GameSpot gave 007 First Light an 8 after admitting the driving is almost on rails.

Let's begin with the byline crime scene: three names on the receipt, but the review speaks in one first-person voice like a trench coat full of interns trying to get into an embargo screening. GameSpot opens with the correct premise — 'A 007 game can’t just be a Hitman game with different hair' — then spends most of the review congratulating the game for being, operationally, Hitman with a tuxedo rental and a fake passport. This is not criticism; this is a product demo wearing cufflinks. Sponsored by the truth.