In some ways, 007 First Light looks like an easy step sideways for IO Interactive. Agent 47 is basically Bond anyway, minus the hair, turbocharged sex drive, and occasional witty (or groan-worthy) quips, right? So just add those things and you're halfway finished. Except as the studio explained in an exclusive interview with PC Gamer, it's not quite that simple, because 47 and Bond really aren't alike at all.
Bond and 47 do share some superficial similarities—they're both sharp dressers who earn their living by killing people—but that's really where it ends. Hitman's Agent 47 is "an empty shell," IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak said, whereas James Bond, even as a very young man as he is in First Light, "is very much a personality."
