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Prologue — Against All Odds — 007 First Light Walkthrough

Overview

The Prologue opens with a Royal Navy / MI6 retrieval op gone wrong: two helicopters shot down, James Bond the sole survivor on an Iceland coastline. With no weapons and a head full of disorienting agent, he has to work his way through a labelled enemy camp (containers A2, A4, B2, B4, F2, F8, G9, C2), rescue captive scientists, and blow the place sky-high. It’s a 25-minute stealth-platforming tutorial that also functions as Bond’s audition for the Double-O programme.

Spoiler-light setup: Bond is not MI6 yet. The whole mission is him disobeying direct orders to destroy the satellite-research camp and saving the captives anyway — exactly the kind of reckless decision that gets a 26-year-old fast-tracked into 00 training.

Objectives (in order)

  1. Reach the camp — stealth platforming across the cliffs after washing ashore.
  2. Search the A2 cabin — pick up the briefcase, dead body, and an SMG.
  3. Investigate the camp (A4) — radio, patch, torn page, rocket launcher.
  4. Reverse the BT-65 truck — use the nearby control panel.
  5. Find the antidote — through the red door, into the locker room, the green first-aid box.
  6. Save the G9 captives — firecracker distraction, then a vehicle distraction, then the tall-grass route. Take the Storage Key from the guard.
  7. Save the B4 captives — close the F2 room wall, drop into the ditch under the bridge, climb the window.
  8. Escape the camp — ladder up, mast wire down, final QTE chase.

Walkthrough

Beach to camp. You wake up disoriented. The Q-Lens HUD is masked; the on-screen prompts are deliberately vague. Hug the rock line, vault the marked-blue ledges, and approach the camp from the cliff above. Early QTEs (the radio button-mash) are forgiving — story continues whether you nail them or not.

Antidote first. After the tent cutscene, the disorientation effect blocks progression. Head straight for the locker room behind the red door and pull the green first-aid box from the wall. Until you do, your aim is unreliable and Bond’s vision swims.

Rescue pathing — G9 before B4. Hit container G9 first; the firecracker controller is right next to it, the vehicle accelerator panel is one cycle later. Pop both and two patrols clear the central yard for you. The B2 detour for the Iceland Postcard is the trap — players who skip it almost always have to chapter-select back. KO the guard inside before he turns around.

For the B4 captives, close the F2 room wall to cut the patrol’s sight-line, drop into the ditch under the bridge, and climb in through the rear window. The captives are tied near the back; the door triggers an escape state.

Mast wire escape. Up the ladder, loosen the mast wire above the camp — this is what knocks the BT-65 transport over and gives Bond his exit window. The chase finale is a button-prompt QTE. Failure rewinds to the previous prompt; you can’t fail out.

Collectibles (4)

#TypeNameLocation
1Playing Card7 of AcornsContainer A7 area, on the shelf right of the BT-65 truck control
2Legacy ItemCruciform KeyInside container F8, shelf right of the broken television
3PostcardIceland PostcardContainer B2, desk next to the computer (KO the guard inside first)
4MementoSatellite PartContainer G9, desk next to the monitor (approach from behind)

Notable Challenges

  • Pacifist — Knock out exactly two enemy soldiers. Not one, not three.
  • Ghost — Reach the captives without being detected.
  • Full of Surprises — A specific takedown variant in the camp; experiment with environmental hazards.

Tips

  • The disorientation effect after the tent cutscene is real — get the antidote before anything else.
  • For Ghost, stick to the left-hand tall-grass corridor after the locker room. The central yard is a detection trap.
  • The B2 Postcard is the most-missed collectible in the chapter. Detour off the rescue path.
  • Two distractions, two free patrols cleared — use the firecracker panel by G9 and the vehicle accelerator. Don’t rush.
  • Early QTEs are non-essential. Don’t reload if you mistime one.