Mirror's Edge

... its a FPS... and I didnt go nuts... mainly because of that gameplay trailer, it looks very impressive.  Would a FPS parkour game sort of defeat the purpose?  What the point of doing all these cool moves if you cant see any of the cool moves  " />

E3 Trailer

Got to say this is looking very impressive.

I'll be surprised if this game is actually good. Already had some bad experiences with Namco's Breakdown in 2004, and my fear for Mirror's Edge is that the game will be nearly unplayable like Breakdown.

I'll be surprised if this game is actually good. Already had some bad experiences with Namco's Breakdown in 2004, and my fear for Mirror's Edge is that the game will be nearly unplayable like Breakdown.

The difference with Mirror's Edge is that it's pretty much solely about movement. The first-person perspective they're going for has to work. They'll be putting a lot of effort into getting it working. And from the sounds of the hands-on tests so far, they've already achieved that.

I'm looking forward to the game more and more. One of the reasons I first took notice of it was because it reminded me of Flashback on the Amiga. The best part of that game was running and jumping through the levels as quickly and smoothly as possible, and it was all done with very simple controls. Reading GameSpy's hands-on preview, Mirror's Edge seems to be doing the exact same thing (only in 3D and with today's graphics, so it'll be even better):

GameSpy wrote:

Just about everything else was context-sensitive and mapped to the L1 and L2 buttons, which, for simplicity's sake, basically correspond to "up" and "down". Need to jump? L1. Vault over a fence? Run + L1. Climb up a ledge? Walk up to it and press L1 again. Even more complicated moves, like jumping off a building and sliding down a wire to another rooftop, happen automatically as long as you jump in the right direction, and by pressing L2 at the end of the wire, Faith kicks into a slide-stop.

I hope that all the bars you can swing on and doors you can get through aren't red as in the current trend in the video, granted it's an early preview. What would draw me into the game is the freedom of going where you wanted and finding out for yourself which doors can be opened and bars that can be used.

I wonder what an online version would be like with a massive city and thousands of free runners...

I hope that all the bars you can swing on and doors you can get through aren't red as in the current trend in the video, granted it's an early preview. What would draw me into the game is the freedom of going where you wanted and finding out for yourself which doors can be opened and bars that can be used.

I wonder what an online version would be like with a massive city and thousands of free runners...

And check out these galleries for some concept art, including charts describing the movement system (which remind me so much of Flashback):
http://uk.media.pc.ign.com/media/94...454/imgs_1.html

To be honest, I'm not really interested in this game at all. Haven't been a fan of DICE since Battlefield 2, patch 1.2. And, I straight up just don't like EA.

Flashback?

Such a great game... WAY before its time if you ask me... I wonder if I could find a codec for it and play it again.

Freelancer117 wrote:

To be honest, I'm not really interested in this game at all. Haven't been a fan of DICE since Battlefield 2, patch 1.2. And, I straight up just don't like EA.

I've never played a DICE game before, so I'm more than willing to give them a shot. I can't fault you on the EA thing, of course, but they only really come into it at the end with packaging and distribution. So yeah, we're probably gonna get some shoddy DRM on it, but the game itself will still be awesome. Like Mass Effect.

imax wrote:

Flashback?

Such a great game... WAY before its time if you ask me... I wonder if I could find a codec for it and play it again.

You should. It came out about the same time as the original Prince of Persia, and was animated in a very similar style. It's a shame no one thought of updating Flashback when they updated Prince of Persia.

For those who haven't been following this (why not, blast it?), here's some more footage from the game:
http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/play/355...PC/Mirrors-Edge

And check out these galleries for some concept art, including charts describing the movement system (which remind me so much of Flashback):
http://uk.media.pc.ign.com/media/94...454/imgs_1.html

Release dates announced:
http://kotaku.com/5051630/heres-whe...dge-will-be-out

November the 11th (US)/14th (EU) for PS3 and 360

'Later in the winter' for PC. 

I am not amused. There was a rumour going around prior to this announcement suggesting the PC version would be released in January, so that's probably it. Thankfully I'll have the PC version of GTA IV to tide me over.

Release dates announced:
http://kotaku.com/5051630/heres-whe...dge-will-be-out

November the 11th (US)/14th (EU) for PS3 and 360

'Later in the winter' for PC. 

Nah, it's not like other console-followed-by-PC releases like Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect and GTA IV. They've been developing the PC version almost in parallel, and it's got delayed.

Unless it's EA pulling a fast one with some spurious thinking about hindering PC piracy. Grr. Still, it'll only be a month or two.

Actually, thanks for reminding me about Assassin's Creed. I'll be able to play that as well while I'm waiting. Needed to get a multicore processor first.

Too many updates and new videos to mention, but I'll just say that if anyone else enjoyed the tune and song from the first two trailers, it's finally been found! It's by Lisa Miskovsky and, in what strikes me as being a bad move, is called Still Alive.

You can find the full version here for streaming:
http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/arti...r's+Edge+Theme)

Salvage from your browser's cache as appropriate.

Edit: Forums broke my link. Someone doesn't know how to parse URLs it seems.

No it doesn't, I'm sure. Where did you hear that? Don't go by the release dates on Amazon and the like; they're as clueless as us.

Have been really looking forward to this game ever since reading about it a lil while back. The concept of adding the appendages to the perspective to more closely simulate first person point of view is interesting and I hope they do a good job with it. Also the whole free-runner theme of the game is appealing, only a matter of time as free-running has constantly been appearing in commericials, tv, and movies...games are an obvious and logical continuation. I will definetly be checking this one out upon release somehow someway.

I am very much anticipating this game, after watching the clips of the game I must say that I'm impressed. The question is which platform I wanna play it on and it looks like i am leaning towards pc atm. Oh, and the storyline is very interesting.

*k, if the release date on the pc version "is" accurate, looks like i will be taking a stroll to purchase the ps3*

Demo's releasing on the 30th and 31st... *turns on 360 and waits impatiently*

I was about to post that, blast you.

I'll have to pressure a friend with a PS3 to get the demo so I can have a go at the weekend.

Was lucky to get a 20min go on this yesturday at the Eurogamer Expo in London.

The game (well demo of the rooftop's) is vibrant, looks half decent however is very limited to what you can do or where you can go.

At first look's it seems to be an open-world, however it is similar to the old FPS's where there is only 1 path to follow and that's it, you start to lose any appreciation for something when you are forced through a certain path, with the same scripted events happening every time (especially with recent games giving you more and more open-worldness and unpredicatability).

The control's are simple, which isn't a bad thing, however you find yourself just running along spamming the same 2 buttons' all the time, need more input from the user to keep things fresh and even action-packed.

Overall, its not too bad, its somewhat unique, however I feel the simple control's and forced pathing lets the game down.

From what I've seen during the last few months, the forced paths won't be too big a deal in later levels. There are minor differences in how you can tackle something (e.g. choosing a ramp instead of leaping over a rail), and bigger ones, such as going round a building a different way.

UniToxic wrote:

Was lucky to get a 20min go on this yesturday at the Eurogamer Expo in London.

The game (well demo of the rooftop's) is vibrant, looks half decent however is very limited to what you can do or where you can go.

At first look's it seems to be an open-world, however it is similar to the old FPS's where there is only 1 path to follow and that's it, you start to lose any appreciation for something when you are forced through a certain path, with the same scripted events happening every time (especially with recent games giving you more and more open-worldness and unpredicatability).

The control's are simple, which isn't a bad thing, however you find yourself just running along spamming the same 2 buttons' all the time, need more input from the user to keep things fresh and even action-packed.

Overall, its not too bad, its somewhat unique, however I feel the simple control's and forced pathing lets the game down.

Hi Unitoxic, now u say same path..is that because it may have been a demo? Oh I hope so, but what do u think?

cookie1017 wrote:

UniToxic wrote:

Was lucky to get a 20min go on this yesturday at the Eurogamer Expo in London.

The game (well demo of the rooftop's) is vibrant, looks half decent however is very limited to what you can do or where you can go.

At first look's it seems to be an open-world, however it is similar to the old FPS's where there is only 1 path to follow and that's it, you start to lose any appreciation for something when you are forced through a certain path, with the same scripted events happening every time (especially with recent games giving you more and more open-worldness and unpredicatability).

The control's are simple, which isn't a bad thing, however you find yourself just running along spamming the same 2 buttons' all the time, need more input from the user to keep things fresh and even action-packed.

Overall, its not too bad, its somewhat unique, however I feel the simple control's and forced pathing lets the game down.

Hi Unitoxic, now u say same path..is that because it may have been a demo? Oh I hope so, but what do u think?

It's rather because Mirror's Edge is like a "racing game". You have a "track" with a starting point and an endpoint. In between you can choose more or less where you go, but that is restricted to a "forward" movement, not a "360° run through a whole city" movement (e.g. GTA). The cause for that may be that the game is set up on the (awesome) UT3 engine. It may be impossible to build a large area of a city (doesn't need to be the whole city for each level IMO, just parts, districts) with that engine without large base (regardless of settings) RAM and CPU usage , since it was built for high-level graphics FPS, which are mostly limited to "smaller" areas (UT is a Deathmatch type FPS).

But it doesn't matter to me too much, to be honest, as long as the execution is neat.

GoDGiVeR wrote:

cookie1017 wrote:

UniToxic wrote:

Was lucky to get a 20min go on this yesturday at the Eurogamer Expo in London.

The game (well demo of the rooftop's) is vibrant, looks half decent however is very limited to what you can do or where you can go.

At first look's it seems to be an open-world, however it is similar to the old FPS's where there is only 1 path to follow and that's it, you start to lose any appreciation for something when you are forced through a certain path, with the same scripted events happening every time (especially with recent games giving you more and more open-worldness and unpredicatability).

The control's are simple, which isn't a bad thing, however you find yourself just running along spamming the same 2 buttons' all the time, need more input from the user to keep things fresh and even action-packed.

Overall, its not too bad, its somewhat unique, however I feel the simple control's and forced pathing lets the game down.

Hi Unitoxic, now u say same path..is that because it may have been a demo? Oh I hope so, but what do u think?

It's rather because Mirror's Edge is like a "racing game". You have a "track" with a starting point and an endpoint. In between you can choose more or less where you go, but that is restricted to a "forward" movement, not a "360° run through a whole city" movement (e.g. GTA). The cause for that may be that the game is set up on the (awesome) UT3 engine. It may be impossible to build a large area of a city (doesn't need to be the whole city for each level IMO, just parts, districts) with that engine without large base (regardless of settings) RAM and CPU usage , since it was built for high-level graphics FPS, which are mostly limited to "smaller" areas (UT is a Deathmatch type FPS).

But it doesn't matter to me too much, to be honest, as long as the execution is neat.

<3 Ty sweety

GoDGiVeR wrote:

It's rather because Mirror's Edge is like a "racing game". You have a "track" with a starting point and an endpoint. In between you can choose more or less where you go, but that is restricted to a "forward" movement, not a "360° run through a whole city" movement (e.g. GTA).

Now that's a good analogy. I'll have to remember it.

The gameplay footage looks amazing. I could see a lot of games following this style of FPS. Could you imagine a Matrix FPS like this complete with bullet time? 

/imaginesthepossibilities

Demo is out now for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 version is out tomorow. *currently downloading*

Already mentioned.

Procurator wrote:

Already mentioned.

Really? All I saw was 'out on 30th and 31st' not 'out now' Just a friendly reminder to people its available now.