I don't like video game tutorials. They're important, don't get me wrong – I'd rather be told how to play a game than stumble through a complex control scheme – but it always feels like a chore. It is remarkable, then, that I can't stop thinking about a tutorial montage in the early moments of 007 First Light. It's one of the most engaging and effective tutorials I've ever played, and it's all thanks to what it pulls from popular action movies. The scene in question comes when Bond is thrust into training camp with other trainees in the 00 program. For reasons I won't spoil, Bond joins late, skipping the earlier parts of the training that others had to suffer through. To catch him up to speed (and as a sort of punishment), the leader of the program tells two other recruits that they've only got two weeks to get Bond ready for his basic tests. It's a trial by fire, a movie trope I quite enjoy, and by taking cues from a different medium, IO Interactive makes a surprisingly exciting sequence.…