Summary
The FPS genre has been through several changes throughout the years, andThe Spy Who Shot Mebrings players back to the genre’s heyday from the 1990s. Developer Retro Army Limited’sretro FPS gamehas come to the Xbox and Switch platforms with the help of a publisher after it was initially released on PC for Steam in 2019.
The Spy Who Shot Meis a comedy retro FPS title heavily inspired by video game shooters from the 90s, mainlyGoldenEyefrom 1997. The indie game’s graphics greatly resemble the games from the 1990s, and it isn’t the first to take a nostalgic approach to retro FPS gameplay.
Nintendo Switch and Xbox players can now purchase and playThe Spy Who Shot Me. The game costs $7.99 at the time of writing, and it’s only available as a digital purchase. In it, players take on the role of Agent7, whose mission is to fight against the criminal S.C.U.M. organization. The official trailer forThe Spy Who Shot Medoesn’t provide further context on the game’s narrative elements. Only snippets ofretro first-person shootingaction sequences are on display, supplemented with music reminiscent of those classic gaming shooters. The trailer ends with the game’s key art showing Agent7 and a woman standing before a burning boat.
Retro Army Limited is an indie developer known for creatingoffbeat and comedic games, usually dabbling in funny experiences interwoven with classic gameplay tropes. A few of its other games includeVerdict Guilty,Death’s Hangover, andSuper Trench Attack.
The title ofThe Spy Who Shot Meis a play on the 1977 James Bond filmThe Spy Who Loved Me. It starred Roger Moore as 007, his third film portraying the character.Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, starring Mike Myers, also took inspiration from the 1977 Bond movie for its title.
It appears that Retro Army Limited isn’t active at the moment. According to theRetro Army Limited website, the developer “ceased trading” in 2019. The front page on the developer’s website is presented like a console command with company information. The company’s status is “Dormant” as the copyright was last updated in 2019. Because of this, PixelHeart acquired the publishing rights to bring theGoldenEye-like video gameto other platforms.
The Spy Who Shot Meis available to download now for Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. A PlayStation version has been announced for January 2024.
