Power Weapons in the Facility

[K]

Incidentally, did anyone have any 'gentleman's' rules regarding combat and shhoting unarmed players? We used to, which added a whole new dimension of people running through firefights shouting "unarmed!". Bigger death wish than the civilians in Virtua Cop...

I hated all house rules in Goldeney, they were so anal. Shooting unarmed people was part of the fun, as was screenwatching.

I never understood why people banned Jaws, as well. Surely it wasn't an advantage to play as him?

[Tom_B]

I never understood why people banned Jaws, as well. Surely it wasn't an advantage to play as him?

Yeah, we never banned him. Or Baron Samedi and his enormous bullet-magnet hat. They just presented more of a target. Oddjob I can understand, considering all those using the default 'Honey' controls stood little chance of hitting the bugger. For some reason, one of the people I played with insisted on banning the Janus special forces and some of the commandos because they were 'faster'.

[K]

Yeah, we never banned him. Or Baron Samedi and his enormous bullet-magnet hat. They just presented more of a target. Oddjob I can understand, considering all those using the default 'Honey' controls stood little chance of hitting the bugger. For some reason, one of the people I played with insisted on banning the Janus special forces and some of the commandos because they were 'faster'.

Yeah, one of my mates insisted that Robbie Coltrane could take more damage than anyone else, and that Trevelyan could run faster than other characters. The fool- I had to sit him down and actually perform scientific races and gun-shooting trials to prove him wrong.

We banned the Siberian Special Forces because he blended in with the walls on Stack and Archives- he was down with some Predator shit.

[Tom_B]

Yeah, one of my mates insisted that Robbie Coltrane could take more damage than anyone else.

In between matches, when someone went out for a piss or something, we used to switch their character to ol' Robbie. He can't take more damage, despite attracting it due to his outrageous girth.

[K]

Other quality gametypes: Midget Wars, where Moonraker Midget, Scientist Midget, and Oddjob take on Jaws in a 3vs1 team game of astonishing brutality. Contains hot midget action, and guns.

The Terminator was another good one- get the shittest player, put his health up to plus 10, put everyone elses down to -10, game ends when the Terminator dies. This one's impossible to win pretty much, but it is fun, especially when three of you corner him with grenade launchers, hose him down with explosives, and then watch him run out of the flames towards you.

[Sprite Machine]

The Terminator was another good one- get the shittest player, put his health up to plus 10, put everyone elses down to -10, game ends when the Terminator dies. This one's impossible to win pretty much, but it is fun, especially when three of you corner him with grenade launchers, hose him down with explosives, and then watch him run out of the flames towards you.

Oh, marvelous!

[magic juan]

Lowest health setting, pistols, facility.

It meant that unlike 1 hit kills, there was a point to get the armour as you could maybe take 1 shot without dying. It was like real life

And with 3 players, 1 being the 'camerman' it was possible to put on a fairly invigorating 'Bond get head' porn show...

[Sprite Machine]

Lowest health setting, pistols, facility.

It meant that unlike 1 hit kills, there was a point to get the armour as you could maybe take 1 shot without dying. It was like real life

Yeah, we did that too.

We also did License to Kill with throwing knives only. Fun! Until the matches went on for about an hour each!

[K]

And with 3 players, 1 being the 'camerman' it was possible to put on a fairly invigorating 'Bond get head' porn show...

We used to do something like that, only we'd set up fake gangland killings, with Jaws capping Bond, who'd be kneeling directly in front of him. Oh, how we laughed as Jaws administered street justice to the dome... execution style.

Plus, it was funny watching someone 'moonwalking', merely by dint of walking backwards slowly.

[Liquid Myth]

Licence to Kill, throwing knives, most levels.

Hilarity ensues!

[Dr Slotter]

License to Kill, no auto aim, no target, no radar on Complex, Facility or stacks were our locations of choice.

Pistols or remote mines (especially amusing if some players didn't know the A+B trick...) and occasionally proximities.

[magic juan]

Plus, it was funny watching someone 'moonwalking', merely by dint of walking backwards slowly.

Hehe! You just reminded me of how hilarious it was to watch people moving whilst crouched so they slid around down on one knee

[olly]

Is it just me who finds the tales of people's gaming experiences hilarious? This thread has had me laughing for minutes, and similar threads do the trick too.

[Calashnikov]

Also, you had to pity fools who could only manage to find Klobbs.

Klobb: worst gun ever. It's the Lada of Goldeneye guns.

Ah the Klobb! It did less damage than a hair-dryer!

Strangely enough, even with -10 health, a bullet from that thing wouldn't kill anyone!

It was especially gratifying in a "I now retire!" joypad resting sorta way if you managed to kill someone with a Klobb. I'll never forget a Golden Gun game where I was being chased all around the Stack by my mate with the golden gun. He was firing wildly all over the place, while I was doing like mad panic-y strafes and shimmies. I was armed with a Klobb and I managed to drill him a little every now and then with it until I eventually capped him for good! My finest moment, fo' shizzy B)

It was also customary to shout stuff like "My Klobb! MY KLOBB!" in a faux rasta accent for some reason when you were bustin off its rounds

[Pete]

you could fire grenades through the great bog holes in the walls in temple. great fun that, two people either side in a game of luck.

and i know for a fact that a klobb would use 7 shots to break glass. we use to quote this fact whenever anyone used one.

good idea is proximity mines on stack, just go upstairs and booby trap the way up

did anyone use funny names for the weapons? for example we called that quality silver pistol (whatever it was) the dog shovel.

[Calashnikov]

did anyone use funny names for the weapons? for example we called that quality silver pistol (whatever it was) the dog shovel.

Yeah, man. That was the Dostovoi I was on about before. It was sorta chunky like my buddy Clark so we called it Clark. I think we eventually named a bunch of guns after us all. I'm sure poor wee RB got the Klobb. This was like a totally deep insult.

"Look at RB in the flames" indeed!

[Calashnikov]

We used to speculate that it fired ball bearings.

Also: best thread evar etc

[Pete]

thats the one. quality gun, we worked out it had the same power as the RCP-90, so we decided it was the best pistol. as a result using it gave you bonus credit marks. and it made a really nice banging noise.

my fav gun is the assault rifle due to its skills of removing mines and the noise it makes. brilliant.

[Jim Miles]

Yeah, there were so many incredibly silly things me and my friends used to say:

"Tenf minuten left"

"OH NO!...." *opponent thinks you've made a mistake* "...for you that is!" *snipes them in the head*

*after skillful shot* "Hooooooow good?.....ie. very"

"I've got the Pougar Pagpum, the Rougar Ragrum, the Bougar Bagbum, the Zougar Zagzum, the Flouger Flagflum" etc. anything but with the correct 'C'.

[Calashnikov]

What about the magnum though? It may have been the most powerful handgun in the world, but why did it take so long to shoot? You had to 'pre-order' (as we used to say, bizarrely) your shot and aim ahead of your target. Getting lumbered with a magnum in our one-hit-kill scenarios vastly reduced your life expectancy, but the hilarity when someone actually hits with it - a huge 'thwack' sound, like someone's cracked a wet towel at someone.

This is an excellent dissection of an excellent gun. Well done, sir.

[gwh]

'Pre-order'. Genius.

Anyway... yeah, screen-watching was part of the fun. It would create loads of stand-offs, but they wouldn't last long because there'd always be someone else sneaking up the rear to steal the kill.

Oh man. You do realise I'll have to get everyone round for a Goldeneye session this weekend?

[Mrweh]

I think someone already said this same thing, but the best settings are:

License to Kill, Pistols, Facility

People would just hide behind door frames and keep ducking out to take shots. It was ALL about having the quickest reactions. Games could go on for hours.

This game worked so well for team games as well. 2 v 2 games were great, but playing 3 v 1 was the best. Because it is License to Kill the person on their own has a fair chance, but they have to stay on their toes all the time.

Some of the best multiplayer sessions I've ever had have been in Facility...