007 First Light Kept 1 Training-Level Skip After Players Found It by Accident
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Updated · GAMINGbible · Jun 14
007 First Light Kept 1 Training-Level Skip After Players Found It by Accident
2 articles · Updated · GAMINGbible · Jun 14
Summary
IO Interactive said a shortcut in 007 First Light’s training chapter “In At The Deep End” was not planned, but was left in after players discovered Bond could bypass the course and grab the flag.
Philip Andreas Krogh said the team realized the unintended route fit the game’s spy fantasy, deciding not to wall it off because “this is exactly what a spy would do.”
The skip emerged from a broader effort to make Bond’s opening 2-week training montage teach combat, stealth and driving without feeling like a conventional tutorial.
Krogh said playtests repeatedly reshaped that sequence, including adding guidance to push players toward aggressive forward-moving gunplay instead of treating the game like a cover shooter.
The developer said he was “ecstatic” that the montage has been well received since the game’s late-May launch on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.