United Kingdom, July 17 -- IO Interactive had to reign themselves in on turning James Bond into "Mr. Gadget" in 007: First Light.

The developer behind the hit Bond video game has admitted they were close to embracing the kind of truly over the top gadgets fans are used to seeing on the big screen, but they decided against embracing the silliness.

Senior combat designer Tom Marcham told GameSpot: "We had things in it that we thought were going to be cool, but when you play it, it turns out it's not cool, it just looks silly.

"There was definitely a point where it felt like he'd become Mr. Gadget, and we had to tune it back."

The decision meant gamers didn't get anything on the level of an alligator submarine or boombox rocket launcher,...