The 360 version was a remaster made from the ground up. Since it does not say "PC", it is that version in 4K.
To some degree, no, and the Xbox "version" would need that written in while the Switch version is emulated in the Nintendo Online shell and service so it sort of "comes with" online... still, it's a bad hand Xbox was dealt that it's not the most fully-featured version,. Putting something like this online connectivity into the Xbox's N64 emulator (which would have to be written custom for Xbox anyway) would have been possible but just didn't happen.
doesn't seem like we are getting it on PC
we don't talk about that here....If it's on Switch, it's on PC.
Can’t blame Nintendo if they demanded it, they put their faith in Rare during the N64 era.Bit weird it has an online mode, and it's Switch exclusive.
While Nintendo promoted a port with online play for its Switch Online Expansion Pack during a big September Direct, Microsoft quietly revealed a better version of the game would be coming to Xbox Game Pass at some point as well.
The Switch Online version is presumably just a port running in an emulator with additional features. On Xbox, however, GoldenEye 007 maker Rare is promising achievements, dual analogue stick support, 4K resolution, and a “smoother framerate.” It’s not clear if that means it’s targeting 60 FPS or not, but based on the teaser it definitely looks higher than the original.
No Steam release?
Eh, sort of the "better version". It's the N64 game, but in a heavily hacked emulation shell with widescreen hacks. (They couldn't for example fix the font display since those are 2D elements.) And no online, even though that would have to be that weird me-host-you-tethered online play mode that emulators use.
It is not the nice remastered edition that Microsoft was originally planning for Xbox 360.
N64 left, 360 version right
Screenshots of the cancelled 360 version for those still thinking the Xbox Series edition is using that one as the base:
Looking at this now, I'm actually getting angry the more I think about the remaster because it just comes off as that much more of a phoned-in, cash-grab port. That somehow is even more gimped on Xbox systems because of no online multiplayer. Going from the cancelled Reloaded (which seems like a genuine remake for its time would have been a strong base for a release today) to what's been announced today, is a severe downgrade.
What a failure of an opportunity to capitalize. A remake should've been the obvious answer, or at least use the 360 version as the base with upscaled textures, resolution, and online MP for both Switch and Xbox systems.
Glad I just got Switch online nowOnly switch version has online? There's millions of players would want to play it online, but no, of course that platform where only two people have Nintendo online, which they use for trading pokemon.
Is this the first Game Pass exclusive?
Bruh those are screens from Goldeneye Reloaded.
Not the XBLA remastered.
Take a breather, you're coming off too strong here lol.
Ohhh ok. That makes sense, I viewed the teaser without context.No, if you bought Rare Replay, you get this there.
Obvious skybox differences, too, among other things. They should've used the cancelled 360 version as the base, at the absolute very least.
Is this the first Game Pass exclusive? Maybe I'm reaching but it ends with "coming to Game Pass" without anything else mentioned.
The butchering that emulators do to sprites, particularly HUD elements, is an abomination. How can anyone think that dialog box looks acceptable?
But the actual XBLA version, as you can see here, still looks pretty good and a noticeable step-up from the N64 version that both Switch & Xbox are using for this remaster. Just look at the difference in mountainside detail between the above and this:
Obvious skybox differences, too, among other things. They should've used the cancelled 360 version as the base, at the absolute very least.
What modern standard is that? Shitty FPS games that tell you exactly where to go, with battle royale focuses, season passes, and microtransactions?Goldeneye was awesome, seen from the eyes of a 15 year old in the late 90s. But it is a terrible game from just about any modern standard. The nostalgia is strong with this one, but I really don't understand why anyone gets excited about this is 2022.
Never got into the original because I had a PC at the time and PC shooters were infinitely better, but if it is on PC game-pass I might check it out.
You can do that with the original game as well. Either by using one controller on each hand (it works surprisingly well thanks to their shape) or using an emulator and "fusing" two controllers in one.You should download that leaked XBLA build and try it with a 360 pad, updated controls (proper dual analogue aiming) and 60fps feels MUCH better.
The butchering that emulators do to sprites, particularly HUD elements, is an abomination. How can anyone think that dialog box looks acceptable?