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Mirror's Edge: Deeper Than You Realize?

Though Mirror's Edge has received less than stellar marks from some, others have been undeniably drawn in by the sterile-yet-vibrant style, familiar-yet-innovative gameplay. I would, without pause, count myself among the latter as there was one underlying feature to the game that caused me to sit up and take notice.

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Vahn166363d ago

Interesting point of view. Would love to hear someone elaborate on this further.

StephanieBBB6363d ago

Imo I think both mirrors edge and Prince of persia (the new one) has far too much repetetive game elements. I mean srsly if they had released a demo of prince of persia I bet that the sell rate would drop by 70%. If they hadn't released a demo of mirrors edge I bet It would have sold 50% more.

2009 Can't come soon enough.

PirateThom6363d ago

While I don't disagree that they both had very repetative elements, I think the fact they are short disguises the fact a bit.

Mirror's Edge especially, is very trial and error, so it's "length" comes from repeating sections over and over, and towards the end die/repeat/die/repeat does wear thin and you find that the game is a lot more linear than the trailers would have you believe, it's not "free running", you may have 1 or 2 or sometimes 3 ways to approach something, but it's always going to result in pushing you into what is essentially a corridor with those sections in to try and remove the knowledge of it being linear... sadly, the later indoor levels do a terrible job at covering this. Not to mention, the gunplay is pretty bad. The time trials do offer some replayability, but it's a game that would have worked better if it was shorter and a download title. It has good ideas, but they had to stretch a game in between them, which makes me think the DLC may be worth buying.

Prince of Persia suffers a different problem, because you can't die and just restart at the previous stable platform, everything becomes very easy, in the previous games the sands were limited and you often had to plan your jumps or eventually, you'd run out of resets. This aspect is eliminated, and it's nice that you don't have to repeat sections, but there's now little challenge (unless you're going for the "be gentle with her" achievement/trophy). The length of Prince of Persia involves going through an area, clearing it of corruption, then doing it again to collection light seeds... and then sometimes going back to collect more when you get new powers.

That said, I enjoyed both, but I got them half retail price. I think they're must buys, if you can get them on the cheap.

Wow, I went on there on unrelated crap about the games...

Mr Fancy Pants6363d ago

For me Mirror's Edge is one of the best games I have played this gen.

bgrundman6363d ago

It may have been one of the best games, but I felt that like Portal last year, there was not enough gameplay there to sink my teeth into.

floatingworld6363d ago

Did you spend much time with the time trial mode?

Danja6363d ago

I actually really enjoyed ME also , the story needs to be worked on since obviously there will be a sequel judging form the ending..

but overall if your looking for a game thats not like every other game being made then give ME a try...

Xander-RKoS6363d ago

So here's an anecdote for ya'

I think Hemingway is terrible. Sure he put tons of symbolism and such into his writing, but he writes about people in a bar talking and talking in such a way you can't tell who the speaker is. Very modern and such, but on the surface (which is still important) it's still boring.

So, here's Mirror's Edge. According to reviewers, it lacks some qualities that prevented it from getting a super high score but it was deep, hidden, little tiny detail that makes people who notice question things they wouldn't normally...well, good for them.

I like that the DICE decided to try something different but I don't think it warrants any better score.

floatingworld6363d ago

Does it only matter what Mirror's Edge scores? Can there be value in the game beyond a two digit number?

I can understand that subtlety and symbolism isn't your thing, but can you see how those kinds of things could enhance ones experience, without necessarily affecting the score?

Xander-RKoS6363d ago

Well, being a Wii owner, score means very little to me...but it seemed (to me) that this blog was trying to say the game was deeper and that a lower review score might be due to reviewers not "getting" it.

Don't get me wrong, I love symbolism. It's just, I like symbolism wrapped in something good. Mirror's Edge is a good game and probably not fair to compare to Hemingway, but like I said, it just seemed that this blog was trying to make something more of something so little.

(Also, as I side note as I was thinking about it...red also is used as player 1 and blue as player 2 not always enemies and allies...just a thought.)

floatingworld6363d ago

That's fair. Really I was just pointing out that I thought the color choices were very intentional, not that the statement they make is necessarily earth shattering, but rather that it seemed an effort was made and it shouldn't go by unnoticed.

Xander-RKoS6363d ago

Oh totally (the blog also references The Scarlet Letter, not one of my favorite books, lol). But I fear it may have looked too deep, since it very way could have been playing off the player 1/player 2 theme or in this case team 1 and team 2 which are often represented as red and blue respectively. Whatever though, at this point, whatever someone thinks is probably right (a "no is one is wrong" kind of scenario).

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Homicide6363d ago (Edited 6363d ago )

I'm sorry but this game just sucked the big one. It's quite possibly the worst game I've played this year. The story is boring, the levels are bland and uninspired, the game is very repetitive, the main character is an uninteresting twit and the combat sucks. Everything the game would start to get interesting, you have to go to the elevator or something and it slows down the pace.

Edit: I did spend time with the time trail but it's the same levels that were in the campaign. Epic fail.

floatingworld6363d ago

It's surprising that you don't mention the mechanics of the game. Obviously you found something redeeming there. I'm pretty much convinced at this point that anyone of this opinion didn't spend very much time with the time trial mode.

TheColbertinator6363d ago

Its okay Homicide.I still enjoyed it

:)

DJ6363d ago

Couldn't read the article. it kept giving me a Malware warning.

floatingworld6363d ago

That's strange. The site is definitely legit.

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EA Cut Dead Space's Marketing Budget to Pour Into Mirror's Edge Due to Mock Review Scores

Former Visceral Games devs reveal Dead Space's marketing budget was cut in favor of Mirror's Edge because of mock review scores.

Knightofelemia511d ago (Edited 511d ago )

I wish EA would just release a DS2 remake. DS is my favorite horror game and DS2 is the best one in the franchise. But because DS1 failed to meet certain numbers EA scrapped the DS2 remake. SH2 remake was great rumors are Konami might be asking for another SH remake. The RE2 remake was great EA just needs to give it another try. But all they seem to do is shitty sports games that are no different from the year before. Change a few players, add different uniform colours, maybe change a team logo. Wash, rinse, repeat.

goken511d ago

Agreed. DS was great. But DS2 was even better. Would love to see a DS2 remake, though I would love to see a DS4 even more.
The problem with EA is they make easy $ from the slight changes to their sports titles like football FC games (whatever it’s called nowadays). People just lap that sh1t up.
Comparatively, games like DS which don’t sell 10s of millions, can’t sell them team player add ons and all the like, would seem a hassle to make and unappealing comparatively. Especially when you consider that most EA non sport titles haven’t actually performed well recently.

Pyrofire95511d ago

Dark Souls 2, Darksiders 2, Dead Space 2, Death Stranding 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2

chicken_in_the_corn511d ago

The Dead space remake was so good. Better than the original. Shame they won't remake 2.

__y2jb510d ago

I loved the original dead space but the remake I just found boring. Game design has moved on and the game really showed its age, just small area encounters repeated again and again.

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DefenderOfDoom2510d ago

I bought Dead Space during launch window and I never bought a Mirror's Edge game .

Inverno510d ago

Then they went on to screw both games over.

UnbreakableAlex510d ago

I'd rather see a new and great Mirrors Edge than another boring Dead Space.

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Battlefield 2042 Mirror's Edge Easter Egg Surfaces in Season 4 Map

It seems that in Season 4, DICE has snuck in a Battlefield 2042 Mirror's Edge Easter egg in the new Flashpoint map.

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10 Old Games With Outstanding Graphics

GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."

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ShwaaMan1210d ago

Bioshock still looks fantastic, one of my all time favorites.

Yui_Suzumiya1210d ago

Beyond: Two Souls on PS3 can compete with modern day graphics.

SonyStyled1210d ago (Edited 1210d ago )

Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3

jasonismoney1210d ago

I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.

SonyStyled1210d ago

@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think

cthulhucultist1210d ago

Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen

Fist4achin1210d ago

I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.

SonyStyled1210d ago

They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though

JEECE1210d ago

Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.

iNcRiMiNaTi1210d ago

It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good

JEECE1210d ago

In terms of art style it still holds up.

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