My cartridge was grey, not blue. I had a black turok 2 cartridge, but it did not contain the popular split screen multiplayer glitch, because it was a german version so despite being black it still had its bugs patched.
Most underrated Bond game, and quite an underrated N64 game. If you had to choose to play this or Goldeneye, of course you'd play Goldeneye, but if you're a Bond fan there's no reason to avoid this game. Both Agent Under Fire and Nightfire (the next two big Bond games that were released) are far more popular than this game and yet both lack the complex mission objectives and less-linear level designs that TWINE offers... Its unpopularity is strictly a case of living in the direct shadow of its big bother.
aleckermit I actually think this game did single player FAR better than Goldeneye- it only doesn't quite match up as Goldeneye had the faster and more fun multiplayer.
This game looks amazing for the N64. It looks like an early PS2 or early Gamecube game. The developers of this game don't get enough credit. It is a proud addition to my N64 library.
@@timelymirror7826 back in the day we couldnt check games on video (there were very few tv shows focused on multi platform videogames). So you checked them in magazines, if you look a screen cap of this game and compare it with an early PS2 game (same size pic) I bet you woulve a hard time telling one from another (console).
My opinion, the best looking fps on n64 is turok 3 shadow of oblivion complete with cinematic cut scenes and extensive voice acting and character animations.
I remember pressing the buttons to get a faster start and accidentally punching the poor receptionist in the face. It resulted me in 30 minutes of laughter the first time!
Maybe not the best graphics in the console but in my opinion the actual game looks better than this footage. I play my N64 in an old Trinitron and looks great.
I loved this just as much as Goldeneye. The only reason I played this more than Goldeneye was because the multiplayer had AI so when I was by myself I was able to play it.
I remember reading about this game in a magazine back as a kid. I wanted it so badly - and it was awesome when I finally got it. Goldeneye, this and Perfect Dark were the best shooters of my childhood.
I remember getting this for Christmas and I was so sad because I just KNEW it could not live up to Goldeneye. But I ended up liking this WAY more. Too underrated of a game. LOVED the sneaky villa mission.
Yeah storage and that awful 4k texture limitation. SGI and Nintendo really did an oopsie there. Imagine all the RPGs and other third party games and what not we could've had if Nintendo went with CD-Roms
@@SeltsamerAttraktor The 4kb per texture limitation is highly overrated, too many make a song and dance about it online, all it really did was make more work, Ithe PS1 had a 2Kb per texture limitation but it was easily overcome due to CD. There was nothing stopping N64 developers other than cart size from tiling textures, clamping multiple textures, transparencies to simulate much larger ones - this was done by the likes of Rare in Banjo Kazooie onwards and Factor 5 - cart size was the limiting factor - leading to a lot of developers stretching textures hastily and reusing to save time and space, Nintendo were rubbish at texturing, as shown by Twilight Princess on GCN, hence why they steer away from realism now. Couple this with very inefficient microcode supplied by SGI/Nintendo that wasn't particularly well suited for games - I think this was stated by Julian Eggbrecht of Factor 5 in an interview with NGC if I recall. I think however, should the N64 homebrew scene take off fully which it is starting to show promise, the likes of the Everdrive 64 could play host to N64 games released from 90's cart size restrictions.
I remember my cousin showing up with this game when I got to his birthday party in 2000. His birthday was a week after this game's release and he's a huge Bond fan. The impressive smoothness for an n64 shooter in comparison to Perfect Dark, Goldeneye or Turok 2 really put this in a league of it's own for us at the time. The voice acting was also quite impressive and almost had us fooled into thinking the movie actors were present. Nowadays this is probably the easiest fps game on the n64 to get back into due to the relative smoothness compared to other n64 shooters. This will always be a personal favorite of mine and a gem in my collection
This and Perfect Dark was my childhood shooters. And I really consider it better than Goldeneye in every single aspect. It feels more like a Bond movie, it is prettier, and has more variety (stealth missions gave me chills, it was so hard as a kid). But that is just personal taste.
Never understood the nonchalant attitude towards this game. of course, I played goldeneye first and had fun with it but when my friend got this game I was really interested. the additional weapons and more polished graphics really seemed like the next level. I never got it myself until a few years back and I was surprised (but happy) that I could get it for about $5.
It has better graphics and that's about it. It's lacking the heart and vibe of GoldenEye, as the reviewer touched upon. [BTW, I'm not hating, I own the game and still play it to this day] It's just a very sterile experience.The gameplay pretty stiff.
I had this game. makes me nostalgic for a simpler time in my life. i remember the underwater submarine part at the end. how many people are watching this thinking "has it really been 20 years since I played this game"
In my opinion this game blows Goldeneye out of the water. It’s so ridiculously cinematic and for an N64 game the graphics and set pieces are mind blowing. Plus, the multiplayer for this was soooo much fun. Such an overlooked game that will forever remain in the shadow of its predecessor.
I consider it the most underrated James bond video game. I'm glad I got this game as a kid for Christmas. I'm pretty sure my parents meant to get goldeneye but they didn't know the difference and just saw the James bond brand and bought it 😂
To be honest. AI in Goldeneye was horrible. They were either scripted to behave specifically, or they were programmed to charge at you. The only thing that made AI enemies interesting in Goldeneye was their animation. To compare it's AI to this game and actually say it's better easily causes me to scratch my head. I think AI enemies behaved better, but only in a visual animation way, not exactly how they performed as actual enemies. Even Perfect Dark wasn't an improvement in a "Smart" sense, just better general animation of enemies, including death animations. Though what i loved about Perfect Dark was that enemies could surrender some times, which was freaken awesome but rare. I had one instance I ran into a room on Perfect Dark, killed everyone but one guy and the last guy literally throw his gun down and surrendered, I'm not even sure if I've ever had that happen since. And Yes, I was the nice guy, I always knocked them out instead of killing them, RARE was at least nice enough to let players not kill people. That being said. I still consider this game the best James Bond Game on the Nintendo 64. And I refuse to let my nostalgic love of Goldeneye dictate otherwise. But if I had to choose for pure fun factor. Perfect Dark was my favorite N64 shooter. In most respects Goldeneye feels bland when compared to either, outside of it's excellent sound track. lol Now that being said. Not to dis either game's AI in most respects. I rarely see a game with "GOOD" AI. As I honestly believe true AI doesn't exist in a video game. I mean even something as awesome as Medal of Honor Front Line has AI as horrible as this game in almost all respects. lol I owned both of these games. Goldeneye was first, but I never considered it the best. There were better shooters on the N64. Heck, I even considered some of the Duke Nukem Games more fun than Goldeneye on the N64. I really think people often let nostalgia dictate too much on their own opinions. For the same reason why I struggled to understand why my cousins would prefer to play Goldeneye vs say Perfect Dark, despite Perfect Dark was clearly a vastly superior version of Goldeneye. lol
The Goldeneye-enemies went on a route. They´re never on the same place when you came in the level. Thats the only difference between goldeneye-AI and other Shooter-AI on N64. Thats why Goldeneye is better than the others. I think on N64 were more FPS than on Playstation, and all make a lot of Fun.
I actually liked this a lot and wasn't sure at the time why it got dumped on so bad. That said, I really think that if it had managed to come out in 98 or 99 it would have been MUCH more highly regarded as a 2nd installment to the 007 series on the system, but by 2000 I think people had played Goldeneye to death, not to mention the fact that Perfect Dark had already come along and wowed everyone by the time this came out. Goldeneye is hard to beat, like you mentioned, and Perfect Dark was another then-new 900 pound gorilla in the genre. Those were hard acts to follow and I can see how that really cheapened this otherwise great game at the time.
Largely underrated game on N64. Is it a Goldeneye beater, well not in my opinion, but it sure does give it a run for its money! I love all varied locations and cool mission objectives. I remember even renting the playstation version with a mate (he owned a Playstation, I was the N64 guy) and discovering that there were some big differences, especially the skiing level. Anyone else notice that?
Great video and review! I liked this game when I played it back in the day. I think it is a positive addition to the Bond saga and would gladly play it again.
Absolutly brilliant game. The multiplayer was king and I and my friends spent hundreds of hours in it. Different chas with different stats and different difficulties of AI, even Chas with special abilities like Oddjob and his flying hat as a weapon spiced it up and - if I remember correctly - different cha treats. SOme more aggressive, some more defensive, some close range,... The maps where divers, long range battel maps, short range tacicle maps, rocketluncher maps, everything. The missions are extreamly well done and varied. No sound sneaking, night vision shoting, rail shooting and so on. I can barely compare it to golden eye tho, as I did play golden eye but not enough to compare it. I did miss that 'the world is not enough' didnt had the akimbo weapon style nor the golden gun...
this game was amazing back in the days, had it as a child, even has multiplayer with bots and you can change fire modes etc on the guns, its a must-own for people who like n64 fps games
Wow, one review after another, nice! Coincidentally I was just playing this game a lot lately and only yesterday thinking when are you going to review it "oh well, maybe in few months".. haha
all the bond fps games from goldeneye through nightfire were solid gold. agent under fire might actually be my favorite, i remember that being the game that taught me how to use modern dual analog fps controls (left stick move/strafe, right stick turn/look)
The World is Not Enough was, both as a movie and a game, Pierce Brosnan's third outing as Bond, not his second. Tomorrow Never Dies was his second Bond movie, and there was a PlayStation game for it that came out in 1999.
@@n64glennplant That's cool about your uncle. But I must've missed it in the comments. I scrolled down for quite a bit to see if anyone mentioned it before posting my comment, because I didn't want to point it out if one or more people already did.
I actually prefer this game over Goldeneye. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Goldeneye and spent hundreds of hours on its multiplayer as a kid in 97. But Goldeneye is just too damn hard. I played thru it again to completion earlier this year and wanted to throw my controller thru a window lol. Its difficulty is highly unnecessary. TWINE has a fantastic difficulty no matter which setting you prefer and the overall graphics are amazing for the n64.
It amazes me how flawless this game is. Recently I discovered this game from a video about FPS games on n64. It got my attention when the video said the game was similar to Golden Eye. I was interested because I absolutely love games like Golden Eye, Perfect Dark and Time Splitters 2. First person shooters with objective based levels where you use all manner of gadgets, BUT the shooting doesn’t take a backseat. Your not sneaking around, picking off guards one by one with weakass weaponry. You’re blowing bad guys away by the truckloads with a full arsenal of satisfying firepower. While watching reviews of this game I was like “ok this looks awesome but when is the guy gonna bring up the issues of this game that makes it bad. Because this game gotta be god awful somewhere, otherwise people would talk about this game a whole lot more”. But to my surprise this game looks really top notch. Never knew Golden Eye was so regarded as the best 007 game so much to almost completely over shadow this game. A real shame I have to say. I’m definitely gonna pick this one up now and look forward to playing through it on the hardest difficulty, like with the others
The only thing wrong with it is it released a few months after Perfect Dark. Never had a chance. But do pick it up. You're in for a treat. Some of the best multiplayer level design on the console too, especially the unlockable bonus arenas.
brok2 ahh the fate of far too many games. Games like Blake Stone, a game built with on the Wolfenstein 3D engine. It released I think a week or few before DOOM. Another one is HacX Twitch n’ kill. Ironically just like with Blake Stone, this game was built with an engine made by Id. This engine was the DOOM engine. Now I don’t know if HacX got released before or after, but it was overshadowed by Id’s next game Quake
Content really felt like a next gen title. Everything that happened during levels and craracters. Sometimes mission(s) gets failed too easily, thought...
I played the living daylights out of it when my Mom and Dad gave it to me that Christmas it came out and that game stayed in my N64 for a very long time.
One area Goldeneye had this beat was cheats though. So much fun messing around with them. However, this game did look and play better than Goldeneye, plus GE had the nostalgia factor.
A masterpiece, and one of the most underrated games of all time. I actually enjoyed the mp better in this game than 007, and liked that you could add bots if desired. Incredible soundtrack,visuals, and tight shooting mechanics. 2nd best shooter on the n64 after Goldeneye. Warning: Avoid the PS1 version. Its absolute garbage.
From a marketing perspective, the 007 naming convention is an obstacle. Sales are hurt by not being called Goldeneye 2. And The World is Not Enough happened to be a mouthful title. Vs something pithy like Skyfall
What I notice is that in goldeneye If you shoot somebody could see the blood on them and perfect dark took the blood a step further But in world is not enough you don't see any blood at all.
I've always heard about the game, but never happened playing it. Since I'm running a N64 Library Marathon, I'll play through this one for the first time, after completing Goldeneye 007.
I love your work. You've done some incredible stuff over the years. If I can offer one criticism, it's this: when you tell me about some feature or particular design choice that you like, it would be great if it was showcased at that point in the video. This one in particular has a moment where you talk about how the voice acting is really good and you would never really know it wasn't the cast... and then you don't give us a sample to work with. Or you tell us about how satisfying and bassy the guns are... but then don't give us any sound samples. The Perfect Dark review has a few of these moments, too.
the dj on the radio as a kid, his mum was going to usa and he said please bring me back some air jordans, she said she would, but the sales guy said that her son would much rather prefer these shoes called "brittish knights" as they were cooler than air jordans lol....... just in relation to your mixed game question.
This was one of the first video games I ever played. I remember playing it when I was really little and never being able to figure out what to do in the bank (or wherever you are in the first level). I would always end up shocking or punching some helpless person then getting shot at by the guards. Classic.
I was actually quite keen on seeing your take on this game, as I picked it up recently without having one of your reviews to rely on. Now, could you do Legacy of Darkness or Excitebike 64 next? Pretty please :3
been a whole coming but finally got around the time to recording it all, i actually had half recorded and then last year i got ultra so scrapped the old footage
I really enjoyed this game and found it to be very underrated. I had often thought that this game used a tweaked version of the engine Eurocom used in Duke Nukem: Zero Hour. The multiplayer in this game was fun, but the levels weren't quite as good as Goldeneye. However, it ran a lot smoother. A couple of things to note: First, if you played against bots in multiplayer, you could go up to a bot point blank and circle strafe around it. The bot would just stand there and you'd get some easy kills. Also, head shots from just about any weapon are an instant kill. Even punching someone in the head kills them. Second: If you play this game and walk off a ledge that's high enough to kill you when you hit the ground, hit the jump button before you land and you won't get hurt. However, you can't jump off the ledge and then hit the jump button again, as that won't work. Also, I really enjoy your videos, Glenn. I have 39 games for my N64 and I'll continue getting them when I can. You've definitely earned a subscriber. Thank you for the videos!
I recall enjoying a lot playing this and perfect dark back then. Lots of fun really. What always i've had considered a bit annoying is the aiming: whenever you try to shoot someone, tha gun tends to move far more the point where you stop moving the stick, and then go back to re-center, (hope my explanation is good)
Great review Glenn, TWINE, Goldeneye and Nightfire in my opinion are the best Bond games ever made and TWINE has one the best Multiplayer to offer in the N64 besides Perfect Dark and Conker's BFD.
I loved this game! Great review. This is the only other James Bond game (beside Goldeneye) that offered anything new and memorable. Even on future consoles. The stealth missions were what made it for me.
Nice video man. This is SegaSaturnGamer48. I use to comment on your videos all the time, but I still watch your videos. I'm a big fan of you. Keep up the good work ! :)
The grainy look is actually quite interesting, from a technical point of view. Looks like they put some heavy work into getting their own microcode running on the RCP to tweak even the last bit of performance and visuals out of it. That's my theory on why it looks so grainy.
I loved this game so much! Perfect Dark was always my favourite game of all time (I'm a twin so the idea that it was co-op may have helped) but I always felt this game wasn't as popular as it should be. It had some interesting sections such as the down hill skiing, some very interactive story elements and some really memorable levels! Especially the stealth level such as Elektra's manor and following the truck to the runway be Kazakhstan!
I remember as a kid going to Rhino's Video Games (before it became a gamestop), and looking for N64 games. While my sister got a few Game Boy color games, i saw The World is Not Enough and got it. I enjoyed it, though it did take me a lot of time getting through the mission where you have to sneak through Electra's villa. Mostly because i didn't know what to do since i couldn't shoot the guards, and i had to evade Gabor, and disable security systems.
The default sound setting was "mono" because most people only used the shitty sound on their cheap/old TV's at the time. A typical TV that someone would be using to play N64 games was likely made in the 80's, if not earlier.
i had all the 007 games for n64 and psx, goldeneye and world is not enough were my faves, tomorrow never dies on psx was ok, never did get world is not enough for psx though so i cant say which is better but as long as its fun it can take my time.
While I still prefer Goldeneye, I always enjoyed The World is Not Enough. It showed what the N64 was capable of, in terms of graphical detail and sound production. Definitely agree that the two games complement each other fairly well.
I got this in a retro store Gleen and the world is not enough looks really good on the N64 my friend i enjoy this game a lot i like both goldeneye and the world is not enough^^
Probably the best graphics I've seen on N64. Then I guess this was late in it's lifespan and developers could get everything out of it. This game really is underappreciated and seems kind of next level compared to most of the era. Almost like a very early ps2 game.
What I found crazy was that it didn't even need an expansion pack to play, unlike perfect dark. Although TWINE needed a controller memory pack inserted to be able to save
I got this as a rental back when I was 8 years old and wasn't very impressed. However, I really enjoyed 007 Nightfire on the GameCube, and knowing that both games were developed by the same company, I really think I should give this another shot.
Main problem I got with the Bond-games after GoldenEye is that they feel incredibly stiff. Both multi and singleplayer lacks the funfactor that GoldenEye got. The music of the later games is also not near as good as GoldenEye's soundtrack.
It really followed the movie well, which was pretty cool when doing solo. Otherwise it's ok, though some solo levels aren't that fun, and I doubt people did too much multiplayer. They added some new things like adding objectives mid-mission, and watch functions. I would say they tried, in their own EA style, and did some nice stuff, but it ends up being ok.
Anyone else remember that it was a blue cartridge rather than the standard gray? That was pretty cool!
My cartridge was grey, not blue. I had a black turok 2 cartridge, but it did not contain the popular split screen multiplayer glitch, because it was a german version so despite being black it still had its bugs patched.
zukodude487987 and I have a magenta colored flashlight that doesn't chafe my balls when I forget the lube.
Ufo
Yep! I had the blue one.
Got both of the cartridges sitting next to me!
Most underrated Bond game, and quite an underrated N64 game. If you had to choose to play this or Goldeneye, of course you'd play Goldeneye, but if you're a Bond fan there's no reason to avoid this game. Both Agent Under Fire and Nightfire (the next two big Bond games that were released) are far more popular than this game and yet both lack the complex mission objectives and less-linear level designs that TWINE offers... Its unpopularity is strictly a case of living in the direct shadow of its big bother.
Same, really good underrated game for both the Bond games and N64 in general
Me too. At the end of my time with the N64, it was mainly TWINE and Donkey Kong 64.
One word. BOTS
I Would Play This Over Goldeneye. I Could Go On About All My Reasons As For That But I Wont Unless Asked :3
aleckermit I actually think this game did single player FAR better than Goldeneye- it only doesn't quite match up as Goldeneye had the faster and more fun multiplayer.
This game looks amazing for the N64. It looks like an early PS2 or early Gamecube game. The developers of this game don't get enough credit. It is a proud addition to my N64 library.
🤔how does it look like ps2
@@timelymirror7826 back in the day we couldnt check games on video (there were very few tv shows focused on multi platform videogames). So you checked them in magazines, if you look a screen cap of this game and compare it with an early PS2 game (same size pic) I bet you woulve a hard time telling one from another (console).
@@timelymirror7826 Early PS2 graphics weren’t that far off from this or even Turok 2.
@@timelymirror7826 compare Agent Under Fire and comeback to this and you'll see some similarities
My opinion, the best looking fps on n64 is turok 3 shadow of oblivion complete with cinematic cut scenes and extensive voice acting and character animations.
I remember pressing the buttons to get a faster start and accidentally punching the poor receptionist in the face. It resulted me in 30 minutes of laughter the first time!
I did this just now haha.
@@elftower907 Youre playing this? Youre a G
The graphics are amazing for the N64
Not really and they are worse than Goldeneye. For really great N64 graphics look at Ocarina of Time.
No, they are definitely not worse than Goldeneye.
Incorrect.
Maybe not the best graphics in the console but in my opinion the actual game looks better than this footage.
I play my N64 in an old Trinitron and looks great.
Lol these graphics are way better than Goldeneye. Only a fanboy would say otherwise.
I loved this just as much as Goldeneye. The only reason I played this more than Goldeneye was because the multiplayer had AI so when I was by myself I was able to play it.
Me too! I had a blast with just messing around in the multiplayer all alone, oddly. The AI is entertaining.
That's why I liked this multiplayer alot, the AI was so fun to play against!
I remember reading about this game in a magazine back as a kid. I wanted it so badly - and it was awesome when I finally got it.
Goldeneye, this and Perfect Dark were the best shooters of my childhood.
Those 3 games were my FPS roots
I remember getting this for Christmas and I was so sad because I just KNEW it could not live up to Goldeneye.
But I ended up liking this WAY more. Too underrated of a game. LOVED the sneaky villa mission.
The n64 was a such capable machine, just limited by storage, this game look almost as good as a dc/ps2/gcn game
+Krankysimo this one was a late release so it was no doubt pushing things almost as far as the console could go
No
Yeah storage and that awful 4k texture limitation. SGI and Nintendo really did an oopsie there. Imagine all the RPGs and other third party games and what not we could've had if Nintendo went with CD-Roms
SeltsamerAttraktor some n64 cartridges had higher capacities
@@SeltsamerAttraktor The 4kb per texture limitation is highly overrated, too many make a song and dance about it online, all it really did was make more work, Ithe PS1 had a 2Kb per texture limitation but it was easily overcome due to CD. There was nothing stopping N64 developers other than cart size from tiling textures, clamping multiple textures, transparencies to simulate much larger ones - this was done by the likes of Rare in Banjo Kazooie onwards and Factor 5 - cart size was the limiting factor - leading to a lot of developers stretching textures hastily and reusing to save time and space, Nintendo were rubbish at texturing, as shown by Twilight Princess on GCN, hence why they steer away from realism now. Couple this with very inefficient microcode supplied by SGI/Nintendo that wasn't particularly well suited for games - I think this was stated by Julian Eggbrecht of Factor 5 in an interview with NGC if I recall.
I think however, should the N64 homebrew scene take off fully which it is starting to show promise, the likes of the Everdrive 64 could play host to N64 games released from 90's cart size restrictions.
Great review. Love the accuracy of your videos (no emulation, no upscaling),
Agreed but it´s still a good source of "this actually kinda looks like this" instead of emulated.
Well, the Ultra HDMI is tecnically an upscaler xD
Back When EA Actually Cared To Give Us An Fun Experience
9:08 "...or night vision goggles to help you sneak around a level-"
9:11 >unsuppressed AK fire into a group
I’m always glad when someone notices small things like that which I do for my own personal humour. I think you’re the first to notice one this video
My mom got me this game for my 11th birthday . I loved it I had " goldeneye" as well 2 of my favorite games on the n64
I remember my cousin showing up with this game when I got to his birthday party in 2000. His birthday was a week after this game's release and he's a huge Bond fan. The impressive smoothness for an n64 shooter in comparison to Perfect Dark, Goldeneye or Turok 2 really put this in a league of it's own for us at the time. The voice acting was also quite impressive and almost had us fooled into thinking the movie actors were present. Nowadays this is probably the easiest fps game on the n64 to get back into due to the relative smoothness compared to other n64 shooters. This will always be a personal favorite of mine and a gem in my collection
Beautifully said sir
the world is not enough is his third movie. tomorrow never dies is the second
maybe glenn plant is trying to forget tomorrow never dies never happend haha
*ever
* never
i was thinking second as bond on n64 but yes tomorrow never dies - one of my least fav bond movies :)
N64 Glenn Plant but the theme song was memorable tho.
the graphics have aged pretty well
Still love my N64 for moments of nostalgia, and never got his one, so looking for it on eBay now!
I finally beat this game in 00 Agent. It only took me nearly 24 years. I came back to it after never getting past City of Walkways in 00 Agent.
Achievement unlocked 💪🏼
Glenn you're on fire!
As always a great, objective review. The game does look great, will definitely check it out!
This and Perfect Dark was my childhood shooters. And I really consider it better than Goldeneye in every single aspect. It feels more like a Bond movie, it is prettier, and has more variety (stealth missions gave me chills, it was so hard as a kid). But that is just personal taste.
I really enjoyed playing this game back in the day
Me too
Never understood the nonchalant attitude towards this game. of course, I played goldeneye first and had fun with it but when my friend got this game I was really interested. the additional weapons and more polished graphics really seemed like the next level. I never got it myself until a few years back and I was surprised (but happy) that I could get it for about $5.
It has better graphics and that's about it. It's lacking the heart and vibe of GoldenEye, as the reviewer touched upon. [BTW, I'm not hating, I own the game and still play it to this day] It's just a very sterile experience.The gameplay pretty stiff.
It came out 5 months after Perfect Dark which it compares poorly to in almost every category.
The unlockable multiplayer maps on twine were some of the best I've ever played.
I always played with turok controls. The C buttons for movement and joystick for aiming. It was amazing!
That’s a popular way to play although for me personally I always preferred the stock controls on this one
I had this game. makes me nostalgic for a simpler time in my life. i remember the underwater submarine part at the end.
how many people are watching this thinking "has it really been 20 years since I played this game"
count me as one of them
My old man gave me this game on my 14th birthday. Couldn't wait to get home from school and play!
Shooting fire extinguishers blew my mind 🤯
Was a cool little thing for sure
In my opinion this game blows Goldeneye out of the water. It’s so ridiculously cinematic and for an N64 game the graphics and set pieces are mind blowing. Plus, the multiplayer for this was soooo much fun. Such an overlooked game that will forever remain in the shadow of its predecessor.
I consider it the most underrated James bond video game. I'm glad I got this game as a kid for Christmas. I'm pretty sure my parents meant to get goldeneye but they didn't know the difference and just saw the James bond brand and bought it 😂
🤣🤣🤣
To be honest. AI in Goldeneye was horrible. They were either scripted to behave specifically, or they were programmed to charge at you. The only thing that made AI enemies interesting in Goldeneye was their animation. To compare it's AI to this game and actually say it's better easily causes me to scratch my head. I think AI enemies behaved better, but only in a visual animation way, not exactly how they performed as actual enemies.
Even Perfect Dark wasn't an improvement in a "Smart" sense, just better general animation of enemies, including death animations. Though what i loved about Perfect Dark was that enemies could surrender some times, which was freaken awesome but rare. I had one instance I ran into a room on Perfect Dark, killed everyone but one guy and the last guy literally throw his gun down and surrendered, I'm not even sure if I've ever had that happen since. And Yes, I was the nice guy, I always knocked them out instead of killing them, RARE was at least nice enough to let players not kill people.
That being said. I still consider this game the best James Bond Game on the Nintendo 64. And I refuse to let my nostalgic love of Goldeneye dictate otherwise. But if I had to choose for pure fun factor. Perfect Dark was my favorite N64 shooter. In most respects Goldeneye feels bland when compared to either, outside of it's excellent sound track. lol
Now that being said. Not to dis either game's AI in most respects. I rarely see a game with "GOOD" AI. As I honestly believe true AI doesn't exist in a video game. I mean even something as awesome as Medal of Honor Front Line has AI as horrible as this game in almost all respects. lol
I owned both of these games. Goldeneye was first, but I never considered it the best. There were better shooters on the N64. Heck, I even considered some of the Duke Nukem Games more fun than Goldeneye on the N64. I really think people often let nostalgia dictate too much on their own opinions. For the same reason why I struggled to understand why my cousins would prefer to play Goldeneye vs say Perfect Dark, despite Perfect Dark was clearly a vastly superior version of Goldeneye. lol
The Goldeneye-enemies went on a route. They´re never on the same place when you came in the level. Thats the only difference between goldeneye-AI and other Shooter-AI on N64. Thats why Goldeneye is better than the others.
I think on N64 were more FPS than on Playstation, and all make a lot of Fun.
@@tinabremer2020 Character A : *gets shot in the head dies dramatically*
Character B next A: *Doesn't flinch*
Nah goldeneye is best. It’s more fun than perfect dark.
I always forget this game exists and just think of Tomorrow Never Dies instead.
I advocated for this game to be covered. He is one of the most down to earth TH-camrs to chat with.
i think i played that and wasn't too fond if its the same game I'm thinking of Larry
Yeah Larry everyone knows you are dumb
This just felt like a generic run of the ml shooter to me. Nothing bad but nothing spectacular
Tomorrow Never Die on psx was too short and lacked multiplayer anyway
I started playing this on normal mode. Pretty challenging surprisingly! Looking back, it did improve on Goldeneye in many ways
I always come back to your vids for a dose of nostalgia
Thank you 🙏🏼
Been waiting on this one for a long time!!
Me too
I actually liked this a lot and wasn't sure at the time why it got dumped on so bad. That said, I really think that if it had managed to come out in 98 or 99 it would have been MUCH more highly regarded as a 2nd installment to the 007 series on the system, but by 2000 I think people had played Goldeneye to death, not to mention the fact that Perfect Dark had already come along and wowed everyone by the time this came out. Goldeneye is hard to beat, like you mentioned, and Perfect Dark was another then-new 900 pound gorilla in the genre. Those were hard acts to follow and I can see how that really cheapened this otherwise great game at the time.
yeah the one thing that I do love though is just how many people in the comments loved this game, glad to know not everyone was a hater on it!
This game would be an awesome remaster. Like how goldeneye got the xbla treatment
one of those when i prefer classic n64 controller nice review glenn!
Love this game. Still have the cartridge 22 years later
Same here
I like that’s it’s a blue cartridge.
Largely underrated game on N64. Is it a Goldeneye beater, well not in my opinion, but it sure does give it a run for its money! I love all varied locations and cool mission objectives. I remember even renting the playstation version with a mate (he owned a Playstation, I was the N64 guy) and discovering that there were some big differences, especially the skiing level. Anyone else notice that?
Great video and review! I liked this game when I played it back in the day. I think it is a positive addition to the Bond saga and would gladly play it again.
Absolutly brilliant game. The multiplayer was king and I and my friends spent hundreds of hours in it. Different chas with different stats and different difficulties of AI, even Chas with special abilities like Oddjob and his flying hat as a weapon spiced it up and - if I remember correctly - different cha treats. SOme more aggressive, some more defensive, some close range,...
The maps where divers, long range battel maps, short range tacicle maps, rocketluncher maps, everything.
The missions are extreamly well done and varied. No sound sneaking, night vision shoting, rail shooting and so on.
I can barely compare it to golden eye tho, as I did play golden eye but not enough to compare it. I did miss that 'the world is not enough' didnt had the akimbo weapon style nor the golden gun...
Woah! This must be a real treat! You're just pumping out review after review! Good stuff Glenn Plant! Keep up the good work!! ^_^
amazing how the minimalized and clean menu still looks somewhat modern compared to any other game from that area. same goes for in game HUD
Eurocom was amazing..
Think I remember quite enjoying the skiing section
Always enjoys your reviews!
this game was amazing back in the days, had it as a child, even has multiplayer with bots and you can change fire modes etc on the guns, its a must-own for people who like n64 fps games
I think so too, theres a surprisingly good number of fps on the console
Wow, one review after another, nice! Coincidentally I was just playing this game a lot lately and only yesterday thinking when are you going to review it "oh well, maybe in few months".. haha
4 reviews in 7 days not bad hey :)
This game needs a remaster ala Perfect Dark for XBLA.
all the bond fps games from goldeneye through nightfire were solid gold. agent under fire might actually be my favorite, i remember that being the game that taught me how to use modern dual analog fps controls (left stick move/strafe, right stick turn/look)
The World is Not Enough was, both as a movie and a game, Pierce Brosnan's third outing as Bond, not his second. Tomorrow Never Dies was his second Bond movie, and there was a PlayStation game for it that came out in 1999.
Yeah that’s a slip of the tongue as I’ve mentioned in the comments….I should know as my uncle was special effects on all 3 😅
@@n64glennplant That's cool about your uncle. But I must've missed it in the comments. I scrolled down for quite a bit to see if anyone mentioned it before posting my comment, because I didn't want to point it out if one or more people already did.
I actually prefer this game over Goldeneye. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Goldeneye and spent hundreds of hours on its multiplayer as a kid in 97. But Goldeneye is just too damn hard. I played thru it again to completion earlier this year and wanted to throw my controller thru a window lol. Its difficulty is highly unnecessary. TWINE has a fantastic difficulty no matter which setting you prefer and the overall graphics are amazing for the n64.
It amazes me how flawless this game is. Recently I discovered this game from a video about FPS games on n64. It got my attention when the video said the game was similar to Golden Eye. I was interested because I absolutely love games like Golden Eye, Perfect Dark and Time Splitters 2. First person shooters with objective based levels where you use all manner of gadgets, BUT the shooting doesn’t take a backseat. Your not sneaking around, picking off guards one by one with weakass weaponry. You’re blowing bad guys away by the truckloads with a full arsenal of satisfying firepower. While watching reviews of this game I was like “ok this looks awesome but when is the guy gonna bring up the issues of this game that makes it bad. Because this game gotta be god awful somewhere, otherwise people would talk about this game a whole lot more”. But to my surprise this game looks really top notch. Never knew Golden Eye was so regarded as the best 007 game so much to almost completely over shadow this game. A real shame I have to say. I’m definitely gonna pick this one up now and look forward to playing through it on the hardest difficulty, like with the others
The only thing wrong with it is it released a few months after Perfect Dark. Never had a chance. But do pick it up. You're in for a treat. Some of the best multiplayer level design on the console too, especially the unlockable bonus arenas.
brok2 ahh the fate of far too many games. Games like Blake Stone, a game built with on the Wolfenstein 3D engine. It released I think a week or few before DOOM. Another one is HacX Twitch n’ kill. Ironically just like with Blake Stone, this game was built with an engine made by Id. This engine was the DOOM engine. Now I don’t know if HacX got released before or after, but it was overshadowed by Id’s next game Quake
Man I've always wanted to play this! Can't believe I hadn't played this back in my N64 days. :(
Content really felt like a next gen title. Everything that happened during levels and craracters. Sometimes mission(s) gets failed too easily, thought...
I played the living daylights out of it when my Mom and Dad gave it to me that Christmas it came out and that game stayed in my N64 for a very long time.
i see what you did there ;)
Very underappreciated. This game looked DAMN good for it's day and was better than GoldenEye in most everyway, nostalgia aside
Especially that you saw Bond reload his weapon. I remember being blown away by that.
purestformofpeace Your on crack if you think this is better then Goldeneye !
One area Goldeneye had this beat was cheats though. So much fun messing around with them. However, this game did look and play better than Goldeneye, plus GE had the nostalgia factor.
Better than Goldeneye? You're crazy, the graphics in Goldeneye are far far superior. There's a reason it sold 8 million copies.
raz well the graphics in golden eye are not better than this bud
A masterpiece, and one of the most underrated games of all time. I actually enjoyed the mp better in this game than 007, and liked that you could add bots if desired. Incredible soundtrack,visuals, and tight shooting mechanics. 2nd best shooter on the n64 after Goldeneye. Warning: Avoid the PS1 version. Its absolute garbage.
@Simon Chase agreed the only good thing about multiplayer were the bots
From a marketing perspective, the 007 naming convention is an obstacle. Sales are hurt by not being called Goldeneye 2. And The World is Not Enough happened to be a mouthful title. Vs something pithy like Skyfall
That’s a good point
I wasn't aware the graphics were so good! blows GoldenEye out of water! Now, I want to play it! Wonder how well it handles
What I notice is that in goldeneye If you shoot somebody could see the blood on them and perfect dark took the blood a step further But in world is not enough you don't see any blood at all.
There was a rifle on here that took a long ass time to load but I can’t remember for the life of me what it was called..
Pretty good game but fuck that helicopter boss fight
You're right 😂😂
Since 2000 I just can't find my way through the vertically-crashed submarine of the last level without a walkthrough.
I've always heard about the game, but never happened playing it. Since I'm running a N64 Library Marathon, I'll play through this one for the first time, after completing Goldeneye 007.
Super underrated title on the n64. A great run and gun game.
Did anyone else get stuck at the level where supposed to jump into a thing but it wasn't clear thats what supposed to do
Ill take the sneaking mission at that Chatue over and golden eye. Master piece
I love your work. You've done some incredible stuff over the years. If I can offer one criticism, it's this: when you tell me about some feature or particular design choice that you like, it would be great if it was showcased at that point in the video. This one in particular has a moment where you talk about how the voice acting is really good and you would never really know it wasn't the cast... and then you don't give us a sample to work with. Or you tell us about how satisfying and bassy the guns are... but then don't give us any sound samples. The Perfect Dark review has a few of these moments, too.
I always loved this game. I remember playing it in 2015 for hours every day trying to complete it
It’s pretty awesome isn’t it
@@n64glennplant Yeah it's a solid fps and is actually a bit faster paced that Goldeneye it seems
the dj on the radio as a kid, his mum was going to usa and he said please bring me back some air jordans, she said she would, but the sales guy said that her son would much rather prefer these shoes called "brittish knights" as they were cooler than air jordans lol....... just in relation to your mixed game question.
I loved this game. Had awesome missions and multiplayer
I don't think I've played this game since (release year + 4 or so) but I remember liking it more than my friends did
yeah I think now when people cannot simply compare it directly to goldeneye and instead can look at it as its own game it stands out more
Looks like I'd have enjoyed this if I had it back in the day. Looks like the Turok 2 to GoldenEye's Turok
This was one of the first video games I ever played. I remember playing it when I was really little and never being able to figure out what to do in the bank (or wherever you are in the first level). I would always end up shocking or punching some helpless person then getting shot at by the guards. Classic.
goldeneyes a little better but both bond games are excellent.
I was actually quite keen on seeing your take on this game, as I picked it up recently without having one of your reviews to rely on. Now, could you do Legacy of Darkness or Excitebike 64 next? Pretty please :3
The amount of different textures in one level, lack of fogging and smooth framerate make this the best looking N64 game I can remember
Man, this was a great game, surprised it took you so long to review it
been a whole coming but finally got around the time to recording it all, i actually had half recorded and then last year i got ultra so scrapped the old footage
8:08 For some dumb reason that dumpster is removed from the PAL version of the game. I have no clue why they removed it.
I really enjoyed this game and found it to be very underrated. I had often thought that this game used a tweaked version of the engine Eurocom used in Duke Nukem: Zero Hour.
The multiplayer in this game was fun, but the levels weren't quite as good as Goldeneye. However, it ran a lot smoother.
A couple of things to note: First, if you played against bots in multiplayer, you could go up to a bot point blank and circle strafe around it. The bot would just stand there and you'd get some easy kills. Also, head shots from just about any weapon are an instant kill. Even punching someone in the head kills them.
Second: If you play this game and walk off a ledge that's high enough to kill you when you hit the ground, hit the jump button before you land and you won't get hurt. However, you can't jump off the ledge and then hit the jump button again, as that won't work.
Also, I really enjoy your videos, Glenn. I have 39 games for my N64 and I'll continue getting them when I can. You've definitely earned a subscriber. Thank you for the videos!
What was annoying is the blood missing that was present in Goldeneye.
I recall enjoying a lot playing this and perfect dark back then. Lots of fun really.
What always i've had considered a bit annoying is the aiming: whenever you try to shoot someone, tha gun tends to move far more the point where you stop moving the stick, and then go back to re-center, (hope my explanation is good)
Think the dither and lower-res was a frame rate thing to pull in better textures.
Great review Glenn, TWINE, Goldeneye and Nightfire in my opinion are the best Bond games ever made and TWINE has one the best Multiplayer to offer in the N64 besides Perfect Dark and Conker's BFD.
I loved this game! Great review. This is the only other James Bond game (beside Goldeneye) that offered anything new and memorable. Even on future consoles. The stealth missions were what made it for me.
Have this for psone and N64 barely played it when I was a kid. Sounds like i should revisit.
Nice video man. This is SegaSaturnGamer48. I use to comment on your videos all the time, but I still watch your videos. I'm a big fan of you. Keep up the good work ! :)
You're welcome.
The grainy look is actually quite interesting, from a technical point of view. Looks like they put some heavy work into getting their own microcode running on the RCP to tweak even the last bit of performance and visuals out of it. That's my theory on why it looks so grainy.
thats technical info way above my grade :)
I loved this game so much! Perfect Dark was always my favourite game of all time (I'm a twin so the idea that it was co-op may have helped) but I always felt this game wasn't as popular as it should be.
It had some interesting sections such as the down hill skiing, some very interactive story elements and some really memorable levels! Especially the stealth level such as Elektra's manor and following the truck to the runway be Kazakhstan!
I remember as a kid going to Rhino's Video Games (before it became a gamestop), and looking for N64 games. While my sister got a few Game Boy color games, i saw The World is Not Enough and got it. I enjoyed it, though it did take me a lot of time getting through the mission where you have to sneak through Electra's villa. Mostly because i didn't know what to do since i couldn't shoot the guards, and i had to evade Gabor, and disable security systems.
Even though TWINE is not as classic as Goldeneye it is still A great FPS game for the N64.
very, its a classic no doubt
The default sound setting was "mono" because most people only used the shitty sound on their cheap/old TV's at the time. A typical TV that someone would be using to play N64 games was likely made in the 80's, if not earlier.
If that was the case every N64 game would be mono by default
10:38 Man, he took the "Dodge this" phrase to another level :V
Some matrix shit right there !
Awesome review! Recently picked up both bond games for $50 and get this, they were cib and in decent condition
i had all the 007 games for n64 and psx, goldeneye and world is not enough were my faves, tomorrow never dies on psx was ok, never did get world is not enough for psx though so i cant say which is better but as long as its fun it can take my time.
While I still prefer Goldeneye, I always enjoyed The World is Not Enough. It showed what the N64 was capable of, in terms of graphical detail and sound production. Definitely agree that the two games complement each other fairly well.
I got this in a retro store Gleen and the world is not enough looks really good on the N64 my friend i enjoy this game a lot i like both goldeneye and the world is not enough^^
Probably the best graphics I've seen on N64. Then I guess this was late in it's lifespan and developers could get everything out of it. This game really is underappreciated and seems kind of next level compared to most of the era. Almost like a very early ps2 game.
What I found crazy was that it didn't even need an expansion pack to play, unlike perfect dark. Although TWINE needed a controller memory pack inserted to be able to save
I got this as a rental back when I was 8 years old and wasn't very impressed. However, I really enjoyed 007 Nightfire on the GameCube, and knowing that both games were developed by the same company, I really think I should give this another shot.
How on earth did I miss this one? Looks pretty damn good, even if it isn't Perfect Dark quality
Main problem I got with the Bond-games after GoldenEye is that they feel incredibly stiff. Both multi and singleplayer lacks the funfactor that GoldenEye got.
The music of the later games is also not near as good as GoldenEye's soundtrack.
That's the main issue with this game ---- it's INCREDIBLY stiff playing. Even in multiplayer it has a stiff quality.
It really followed the movie well, which was pretty cool when doing solo. Otherwise it's ok, though some solo levels aren't that fun, and I doubt people did too much multiplayer. They added some new things like adding objectives mid-mission, and watch functions. I would say they tried, in their own EA style, and did some nice stuff, but it ends up being ok.