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IO Interactive's Upcoming Bond Game (Project 007) Could Have Mix First-Person And Third-Person Gameplay

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The Senior Level Designer (Combat) job listing at IO Interactive Careers mentions an interesting point for the candidate requirements section (Spotted by this site)

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Have a passion for and demonstrate expertise in crafting levels with a keen focus on combat scenarios for third-person (or first-person) action-adventure games.
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This could pretty much play out like the recently revealed Indiana Jones and The Great Circle game. Thoughts?
(For those not in the know: IO Interactive (popular Hitman series developer) is working on a James Bond game called Project 007.)
 
vestan

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Either it's primarily third-person with first-person sniping moments like Hitman: Sniper Challenge (prolly this) or it's like Treyarch's Quantum of Solace. Third-person behind cover or when climbing ladders but otherwise first-person.

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Fitz

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The wording seems to suggest it'll be primarily third-person. I'm guessing limited first-person sections or mechanics, e.g. snipping or driving sections etc.
 
Skies

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James Bond can't be first person.

The reactions would be golden, but it wouldn't work.
 
Bony Manifesto

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That 'or first-person' is in brackets suggests more to me that although their game isn't first person, they still value FPS level design experience.
 
shadowman16

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Either works for me. Replaying Goldeneye recently and its still the standout Bond game by far for me.
 
EvaUnit787

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After the amazing games the put out with Hitman 1-3 i am so intrigued. And I mean amazing amazing. The style of game that has me go through each level so many times to try everything out. I bought these games years ago and I am still halfway through 2. I play a ton every often until satisfied and then pick back later.

The videos of people playing them pro are as amazing as pro Dishonered stuff.

I can't wait for this game and I hope it hits it out of the park.

One thing I'll say, I honestly thought that after their Hitman pedigree the Mission Impossible franchise would have been a perfect fit. I always loved the N64 MI game and I can see the style from them after Hitman. It being Bind, who is more actions, intrigues me.
 
ParadigmGamer

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Let's not forget that they added the optional VR mode to the recent hitman games. Could be for something like that…
 
Coldman

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Yeah, I think third-person would be best for IO. A first-person Bond game just invites rose-tinted comparisons to Goldeneye. I hope the game really isn't all that dissimilar to Hitman, to be honest.
 
scitek

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I just hope it doesn't make me use a controller. Not a fan of being forced to interact with games.
 
TaleSpun

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It's probably going to be third-person because that's all the studio makes, but he's funny that Indie has turned this into a new anxiety.
 
Kuro

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Seems like a stretch just based on that. Like I can imagine maybe zooming in with like a sniper rifle in first person at most lol.

edit: I just had the thought that there could be first person car chase segments as well
 
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Rodelero

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I can't honestly think of a game where I've liked mixed perspectives. It's almost inevitable that one feels substantially better than the other. I wouldn't necessarily read that job description as an implication that this game will be anything other than third person.
 
EagleClaw

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This is like reading in the weather report something about some light chances of sunshine and expecting a sunny day.
 
wafflebrain

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Didn't the pre 2016 Hitman games have an optional first person mode? Probably not what this is talking about, likely the hybrid approach but it was cool being able to play either in the old games. Regardless I trust IO to make an amazing Bond game. Been a long time since we had one of those.
 
Foffy

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Really hope it's more like World of Assassination and less like other Bond games, that's all I'm asking for. When I think of the character, I think more of a classy spy, not a Die Hard protagonist as most games make him out to be.

IO's strength are social stealth, not gunfights. I have to imagine that was the pitch they made too, because Eon Productions wasn't interested in having another Bond game because they were so shooter focused.
 
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vestan said:
Either it's primarily third-person with first-person sniping moments like Hitman: Sniper Challenge (prolly this) or it's like Treyarch's Quantum of Solace. Third-person behind cover or when climbing ladders but otherwise first-person.

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I would like the former, these tacked on cover systems in 7th gen games didn't add much to FPS games.
 
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There was also a job ad looking for "experience working with third-person action games," when they were hiring closer to the announcement for lead roles with no mention of first person, so I think we can go by that.

We also know the game is much more of a cinematic, character driven experience with "substantial dialog", and we know EON gave them the licence basically because they weren't making another shooter, and theyve put a lot into creating their own digital Bond for the series so yeah, everything points at cinematic narrative driven 3rd person action stealth game and basically nothing points at first person (beyond something like sniping).

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It could just mean that 1st person experience is not wholly inapplicable.
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It's this.
 
FatalT

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Damn, that sucks. Half of Era won't be able to play this because of motion sickness.
 
Osiris397

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I only hope it's ready for PSVR2 at launch along with an updated Hitman VR series for PSVR2.
 
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