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I still need to play the first, all I remember about it is having moderate fun with the demo and complaints about the combat in reviews.
Does anyone thing a decent Kinect game could be made out of a possible sequel? I see the potential.
Does anyone thing a decent Kinect game could be made out of a possible sequel? I see the potential.
JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND ANNOUNCE IT ALFUCKINGREADY! MY BODY IS ERECT, I GOT LUBE, AND I'M READY TO EXPERIENCE GREATNESS AND LET IT PENETRATE MY INNOCENCE ONCE MORE.
....I'm sorry, everyone. I'm truly truly sorry.
....I'm sorry, everyone. I'm truly truly sorry.
If EA has the extra dough to put out Alice and Shadows, which are pretty cool but haven't sold/won't sell much, I'm sure they can stop bullshitting us and put out a sequel to this awesome game that sold over a million copies
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No, i don't think any kind of kinect game should be made of this franchise.
That sounds absolutely awful.
No, i don't think any kind of kinect game should be made of this franchise.
That sounds absolutely awful.
Wooten! Now let's hope they abandon the terrible driven story and awful gunplay to give us more of what we want.
And I don't mean nix the story entirely, just make it worth a damn.
And I don't mean nix the story entirely, just make it worth a damn.
One of my favorite games, the only one I ever bought on PS3, 360 and PC new. I really hope it gets a sequel.
Im definitely holding out hope for sequel. The first game was flawed, yes, but what game isn't? It was extremely fun and id love to see more from this franchise.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.
Mirror's Edge is NOT an action game. It is a puzzle game.
The story doesn't matter. The gunplay doesn't matter. It's all there to pander to audiences.
The story mode is there to train you for the Time Trials.
While the story holds your hand with some half baked attempt to recreate generic "Dystopian Story #30001", the Time Trial levels are literally your playground.
While I admit, some of the earlier trials don't really give you a whole lot of leeway in terms of scheming up new routes and tricks, the DLC missions are absolutely mind blowing how open they are - watch some top times and see how amazingly creative people can be - it really captures the spirit of parkour. I can't stress how amazing of a job they did with Mirror's Edge, and how misunderstood it is by people who played 3 levels of story, and put the game down - I'm hungry for more.
Mirror's Edge is NOT an action game. It is a puzzle game.
The story doesn't matter. The gunplay doesn't matter. It's all there to pander to audiences.
The story mode is there to train you for the Time Trials.
While the story holds your hand with some half baked attempt to recreate generic "Dystopian Story #30001", the Time Trial levels are literally your playground.
While I admit, some of the earlier trials don't really give you a whole lot of leeway in terms of scheming up new routes and tricks, the DLC missions are absolutely mind blowing how open they are - watch some top times and see how amazingly creative people can be - it really captures the spirit of parkour. I can't stress how amazing of a job they did with Mirror's Edge, and how misunderstood it is by people who played 3 levels of story, and put the game down - I'm hungry for more.
GIVE! NOW! Well, maybe on GamesCom - you know, the European environment, where great art was born back in the day :)
dice sort of confirmed that the would bring out as sequall for a while now even after they halted development. they are very good at unofficially confirming things with the way they say that they cant comment on things.
I never played it, but the concept is creative. Due to the backlash, I'm sure there is some fine tuning that can be done. The potential is definitely there. Imagine a cat an mouse online mode, with one (or more) players with the ability to run faster but with no weapons trying to reach a goal, while others have weapons, can call in support, and are trying to stop the runners...
@magnalon
I know. Considering how I tend to like those speedrun type games, I should like mirrors edge, but I don't. The controls are just too wonky (mapping pretty much all of the important actions to a couple of shoulder buttons?) I can't tell you how many times I wanted to wall run but ended up jumping instead. Even "professional" players who post their speed run walkthroughs on YouTube get cheap deaths where the character just stops wall running for no reason. Then of course the top leaderboard ghosts are impossible to follow because they use some kind of hop glitch to get too far ahead of you, along with other things that border on glitches. I would LOVE a sequel because there is so much potential if they fixed some crap, but this game just frustrates me too much to spend any more time on just to shorten my times.
I know. Considering how I tend to like those speedrun type games, I should like mirrors edge, but I don't. The controls are just too wonky (mapping pretty much all of the important actions to a couple of shoulder buttons?) I can't tell you how many times I wanted to wall run but ended up jumping instead. Even "professional" players who post their speed run walkthroughs on YouTube get cheap deaths where the character just stops wall running for no reason. Then of course the top leaderboard ghosts are impossible to follow because they use some kind of hop glitch to get too far ahead of you, along with other things that border on glitches. I would LOVE a sequel because there is so much potential if they fixed some crap, but this game just frustrates me too much to spend any more time on just to shorten my times.
If they can make it work better then it did, then sure, another Mirror's Edge would be swell. Certainly more worth my time then another mindless FPS game.
@llort het
That's the best argument I've heard against Mirror's Edge yet. Most people just say "herp guns".
Why don't you have an avatar yet? You post enough! :D
That's the best argument I've heard against Mirror's Edge yet. Most people just say "herp guns".
Why don't you have an avatar yet? You post enough! :D
You know I still haven't finished the first game. Finished the iOS version though, actually had more fun with it than I did the 'full' game.
either confirm the death of this franchise or an actual sequel, EA. you've been reviving and cancelling Mirror's Edge dozens of times already in the past 3 years.
@Nick,
Good plan, I think you'll find it worth the time. The only real complaint I had with the game was the combat. They make your character fairly weak, tell you to avoid fighting, the put you in situation where you cannot avoid fighting. I still loved the heck out of the game and would likely buy a sequel on Day 1.
Good plan, I think you'll find it worth the time. The only real complaint I had with the game was the combat. They make your character fairly weak, tell you to avoid fighting, the put you in situation where you cannot avoid fighting. I still loved the heck out of the game and would likely buy a sequel on Day 1.
Mirror's Edge was alright, but I do still want a sequel. Strip out the combat and make it more about exploration and the game is destined to be a classic.
Mirror'sEdge was a game I bought on a whim last year when I got a 360. It was pretty fun. I only played the story but I really enjoyed the style and the fact that it was a First Person game don't something different than just shooting dudes....something that seems to be a rarity these days (least on consoles)
geez people are still complaining about the shooting part of the game?
its a free-running game, not a FPS shooter.
its a free-running game, not a FPS shooter.
I'll be interested if they decide to forgo the first person perspective in favor of making a 2.5D downloadable title.
Being EA, we can expect the sequel to barely resemble its predecessor at all in favor of "larger market opportunities".
I understand Magnalon's argument, and Igree that that is one way to interpret and love Mirror's Edge, but for me the game is all about the experience, the culmination of the art, music, environment, story, gameplay, and overall flow into an experience I can only describe as heavenly. I love Miror's Edge for many of it's aspects, but the reason I adore it, the reason I consider it probably my favorite game of all time is because when you play through the story and finally get to the final level, the shard, you begin, you see a breathtaking view of the skyscraper you are about to infiltrate, you feel the city pulsating around you, the music kicks in, the story has finally delivered a reason to care about it, and you can perfectly see where to go and how to free run, and it feels perfect.
GAH!! STOP BLUE-BALLING ME, EA!!
I've got the money! Just tell me how much you want and it's yours!
Seriously though, I LOVED Mirror's Edge (it was my first Platinum) and I'm perpetually yearning for more.
As I've said before, all EA needs to do to make the next one a success is do some minimal tweaking and add in some LBP-style COMMUNITY LEVEL CREATION TOOLS!
The best thing about the first one was puzzling out complex levels and figuring out how to get from point A to point B, and I understand that it's difficult to make a ton of big levels so that people can maintain the exhilarating speed and still feel that there's enough content to make it worth the buy.
THIS is why you need community creation tools! Let the people add infinite replay value to your own work!
I've got the money! Just tell me how much you want and it's yours!
Seriously though, I LOVED Mirror's Edge (it was my first Platinum) and I'm perpetually yearning for more.
As I've said before, all EA needs to do to make the next one a success is do some minimal tweaking and add in some LBP-style COMMUNITY LEVEL CREATION TOOLS!
The best thing about the first one was puzzling out complex levels and figuring out how to get from point A to point B, and I understand that it's difficult to make a ton of big levels so that people can maintain the exhilarating speed and still feel that there's enough content to make it worth the buy.
THIS is why you need community creation tools! Let the people add infinite replay value to your own work!
For me, Mirror's Edge is one of this generation's most important games. I won't get into it in a comment.
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