Reception
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (GC) 64.25% (Xbox) 63.64% (PS2) 59.01% (NDS) 57.31% |
| Metacritic | (Xbox) 61/100 (GC) 60/100 (PS2) 60/100 (NDS) 58/100 |
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GoldenEye: Rogue Agent received mixed reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the GameCube version 64.25% and 60/100, the Xbox version 63.64% and 61/100, the PlayStation 2 version 59.01% and 60/100 and the Nintendo DS version 57.31% and 58/100. Reviewers criticized its lack of innovation and personality despite its unique premise, as well as its mediocre gameplay. Several reviewers also disliked its departure from James Bond canon in its introduction and killing off of characters. It was largely considered to be an attempt to recreate the success of one of the best-selling video games in recent history, GoldenEye 007, which was a first-person shooter for the Nintendo 64 based on the Bond film GoldenEye. Aside from the character Xenia Onatopp, the Uplink multiplayer level, and the fact that both involve a good agent going bad (although in the case of the original, not the protagonist). It had nothing to do with either the film GoldenEye or its video game adaptation, although the protagonist's scarred appearance considerably resembles Sean Bean's portrayal of rogue agent, Alec Trevelyan, in that film.
The game was however noted for showcasing certain levels and multiplayer maps based on locations from the Bond movies, such as Fort Knox from Goldfinger, the space shuttle base from Moonraker, and Scaramanga's hideout from The Man with the Golden Gun.
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