007 First Light - IO Interactive - The New James Bond Video Game

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  • RyanRyan Canada
    Posts: 784
    LucknFate wrote: »
    March! They are taking their sweet time with it. How many years of development will that have been?

    Somewhere between 4 and 5 years - which isn't all that long these days for a game of this caliber and the relatively small team at IO Interactive versus some of the bigger developers. The game was announced at the end of 2020 but it didn't enter active development until after Hitman 3's 2021 release and initial run of big content drops.
  • LucknFateLucknFate 007 In New York
    edited September 3 Posts: 2,108
    Ryan wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    March! They are taking their sweet time with it. How many years of development will that have been?

    Somewhere between 4 and 5 years - which isn't all that long these days for a game of this caliber and the relatively small team at IO Interactive versus some of the bigger developers. The game was announced at the end of 2020 but it didn't enter active development until after Hitman 3's 2021 release and initial run of big content drops.

    Then the days of individual movie tie-in games are well and truly over. Wish we still got movie novelizations in that case.

    Also, getting good press: https://t.co/AG7exeUh52
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    mtm wrote: »

    I like the look of the gameplay though and there's something quite charming about this slightly more laddish Bond already. I liked the touch of all the ladies he passes swooning over him, that's a nice sense of fun. If it gets good reviews I'll be grabbing it.

    Second this. I was initially skeptical of that element after seeing the first trailer, but this works really well and it feels - authentically - like Bond. Gibson's playing it a bit like a cross between a young Roger Moore and a Slow Horses Jack Lowden, with just an edge of Taron Egerton in there somewhere. I'm digging it.

  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 3 Posts: 18,970
    QBranch wrote: »
    I like how in Calvin's video he claimed that the new Q looks like he could've been a suave charmer spy thirty years ago. Although M looks more like Gia Sandhu to me rather than Priyanga Burford.

    Turns out it was a good call on Burford, I still don't think it looks like her though! :D

    She was in NTTD of course.
    AgentM72 wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »

    I like the look of the gameplay though and there's something quite charming about this slightly more laddish Bond already. I liked the touch of all the ladies he passes swooning over him, that's a nice sense of fun. If it gets good reviews I'll be grabbing it.

    Second this. I was initially skeptical of that element after seeing the first trailer, but this works really well and it feels - authentically - like Bond. Gibson's playing it a bit like a cross between a young Roger Moore and a Slow Horses Jack Lowden, with just an edge of Taron Egerton in there somewhere. I'm digging it.

    Yeah that's a good call: he kind of feels like what River Cartwright wishes he was, and that works for me.
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    The trailer looks awesome
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  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited September 3 Posts: 18,970
    Mallory wrote: »

    The idea that Q is a stylish dresser, and that not only does that rub off on Bond but his sense of style is the reason why agents get Omegas and Aston Martins, is quite a neat one.

    Also sounds like a surprise villain reveal coming. I hope it's not just Greenway, feels a touch obvious if it were.
  • CharmianBondCharmianBond Pett Bottom, Kent
    Posts: 572
    mtm wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    I like how in Calvin's video he claimed that the new Q looks like he could've been a suave charmer spy thirty years ago. Although M looks more like Gia Sandhu to me rather than Priyanga Burford.

    Turns out it was a good call on Burford, I still don't think it looks like her though! :D

    She was in NTTD of course.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that the game model doesn't quite look like her. But yeah she's brilliant in the inquiry episode of The Thick of It so I'm really happy she's playing M.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,970
    mtm wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    I like how in Calvin's video he claimed that the new Q looks like he could've been a suave charmer spy thirty years ago. Although M looks more like Gia Sandhu to me rather than Priyanga Burford.

    Turns out it was a good call on Burford, I still don't think it looks like her though! :D

    She was in NTTD of course.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that the game model doesn't quite look like her. But yeah she's brilliant in the inquiry episode of The Thick of It so I'm really happy she's playing M.

    Yeah, I would say that maybe she's not supposed to, in that Mackenzie's Q doesn't seem to be trying to be him, but when I look at M I think I can see that they've tried to model her on Burford, but just not quite managed it. Shame because they've got Lennie James perfectly.
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    mtm wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    QBranch wrote: »
    I like how in Calvin's video he claimed that the new Q looks like he could've been a suave charmer spy thirty years ago. Although M looks more like Gia Sandhu to me rather than Priyanga Burford.

    Turns out it was a good call on Burford, I still don't think it looks like her though! :D

    She was in NTTD of course.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that the game model doesn't quite look like her. But yeah she's brilliant in the inquiry episode of The Thick of It so I'm really happy she's playing M.

    Yeah, I would say that maybe she's not supposed to, in that Mackenzie's Q doesn't seem to be trying to be him, but when I look at M I think I can see that they've tried to model her on Burford, but just not quite managed it. Shame because they've got Lennie James perfectly.

    Bond in the game doesnt look exactly like Patrick Gibson, so I suppose they have made some tweaks to the characters to get the look they want for them.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited September 3 Posts: 7,624
    I think I’ll be preordering the Legacy edition, but the landing page on Amazon.ca for Canada isn’t up yet :( hopefully they don’t run out!

    I did take the opportunity though to finally order the NTTD steelbook.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 14,248
    My biggest fear that IOI wouldn't be able to handle the action, was unfounded. It looks like it can give the Uncharted games a serious run for their money. I'm loving the whole swagger of this Bond. And I don't know who composed the Bond theme in the trailer, but I need it NOW.

    It feels like we are entering a new Golden Age for Bond games. I haven't bought a game day 1 since Sniper Elite 5. But this is going to be a day 1 purchase.
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    My biggest fear that IOI wouldn't be able to handle the action, was unfounded. It looks like it can give the Uncharted games a serious run for their money. I'm loving the whole swagger of this Bond. And I don't know who composed the Bond theme in the trailer, but I need it NOW.

    It feels like we are entering a new Golden Age for Bond games. I haven't bought a game day 1 since Sniper Elite 5. But this is going to be a day 1 purchase.

    The game’s soundtrack is by The Flight.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_(band)
  • Posts: 2,051
    Having seen the new gameplay..........................If this is the new Bond, then no thanks. Hopefully, the new film looks and sounds nothing like this.
  • RyanRyan Canada
    Posts: 784
    LucknFate wrote: »
    Ryan wrote: »
    LucknFate wrote: »
    March! They are taking their sweet time with it. How many years of development will that have been?

    Somewhere between 4 and 5 years - which isn't all that long these days for a game of this caliber and the relatively small team at IO Interactive versus some of the bigger developers. The game was announced at the end of 2020 but it didn't enter active development until after Hitman 3's 2021 release and initial run of big content drops.

    Then the days of individual movie tie-in games are well and truly over. Wish we still got movie novelizations in that case.

    Also, getting good press: https://t.co/AG7exeUh52

    The good news is, with the foundation and groundwork in the books, the turnaround for subsequent games will no doubt be a little quicker assuming that this game is a success. After Hitman 2016 was released, Hitman 2 wasn't far behind and just built upon and refined what already existed.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,624
    Not sure if it's been discussed yet, but if you're looking at that Legacy edition, I wouldn't assume that that golden gun comes apart.
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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
    edited 1:23am Posts: 5,169
    Alright, the story has me hooked. It feels like Everything or Nothing, in some ways. It comes out on my birthday week! Last year on my birthday week we got 3 announcements: Connery 4K Blu-rays, Heyman and Pascal officially took over, and Felix Leiter in The Hook and the Eye. A nice birthday week for me!
    For those who think Greenway is a villain, I think 009 is enough of a MI6 threat alone. I would be somewhat surprised if Greenway is a villain. I still think we'll get a surprise villain.
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    Wait? So the game is Bond as a rookie. Yet he manages to go all Rambo and wipe out 40+ bad guys in a shoot out in a couple of minutes? Kind of takes me out of it.
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