Ever since I played it in 2004, I wanted another Bond game like Everything Or Nothing. For someone to expand on that game and its ideas. And when it was announced that IOI were taking the reins on 007 I was hopeful we’d finally get that game. And here it is, First Light rules. It’s the next step in Bond games.
It’s not perfect, there are some pacing issues and while the combat is mostly chaotic positive, it can get chaotic negative. But hot damn did I have a good time with it. The new Bond is charming but flawed in the way you need him to be and even the side characters have depth to them. Hell, even the random MI6 staff around HQ have tons of personality and make the world feel lived in. Like Bond is the tip of a spear made of the entire organization. I had so much fun just wandering around Universal Exports just listening to random NPC chatter, it added weight to Bond’s missions. Like he was protecting real people.
Please, don’t let the shitty Amazon execs take control of Bond from IOI. Let them make the next game, it would be amazing to see what they could do next.