IO Interactive may have really made the most movie-like 007 game in recent years! As the media reviews of “007 First Light (007: First Light)” have been officially lifted, the current overall trend is almost overwhelmingly positive. Many media even directly called it “the best James Bond game in history.” For a 007 game series that has not really produced a masterpiece for more than ten years, this reaction is indeed a bit exaggerated.
According to the current evaluations of many media, the biggest advantage of “007 First Light” is that it successfully integrates IO Interactive’s best Hitman assassin-style penetration gameplay with overweight linear action scenes with a cinematic feel. Players can not only sneak in, disguise socially, and use the environment to cause trouble, but also drive their Aston Martin all the way through the streets. The overall rhythm is very much like playing a new-generation Bond movie.
This time Bond finally doesn’t look like a reskinned Hitman.
In fact, before the game was officially released, one of the things that many players were most worried about was whether it would just be the “007 version of “Hitman””. But current reviews generally believe that IO has really created its own Bond flavor this time.
“007 First Light” this time focuses on the origin story of the young version of James Bond. Bond is not the seasoned spy, but a young newcomer who is impulsive, makes mistakes, and even a little fart. This setting actually gives the character a sense of growth and differentiates it from the traditional 007 image in the past. What’s even more interesting is that many parts of the game deliberately incorporate cinematic performances, including Lana Del Rey singing the theme song, overweight cinematic camera movements, and a lot of explosion scenes that are very similar to “Uncharted”. Now many players have even begun to say that this thing no longer plays like an ordinary action game, but more like a “controllable Bond movie.”
IO Interactive may actually have found its signature brand for the next decade!
For IO Interactive, “007 First Light” is actually very stressful. After all, after the success of the “Hitman” series, the whole world is watching to see if they can connect another super IP. As a result, it seems that not only has there been no overturn, but it is even possible to start a new series directly.
IO executives have actually publicly mentioned that they hope to make “007 First Light” into a long-term trilogy series like “Hitman World of Assassination”. Looking at this wave of reviews now, if sales also stabilize, the James Bond game market may really be resurrected. To a certain extent, the most embarrassing thing this time may not be the players, but other agent games. Because when IO combined the old skills, cinematic feel, stealth, explosions, luxury cars and 007 temperament of “Hitman”, many people have begun to think that this is what the real Bond game looks like.