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Mirror's Edge 2 is open world, [Update: More game info, won't be a shooter]
- Thread starter Nirolak
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To my knowledge they've rebooted the entire plotline.
I get the impression Mirror's Edge 1 isn't canon anymore.
I could be wrong however. They haven't been super clear.
Well of course it is, did you think I meant you can't even if you spend infinite time and money on it? Sure, but they obviously can't do that.
Kid Bushido
Banned
Won't be a shooter when it has guns in the game :/
NullPointer
Member
Ye of little Faith ;P
It really depends on how constrained the open world is - the term can mean a lot of things when it comes to scale. Are we talking Arkham City level of scale in terms of direct gameplay space? Because I'd think that's doable.
nope
anyone who played the game and so much as fired a bullet is whats wrong with the industry IMO
they would probably want some Irons sights in ME2
Miles Quaritch
Member
Open world, won't be a shooter?
Gaming Gods, you have heard my prayers. Praise Be. PRAISE BE.
chun li's thighs
Member
I know I'm in the minority but I'm not a big fan of open world games. There are very few that i like (FC3). I liked that the first games were broken into levels and were mostly chase scenes. If its open world, I feel like I'm just going to run around and not get shit done. Hopefully the design will be well directed to.
I just hope they don't fuck up the parkour controls. Part of the fun of the game was mastering the levels and parkour controls.
I also hope it's not too focused on combat. Figuring out how to completely avoid and outsmart enemies in the first game felt better than directly confronting them.
I also hope it's not too focused on combat. Figuring out how to completely avoid and outsmart enemies in the first game felt better than directly confronting them.
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Open world first person martial arts parkour sim in Ghost In The Shell Land!! ... I came...
Multiplayer can work. Open Map, two players, two paths, who get's from Point A to B first?
You could even have relay racing! Cop dodging! Capture the Flag!
Multiplayer can work. Open Map, two players, two paths, who get's from Point A to B first?
You could even have relay racing! Cop dodging! Capture the Flag!
"Wrong with the industry"? lol, do you seriously believe this?
What an unbelievably basic view.
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
I still can't believe EA let them go ahead and make a sequel that looks like, y'know, a sequel, without focus-testing-why-dont-you-make-it-a-third-person-cover-shooter-or-something bullshit.
DICE must have some crazy goodwill from the big dogs at EA.
Edit:
Nah, shooting enemies was more fun than hand-to-hand combat. The disarm gameplay was just banjaxed. That said, as long as they fix the disarm stuff, I'll be happy to see gunplay kept to a bare minimum.
DICE must have some crazy goodwill from the big dogs at EA.
Edit:
Nah, shooting enemies was more fun than hand-to-hand combat. The disarm gameplay was just banjaxed. That said, as long as they fix the disarm stuff, I'll be happy to see gunplay kept to a bare minimum.
sublimit
Banned
It's still too early to tell though.They may have dumbed down the platforming for all we know so far.
No shooter: Assuring
Open world: what? well, I will keep an open mind about this, but I am not sure how that will work out.
Hopefully does not become a brawler.
Mirror's Edge is a cult classic not because it was a great game (it had many flaws) but because it was DIFFERENT. So please, don't focus test the "reboot" and add too many bulletpoints to the game!
Open world: what? well, I will keep an open mind about this, but I am not sure how that will work out.
Hopefully does not become a brawler.
Mirror's Edge is a cult classic not because it was a great game (it had many flaws) but because it was DIFFERENT. So please, don't focus test the "reboot" and add too many bulletpoints to the game!
sometimes i game
Member
Test of Faith achievement was tempting (and symbolic for many gamers) but DICE has said that ToF achievement was meant for a second playthrough and it absolutely makes some parts very frustrating, since the levels weren't designed that way in the end.
The Smoking Bun
Banned
Imagine scaling a skyscraper from street level to the top! There should be one at least!
Now imagine the climb with Oculus Rift. Imagine the the rush of air as you fall to your doom until... *crunch!*
Now imagine the climb with Oculus Rift. Imagine the the rush of air as you fall to your doom until... *crunch!*
This is going to sound so weak sauce but I hope they widen the timing on the reversals or something. I kept trying to do reversals at the moment of impact rather than at the red flash, a habit from how fighting games usually require last possible frames before hit.
Ditto. It seems like guns shouldn't be used but Faith keeps the weapon after disarms instead of destroying the weapon ala Batman AC. And in the story she has no problem threatening people at gunpoint (the disarm against the male cop). At the very least the server room and the sniper walkways would have been less frustrating.
That's kind of disappointing. I liked Faith and the world they created in the first one. I know it didn't live up to its potential in the end, but I still appreciated what they were able to craft. It's going be odd pretending like that game didn't exist.
anonymous_abc
Member
can't wait for those time trials!
open world yay
open world yay
It still seems to be like the same general world and character, just like... starting over.
Riposte
Member
Ah yes, shooting guns in a game with guns in them, what vile little videogame players.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Huh. Okay, this is the first bad news I've heard so far. I won't judge too much yet, but this is certainly disappointing.
I hope we still see characters like Drake and Jacknife return tho. Wouldn't say no to some other runners either, perhaps challenging Faith to some open ended races....
The funny thing is that the initial concept for mirror's edge was actually quite the shooter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8QI78cOQqs
I really hope that next gen won't make the same mistake as this gen did. Meaning a looot of games were basically TPS at their core even if it didn't make sense at all (I'm looking at you Alan Wake)...
eh, I completely forgot the story from the first (even though it's one of my favorite games this gen) anyway..wasn't very memorable. And considering the love for the game that wasn't much of an issue.
Dumb down from what exactly? First one wasn't very challenging to begin with.
eh, I completely forgot the story from the first (even though it's one of my favorite games this gen) anyway..wasn't very memorable. And considering the love for the game that wasn't much of an issue.
Dumb down from what exactly? First one wasn't very challenging to begin with.
I could be wrong, but I'm not entirely sure what else would be getting rebooted here.
BronsonLee
Member
Then everyone who played that game is what's wrong with the industry
I'm cool with ME1 being rebooted or a separate story. Look at it like how Aeon Flux was handled and it works fine. The only characters I gave a shit about were Faith and Kate anyway. Make it like a folk tale.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I've never shot anyone in my multiple playthroughs of ME. Hope the new one has a similar option.
The best part of Mirrors Edge was running and jumping, so I hope there isn't too much hand to hand combat. But, if they can make it flow with the rest of the game (The original had moments of this), it could be fun. But I don't want it to be a major focus.
As for open world... concerning. I want really tight, well designed levels, and I'm not sure if open world is beneficial for that. But if they make it work, it could be glorious. Just... keep it to the roofs and inside big, open buildings. Street level is ok at times but the best part of the original was running on roof tops.
No shooting. None. Zero. Please. Don't get me wrong - people can shoot at me. But I don't want to be shooting at them.
Anyways, they seem passionate. I'm glad its a reboot. A chance to set their own vision and right the faults of the original.
As for open world... concerning. I want really tight, well designed levels, and I'm not sure if open world is beneficial for that. But if they make it work, it could be glorious. Just... keep it to the roofs and inside big, open buildings. Street level is ok at times but the best part of the original was running on roof tops.
No shooting. None. Zero. Please. Don't get me wrong - people can shoot at me. But I don't want to be shooting at them.
Anyways, they seem passionate. I'm glad its a reboot. A chance to set their own vision and right the faults of the original.
I'm ok with this.
More open ended approach was one thing i really wanted from the first ME, which sometimes could get really arbitrary in its escape routes.
I'm not a big ME fan to begin with, but i'll probably get this for the visuals alone.
We'll see if i'll also be able to play it, it being first person and all.
More open ended approach was one thing i really wanted from the first ME, which sometimes could get really arbitrary in its escape routes.
I'm not a big ME fan to begin with, but i'll probably get this for the visuals alone.
We'll see if i'll also be able to play it, it being first person and all.
Auron_Kale
Member
Open world and no forced gunplay for Faith... Now just confirm Solar Fields for the soundtrack and I'm buying whatever limited edition you can offer.
Cannot wait and so glad that DICE is able to make this game happen.
Cannot wait and so glad that DICE is able to make this game happen.
NullPointer
Member
If there are ways of pulling those moves without totally stopping my forward momentum I'm OK with it.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Good deal for not a shooter. Hope the melee combat is good.