Puppet Shadow
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Mirror's Edge 2 is open world, [Update: More game info, won't be a shooter]
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Ventilaator
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"Very different Mirror's Edge experience"?
This is how it starts, people. Stay tuned for team deathmatch.
This is how it starts, people. Stay tuned for team deathmatch.
BadAss2961
Member
I don't understand why this game needs to be open world. Level design will probably take a hit, so will trials (assuming they'll still have them.)
This completely changes the game as mastering levels and getting through them as quickly as possible was the whole point of the original.
This completely changes the game as mastering levels and getting through them as quickly as possible was the whole point of the original.
I hope they make some changes to the melee system. Never really clicked with me in the first one.I suspect you will be doing this instead.
gotta use all that RAM for something
Miles Quaritch
Member
It makes sense thinking about it. I don't mind a full reboot too much, so long as they bring back Drake and Jacknife. Anyway, I'll reserve judgement until they reveal more details.
Still hyped as hell.
I suspect you will be doing this instead.
Mesmerising. I love it.
Man, the DICE guys sure are putting themselves a tall design challenge. If they manage to keep the character's momemtum on an open world map, and manage to seamlessly go from running and jumping to combat (basically not breaking momentum when going into combat, making combat part of the flow of the running and jumping) then wow. Just wow.
I don't know how they can pull this off, but I can't help but admire their crazy ambition.
I don't know how they can pull this off, but I can't help but admire their crazy ambition.
Running the same ways as efficiently as possible is like, the main appeal of the first game.
MR BLACKMAGIK
Member
I honestly believe if multiplayer is done right, it could be amazing for this game. Think of a Tag game mode, where one person is "it" and the other people have to run away to avoid them. Or a Spies vs Mercs type mode, where instead of Spies you have Runners. Or CTF, or Oddball type mode. as long as they don't force guns into the multiplayer, I think those modes would be awesome.
Patrick Soderlund briefly discusses Mirror's Edge in GamesIndustry interview
On Mirror's Edge:
Check out the article, talks some more about Faith and female characters as well as Battlefield obviously.
On Mirror's Edge:
Check out the article, talks some more about Faith and female characters as well as Battlefield obviously.
maquiladora
Member
Really excited for this.
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Team Martial Arts Deathmatch!! C'mon Man! A Kung-Fu brawl on top of a skyscraper is all kinds of cool!
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
This.
Stopping to wait for an opponent to swing at you was a terrible design decision. If quick-combo-and-back-to-running combat is the norm like shown in that gif, then I'm on board. Hell, have the effectiveness of your attacks rely on your current speed and momentum and you've got a solid system, I'd say.
Huh? There was a stop and wait for the swing in that gif.
NullPointer
Member
If that's the only way to fight then it'd be a letdown. Stopping and fighting should be included of course, but alongside advanced mobility focused techniques that we can master.
This seems like a requirement actually, to keep the speed-running heart of the game while keeping a mix of offensive and defensive actions rather than strictly running away.
dr_rus
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Running in a beautiful new environments and figuring out a way to get through the obstacles is the main appeal of the first game to me. Running the same way for several times is boring as hell. That's why I've beaten it three times and not ten like Mass Effect 1, for example.
goldsoundz
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EA (DICE) really impressed me this E3, which overall I found fairly unimpressive. Can't wait to play these new DICE games.
Vigilant Walrus
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I'm so stoked for this. I'm so stoked for this that Vlad the Impaler could stoke me on a stokered up stoking-by-the-book-set.
Wow. I would expect mixed reactions at this news and got it. Not sure how to process it myself but I do like the idea of more freedom. When you think about the character it seems silly to show Faith as someone who roams the rooftops at will, only to limit her to narrow pathways all the time. It's definitely gonna feel different.
Wait and see I guess.
Wait and see I guess.
I'm not. Usually just ignore that stuff but one dude said the game was too short (somewhat valid), first person platforming sucks (in most cases that would be fair) and the guns were rubbish.
Only combat in ME2 should be some wacky John Woo kicks.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Open World and no Shooter? Where can I sign up?!
Thug Waffle
Member
I actually really enjoyed the gunplay in the first Mirror's Edge. Felt appropriately sluggish for commanding a character who probably isn't very good with guns. I also loved knocking some dude out, taking his gun, capping some other NPC, tossing the gun aside and jumping across a gap all in a single, fluid motion.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Open world? :|
I'm not sure if this is a positive thing.
I'm not sure if this is a positive thing.
Air Zombie Meat
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A little concerned about this as I loved the time trials but it could turn out okay. Interesting anyway.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
I'm equally as puzzled as I'm (potentially) thrilled. Or something.
We will really need a (much) longer gameplay trailer to better appreciate this new direction for ME.
Kind of... i dunno.
The best part of Mirror's Edge - indeed, the whole point of the game, if you ask me - were the time trials. These relied heavily on structured level design which allowed coursing to be just incredibly designed.
If they can translate that to the open world, I'll be down. That'll require an incredible amount of highly detailed work on every building and shit, but if they pull it off, they can even possibly allow a CUSTOMIZED circuit where gamers can map out the type of course they want players online to try a time trial with.
So taking that wait-and-see
The best part of Mirror's Edge - indeed, the whole point of the game, if you ask me - were the time trials. These relied heavily on structured level design which allowed coursing to be just incredibly designed.
If they can translate that to the open world, I'll be down. That'll require an incredible amount of highly detailed work on every building and shit, but if they pull it off, they can even possibly allow a CUSTOMIZED circuit where gamers can map out the type of course they want players online to try a time trial with.
So taking that wait-and-see
Fantastical
Death Prophet
God I can't wait until we see a gameplay walkthrough. So pumped.
TheIronChancellor
Member
I hope they add the ability to like jump off of enemy shoulders to reach higher places than you normally would be able to reach, and other such stuff.
Kitschkraft
Member
I'm actually pretty disappointed with the news about this. I sorta just wanted a slightly tighter version of the first game without the insurance commercials for a story.
Can't stand "prequels".
Can't stand "prequels".
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
On one hand, it's hard to trust EA that changes to Mirror's Edge will be for the better.
On the other hand, it's not a Ubisoft game, so "open world" shouldn't correlate with "box ticking quest design and arbitrary levelling sytems".
On the other hand, it's not a Ubisoft game, so "open world" shouldn't correlate with "box ticking quest design and arbitrary levelling sytems".
I love Mirror's Edge but once I beat it I was done with it. I considered it a little golden nugget of the generation and had my fill. Now that it's being picked up again I'm totally for a vastly expanded next-gen reboot.
I can't help but think of A Clockwork Orange when I see those guys.
I suspect you will be doing this instead.
I can't help but think of A Clockwork Orange when I see those guys.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Possible tag multiplayer? this sounds like it could partially satiate my lust for my dream Jet Set Radio 3 game, what with having an open world urban setting with non-traditional methods of traversing the game world.
All over my faith
All over my faith
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I approve of this greatly and look forward to falling off of high places yet again...
abacab driver
Banned
Sounds great, can't wait to see more of it.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I just hope this doesn't turn into a Prey 2 and Beyond Good & EVil 2 where they tease it to get people hyped and then abandon it for whatever reason.
I seriously don't get why some of you are turned off by a more open level design. You can still have the "tubes." DICE just needs to block off areas with rubbish or whatever in the campaign or time-trials as needed. Similar to the "TURN BACK YOU'RE LEAVING THE COMBAT AREA 10... 9..." countdown/out of bounds Battlefield's campaign did.
Or additionally these more open levels allow people to do more alternate routes either longer/flasher/quicker as they want compared to the straight-forward "tube" level design of the last game.
And come on: How many of you didn't want to explore more of the city from ground to roof?
Frankly, if they can nail that I'm hyped. The time-trials were nice but not for me. The pakour action was the high-point of the game for me and if I'm able to make my own routes or turn on a "sandbox" mode and just pakour for hours to my hearts content I'm completely on board with the change.
Or additionally these more open levels allow people to do more alternate routes either longer/flasher/quicker as they want compared to the straight-forward "tube" level design of the last game.
And come on: How many of you didn't want to explore more of the city from ground to roof?
Frankly, if they can nail that I'm hyped. The time-trials were nice but not for me. The pakour action was the high-point of the game for me and if I'm able to make my own routes or turn on a "sandbox" mode and just pakour for hours to my hearts content I'm completely on board with the change.