Comments on: Mirror’s Edge Trailer Analysis

By: Johnny Go-Time

Johnny Go-Time — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:42:52 +0000

This looks fantastic. I don’t care about sandbox/open-world as much as exhilarating moments…

Bad news though, is that when I got into Duke Nukem 3D, every time I saw a vent cover IRL I wanted to kick it in and jump into the ducts…Now I’m gonna have to avoid tossing myself off of buildings…

By: nexus

nexus — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:41:34 +0000

the both trailer and commentary are sisters, or brothers$)

By: The Shed

The Shed — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:25:08 +0000

@Caaln: God. Damnit. That largely ruins the appeal for me. I swear it was in Edge’s preview special that they talked about it being open-world, so I trusted it entirely… frick. They say it’ll feel open-world though, and if the level design is good enough it really shouldn’t matter.

By: Kirian

Kirian — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:55:09 +0000

Sounds like The Album Leaf to me, but that’s just me.

Interesting to read that MTV article- I wasn’t aware that they were simulating eyes (well, so the focal-point part in the trailer indicates). Just how natural the ‘all-body’ simulation feels might be a matter of contention. It will certainly take some time to adapt to.

By: chenghiz

chenghiz — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:27:20 +0000

And just call them “Air” you condescending prick.

I, for one, didn’t know Air was a French electronica duo and would have been confused by the apparently mis-capitalisation of a noun. I guess that makes him a condescending prick, me an ignorant lumpkin, and you an elitist asshole.

Group hug?

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:06:11 +0000

Meh.

Wait, was I the only one who watched this thinking this was an actual trailer?

Still, meh.

By: NegativeZero

NegativeZero — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:39 +0000

So obviously someone at gametrailers knows the source for the music, since they’ve used an extended version of the piece for this.

It would be nice if they’d share that info, I really like it. :(

By: Mario Granger

Mario Granger — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:39:36 +0000

What a delightful looking game. I love the clean aesthetic, and the relaxed look of the combat. It seems to have a great Prince of Persia feel to its movement system.

The most aniticipated game of the year for me.

By: nutmilk

nutmilk — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:33:25 +0000

“French electronica duo, Air”

“faggot commenting prick, Albides”

It sounds NOTHING like Air, jerk. And just call them “Air” you condescending prick.

By: tmp

tmp — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:02:13 +0000

Also on the red highlights thing — supposedly the amount of these decreases as you progress through the game, until eventually the only thing granted the cue is final destination of the level. It’s said it can be also disabled entirely from the start, if the player chooses so.

By: caaln

caaln — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:11:29 +0000

Wrong bloody button. Gah.

By: caaln

caaln — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:10:52 +0000

From the Q&A on the Mirror’s Edge website, possibly:

How much focus will the concept of free roaming have? Do we get to run around wherever we want on the rooftops or are we somehow restricted to specific levels?
There seems to be some confusion about this – this is not a free-roaming game – and I think it is a better game for that. We have a story-driven action game and we want you to experience the story. There are however multiple ways of tackling every level whether it is the routes you take or the combat style you adopt. Also the type of movement we have in the game turns almost any area into a mini-sandbox. You will not feel restricted in the game.

@Kadayi, RE: the red path being just being a reflection of what Faith percieves – that’s true afaik. The zipline changing colour would seem to indicate that. Plus, from the eurogamer preview:

“The way I often describe it is that Jason Bourne sees the world differently to everyone else – he sees weapons where you see a pen – so in this case [the game] shows us a route…and this happens dynamically throughout.”