the bar!" - brilliant).

Anyone expecting a game similar to the N64 version will be greatly disappointed because at the end of the day Rogue Agent is simply a mindless run and gun fest against reasonably smart AI.

Your standard first person shooter which offers some new ideas over a familiar setting.

A disappointingly repetitive and average ride at a time when above-average is a necessity.

Really only for the die hard Bond fans and those who just can't wait to get some Xbox Live 007 action.

The premise of the game is actually very intriguing. However, while being a 'bad guy' in the Bond universe is a great concept, somehow things just don't feel quite right.

Hell, you can't even choose which side to be on in team games. On the PS2, this is disappointing, but on the Xbox - where most games figured this stuff out over a year ago - it's inexcusable.

Then there's the mostly drab level design, the 'who cares' story and the often repetitive gameplay.

Unappealing because you are a villain that doesn't seem like a villain. I mean, you are taking orders from Goldfinger like Bond does with M. The villain concept could've been thrown out of the whole picture, and Rogue Agent could've been a bit of a better game.

It tarnishes the hallowed GoldeneEye name that gamers have held close to their hearts since 1997, and is the equivalent of tossing a martini into Bond's face and then shooting him in the family jewels with a tranquilizer dart.