20 Essential Video Games You Must Play Before You Die

4. GoldenEye

It bombed at E3, was slated by the media before it was even released, and then went on to be *the* defining FPS of its generation - if not all time.

So many things that gamers take for granted in the genre now were pioneered in GoldenEye. From giving players a freedom to complete missions how they saw fit, to the fine tuning precision of the controls, it even invented the idea that different parts of the body should take damage differently.

Taking a number of the film's scenes and set pieces, the game stuck to the GoldenEye story whilst adding its own twist to ensure it was every inch as good a playing experience as it was a watching one. Its multiplayer function remains the bar against which all future groups of friends running around shooting each other will be measured.

Still, almost 20 years since its release, it's regarded as some of the most fun it's possible to have on a console. Be that playing through the game's single player storyline or going through a war of attrition with up to 3 other human beings.