Messing around with custom files in life simulation games usually leads to a broken mess, but Paralives handles the entire process flawlessly directly through its main menu.

Searching for every hidden item in 007 First Light? I put together a complete hub for tracking down all playing cards, intel, mementos, postcards, and legacy items.

Before you start pulling the trigger at every guard you see, you should know that MI6 has strict rules about when you can actually shoot. I break down the Licence to Kill system and how to handle firearms in 007 First Light.

007 First Light runs entirely on classic espionage paranoia where nearly every friendly face eventually tries to put a bullet in your back.

Hacking the floor sensor grid in the Knightfall mission relies entirely on dragging boxes, crawling through vents, and summoning a robotic vacuum cleaner.

Tracking down Ellis White at the Vietnam resort means dealing with bouncers, an annoyed bartender, and a guarded storage room before you can plant a Q-Trak in his drink.

Getting through the locked basement door at the Malta training facility takes a bit of legwork, but it opens up a much cleaner path forward.

Trying to get past security in the Wave of the Future mission? I'll show you exactly how to steal the ID Bracelets you need and knock out a challenge in the process.

Nothing kills the momentum of a slick infiltration mission quite like stopping to hunt down a four-digit password scribbled on a stray piece of paper.

Collecting vintage spy movie props in the middle of a high-stakes infiltration mission is a ridiculous way to spend an afternoon.

Surviving a fistfight in 007 First Light requires breaking your worst button-mashing habits.

Tracking down scattered trinkets across heavily guarded mercenary camps is a terrible use of MI6 time, but you need to find them all to unlock the Recovered Assets achievement.

If you're chasing the Casino Royale achievement, you'll need to recover every playing card scattered across the camp.

IO Interactive designed 007 First Light around social infiltration and improvisation rather than punishing you for breaking perfect stealth.

Stressing over picking the wrong dialogue option at the black market auction? Don't worry, the entire event is rigged in your favor.

Failing a combat tutorial just because the mechanics are poorly explained is an annoying roadblock.

Getting extorted for a hundred grand is annoying, but making it back in a black market is surprisingly fun. Here is the fastest way to hit your auction fee target.

Finding all ten postcards scattered across the globe is the only way to prove you actually paid attention to the scenery and unlock The World Is Not Enough achievement.

Once Live Mode starts, Paralives quietly locks your character's face, height, and personality behind the scenes, but there's a way back in.

Paralives doesn't have basement tools yet, but that hasn't stopped players from building underground rooms anyway.