got it for $6 on clearance at Target, and a small question about game

I didn't wait and paid $10. I regret that, mostly because the game is awful.

From: DumpsterMcNuggets | #001
Target rarely ever slashes the price of items in their video game clearance bin, so seeing that price reduction was an amazing surprise to me.

No, it's actually pretty common. Pretty much everything on sale at Target undergoes markdown after markdown until it sells but usually it ends up selling before it gets to that point.

The only thing that slightly scares me(though I don't think it'll be a big issue in the end), is the fact that several reviews have noted that the controls are not great and can hurt after a while playing the game. What is the best way to readjust the controls, so that they aren't so awkward in this game?

The controls will always be kinda awful. The only real way to change the controls is to use buttons instead of stylus for aiming which also has a kind of auto-aim feature when you go into targeting mode (basically if you're pointing somewhere near the enemy the targeting mode will automatically center on that enemy) I guess to compensate for having a less precise aiming system. It almost makes things too easy, though.

The recoil on weapons other than your pistol is horrendous, which makes using the targeting mode useless. In general they're absurdly inaccurate anyway and only good for blind-firing when you're up close to an enemy. The stealth controls and options are pretty much pointless since the enemies die fast anyway. In the original Goldeneye you didn't have all these silly stealth options yet actually needed to move quietly to avoid getting killed. Since the enemies usually don't run after you there's usually cover you can run back behind or something (although they occasionally have grenades which still get you).

Anyway, I'm looking forward to playing this game, though I'm very obviously(!) not expecting this game to be as good as say, the N64 Goldeneye.

It's a remake that bears little resemblance to the original. If you're buying because you liked the original prepare to be massively disappointed. The levels are linear, you don't really have any objectives other than to keep moving and killing enemies, and the enemies basically stand still & shoot at you most of the time. Plus you have all of these characters who talk using actual voice acting yet the character models never open their mouths.

Even the story isn't that much like the original although the basic premise is the same.
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I'm not sure how the multiplayer is, though. Maybe that isn't terrible.
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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." ~ Winston Churchill