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8th May 2004:
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent details
Why save the world when you can rule it? Electronic Arts has a new take on the Bond franchise.
Posted by John Grothier - PlayStation 2,GameCube,Xbox - UK and Europe

You sense that Electronic Arts really has a chip on their shoulder when it comes to the Bond games. All are comparered to the N64 masterpiece, GoldenEye, and none yet have managed to topple its crown. So now Electronic Arts have come up with a new twist on the Bond franchise - this time you play as the cold-hearted villain. In GoldenEye: Rogue Agent you play as an aspiring 00 agent dismissed from MI6 for reckless brutality. But your job prospects take a new twist when you're are hired as an enforcer by Auric Goldfinger, the wealthy super-villain with a lust for all things gold. Goldfinger is locked in a ruthless war against his archenemy, the brilliant scientist Dr. No. Naturally each wants control of the world's greatest criminal organization. After a rather brutal encounter with Dr. No, your character loses an eye - but thanks to Goldfinger's technicians they replace it with a gold-hued, synthetic eye, earning the player the name 'GoldenEye'. (Get it?).

In GoldenEye: Rogue Agent players will have the ability to customize and upgrade their villain persona and wreak havoc as they make their unrelenting rise through the ranks. Players will cross paths with such legendary allies and enemies as Oddjob, Scaramanga, Xenia Onatopp, and, of course our favourate, Pussy Galore - on globe-spanning missions of vengeance and demolition. Gamers will get to see classic Bond locations from the mountains of Switzerland to the streets of Hong Kong, and from Fort Knox to Dr. No's Crab Key lair in the Caribbean. The enemy AI will react intelligently in combat situations and use the environment to their advantage for intense and unpredictable shootouts.

As well as a strong single player story-driven campaign, there will be multiplayer split-screen, and online gameplay for the PlayStation 2 console only - as Electronic Arts still can't work out a deal with Microsoft with regard to Xbox Live. GoldenEye: Rogue Agent will be released for the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox this autumn.

John Grothier

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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
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