An Oral History of ‘GoldenEye 007’ on the N64

Re:An Oral History of ‘GoldenEye 007’ on the N64 by soneil on Saturday August 25, 2018 @09:33AM (#17840711)

Most my memories of Goldeneye involve having 4 people stuffed on a couch, cheap beer, pretending we weren't looking at each other's screens.

Quake was a blast, but we weren't all in the same room, let alone the same couch.

I don't think comparing the games themselves directly really encompasses the difference in the playing experience.

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Re:An Oral History of ‘GoldenEye 007’ on the N64 by SmellyGeekBoy on Saturday August 25, 2018 @01:26PM (#17841650)

Indeed, if you wanted something that felt like the best of both worlds I'd go with the original Halo, but of course that didn't come along until much later.

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Re:An Oral History of ‘GoldenEye 007’ on the N64 by kaoD on Saturday August 25, 2018 @12:08PM (#17841346)

> Quake was a blast, but we weren't all in the same room, let alone the same couch.

I have fond memories of my Quake LAN parties and meeting to fight/exchange Pokémon on the Gameboy.

Playing GoldenEye on my friend's N64? I hated it. Found it pretty boring, and so did everyone else (except the N64 owner).

YMMV of course, circumstances are different, which I think is what OP was pointing at. E.g.: if you're on the USA PC gaming isn't (wasn't?) as ingrained in your culture as in Europe.

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