007 First Light | Hands-On Impressions and Details ▪️Gamespot: "Could be 2026's GOTY and the best Bond game ever", "shaping up to be a phenomenal IO Interactive game" ▪️CGM: "IO Interactive might be the perfect Bond studio" ▪️Metro: "007 First Light passes the James Bond authenticity test" ▪️Blends old and new Hitman games ▪️Takes players 'through linear sections that funnel into sandboxes and then back, on loop' ▪️Ensures players get "movie-like explosive action and setpieces" + improvised problem-solving "that is authentic to 007" ▪️The game starts out with Bond in the Royal Navy on a mission in Iceland ▪️As a younger Bond, he can be impatient and maybe a bit more reckless ▪️The Iceland mission gets him noticed, goes through training and joins MI6 ▪️Many gadgets to use, Q Lens lets you see enemies through walls and hack things ▪️You can also fire a laser to cut things like ropes or explode devices ▪️'Bluffing' mechanic is fun - one example sees Bond knock out a guard, only to be caught by another on patrol ▪️Bond quickly activates the Bluff skill and convinced him that the unconscious guard had suffered a medical emergency and had fallen on his own ▪️Combat: Punching, blocking, parrying, sidestep, grab nearby objects, bash them against walls ▪️Action is super smooth and feels "utterly transcendent", harkens a bit to Batman Arkham ▪️Enemies can be tough, especially when they gang up ▪️You can blind enemies with the Q Watch's laser or hack something on them to knock them off balance ▪️One mission sees Bond scrambling across rooftops after assassins attack his apartment ▪️Many 'wide-linear' missions ala Hitman with tons of options ▪️Eavesdrop on NPCs or talk to characters to gain info ▪️You can hit NPCs with a poison dart as a distraction ▪️One example sees Bond overhear a chat about a journalist and impersonates him to get past security ▪️Players will have to pay attention however, as you'll need to remember details if asked ▪️"Intense" boss fights, one described as "the James Bond version of the often lauded Mr. Freeze fight" ▪️Firefights can get very chaotic, requiring all of Bond's tricks (stealth, hand-to-hand, gadgets, guns and improvisation) to succeed ➡️ blog.playstation.com/2026/04… ➡️ gamespot.com/articles/007-fi… ➡️ ign.com/articles/007-first-l… IGN Video ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=CckaS_lh… Gamespot Video ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=RwgmAuOI… #007FirstLight #JamesBond #PS5 #Xbox #Steam

007 - First Light | Details ▪️PS5 Pro Enhanced: PSSR, 60FPS in Quality Mode ▪️Standalone, re-imagined James Bond origin story, and the 'events that lead an audacious young hero to become the best MI6 agent' ▪️Youngest Bond in the franchise so far at 26 years old ▪️Players start the game as a Navy air crewman, followed by an act of bravery that propels him to MI6's 00 training program ▪️Bond likely portrayed by actor Patrick Gibson (Dexter: Original Sin) ▪️A mission to stop a rogue agent goes wrong, must reluctantly join with his mentor Greenway to "expose a deep conspiracy and stop a looming coup at the heart of the State" ▪️Embark on missions in "breathtaking locations" and drive "iconic vehicles" in a cinematic adventure in pursuit of a rogue agent who’s always one step ahead ▪️The way you approach missions is "entirely up to you", whether you choose to go silent or go loud, fight, shoot, using gadgets to infiltrate or bluff your way past guards ▪️Variety of locations from snow-drenched mountains to sun-soaked beaches ▪️Interact with iconic franchise characters such as M, Q, and Moneypenny ▪️You can replay missions with additional modifiers to test your skills ➡️ blog.playstation.com/2025/06… ➡️ gematsu.com/2025/06/007-firs… #007FirstLight #JamesBond007 #StateofPlay