Today’s game is 007 First Light. I had been holding out on this game because it had Denuevo. But I saw it was on sale and decided to do a double check. I guess they removed it back in July. I still wasn’t assured thought so I did some stuff and got ahold of a copy to test it out first before dipping into the 45$ it would cost me.
My first impressions are? Well first: Fuck this game is pretty. Midway through chapter 3 I suddenly got performance issues but in chapter 1 it was pretty and running well
My second impression is Holy shit this game is buggy. I haven’t played anything quite so buggy in recent times I think. It’s so fucking lucky I like the gameplay.
I will relent. Maybe there’s something going on with the way I’m playing and maybe there’s something else going on with Proton. But damn. So many issues. I’ve gotten:
- Clipped into the ground
- locked in the watch overlay
- locked in the watch overlay again
- thrown through a wall mid fight and fallen into the void.
It is only those 4, in the first 4ish chapters. But damn. When it bugged out it bugged out hard.
Now for the actually interesting part in my opinion. This game scratches all the right itches I had for a new Uncharted game. Like literally the only thing it’s missing is Nathan Drake. And he’s in retirement so fair enough.
But that opening had me nostalgic for the opening of Uncharted 4 all over again. And the combat and action pieces. It just gets me all hooked in the same way Uncharted did.
I was initially hesitant to play this because that’s a 50 Gb download on my slow ass internet, and I have almost no run in with the James Bond franchise. Literally the only other experience I have is Golden Eye 007 for the N64. Besides that, I know he likes martinis and women, and he has a laser wrist watch thing. That’s it. Despite the technical issues I might track down a used copy or just buy it on discount because I’m really enjoying it.
I’ve refused to buy it after what IO did to players of Hitman 1/2 (modern versions, not the classics)
I paid for Hitman 1, but now need to repurchase it inside WOA to play it since they removed the old game I paid for from Steam (it was completely replaced with WOA)
839 days in a row is a serious streak. How is First Light holding up so far?
I’m liking it so far. It scratches that itch for a new Uncharted Game I’ve had for a long time. It’s making me want to go back and replay 4 after this.
I really like the Story Beats and I’m liking how open ended some of the level design is. Having multiple options to get around and to get places is nice and makes it feel a little more immersive
open-ended levels with more than one way through is exactly what made the Uncharted climbing feel good. replaying 4 after sounds like the right call
I really want to like this game but I’m too impatient or something. The parts where I’m just sneaking around are too long and the incredible action is too short. That first action on the tarmac was •chef’s kiss•
I’d play a whole game of that (like stunt driver but shooting baddies)
I feel like this game hits really hard for people who like Hitman though.
The lack of action parts were something I noticed. I do wish there were more parts where we could get into shootouts. I know it’s not exactly fair to keep comparing it to Uncharted but that was definitely something I felt like Uncharted did better
I liked the game. Looks great, the characters are fun and so is the gameplay, ignoring a few minor gripes (I did not run into any glaring bugs, even though I played it a lot closer to release).
The only issue is that while the overall story is really solid (and very “Bond”), some twists can be seen a mile ahead, while the characters are completely blindsided. Kinda makes them seem dumb in some respects, even though they are generally hyper-competent.
Just ignore it. The journey is worthwhile, despite some wrinkles.
i’ve never seen any of the James Bond movies and it sounds like you know what you’re talking about, if I wanted to give one a try, is there any suggestion you’d have for someone coming off of this game?
Well, I’ve seen all (or nearly all) the Bond movies, but that was a very long time ago, so I’m not really sure how well they aged and which of the early ones are still worth watching.
I’m more familiar with the Brosnan and Craig movies. I think Goldeneye is a sure bet. Great action and a lot of humour.
I love the Craig movies, even the weaker ones, and especially the first: Casino Royale. They do start out with a somewhat different vibe and progressively get more Bond-like. This is intentional, as it is a reboot and Bond picks up his classic characteristics (like ordering Martini shaken, not stirred) one by one during the movies.
The movies also follow a common storyline (sometimes continuing right where the previous one left off), so they’re not really too good to just check out one to see what Bond is about, but I’d still recommend watching at least CR just because it’s so good.
Then there’s Kingsman. Not a James Bond movie, but it captures the feel of the older Bond movies very well.
James Bond is really interesting in that each new actor brings a slightly different approach, so it makes sense to talk about multiple Bonds, even in cases where it’s meant to be a single continuity. And First Light succeeds in making this another such Bond that feels equal to his movie counterpart, while being a new take on the character yet again.
i’ll for sure check out Casino Royale then. Maybe even make a watch party out of it with friends.
I was thinking of the different actors as being like how Batman has different actors and how each one brings a different thing to the table. So i was on the right track there.
I played this game a month ago and really enjoyed it. I think it might have the best tutorial/training montage I’ve played in a game. I don’t think I ran into any serious bugs, sorry to hear you are. I hope you enjoy the rest of it!
Loved the training montage tutorial thing. Honestly the whole opening is giving me Kingsman vibes. Which I have to imagine is a good thing. They seem rather similar to each other in the respect of their genre and I rather enjoyed that movie
That first / featured image is really good. I haven’t played 007 yet, but I saw the image and my first thought was, this must be 007. So great work there!
Damn. I’m seeing it now, like the whole opening thing with him walking with the aperture? I wish I could say it was intentional but honestly I saw the tube and just went “wow. The light here is pretty. It’d be cool to do some light photography here with a silhouette”
Any game on steam is a demo just an fyi, buy it and if you play under as a certain time they refund in full.
If Uncharted and Hitman had a baby, it’d be this game.
Just what I needed and well worth the time spent.
Honestly, I kept thinking “this is kind of like Hitman” the entire time I was playing. I honestly had no idea they were the same studio until after I had finished playing.
Also I agree with the Uncharted and Hitman sentiment. It hits that itch just right
It seems like a good action romp, from what I’ve seen of it. I might pick it up on deep sale in a few years. A shame you’re getting so many bugs, though.
The bugs are a shame. It might just be a me thing though. I ended up picking it up on Steam so ill have to see if an official copy is a lot less buggy. I’m hoping it is because those bugs are like my only major gripe
