Opening moments of games can often feel long and slow, and may even be boring as the game must teach you how to play it first thing. They’re a necessary evil, but there's a new high bar, as the new James Bond game 007 First Light might have perfected the art of the tutorial.

Like so many of its film counterparts, 007 First Light opens with an exciting set piece. Bond, who isn’t yet an MI6 agent, is in a helicopter on a mission as a Navy Aircrewman. His helicopter is shot down, and he’s the lone survivor who must now rescue scientists held captive by a mercenary group. The opening mission is heavy on stealth, but its paths are mostly linear as 007 First Light teaches you the ropes. You can’t even fire a gun here, as all the weapons the mercenaries drop are biometrically locked, showing that 007 First Light is about more than just shooting your way out of sticky........

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