The Verge Hails 'The Drop 007 First Light' in Installer No. 130 as Best Bond Game in Years
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Updated · The Verge · May 30
The Verge Hails 'The Drop 007 First Light' in Installer No. 130 as Best Bond Game in Years
2 articles · Updated · The Verge · May 30
Installer No. 130 puts 'The Drop 007 First Light' at the top of The Verge’s weekly recommendations, calling it the James Bond game fans have been waiting for after years of disappointment.
The endorsement rests on broad early praise: the newsletter says that by virtually all accounts, the title is the best new Bond game in years and strong enough to make the upcoming Switch 2 version especially anticipated.
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The mention underscores renewed interest in the long-troubled Bond game category, with The Verge explicitly measuring 'First Light' against a post-GoldenEye era that it says rarely met expectations.
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