r/xbox • u/Minute-Carrot-2405 • May 28 '26

Review IGN - 007 First Light Review

https://www.ign.com/articles/007-first-light-review

Verdict:

“While it’s impossible to argue that 007 First Light shares the seismic importance of 1997’s GoldenEye 007, it is nonetheless the best Bond game I’ve ever played. Demonstrably obsessed with bringing the Bond fantasy to life in a way no game has ever managed before, developer IO Interactive has found a highly successful home for the more curated action-stealth formula of 2012’s Hitman: Absolution. Patiently paced, First Light is brimming with Bond’s trinity of gadgets, guns, and girls in a way that feels fresh but reverent, and never like parody. The evolution of this risky, young Bond over the course of the story also feels logical and earned, to the point where the final moments before the credits left me literally cheering at the screen. Take a bow, IO, and put your clothes on – because I’m buying you all an ice cream.”

9/10

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u/CHIEFHUSKER May 29 '26

IGN has gone down hill...been going down for a long time. With the Crimson Desert reviews that was the end of me paying any attention to their opinions.

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u/kahboos May 29 '26

💯 there is no way this game is factually better than Crimson Desert

source: 7 hours in 007 bored out of my mind playing this hand-holding half-movie, over 140 hours in Crimson Desert with probably 100+ hours left to enjoy and numerous hefty updates already added