I'm Behind the Curve: 007 First Light Moneypenny is Black and M is Indian

posted 12 days ago by Jack 12 days ago by Jack +42 / -0

I didn't pay much mind to this game because as much as I enjoyed Hitman WoA that last game told me the direction the company was going.

I watched someone play first light to see if it's worth checking out, and it looks like Uncharter and Hitman made a baby. I'm good, I can wait for a sale.

Then they get to the office and you see a black Moneypenny who is now Bond's Diana, and M who is some Indian lady in her early 40s, which makes no sense.

Anyways, I'm not getting this game until someone make a mod that fixes this and make it more accurate to source material.

And I'll ignore said mod and go for the mod where both of them are bottomless and hot.

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– throwawayaccount2037 18 points 12 days ago +18 / -0

They hired the most lame, milquetoast, nondescript actor to play... JAMES BOND?!?!

I couldn't get past the casting. They could have hired anyone... anyone, and they went with a guy who has a face no one would remember.

They could have cast Henry Cavill (a fan favourite) or Taron Egerton (if they couldn't afford Cavill), or any number of up-and-coming Welsh actors if they really wanted someone young and not yet famous. Just siome bloke with a memorable face, a commanding voice, and a strong, masculine presence. Yet, that's not who they went with.

But I'm glad you pointed out all the DEI hires in this game, because it lets me know this is just more humiliation ritual.

I had my eye briefly on this game because the Hitman engine is PERFECT for a Bond game. Everything to be a cool Bond is already built into the framework, yet they somehow managed to make a game that seems boring, soulless, and with paint-by-numbers gameplay.

Both a tragedy and a travesty.

I also get the feeling they may use the poor reception/sales as an excuse to say "See, straight White male leads don't sell games. We're going for a DEI Bond in the next game".