I am not among the thousands who were prepared to drop their pants and jizz up a storm over a mere minute and fifty-five seconds of concept, but needless to say, Mirror's Edge is theoretically a visually stunning affair backed up by some terrific ideas. It has the potential to be a killer title, so I expect this really pretty artwork to tent a few trousers upon viewing.
The art style is a breath of fresh air after all the depressing greys and browns that this generation has become famous for. While there's nothing wrong with gritty, dirty realism, the bright colors and clean, sleek look of Mirror's Edge's environs is a joy to behold. If the game can play as good as it looks, we're onto a winner -- but that would require it to play damn well.
Time, quite unlike that girl you buried in the backyard, will tell.
05/11/2008 06:10
Can someone send me a free Xbox 360? lol
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05/11/2008 06:19
such a classic.
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05/11/2008 06:43
Love the color and the concept.
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05/11/2008 07:17
Man, I want this game now. It looks like it’s gonna be awesome...
05/11/2008 07:20
@xper
You know it's funny that people are saying that, because I think she is kinda hot.
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05/11/2008 07:41
But i aint hate'n on the greys and the browns.... FALLOUT 3 is sitting right at the top of my list....
05/11/2008 07:47
she's hot because she looks like an ACTUAL WOMAN!!!
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05/11/2008 08:21
yes, i am willing to be a spokesperson for this game.
05/11/2008 08:24
@Intarwebz: Does she even have a name yet? She looks pretty, but I don't know what I should call her...
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05/11/2008 09:02
Yeah, it's for all 3 platforms. It's made by Dice, makers of the Battlefield series, so hopefully it will be good on PC.
@Matthew Blake
Faith.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror's_Edge
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05/11/2008 09:12
I think it's the ridiculous facial tattoo.
I don't know about her looking like a real woman either... maybe an emmaciated goth with a penchant for extreme sports but I wouldn't say she's atypical of womanhood.
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05/11/2008 10:30
Oh well, I'm sure the tattoos have some sort of purpose. Just like Marcus Fenix being too cool to wear a helmet, despite the other 80 lbs of body armor he's wearing.
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Also, /r/ hi-res plx kthxbai
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05/11/2008 11:22
The mind reels. Good job, EA!
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05/11/2008 11:52
2. "FAP" is god damn annoying.
3. This is going to suck ass. I'm willing to bet it gets drastically boring after an hour much like Assassin's Creed which also sucked.
05/11/2008 11:56
1. You don't get the concept of a fucking joke.
2. See #1.
3. 'Lookatme, I'm judging a game by concept work and not by the fucking game itself.
You're a twat.
05/11/2008 12:01
I predict the "Mirror" in the title implies some kinda flipping between mirror version and non mirror version of our little lady. Notice how she's looking into a mirror on the first pic and it's on her left (technically her right) and it switches around.
Just my little prediction.
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05/11/2008 13:05
There's a lot that goes on in the development of a video game before graphics and gameplay footage.
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05/11/2008 14:11
The game looks beautiful but the lead isn't over-sexified and you don't use a gun so watch it flop :(
05/11/2008 14:25
So, she's ultra skinny, but can punch an armored guy hard enough that broken bits of metal/plastic fly off his head. I can only imagine thusly that those tattoos signify the infinite power of nanoaugmentation.
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05/11/2008 15:33
@frozenbabylon - I don't think you could actually call it a FPS so much...I mean, one of the main requirements is that you doo a bunch of shooting, in first person. And since everything I've seen says that guns/shooting is but a small part of the larger pie, i dunno...
I hate first person games that ask me to platform when it isn't done well, or that ask me to adventure in their world when first person doesn't exactly fit...(or as the Wii fanboys/brainderailment might say, not having intuitive controls).
If they make a game that has a lot of puzzle/platforming/adventuring parts, pull the friggin camera back...I hope this game does it right, because it could be great, but I have a feeling there will be more than a few missteps along the way, and we will get mired in a control nightmare...never to ruturn...NEVER!
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05/11/2008 17:07
Also, yes, this character is quite beautifully designed and, yes, I do find her attractive. Bite me. I'm not going to build a bloody shrine to her.
P.S.
05/11/2008 17:43
True story!
05/11/2008 19:11
But I'm not necessarily looking forward to it yet.
More gameplay vids might change that in an instant though!
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I love the idea of full control over your movement.
05/11/2008 23:25
The interesting thing about these concept renderings is that she changes ethnicity in each one. I don't think at that time they had decided on her exact face, or they used different artists.
05/12/2008 05:16
I'm with LordRegulus, once I read that Edge mag article I knew this game was gonna be special, while off the radar of many. And if it can tip the FPS genre on its head again, giving a more enhanced experiennce than that's good. It will make other developers rethink their FPS games too.
ME is what all FPS games should aspire to be like, with their characters, instead of only getting an animated outstretched arm plus weapon. Long overdue and I'll be buying.
This years Portal perhaps?
05/12/2008 06:15
lol wut?
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05/12/2008 06:53
1. Some of you clearly aren't joking and probably will jerk off to this. That's pretty sad.
2. How does not liking the word "fap" mean I don't get jokes? Fail.
3. Why am I not allowed to draw negative conclusions about a game, but others can draw positive ones? Also, I'm basing my opinion on video and written previews, NOT the concept art.
Way to fail asshole.
05/12/2008 07:46
If it helps, I think saying "this is going to suck" is just as presumptuous as "this is going to be awesome."
05/12/2008 08:28
4. Getting angry and sweary on the internet if you're not Jim accomplishes nothing :) That's just how it works, deal with it.
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of course, i'm always on board for dystopian odysseys. this should be good.
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