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.
Klear@piefed.world 30 minutes ago
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.