With 007: First Light just a few days away now figured we should have a discussion thread for the game
Some obligatory informations:
- The game releases May 27th 2026 at 03.00 BST on PC, PS5, XBOX.
- Switch 2 version to arrive later.
- A 24h early access is given to preorder owners.
The following 18 outfits can currently be pre-obtained:
- On Duty, Savana Bloom, Operation Riviera, and Gilded Tux by having an IOI account.
- Casino Suit by playing Le Chiffre Elusive Target or Arcade, and an IOI account.
- Midnight Ray by possessing Hitman World of Assassination, and an IOI account.
- Day of the Dead, Desert Explorer, Silent Anchor, and Gentleman Operator by pre-ordering the game, or buying the deluxe edition after the release.
- Classic Tuxedo by owning the Specialist Edition, exclusive to amazon.
- Obsidian Gold Suit by owning the Collector Edition.
- First Class, Observant Class, Forest Operative, Leisure Beam, and One More each won by a Coca-Cola raffle, available in France, Belgium, Sweden, and Norway.
- Espresso Command, by purchasing select Razer products, and an IOI account.
Note that outfits can be used only in the HQ/diegetic menu and tac-sims (operations and escalations), and not in the story.
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Kinda surprised when they give us the Midnight Ray suit instead of Classic 47 suit
IOI messed up and the game is now fully released on Steam, no longer early access. I’m not sure if people who buy it now will get the deluxe edition though.
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I love a good dumpster fire, games shouldn’t have early access periods anyway.
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FYI: it appears that even if you have the 24-hour advance access, the game is not available on Xcloud until tomorrow, May 27.
This is in line with a previous announcement IOI made. They’d said the game would be available for cloud Play Anywhere starting on the 27th.
Still, a bit disappointing.
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If anyone could let me know if there’s any HUD options, preferably dynamic fade-in-fade-out for the huge compass thing on the bottom left of the screen. Tuning into Frote7’s stream in the background for the free twitch drops, and noticed it there. Looks the same as it did in the original gameplay preview, which I didn’t like.
It stands out and takes up space which I don’t quite want in a cinematic-type game (especially the bright blue/green bars). But I also don’t want to miss out on important HUD info if it’s needed, so I don’t want it completely off. I just don’t like its design. 
Played to just before Slovakia.
The game crashed on me as I was launching the Tac-Sims tutorial.
Ambiance is through the roof.
Messing around Q-Branch is fun, and very Bond.
Writing is great.
I do not regret spending 70 euros for it.
It’s great experience to play.
I’m waiting to see how it opens up, since I think i’m in the middle of act 1.
I’m still getting used to the gameplay, much more low-informations stealth compared to Hitman.
And I’m bad at the melee system.
Haven’t really touched the gunplay yet, ghost challenges for the time being.
The campaign is a must play.
I don’t like the greater structure of the game.
Menu don’t feel good to go around.
Playing specific section is rough.
It would be great if you could launch them through the challenge section.
Tac-Sim navigation is clunky with the mandatory use the diegetic hub during the story.
I launched it during the story, and then found no way to exit it back to go back to it. Only way was to exit to main menu, and relaunch the game. And since its checkpoint based all dialogues are reseted, including the one proposing a tutorial on tac-sims.
I don’t see a good way to play, toy with the greater game.
Yet.
Collectible appears in the tac-sim hub, but opening them opens the menu instead of zooming in on them. I thought it was going to be like the Freelancer wall, examinable.
There are 39 outfits, only wearable in tac-sims and in the small hub of tac-sims. No Q-Branch or HQ with them, as far as I can currently tell.
It’s only hostile and trespassing gameplay. No characters, no panache.
It’s insular, too insular.
The game needs a NG+ with wearable outfits.
Or a way to replay the missions, select sequences, themselves in tac-sims.
Like, why can’t I play around the club mission through it, with an outfit even?
That, I will care for.
@TheChicken
There are no HUD options, outside of subtitles.
HUD is diegetic.
On the other side: control are fully customizable and fine tunable.
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What the heck? That’s weird. Feel like that’s standard expectation to have HUD settings in 2026. Especially for a third-person shooter. 
No crosshair, center dot, objective visibility toggles or anything? I’d have at least expected some similar options menu to Hitman’s, but… damn.
In the small bit of footage I’ve seen of the game so far (only viewed twitch twice today as a check-in check-out for the Drops) the facial animation in the game especially for characters just standing and talking is pretty impressive!
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There were some decisions made for this game that I really liked since the very beginning of the campaign.
First, on XSX at least, the default graphic option is the 60fps performance mode, unlike most games where the default is 30fps quality mode. Says a lot of IOI’s priorities.
Second, the default difficulty option is called “intended”, instead of something vague like “normal”. It shows the level of commitment by the developers, that this is a tailer made experience, not a dumbed-down version of the game.
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Hitman Easter Egg in Slovakia, the manager office.
Do notice the Ducky on the bottle.
A wink and a reference later in the level.
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007 doesn’t have a woke disclaimer for cartoonishly to use for pride month fanart, but it does have this edit made by some grifter!
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Is there a Photo Mode in this game? (So one can see your special cosmetic items up close, like is someone really gonna be able to notice the TikTok variant phone?)
Also today I learned that crazy Twitter people are apparently up-in-arms about this game lmao cry harder
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Loving the game so far. And spotting a lot of little Hitman nods/easter eggs.
Several in Slovakia alone, for instance the bartender offers you a bareknuckle boxer.
And in a cutscene Bond is seen using a familiar notepad…
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How the heck do you remember details like that, I didn’t know there was a penguin notepad in Hitman??! 
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Nope there isn’t a photo mode or Nvidia ansel support. Also peacock for 007 is really unlikely any time soon, and modding will take a bit of time and the removal of denuvo too. 
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