Watch 007: First Light’s September PlayStation State of Play livestream with us here

Martinis are go

Well good evening everyone, I have made myself an after dinner drink and am now snuggled up under a large blanket ready for 007 to start (it just didn’t feel right to watch Bond without a martini glass in hand)

I’m not hijacking this blog too but I’ve got an important question: do you think Ian Fleming knew, when styling 007, that the zero and the seven together would look like a saluting person?

Makes you think.

Bertie says: Hey Bertie what a great question! I think Ian Fleming knew. I think he foresaw Slack chats in the future.

Thanks Bert XD

MarcusJ says: Since we’ve got young Bond, can we have a unlockable mode where a second player can play as a young Sheriff J. W. Pepper from Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun?

I read this in his voice!! XD

Best Bond for kids?

I really want to get my kids into Bond, but so far they have resisted. Which do you think would be the best one to start them off with? I want to go from Dr No, but my husband thinks something like GoldenEye would be better…

Bertie says: So Victoria, you’re a massive Bond fan, so I wonder: what are you worried about with this game? Are there elements the game has to get right for you, or is it just a giddy occasion there being a Bond game at all?

Does it have nothing to lose or does it have something to lose?

One thing it better have is an incredible opening number! I love the Bond theme songs.

Bertie says: Oh ooh that’s a great question. I wonder if Bond is lost a bit on kids these days. Has Mission Impossible maybe filled that void instead?

You know something, I have watched a Mission Impossible film since… 2, maybe! Have seen the Henry Cavill readying up fist punching many times, though, but not the actual film that is from

MarcusJ says: My wife and I watched them all from start to finish over the last few years. But it’s impossible to imagine watching any of them with my daughter (almost 8) until she’s much older – despite the fact I’d seen loads of them by the time I was that age.
Things are just so different now – when I was a kid, I probably saw five or six black and white Westerns every week, just because that’s what was on TV. My daughter has never seen anything other than films which are VERY suitable for children. So Bond would be something of a bolt out of the blue.

That said – Goldeneye is wildly more accessible than Dr No to a young audience, I should think.

Honestly, when I look back on what I watched (and played) when I was younger XD Oh my! There is no way I would let my kids watch most of those things

Zombie-Hamster says: I’ve settled for a nice cup of decaf, and the milk was done in a frother so stirred, and I guess a little shaken… Not really working that though, is it!

Decaff tea, frothed not eeeerm… fermented?

Zombie-Hamster says: 2 was the worst MI! You’re missing a treat with the rest of them Victoria, although have to admit Final Reckoning was a bit of a slog…

Haaaa, I agree it wasn’t great – but that bit when he is climbing at the start… I love it still 😀

EdNights_EG says: I’d say GoldenEye is a good starting point but I’m biased as a) that was my first Bond and b) it will forever be my favourite thanks to memories of the game

Aha, I have found your weakness (see what I did there…)

Zombie-Hamster says: I maybe should’ve said decaf coffee! I don’t drink tea…

I am fuelled by Earl Grey

MarcusJ says: MI 2 remains the only one I’ve ever seen too! And they filmed the last one rock throwing distance from where I now sit…

Did you get to see Tom C????

Less than five minutes to go!

Not much longer to go now!

Zombie-Hamster says: And yeah the climbing bit at the start of MI2 was great in fairness, just the rest that wasn’t so good!

Trying to remember the name of the chap that played the baddie…

Dwayneh says: The kid learnt to play the Bond theme on piano last term in his school music lessons (Year 4). He’s not watched any of them yet though. I think the earlier ones would be a little too slow for him.

I could see him enjoying some of the Roger Moore ones (like Moonraker) and, as others have said, something like Goldeneye and the other Bronson ones. For a good action movie for the younger family, I can say that he did enjoy Raiders a lot though we watched that a few months ago (he did close his eyes when the Arc was opened though). I think we’re going to jump to Last Crusade next before Temple of Doom (to sidestep the whole heart-ripping stuff and child slaves).

I tried Raiders when my kids were four and five, we didn’t get past the intro. As soon as the trap spikes came out, my daughter was out of the room like a shot XD

Dwayneh says: MI2 not good? Did you not see the slow motion hair flicks? The hair!!!!!

THIS!

Just another mad EG Bond fan checking in here. Once the broadcast is over, keep an eye on the site, won’t you…?

MarcusJ says: This is a single player game, we’re expecting, yes?
Has there been any multiplayer ruled in or out due to the Goldeneye memories? Another possible avenue for young J W Pepper or Baron Samedi Jr.

Singleplayer yah!

Zombie-Hamster says: @MarcusJ I would love it if they went full Goldeneye with this, so single-player, with different objectives depending on difficulty (why do more games not do this?!), and a non-too serious multiplayer.

I reckon we maybe get multiplayer but little chance of the objective changes…

Loved the docket at the start of each mission in GoldenEye, and the noises it made

We are GOOOOO

Eeeeeeeeeeee! I am shaking like a, well, cocktail shaker!

Dwayneh says: 4 and 5 you say? That’s ambitious.

Looking back, I have other words to describe that choice… XD

Pretty sure that is a nineties Jag Xj… which is interesting in itself. Not all new and shiny stuff! Which feels appropriate. The big thing here, really, is seeing Bond working in a team with other agents – something you really don’t see that often in the books or the films, Felix aside…

Zombie-Hamster says: Very good looking game isn’t it!

Beautiful!

EdNights_EG says: Sexy European party? I’m in.

How did you know the rest of my plans for this evening?

MarcusJ says: Is this set in the present day? Or is it a period piece?

It’s a contemporary present-day thing. Present-day Bond, present-day setting.

MarcusJ says: Is this set in the present day? Or is it a period piece?

Pretty sure it’s present day

Zombie-Hamster says: If this segues into a Ferrero Rocher advert I’m fully in

Ahh, Ambassador!

MarcusJ says: Thanks – the older looking Jaguar just threw me for a second.

In another life, I had an X type. I was informed it made me look like an old man (I was 23)

Dwayneh says: I love that there’s a bona-fide single player high profile game. Not many of those around any more, or so it seems.

With this (assuming it is well received) and Indy last year maybe there will be a renaissance?

With this and Indy (and its DLC tomorrow), I am one very happy camper!

A section like this looks to be where you get your Hitman DNA – the game sort of puts the brakes on the story stuff for a moment to put you in a small environment with a variety of Hitman-like solutions to a problem… in this instance, to get into the hotel. But what you do within that is up to you.

Zombie-Hamster says: All of a sudden getting very strong Hitman vibes

same!

MarcusJ says: My mission is now to go and read a bedtime story.
If Bond has to disguise himself as a sad clown, as in Octopussy, please beep me.

(This looks promising though! Mind you io are always great.)

Will beep, have a good evening!

EdNights_EG says: Agent 00-47 reporting for duty…

I may have that strap lined up for something later ;-P

Dwayneh says: It’s a privilege to see the inner workings of the EG Pun Machine in full flow.

Behind the scenes, we only talk in puns

Gremkarc says: Everything or Nothing is actually the best Bond game, and a proto-Uncharted.

I probably have very, very, rosy rose-tinted goggles about it though.

All I can say is, “M, you’re welcome!”

Gremkarc says: Everything or Nothing is actually the best Bond game, and a proto-Uncharted.

I probably have very, very, rosy rose-tinted goggles about it though.

Love the Everything or Nothing theme song!

Enjoyed that moment there where as the ‘License to Kill’ was activated, the enemy up that pipe was framed just like he was up the Bond gun barrel sequence. A little bit of cinema in the gameplay!

Some of our previous 007: First Light coverage

Here are some pieces Alex and I wrote about First Light a little while ago you may find interesting:

EdNights_EG says: Definitely filling an Uncharted hole….and then the Bond theme kicks in! Love it!

Oh Ed, I am so happy!

EdNights_EG says: I’m intrigued by this “Bluff” mechanic at the bottom of the screen

Same! And the “instinct” needed for it

Dwayneh says: The fighting feels very Daniel Craig bond.

Agree! A little bit ‘rough and ready’ but effective

We have a First Light release date

Guys! It’s coming out on 27th March!!!

Dwayneh says: But that won’t fit under my Christmas tree in a couple of months!

Hmmm… what would be a good stop gap?

Kami says: Wasn’t the last big Bond game that one with Joss Stone in it?

Oh my days, I had forgotten that. Was it Blood Stone??

Kami says: Quick google, it was Blood Stone, back in 2010. Why am I THIS OLD?! XD

Pfft, you haven’t aged a day!

Kami says: I’m approaching the big 5-0 and I’m still here on Eurogamer, hence why I can also remember James Bond Jr. The Animated Series.

Birthday martinis?

Kami says: I still have Tina Turner’s Goldeneye on one of my playlists.

Ah I love it! The end credits song for GoldenEye still always catches me off guard, though XD

“He’s the real deal” – Meet the new face of James Bond

Our Alex has some lovely Bond-flavoured features heading your way, and the first is now live.

Kami says: Tina Turner did that song justice. I also liked Garbage’s “The World Is Not Enough”. Awesome music video too.

Oooh with all the dripping oil!

007: First Light gets a $300 collector’s edition

While I have been blogging, the wonderful Matt has been news-ing! Want to learn more about the various editions of First Light you will be able to get your hands on? 00-Matt has you covered.

Dwayneh says: Live and let die…

When you were young, and your heart was an open book…

Zombie-Hamster says: Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough are bangers. License to Kill is a great one too!

Saying it here loud and clear, Timothy Dalton was the best Bond!

Kami says: $300? Gonna need to cash in some Bonds for that one.

I see what you did there!

Zombie-Hamster says: Timothy Dalton was a very under-rated Bond. And also the first I was old enough to see in the cinema!

I think he is the Bond most like the books, honestly think he is great in the role

Kami says: It feels weird when you see a £60 price tag as reasonable.

Ha! Yeah! What a time we are living in…

It’s looking like a hit, man – here’s Alex’s First Light preview

Alex is back, this time he has his 007: First Light preview impressions for you all to enjoy.

Dwayneh says: Elordi seems to be in everything at the moment. I’d like it to be Tom Hollander rather than Holland. That would be a different take.

What about… Tom Hollandaise ;-P

Kami says: Tom Holland looks a little young for the role imo, but would be interesting to see. I think Holland would lean more to a soft reboot, like First Light.

That boy (who is actually a man) does not age!!

Kami says: Anyways, I gotta go get some more pushes in. A pleasure hanging out as always, if rumours are to be believed, see you for the Nintendo Direct I guess!

Have a good evening!

(Agent) Goodnight

Think I am also going to call it a night – my cocktail glass has been empty for a while now and I could do with a top up.

Thanks for joining and chatting (this was my first time running the live blog and was quite nervous I was going to break the site!).

Have a good night all. See you in the morning!