{"id":1077,"date":"2012-09-20T11:49:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T11:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2012-09-20T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T11:49:11","slug":"my-top-100-84-mission-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1077","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #84 – Mission: Impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1998 – Ocean Software (Nintendo 64, PlayStation)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nintendo Power <\/em>seemed to believe that two\u00a0Nintendo 64\u00a0games would revolutionize their respective\u00a0genres, and both were based on movies that would be\u00a0a couple years old by the time they were released.\u00a0 One was GoldenEye 007<\/em>, and the other was Mission: Impossible<\/em>.<\/p>\n

If I remember correctly, the amount of hype surrounding M:I <\/em>was even greater than the hype behind the Bond game.\u00a0 Early screenshots showed some fantastic lighting effects, as well as character models more realistic than we had ever seen!\u00a0 Indeed, this was shaping up to be something quite special.\u00a0\u00a0Even though I had never seen the Tom Cruise movie, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on\u00a0it.<\/p>\n

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Kinda dark, but this looked pretty incredible in ’96. (Credit for the image goes to Unseen64)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The finished product actually looked quite\u00a0different than this.\u00a0 It wasn’t as dark and gritty, and had a bit more of a cartoonish look to it than they probably wanted.\u00a0 That didn’t really matter to me, since it was very much unlike anything else\u00a0I had\u00a0played before.\u00a0 Very few situations called for brute strength or\u00a0actually shooting a bunch of bad guys, so sneaking around was the name of the game.<\/p>\n

There was also\u00a0a level based on the Terminal Room scene in the movie, where Ethan Hunt is dangling precariously from a cable, avoiding security lasers and such.\u00a0 It was promoted as one of the coolest parts of the game, figuring prominently in ads for the game and screenshots on the back of the game box…\u00a0 instead, it was one of the most infuriating experiences I’ve ever had in any game, ever!\u00a0 The controls for it just didn’t fit the game at all, and instead of just doing what I needed to do, I found myself swinging around the room like an idiot.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, the rest of the game is quite enjoyable, and I never let that one level get me down.<\/p>\n

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