007 First Light Reveal This Week

It looks like the rumors are true as the reveal has been confirmed for this week.

[-Foxtrot]

Looking forward to it but that title is pretty generic for a Bond title.

It just reminds me of Infamous First Light.

[toxic-inferno]

There's a suggestion they want it to be part of a trilogy, so maybe the name will make more sense if/when the two follow-ups are announced.

For example:
First Light / Daylight / Final Light
First Light / Second Sight / Final Rite

Both VERY poor examples (I'm no writer, after all... These would be terrible names!) but it illustrates the idea.

Also, 'Agent Under Fire', 'Nightfire' and 'Bloodstone' are all pretty rubbish titles compared to Bond films.

Even 'Skyfall' seems like a fairly mediocre title when taken out of context.

[Garethvk]

True. The proof will be in the play.

[Profchaos]

Recent Bond films have all struggled with generic titles honestly. Skyfall spectre Quantum of solace

I mean none of those have a title like Octopussy

[Zeldafan64]

Quantum of Solace is a good title imo.

[toxic-inferno]

Quantum of Solace is a title of one of the original short stories by Ian Fleming.

The story of the movie is not based on that short story, however.

[Chard]

Yeah the name is a non-issue, I’m more interested in how they handle Bond’s appearance since there’s currently no movie Bond - will it be some fictional new guy? Daniel Craig? Some kind of selector where we can pick from Connery, Brosnan, etc? (unlikely unless they can somehow tune the voice acting per face option with AI)
I’m guessing 3rd person given their Hitman background but would be happy with either 1st or 3rd. Perfect Dark is gonna be a 1st person game, getting made by the Tomb Raider devs

[Profchaos]

@chard in the past they have hated to include faces of ex bonds because they would need to pay them

[mike32UK]

The great circle is a pretty fucking dumb name too, but that game exceeded my expectations 😂 fingers crossed this is the same

[RaidenBlack]

ngl, that teaser poster looks kinda cool

[Garethvk]

Someone asked me who Bond would look like. I said it would be great to have the new Bond reveal as part of it but likely an amalgamation of Bond characteristics.

[toxic-inferno]

I think they'll go for a version that more closely fits his description from the original novels. What you can see here fits that fairly well. I hope they'll set this in the era of the original books, rather than it be modern day, but who knows.

I really like the look of his coat from this! A minor detail, but it looks promising.

[Garethvk]

That would be interesting. Low tech by our standards.

[Zeke68]

@Toxic-inferno
I think it will start in like 60's / 70's to end up in present time, they aim for a trilogy after all:

"It's completely beginning and becoming a story, hopefully for a big trilogy out there in the future. And equally important and exciting, it's a new Bond," IOI boss Hakan Abrak said in October.

"Featuring a wholly original Bond story, players will step into the shoes of the world's favorite Secret Agent to earn their 00 status in the very first James Bond origin story."

[Garethvk]

That is a great point.

[Sonic1881]

Is this supposed to be a stealth action game or just a full action game?

[toxic-inferno]

We'll presumably find out when it is revealed.

I hope they take what makes Hitman so good (dynamic missions, multiple paths, etc.) and apply it to the James Bond license. That way we'd get the choice of action or stealth. Adding in dialogue options could make for a good shift in that gameplay style too.

[RaidenBlack]

Stealth-biased, given its from IOI themselves.

[nishanth123]

PSVR2 fingerscrossed

[Garethvk]

Not likely. At least at launch.

[Profchaos]

They have ported Hitman games to be so it's possible but I wouldn't expect it immediately

[CrimsonWing69]

Really looking forward to seeing this.

[Garethvk]

I expect it to be solo play only.

[Zeke68]

Solo play or no buy for me. I love I can take my time in Hitman 1-3 and do wahtever in my own pace. I expect the same with their Bond games tbh.

[TheColbertinator]

About time. Been waiting for a Bond game that keeps me glued to the TV like Goldeneye and Nightfire did.

[DaniMacYo]

Going to be disappointed if James Bond isn’t a black lesbian in a wheelchair.

[Rhythmattic]

Well... a finger bang is a finger bang.

[Extermin8or3_]

I know it has been suggested they'll be able to have their own bond just for the games and I'm not sure how I feel about that tbh. I woukd prefer it if this signified that we are about to get a reveal of the next 007 actor and he is used as the model for bond in these games tbh. Or they presented the game but make it clear the model for bond is a placeholder.

[Zeke68]

Bond in the demo looked great on the State Of Play yesterday. I'm hyped 100% !!