GoldenEye
A classic first-person shooter based on the James Bond film, later remastered.
Where GoldenEye comes up1 episode or test
- Clunkier inputs
- Design built around them
- Challenge kept intact
- Modern first-person shooter controls
- Same design, easier inputs
- "A bit of a cakewalk"
Changing mechanics rippled through the design and hurt the feel
From GoldenEye remaster, page note
What was said about GoldenEye
GoldenEye's modern controls removed the challenge the original design relied on. The GoldenEye remaster moved to modern first-person shooter controls. Because the game was designed around clunkier inputs, the change made it far too easy, in the source's words "a bit of a cakewalk."
The source uses it as a warning for remakes: a change to mechanics ripples through the rest of the design and can ruin the feel. Check every modernising change for its knock-on effects.
Why Capcom is the King of Remakes
The remaster's modern controls make a game built for clunky inputs a cakewalk, showing how a modernising change can break the feel.
GoldenEye's modern controls removed the challenge the original design relied on. The GoldenEye remaster moved to modern first-person shooter controls. Because the game was designed around clunkier inputs, the change made it far too easy, in the source's words "a bit of a cakewalk."
The source uses it as a warning for remakes: a change to mechanics ripples through the rest of the design and can ruin the feel. Check every modernising change for its knock-on effects.
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