TOP 10 Hardest Missions Goldeneye (00 Agent) No Cheats & Original Hardware | Nintendo 64
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- Today, we discuss the Top 10 Hardest Missions in Goldeneye, on 00 Agent difficulty.
I played through all 20 levels on 00 Agent a second time when gathering footage for this video, and contemplating the ranks.
I hope you enjoy the video; there's a lot more where that came from!
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Can you put at least the list in the comment section? The video is long and To see it fast
Here you go:
10) Depot 0:41
9) Statue 3:01
8) Archives 5:12
7) Cradle 7:32
6) Jungle 10:04
5) Train 12:55
4) Caverns 15:58
3) Bunker II 19:43
2) Control 23:04
1) Aztec 26:38
Unlocking the cheat on facility is still one of my life’s crowning achievements
Same here, why did I sell that cartridge? 😭
Statue was my hardest cheat to unlock, facility a close second
@@swadey2.017there’s a top 10 hardest target times vid out! I’ve heard somebody adamant that statue was their hardest as well… it definitely takes a good route and a lot of strafing, plus leaving dialogue as fast as possible
@@TheGunmanChannelyou can get it back for $30ish or so, man! Don’t even sweat it, just get on eBay and don’t close the door behind you on things you love unless you absolutely need to ❤
Oh, hey, Ash.
Unlocking Aztec and the temple for the first time as a kid was my biggest childhood achievement 😆
I didn’t even know it existed until my friend has them back in the 2nd grade . Wild
Beating facility in under 2:05 was mine lol
Mastering the tile pattern puzzle on the Egyptian level. Tears 😂😂😢😮😮
I just unlocked Aztec!!! It was REALLY tough to beat even on Agent.
As a kid, I had to have a friend beat Control for me even on Agent.
Beating the game recently on Secret Agent was a big accomplishment for me.
I doubt I will ever beat it on 00 Agent, but I’ve beaten about five or six of the levels thus far on the difficulty.
Control, Cradle, Bunker 2, and some others…I just can’t see beating them on 00. Secret was tough enough.
Ted McForehead does some great 00 agent walkthroughs on every level in goldeneye... If I can get through it, so can you!
The 2 hardest to me, Aztec and control.
Control is in my opinion the hardest of them all. Protecting Nat sucks. But once your done there. You still got the rest of the level to survive. That shit is beyond hard. Good level. Love the challenge.
Couple of things that make the ending easier - you can blow up the 6th mainframe before getting Natalya by throwing a mine from the top of the right hand stairs at a certain angle (there’s a couple of videos out there showing you how) and it will land in the mainframe room.
You can also clear out the guards from the room with all the lockers and the body armour early as well - blow a mine on the door and it will take out the guard next to it. The rest will be triggered and run up to the door, once you see their faces glitching through a bit put another mine on the door and kill them so you’ve got a nice clear run to the exit
They both hard in a tied way
The night I beat Aztec on 00 Agent.
Fall 1998. It was a Sunday night and I had just gotten my copy of Goldeneye back from my best friend across the street. He was super helpful and beat almost every difficult level and unlocked just about every cheat. But he didn't beat Aztec. So it was up to me. Of course, MANY failed attempts soon followed. When I finally beat it, I was in shock. Actually seeing the statistics screen after it was completed was mind-blowing. I couldn't wait to tell all my friends at school the next day. And what made it even more awesome was that it was during the "15 Days of 007" on TBS. That truly introduced me to the world of James Bond and got me into so many amazing movies.
Aztec. What a level. What a challenge. What a masterpiece.
First time I beat it was in 1999. Second time was 3 days ago. Describing the experience to others is difficult. 😆
THAT'S a first... SKREEYEESH!
Quoting RabbidLuigi: we've lost all sense of sanity back down the road guys
The night I beat Aztec and caverns 00 agent...July 2020. Only took me 22 years!
@@stancurry6265 Caverns on 00 Agent is also a challenge. Again, those f***ing drone guns. And why do ALL the guards next to the scientists and radio have to have hand granades?!?!
00 agent is brutal haha so rewarding tho
Getting through Facility at 2 minutes 5 seconds
Absoloute ball ache, get close everytime but I end up dead or doak isn't in the spot I need him at
@@letsavitpodcast yeah that’s a tough target time! Here’s the Top 10 Hardest Target Times vid if you haven’t seen it already… absolute ball ache is correct! TOP 10 Hardest Target Times / Cheats in Goldeneye [Nintendo 64 Capture] Unlocking ALL CHEATS
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@Letsavit Podcast just have to keep resetting and hope for good rng kinda like statue hoping for good rng on the helicopter black box spawn
First played this game at 11 when first came out .... never opened last 2 levels back then .
Recently completed on switch ......truly brilliant game .
Caverns, cradle and control were the toughest in game for me
Control was definitely the hardest 00 stage for me. Gosh what a great game.
Such a tense stand off!! And those dang drone guns…
If you protect Natalya from the level above her in front of the stairs it's much easier they all come down the stairs to the middle level and it's much easier to take them all out that way before they get down to Natalyas level and get a shot at her. Saw the strategy on graslu00 channel and it makes the stage pretty easy.
I can remember I was stuck on Aztec 00 Agent for ages as a kid. The adrenaline rush I had once I was waiting for the rocket to launch and then completed this difficulty for the first time was insane!
Silo is a rough mission as well.
Silo was my first road block. It’s kinda like Train but a lot less fun.
@@panampace the three hardest missions for me are Aztec is the undisputed hardest, Caverns is the hardest story mission. Then I feel third is a toss up depending on your play style but third can be Silo, Bunker 2, Train.
Such an incredible game, especially at the time it was released. Statue was my least favorite level. So confusing. I remember eventually learning a path that would take me through the level and all objectives quickly, but if I deviated from that path slightly I would get lost.
The Statue time challenge finally helped teach me how to strafe. I was doing it perfectly and still wasn't hitting the required time.
I just stick to the left side. Gets you through it easily and gets you to Zukovsky along the way.
Yeah, same here got lost on that level but like one guy here I figured out to stick to the left I was so glad to get past that level lol.
@@patricksorenson9586 Levels i always hated was control room and jungle
I was 4 when I played this game the first time, and I didn't know how to read, I didn't know how to finish the level because I didn't know about the other path to lead you to the statue to meet Janus.
The end part of control where you gotta protect Natalya is my worst nightmare😂
You’re not alone! For sure sucks learning that part
Depot is a lot easier if you go get the weapon stash first. You never have to put yourself at risk of the drone gun when you have the rocket launcher. Also, if you know guards are right on the doors, then proximity mines will activate through the door and damage as well.
Weapon stash first, then put down a bunch of mines where the guards will gather outside so it’s easier when your coming out of the network room
@@panampacethis sounds like a fun and empowering strat
Going to the weapons stash first is the ONLY way to go. If you don't your gonna have a bad time
True but you can't do that when getting the cheat (on Secret Agent).
Just spanked aztec on 00 and nailed out all the timed cheat challenges on the new xbox re-release. I almost broke a controller getting it done. I havent raged that hard in a loooooong time.
Jeff the effort you put in (clearly) so that all the footage matches the in-depth commentary is just astonishing. The care you show these games is seriously amazing. Also 00 Agent Aztec can die in a fire.
🤣 in a fire, yes I’d be pleased with that… weird thing is though, I started to like it 🤪
I agree with Turn1p here, seriously well done and most enjoyable to watch, so props. Freaking Aztec though... I didn't even play it on Agent or Secret Agent before 00 Agent because I knew if I could beat it on 00 then those other two difficulties would be a cake walk. So far, the farthest I've come is getting to Jaws. Then he claps me 😭. I've got the rest of the game fully check marked, im so close to 100%. Just need Aztec and Egyptian... oh and the cheat code time trials. Can't forget those for a 100%.
You ain’t eva lied
I struggled beating Aztec on Secret Agent. 00 Agent was much harder... Until I learned there was body armor in the hallway with the first turrets. So much easier after that. Honestly breezed through 00 Agent after that. The first room you start in honestly the hardest part, get through that without taking damage and you're golden.
Statue used to be the biggest roadblock for my family. My brother and dad mentioned that level like it was hell. I was always scared of doing it as a kid. Now tho, it's definitely Control for me (at least from the normal levels). Its so nerve wracking!
It’s easy as on the Xbox once you know the layout, but with the shitty draw distance and N64 controls it was hell.
@@roddydykes7053N64 controls are honestly solid if you’re used to the C buttons! It’s easy to strafe and move around well! But yeah it’s tough the with the fog and mostly confusing layout when you’re figuring it out for the first couple times
lucky you had a dad and brother who both loved video games?
Love it... looking forward to the top 10 target times too! And it'll be sick to get back into the 8bit rotation. I know these were big projects!
Something to save health in cradle. Instead of challenging Alec when he is at the bottom of the side ramps, go to the railing above him on the right side and shoot him from above. He can’t hit you there. The railing for the stairs also gives you a good chance to clear out some guards since they can’t shoot you without coming around first.
U can move faster than him, I myself speed past him when he goes in his final phase and wait for him to drop then drop him, either way the painful part for me is everything leading up to that end part
When you use this technique it's a pretty easy mission
Back when I was a kid my father and I played this constantly, my dad was able to clear train without taking a hit, knowing how every enemy would move and react (took him about 30 mins for a clear) and I completed Aztec after 2 days of constant play and learning, the level we just never could pass was control, we played on an old bedroom crt screen and could never make out that the guards during natalias hacking sequence just flooded in from the stairs and you could just snipe them, still a great game that brings great memories.
lucky your dad loves games
I played this game as a kid with my brother everyday and I didn't think there was a difficulty setting. Now I'm playing through 00 Agent and it's one of the hardest games I ever played!
Again the beast puts out a solid vid. Yeah *Aztec* can be pretty frustrating. Especially if you've made it all the way to end and find out an enemy can pick you off from the ground when you're up at the corner near the exhaust bay controls. Anybody who has played this level I'm sure knows this glitch. Or worse when you're scaling the ladder to end the mission and you've barely any health left hoping that the enemies haven't spawned yet. Great compilation Jeff.
An Easter egg that I always liked in this game is when you have to pick up the CCTV tape and you look in your inventory and see that it's a VHS copy of Goldeneye, I'm sure you've seen this one too.
Looking forward to the target times vid. Have a great rest of your week man. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🎮🔥🔥
It’s funny seeing actual strategy to this game… I always ran through with the donkey Kong and gold gun mode 😅. Awesome video!!! Love it
Aztec on 00 Agent was the most difficult to beat, but Caverns definitely takes the cake for hardest cheat code to get.
Caverns is easy, what are you talking about??
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Mike is talking about the difficulty of beating the target time to ascertain the unlockable cheat code relating to the level - not-beating the level; itself to a (vanilla) completion playthrough. Simply put: SPEED RUNNING the level to get the cheat.
@@blackerscreenproductions1368 You get 9:30... second longest in the game... it's very easy...
@@TylerSmith-ds8qh
Personally, I always thought Facility, Invincibility-cheat, was the most difficult, especially; due to the; Dr Doak (RNG) arbitrariness.
@@blackerscreenproductions1368 yeah and Facility's target time is insanely short. Idk how I did it as a kid.
Man I haven't completed this game in a minute but bringing back all of these 00 Agent goals reminded me how much I labored to beat the game on this difficulty.
Bunker 2 was so much fun! Probably my favorite level. Gotta utilize those throwing knives and the level gets much easier. They were pretty much all I used until I got up to get the safe key and went back down to get the PP7. Takes practice throwing those knives though but when you get it, the level is fun as heck.
Let's go man! Crushing those Goldeneye missions
You put all of my thoughts into words. Funnily enough, everything you described is exactly why I love this game.
Really enjoyed this vid. Loads of effort put in to show your points your trying to make.
Me and my friend have just started this game on agent after finishing it on 00 agent back in September 2000. We did one or max two levels a day working like nine-ten in the morning to three-four in the afternoon. Good times. The anxiety I get from watching this, haha. Will probably settle for secret agent this time around. 😁 but oh the memories.
What you learn after getting all the cheats is that many levels are actually a lot easier if you speedrun them. Especially ones with respawning guards.
Bunker 2 is one of those where you have to keep moving.
Statue is actually one of the easiest levels when you know where to go - and that applies to 00 difficulty too. Basically just keep to the left for a while, move as quickly as you can, and look out for a red shipping container (where you'll meet Zukovsky/Robbie Coltrane RIP). Then the red box blown out from the helicopter is fairly close by and on the left as well (if I recall correctly).
The flight recorder box has 5 or 6 potential spots where it could spawn.
I don't know how you do it. You're an animal! Great video!
00 Agent is pretty much impossible for me and therefore my Kudos to the real ones who makes it through it, without using God Mode like I do, lol.
I could never even complete the game on secret agent as a kid. Finally kept my promise to myself to unlock and complete those last two levels, completing this game on 00 Agent was brutal but made me pretty good at the game and was a very proud feeling when completing each stage. I can’t go back to easier difficulties now
Fun video. Thanks for making it!
I really appreciate that, John! 00 Agent is a fun challenge, it’s fun to talk about those challenges.
There are 100 more vids on the channel, I hope you find another you enjoy too!
Control Room took me months to beat in 1998, but I'd made the commitment to 00 Agent at that point and had to see it through. I was in college at the time and my roommates were wondering if I had social problems, but nope! Just a chip on my shoulder over Cuba in Goldeneye. Seeing those spiral stairs on both sides of the computers is giving me flashbacks, and I wouldn't say that competing it was very satisfying as unfair it is. Would play the first few missions the other half the time -- Byelemorye, Severnaya, Silo and if I still wanted more, Frigate -- because they're fun as hell. I loved Archives as soon as I formed my strategy.
I don't remember having a problem at the end of Train, though I vaguely remember it failing and not knowing what I was supposed to do, like it was bugged. I don't remember it stopping my progress, though. It took a few tries, at worst.
Just beat Facility on 00 Agent in 2:02. Took a few tries but I got it. Feels good
Same! As long as Dr Doak is in the right place you’re fine
I did 00 in a reasonable time, until Control. Then I was deadlocked for a week before I dropped to medium (secret agent?) and beat it and Cradle.
So now I’m stuck grinding control again, but I’m hoping it will be easier this time since at a minimum, I have an idea what I have to do. The problem being that it was hard in Secret Agent…nearly impossible on 00.
Great game though. So many awesome childhood memories. Having it drop for free on Game Pass was arguably the best “I Love You loyal Microsoft user” that Xbox has done in a long time.
EDIT Also thank you for the little secret room on that underground level. That’s dope. Had no idea. I am always dry on ammo by the end!
Just watched this, since I am playing the Game again on Xbox. Damn, I really kind of forgot how brutal 00 Agent is... Good list, definitly agree with you there.
Thinkin back as to why demon /dark souls had felt so familiar and addicting when i first played em, harkens back to old school difficult nes, snes games and trying to unlock the cheats fir Goldeneye..failing and repeating over and over and over at age 8 and 9..wiping rinsing repeating has jus been in my gaming dna since i can remember..and unlocking these cheats were some memorable tasks as a kid.
Good stuff. I like your video.
I was just saying to a friend how complex the missions and objectives are in Goldeneye, so I am glad you discussed it in great detail.
Feels like barely anyone who played goldeneye ever saw most of this stuff hahaha. You had to dig in hard to beat the whole game on 00 Agent. Most people just see grasulu play and make it look easy--assume the game is easy or not complex/hard AF.
Dude this goes so hard! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Never played the game when it was on N64, but I played it on Xbox. I thought since it's an older game, 00 Agent should be as easy as a modern FPS on normal. That was a massive oversight.
Rareware always knew how to bring the challenge in their games!
Wow this is quite a list. Quite different. Dishonorable mentions go to Silo, Streets, and Egyptian
Excellent list! I've got nothing to dispute with the placements. Despite how brutal the 00 Agent challenge can be, I love going through on it every time. Not many games feel quite as rewarding as Goldeneye is for me. I think Train might be my second favorite level in the game right behind Frigate. I really enjoy how Train is a straight-forward gauntlet that tests your mastery of the controls between aiming and using cover effectively. The ending with Natalya is definitely a bit of a toss-up though.
I also really like frigate for the same reasons. But I’d replace train with silo. Imo
@@Trevor6714 I agree, Silo isn’t easy. It was floating around Depot.. sometimes with these lists it feels like there are a few at #11 haha
I loved Frigate regardless of difficulty and massive fan of the soundtrack there
This is the type of video you would see get made in 2012. Makes me pretty reminiscent. Keep up the good work!
I appreciate that, thank you! I’ve heard this a couple times on some other videos haha welcome to the channel!
There's one redeeming part about Aztec, really... The *music* it plays!
Control is the hardest level. I just found out - In the last room with the mainfraim guarded by 4 drone guns. You only have to destroy the front two. If you just run fast to the mainframe and blow it up. Then run fast out the door, the side drone guns won't take any life off you.. means you can save time with getting the cheat in secret agent (10 minute target) and also save a bit of ammo.
Hard and annoying as heck! And nice tip, going to use that with those target times
I did this also - and its fairly easy to take out those 2 drones when you open the door and back up out of their range. 👌
Control is so frustrating. I can't seem to hit those drone guns in the first room and I get obliterated.
so glad to see bunker 2 in your top3. aztec an inspired pick for #1
There is a recent tip I had seen on Graslu00 channel. In Control, instead of protecting Natalya from the downstairs where she is on the computer, head to the second level. All of the guards spawn from that area/stairwell in the middle that connects the three levels. It creates a bottleneck and you can just mow them down from there and you have ample ammo since they are all in the same area. It's much easier than continually looking left and right for the guards coming down the winding stairs and also the ones that shoot from the glass areas.
Does that prevent guards from breaking the glass on the bottom floor and going for Natalya? That's such a pain in the ass 😂
@@arunyen1 no, it doesn't prevent the glass breaking guards
@@codezero7981 cheers dude, managed to do it anyway. The last cheat I need to complete the game fully is caverns 00 agent in 9:30, by far my least favourite to achieve
@@codezero7981 The guards without hats spawn above the floor where Boris starts out. And those guys are the ones who can break the glass. So long as you kill them off before they can get downstairs you'll be good.
Its just a case of juggling between the hatless guys and the hatted guys who go after you instead of Natalya. The hatted guards can spawn up on the third floor or off in the corners of the second floor, so ya gotta be careful.
Control is so far the hardest and bunker. Gotta use that throwing knife a lot
At the start I told myself for me it was control room. So many times Nataliya died. Then we hit number 1. I have to agree with you the difficulty and the timing mechanic just makes that level so hard. Great memories of a great game.
Fun review of these level. Such a great game and 00 Agent is the best difficulty for this game. I did want to add there is one more body armor in the cradle. It is the second control console room against the wall.
Can’t argue with any of these placements, solid video as always my guy 😎 I will have to show this to my dad when I see him on Father’s Day and get his take on what levels are toughest, if he remembers lol. I mentioned last vid that he was a legend at goldeneye back in the day. My brother and I would go to bed and the next day our old man would have like 5 more missions completed on 00agent 😂
That’s amazing… plowing multiple 00 Agent missions after the kiddos are put down. That’s a bad man right there!
For cradle, when you start, just shoot as you run up the bridge towards the right railing at the top and you'll take out the guard before you even see him
I never even unlocked Aztec as a kid, have managed to complete the game on 00 Agent apart from Aztec. Thanks for the Jaws tips.
Aztec definitely the hardest mission. I appreciated that ALL of the missions seemed impossible at first, but then with steady constant practice I managed to beat them.
I played goldeneye from the re-release on xbox and man,bunker 2, statue,jungle,cradle and aztek levels was so stressful at times, especially when you play the levels for the first time and try to battle target times, but once you beaten it it is much more calmer
Did you find it easier? On N64 I never competed the game, always gait stuck in control 00 agent. But I’m Xbox I have completed the wholes thing with 1000 achievements
@Ben Ironside I never had a n64 when growing up so I can't make a comparison between that and the re release version but some of the missions, especially aztek was tough because of enemies with the moonraker lazer guns.
@@AlexrsGAME ah no worries. yeah Aztec is defo the hardest no doubt.
I always liked the aesthetic of Aztec but could never beat it when I was a kid. I always killed Jaws first and never understood what to do next. Couldn't figure out how to return to the beginning.
20+ years later, I managed to beat it on 00 Agent and while I'm happy I finally managed to do it, NEVER again! Can't believe they locked the Egytpian level behind this level. Only reason to ever consider beating Aztec on 00 Agent.
The soldier spawn craziness in bunker 2 I found out the hard way back in 2001. Wondered why they kept spawning. When I finally had cheats enabled I figured it out. Crazy spawning
I haven't watched the video yet. When I first played through the game when it came out, in 1997 as a 13 year old, I remember trying to get Invisibility and Invincibility were the hardest. Then, some years later, I think during college, I replayed the single player from scratch. For some reason, upon my second playthrough I realized that unlocking the silver PP on Train was by far the most challenging.
Edit: I finished the video. If we are only ranking the hardest levels to beat and not specifically worrying about unlocking the cheats, then I fully agree with the list. Aztec is brutal on 00 difficulty. If I remember correctly, the lasers cheat you get from Aztec is on Secret Agent, not 00, making it much more manageable.
these are some things that helped me when playing ... 1) use a gun with a silencer as much as possible 2) turn music off 3) turn brightness up 4) if you have mines, place them near doors if you know you are going to be overwhelmed at the e.g. cavern . But yes it took a very, very long time to compete the OOs, Control, Jungle and Caverns where the most challenging. Loved it though :)
I remember back when I was in Foster care, in the summer holidays I played goldeneye 50-60 hours a week, Foster father fumed, "get out stop playing that game". Unlocked everything.
Then when I got my own place and own N64 with an expansion pack, bought Goldeneye and Perfect dark, managed to unlock all of perfect dark had to offer, but goldeneye did everything but facility cheat got the better of me.
And now I've got it on the Nintendo Switch, I'm loving the nostalgia but I just not attempting the hardest cheats, it's not as if I ever needed them.
This game is brutal i dont know how i unlocked these cheats at 8 years old my old man mustve done it and never told me lol
Control and aztec! I agree! I remember control was the last mission I had left before unlocking aztec, an aztec on hard difficult was brutal back in 1998!
I predicted the top 5, you did not disappoint.
I appreciate you watching bro! I know somebody could argue #6 higher and I’d understand, it was a little tricky to rank overall!
@@MarMaxGaming With the hardest times aspect, I hated Aztec, Control, Caverns, Statue and Facility. In my defense, I did not know about the Strafe Running trick and Kiting a certain tanky prick named Jaws, Instead going with getting right up in his face and aiming upwards and emptying at least 4 AR33 clips into him, after that, I had the issue of getting Laser sniped on my final push to the exhaust door control panel that got me until I decided to hold off on getting the armor until that point, at least I'd be able to tank a few of their shots until I got to the console where I could simply just camp the spot.
I thought Egyptian would be a mega bitch but it was much easier, when I was a kid, I didn't know I had to solve a puzzle to get the golden gun, it makes me wish Rare had put some sort of hint in the level to make it slightly less punishing.
Agreed almost entirely with your list. My only change would be putting Silo in place of Statue, I never had much issue with that level.
Top 5 is entirely correct. Control and Aztec are cruel lol. I always rank those 2 (alongside Carrington Institute and the secret levels from Perfect Dark) as the hardest N64 shooter levels.
Great video!
I would agree, Statue is easier than Silo.
There is a nice trick which works with enemies, which is very effective for Jaws. they cannot hit you if you are at point blank range. e.g. with Jaws, kill the guy on the right (i think if you use the pp7 it stops jaws hearing it, maybe mistaken on that point), run up to Jaws, then shoot through him to get the other 2 guys at the far end of the room.
oh and for control & others, use the pp7 at long range drone guns. it is very accurate, saves ammo.
Control is so frustrating, it’s the only level I hate. Idk how Silo didn’t make the list, it’s very difficult on 00 agent
Silo was pretty tough, I died a couple times! I just had a harder time with these. Maybe I got a bit lucky on my run too!
Agreed. I think many levels on 00 could be tied for a place on this list!
I went for a retrospective playthrough in the late 2000's and thought I'd try the 00 agent mode. The bane of my life was control and could never beat it as a kid, and thought 00 agent would be impossible. Low and behold I beat it more than 10 years on and couldn't believe it. Beat Aztec on 007 mode and almost 100% it bar a few cheats.
Great game to this day.
Statue was so hard for me to roam around complete the tasks without getting lost in the place and specially going around to rescue Natalya from the helicopter, I always have a hard time trying to beat Cradle, and I hate Train!
An absolutely brilliant and quite frankly accurate as hell VIDEO honestly definite tossup between AZTEC AND BUNKER 2 and CONTROL for me. Not gonna lie i just used to playing these levels on no higher than secret agent. After the time i completed the entirety of the game including Egyptian on 00Agent before school only to come back and find my entire game had been wiped upon returning from school I never had the courage guts or WILL to do 00agent ALL OVER AGAIN. LMAOOO this game kills me and will kill me again no i have it on NINTENDO SWITCH. BTW shoutout to AZTEC for having the BEST SOUNDTRACK in the entire game for me, even though i love them all. Moonraker laserr and RCP90 best guns
On double 00 Agent, this game is really hard. As it should be on the hardest level. When I was younger when the game came out, I had no idea which guards would shoot Natalia in Control room or the fact I had to shoot X-ena in the train also to give me more time to run away with Natalia.
When you play this game a lot you actually get skill & better at the game, unlike modern games. I beat this on 00 agent & beat all the times to unlock every cheat code.
I'm so glad you can just beat this game on Agent the easiest setting.
This isn't even the hardest game I beat. Even with 00 Agent.
The hardest game I beat is Cuphead. That's far harder by a lot.
Good taste, I really liked Cup Head too! You would probably enjoy the Beating & Reviewing episode… did you go through and get all the P and S ranks? That was a real grind, took some time for sure… but yeah that game is awesome, I loved playing through it!
@@MarMaxGaming No I did not bother to get S ranks. I died 730 times on beating it on normal. I'm in my 40's now, & there are too many games. Once I beat a game, I move on to the next. I don't have the patience or time now like when I was in my 20's. Or as a kid.
Like now, I am replaying Golden eye on the switch. I don't like the controls now for it. I'm just going to beat this on Agent. I'm not concerned about getting the best times to unlock codes, beating this on Secret & 00 Agent or even beating the extra 2 levels.
I actually like the games a whole lot more now when you beat them on the easiest settings.
@@tonyp9313 moving on is a good thing to do, I understand. It only happened for me because I would play it in the evenings after work for like 40-90 min and that went on for months. It’s good to keep enjoying new games and moving on, I didn’t bother trying to complete Breath of the Wild for example.. not trying to waste obscene amounts of time! Anyway, just had to share my love for Cuphead.. I have a Cuphead & Mugman shirt, it regularly gets compliments from people that don’t even know what it is.. they’re like idk but it’s cute! Haha
Years ago I was able to complete up to the train on 00 agent, before finally getting fizzled out on the game. By far, the most painful level ever was control room. Protecting Natalya while she breaks the goldeneye is so frustrating.
OMG Bunker 2, FUCK THAT LEVEL!
This video reignited my GoldenEye PTSD. Protecting Natalya on Control 00 Agent was legitimately one of the most stressful times in gaming. Glad to say I cleared all 00 Agent levels though.
Glad someone agrees with me on statue and control. Statue was one of those levels that was confusing it made you feel like you were walking around in a maze or in circles. Now with control the hard part was protecting Natalya. She was a bitch to protect in not only in bunker 2, archives, and control
With jaws my strategy is
-come up behind him
-shoot the guard next to him first from behind the corner
-quickly run up to jaws’ chest (so he can’t hit you) and shoot through him to kill the guard at the other end of the room.
-by then jaws’ armour is is gone and you can just stun lock him with laser shots
On Depot hitting up the weapons cache first is the way to go. That gun turret is cake with the rocket.
I can attest the Control mission being hard, but for different reasons. I think I had some issues with the speedrun? But it was nothing compared to having to do this mission on 00 Agent. I even had to come up with a strategy to deal with the protecting part. It essentially cheesed the run.
1. Place bombs on all the main frames.
2. Unlock the door for Nat then collect the vest in the hidden area.
3. Position yourself on the center of the second floor facing the stairs. There are two types of guards that appear, hats and hatless guards. The guards with the hats come from the side and only go after you. The ones without hats come from the third floor, they target Nat. Periodically sweep from the center and left to right to pick off any guard that comes your way. It cheeses the defending part.
4. After that’s done, detonate your mines and flee through the door you originally came from. Go towards the long door to the locker room to get the second vest. This forces the endless wave of reinforcements to take the long route and give you time.
5. Go through the Hanger towards the room with the remaining mainframe. blow it up, preferably with a grenade, and retreat to the elevator.
Caverns Reinforcements with dual wielding RC-P90s can make Hell out of you, if the single P90 guys in the Radio Room weren’t enough. Dual Moonraker Drax Reinforcements are also Hell, and that they move on your location real fast. The extended room with the Drone Guns in Control can be manageable. Take care of the ones in the front and just run out the entryway passing the side guns, as they’ll barely hit you.
Statue was confusing for me. I wasted sooooo much time running in a circle without even realizing it. Its one of those levels where I wish I had a map. It also amazes me to know that 90s kids back in the day who played this game on N64 were able to figure out these missions without a walkthrough or CZcams and had an infinite amount of patience.
Trick to Depot is hit the arms cache first so you can use the rockets to take out the drone gun. Then drop the proximity mines on your way to the mainframe to thin out some of the guards that come chasing you.
I was 14 when I played this game and I was able to unlock all the levels and secrets. Control was the only annoying level for me. All the other levels were ok once you learn how to kill the guards.
Aztec gave me endless frustration. I remember when I thought I beat the mission after a million tries, waiting for the rocket to launch as I climbed the ladder. I got killed by a laser from one of the henchmen while climbing the ladder. I was in disbelief. I beat the stage eventually but holy hell it took me forever. Even the beginning with the soldiers on both sides was so difficult to pass without getting shot. If I got shot just once at that part, I restarted the mission. This happened SO many times.
The thing about Aztec is the fact that it's locked behind completing 00 Agent on every level, meaning you have to play through each level multiple times over on each difficulty, which can be bit of a struggle if you don't know how to get through them for the first time ever, as each difficulty step introduces additional mission objectives. So long as you have completed 00 Agent through each stage as the first time playing through it unlocks it for the next stage you progress up to, giving you the option to clear 00 Agent on every stage before going back and doing Agent and Secret Agent last.
Aztec is designed in such a way that once you kill Jaws, 3 Moonraker enemies will spawn and come after you. But after you have done so you still have plenty time to launch the rocket and wait out the timer. The Moonraker Laser guns deals 20 damage, more damage than standard typical weapons in the game, with benefit of bullet penetration, meaning you can shoot through metal boxes and such to kill enemies. Even one you do succeed in beating Aztec you still have Egyptian which is probably even harder, since it requires you obtain the Golden Gun and kill Baron Samedi with it, while having to deal with many enemies chasing after you. -- But before you can even get the Golden Gun, you first have to solve a tile puzzle in a small room by following a specific path to unlock the case, otherwise failing it and being shot to death by 4 turrets. But of course figuring out the tiles you need to walk on isn't so obvious, nor is there any hits in-game to show or tell you how to do it. And finally even if you managed to do every mission on 00 Agent, you get to unlock 007 difficulty which lets you customize Enemy Health, Damage, Response Time, etc... it's basically 00 Agent but with modifiers you can set before you start the level, which can be a lot of fun to mess around with, and create a whole new challenge to play through.
I appreciate you watching and the long comment! Yes it’s a big pain unlocking Aztec and then Egyptian, and Egyptian is weird as you try to figure out the golden gun password but it’s actually one of the easier levels in the game. Egyptian is like a 2 minute level, and it’s never on people’s hardest lists bc everybody knows it’s actually pretty easy once you know what’s going on.. they have THREE body armors in a level that takes just a couple minutes. Aztec on the other hand is actually hard from start to finish… I’d much rather put money on completing Egyptian than any of these levels listed, hands down easiest once you know the walk pattern. I re-learned the pattern, didn’t look it up, and basically you get a handful of attempts at the puzzle before you actually die. I think by my 4th attempt I revealed the golden gun, and it didn’t take a very long time, with the level being so short.
@@MarMaxGaming exactly. The Egyptian stage is no where near as difficult as the Aztec stage. I remember after finally beating the Aztec stage after a gazillion tries, I thought I was walking into another world of frustration when I played the Egypt stage. I was surprised how easy and quick the Egyptian stage was. What a relief. 😂
for me, Egyptian is a hard level. not as hard as Control or Caverns but it's still difficult. not only do you have to get the Golden Gun, which is admittedly really easy if you know how to get to it in it's room without getting absolutely shredded by the trap, but also, you have to deal with it's stage boss: Baron Samedi. even when you use the Golden Gun on him, it takes a few hits to actually "kill" him. oh, and the final form in that pillar room shoots lasers from his pistols. have fun. oh, and the guards have zmg's...
Even on Agent, Aztec was the hardest level to beat when I was 10 years old. I remember being so excited to unlock the level. Then, it took me forever to beat it.
I can totally relate with you there, I remember feeling the same way… so many dang AR-33s! Then the lasers.. gah!
@@MarMaxGaming After I beat the level on Agent, I asked myself: "Do I really want to do this on Secret Agent or 00 Agent?"
For Depot, I made it a point to get the weapons first so I could use a rocket to deal with the gun turret.
Statue was ‘easy’ due to the enemies being less active for me, but confusing at times.
Archives I watched the cheat unlock route, and just kept practicing that to beat it.
Still working on getting to Cradle.
Jungle was annoying until I turned the brightness of my TV up. Figuring it out after that was a fair amount of practice.
Train was the hardest for me to get used to, taking something around 12 hours of attempts. What hurt a lot was that I didn’t know about shooting Xenia to get extra time for the password.
Haven’t done Caverns yet.
Bunker 2 I just got fed up with, and would lure guards back to the prison cells and shoot them through the window.
Control is where I am stuck right now. Natalya has died more than I have :(
I dread doing Aztec.
Came back to give an update that I should have a while ago.
Caverns was a lot of trial and error until I figured out my exact route to save as much life as possible and know exactly when the hallway ambush happens, and where exactly to shoot to avoid blowing up the Computers objective. It was very much a learning process.
Cradle sucked. Having minimal ammunition meant a lot of kiting and looking up some cheese strats.
Aztec took many hours, and I was able to successfully beat it by sheer luck; Jaws killed himself with his own grenade after I emptied all of my assault rifle ammo on him. This was by the point of a run where I learned where every turret was, every guard ambush, and every sneak shot I could pull off. Because he killed himself in a shockingly stupid manner I was able to win thanks to not losing too much health to him.
And Temple was Temple.
Also, was able to unlock the Invincibility cheat from Facility, and it was one of the most amazing feelings ever!
As a kid, the hardest for me was Control or Aztec. But for my (xbox) replay on the recent re-release, the one that gave me the most trouble was actually Train
Definitely a hot take but by far my favorite level to play is control secret and 00 agent. It’s so fun to speed run the level. You will die a lot but throwing mines thru the walls, hoping into the elevator and hoping A completes, and shooting the drone guns is such a rush.
In Aztec, I’ve always gone for left guys first. Peek first guy, and if you get the grenade emotion, take him out, take second guy out. Hug inside right corner / reload / blast right guy once he comes out. Has worked for me %85+ of my attempts.
I was ~12 when this game came out and was blown away when I saw how good it looked. I remember seeing it being played in a game store, can literally still visualise the exact moment in bunker 1 when you going into the main control room and could not believe. Just couldn't believe it. I played through it over and over and over again and two things still amaze me about it: 1) I can still get lost in Statue and 2) I only remember completing Control on 00Agent once in my whole life.
It’s amazing how these games developed so quickly and impressively before our very eyes, right?? I really appreciate you watching and sharing your memories with the game. And oh yes, Control is a tough mission.. 00 Agent really steps things up!
I've just picked up Golden Eye on the Xbox again.
Have to say I am so glad the reversed axis isn't forced anymore.... Used to do my head in😂
Just did my 2nd watch. You should do your personal top 10 goldeneye level music.
On the Depot, take out the weapons cache before going to the hanger with the drone gun. There's a rocket launcher in there. Pick it up and take out the drone gun with a roughly aimed rocket. It makes it so much easier.
I’ve been trying to beat this since 97 or 98. Definitely didn’t know about the end of the train mission!!!
You can do it, my friend!
In my opinion, everyone should beat goldeneye in 00 agent. It can be a challenge, but then you get everything the game has to offer
I’m not sure if Rare decided to tone down the difficulty or I was just good because of this game, but I remember getting through Perfect Dark on Perfect Agent setting with a lot more ease than Goldeneye’s 00 Agent difficulty
The only ones I remember being difficult, where the train and the satellite dish control room were. The floor took some finesse to cut through, and Natalia kept getting killed.
In Jungle I would place mines on the bridge and detonate them as Xenia runs across, softens her up nicely for the kill