- 007 First Light Uses inspiration from the Bond films, but the tropics have been adapted differently for the sake of the gaming logic
- The game’s franchise art director, Rasmus Poulsen, said action film logic “Does not apply to games”
- Some classic bonding troops were adapted “to fit the modern medium”
007 First Light‘S franchise art director, Rasmus Poulsen, has said that IO Interactive’s next game is inspired by “classic” Bond Tropes, which has been adapted differently from the films for the sake of logic.
In an interview with Techradar Gaming at Gamescom 2025, where we also had the opportunity to try an early demo of 007 First LightDiscussed Poulsen and created a cinematic bond game with an original story.
He explained that while IOI was drawing inspiration from the franchise, the studio took freedom when he translated action movies tropes into his game.
“You can’t apply movie logic to the gaming world,” Poulsen said, “because you often, when you watch a movie with your dad, and he’s going, ‘actually son …’ and says something that breaks the immersion, you know that mindset probably won’t get you very far.
“Often when you make games, you need a specific balance because you have to feel like a hero as the player. So the same logic does not necessarily apply. Of course, I do not say here that we were not critical of ourselves and that we do not finesse ideas to feel good. What I say is the same logic that does not apply to games.”
Poulsen continued and said the team was trying to recreate similar color classification that the older Bond movies are known for, but it didn’t really look like the action game.
“Another aspect is, for example, that we explored color choices and color classification, and then for the car chase [in the demo] And the whole mission in general we were inspired by color palettes of old films, and at the same time, the treatment of it … they look kind of compressed and slightly gray and slightly faded. It doesn’t really work for a game either, because then you think your TV is broken.
“So we were really inspired by some of these classic tropes, and then we adapted them to fit the modern medium, whether, let’s say, approach or phonetics or color or presentations.”
007 First Light Arriving in 2026 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.
