As is the case with most big name games that people are desperate to get their hands on, over the weekend the opening mission of 007 First Light leaked online due to someone seemingly acquiring a disc copy a touch early. That video has since been taken down, to no one’s surprise, but IO Interactive clearly decided to fight fire with fire, as they’ve shared the first 13 minutes of said opening mission themselves. Spoilers ahead obviously for those who want to go in knowing nothing!
It all quicks off with a bunch of military looking folks in a helicopter off to do some such mission about something (it’s all a bit vague), when, oh no! They get attacked, the copter crashes, and a shaved-headed Bond finds himself in the ocean amongst the wreckage on the coast of Iceland looking worse for wear. At one point his radio goes off and you can press a button to check it. Gameplay!
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Mostly it’s a slow, plodding along romp through rocky terrain, incredibly wet weather with the most amount of action being a bit of stealth. Certainly nothing to overly criticise here, and it’s only 13 minutes, I’m sure it gets a bit more exciting once you’re properly in the enemy camp. Just a tad funny to release the opening section of the game that doesn’t quite sell you on the idea of roleplaying as Bond. But hey, from IO’s perspective, better they get the views than some random gaming YouTube channel looking for a few clicks.
It’s not all that long now until First Light launches for everyone, as it’s due out in a couple of days time on May 27th. It also marks the first non-mobile James Bond game in 14 years, the last one being 007 Legends, a 50th anniversary game that features missions for every single incarnation of the character. Unfortunately, this one wasn’t very good, and was the last game developer Eurocom ever made. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen to IO Interactive!
