007 First Light becomes the highest-rated Bond game in decades

007 First Light is not just launching today; it is also arriving with the kind of critical momentum the Bond games have not enjoyed for a very long time. Early review coverage points to IO Interactive’s origin-story spy adventure becoming the highest-rated James Bond game in decades, which is a big deal for a franchise that once mattered enormously in games but spent years wandering through licensing fog.

That matters because Bond has always looked like an obvious game hero: gadgets, stealth, fast cars, social infiltration, shootouts, exotic locations and villains who should never be allowed near architecture. The challenge was never whether Bond could work in games.

The challenge was finding the right studio and structure. IO Interactive may have found the answer by treating Bond less like a generic action hero and more like a stylish problem-solver with government backing.

Source: Insider Gaming - https://insider-gaming.com/007-first-light-is-the-highest-rated-james-bond-game-in-30-years/