007 First Light devs by accident gave Bond “magic powers” when creating his arsenal of devices

Gadgets have at all times been a core a part of Bond’s arsenal. Whether or not it’s poison dart pens or laser watches, 007 is not typically somebody who’ll run and gun with an SMG. At a current preview of 007 First Light, I spoke to Tom Marcham, Senior Combat Designer at IO Interactive, in regards to the challenges of designing and growing the devices Bond makes use of within the recreation.

I requested Marcham in regards to the means of designing new devices that’d make sense within the motion recreation. He stated that devices have been “one of the things on the project that went through the most iterations.” Gadgets are very important in 007 First Light as they not solely help you take out enemies quietly, however additionally they open up numerous paths and alternatives within the recreation’s open sandbox areas. You can open locked doorways with a laser pointer or make enemies run to the closest trash can with poison darts to distract them simply lengthy sufficient as a way to sneak previous.

However, Marcham says a few of the staff’s unique concepts did not fairly work on the earth of Bond. When I requested if he may inform me a couple of particular draft gadget that did not work as they meant, he stated, “If I tell you about them, they’ll sound really cool. We had a couple of gadgets that felt like Bond had magic powers. Just immediately, we were like, ‘Bond doesn’t have magic powers.’ So that pushed the tech too far to the point of being unbelievable.”

He would not inform me precisely what any of these magic powers have been, or why they appeared so cool, however he went on to elucidate why they need Bond’s devices to suit right into a sure model. “That’s not the world we’re in. It’s not a cyberpunk game, or a far future, or anything like that; it’s modern day. We were very keen to make sure that we stay in this believable world of Bond. Bond has always been a very authentic IP. It feels like it could be happening, but it is slightly elevated,” Marcham stated.

Maybe Bond had a wand, Harry Potter-style, or one thing that allowed him to throw firebombs at unsuspecting enemies. Marcham’s proper, as enjoyable as that might have been, devices like that might actually match on the earth of James Bond. I’m unsure Q and M would approve.

If you need to see our ideas on the devices that did really make it into the sport, try our 007 First Light preview. I performed three hours of the sport and got here away very impressed.