Hitman hitmakers Io Interactive have simply screened some in depth footage of their James Bond adaptation, 007: First Light, throughout Sony’s newest State of Play livestream. As you would possibly count on, it seems and sounds rather a lot like Hitman, however the entire “James Bond” factor is a particular pace-changer. Catch the entire video under, plus a hasty, opinionated abstract from me.
Sony and Io’s Jamesplay blowout spans a few First Mild missions, the primary being a multiple-agent undercover affair throughout an unique chess match held in Slovakia, which begins with our hero kicking his heels in a carpark whereas disguised as a chauffeur. All seams peaceable. However then our hero remembers that he is Bond, James Bond, and has higher issues to do than fulfil his allotted position in a painstakingly organised MI6 operation.
The next 20 minutes or so could be divided into 5 programs. First, a splash of infiltration that readily channels Agent 47, with Bond utilizing environmental distractions to bamboozle safety employees and steal their IDs. At all times a fan of bouncers who’re hopelessly baffled by leaky hosepipes.
Then, there is a dollop of social stealth, with Bond hustling a bartender for clues a few weirdo bellhop. Then, it is time for an Xbox 360-ass automobile chase with a femme fatale within the passenger seat. Subsequent, James should blow up a million purple gasoline tanks whereas cover-shooting by means of a crowded airfield to an escaping transport airplane. Then, he should do a artful QTE hack on the airplane’s perspective controls, in order to wrongfoot the on-board defenders and finally, flip the airplane right into a meteor bathe.
If it had been me, I might nonetheless be in that carpark taking part in Tetris on my Q-phone. However I’m not Bond, James Bond. Io’s model of the character is as smug, quippy and mainly insufferable as you’d count on from a Bond actor pre-Daniel Craig. I charge him seven Rogers out of Connery up to now.
The opposite Jamesplay excerpt from Sony’s sprawling Bondcast sees the good-looking cad infiltrating a gala in Kensington, London. It might be all the way down to the State of Play presentation, however this one feels far more like a Hitman World of Assassination mission, with Bond navigating the group, eavesdropping for interplay alternatives, pickpocketing the assistance, and usually preserving it on the down-low.
Io and Sony polish all the things off with an edited part displaying off the sport’s numerous supporting techniques. Sure actions earn you Intuition, which could be spent to bluff your manner out of confrontations, lure guards into takedowns, and gradual time for headshots.
You additionally get devices, after all, comparable to a laser with which to drop chandeliers on these silly sufficient to get pleasure from their crystal glow, and smoke grenades for when you possibly can’t be arsed to cover correctly. Deadly pressure seems to rely upon Bond being granted “License to Kill” by his handlers – you possibly can’t simply homicide anyone with a pair of scissors everytime you fancy, for you might be Bond, James Bond, not some barcode-wearing hooligan.
All in all, I believe this seems entertaining. It is both a Hitman recreation that has gracefully yielded to Bond’s urge for food for getaway shoot-outs, or a Bond recreation that has studied lengthy and effectively beneath Agent 47’s tutelage – take your choose. It is out March twenty seventh 2026.
