Comments on: E3: The Trailers – Mirror’s Edge

By: bobince

bobince — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:21:30 +0000

It’s deadly linear and overly signposted with all the red, but it’s “an early level” so that’s probably to be expected. Hopefully this and the Pathetic Gunmen get better once you get past the tutorialising.

By: Jahkaivah

Jahkaivah — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:28:28 +0000

Just noticed, near the begining of the trailer, because of the whole transition thingy it looks like she arm whacked the door OF ITS HINGES.

THAT’S AWESOME.

By: Jahkaivah

Jahkaivah — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:13:33 +0000

Laughably poor marksmanship that even a stormtrooper can be proud of.

By: The Shed

The Shed — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:08:56 +0000

Noc’s right, clearly she can only dispose of enemies effectively when its mano-a-mano. This is a pretty good thing for keeping the realism and combat tactics flowing.

The second trailer there is damn cleverly done, when she smashed through that first door I was so damn confused for a few seconds.

There seem to be quite a few parallels betweent this here Mirror’s Edge and one Condemned: Criminal Origins. Both are First-Person Focused, doing new things in regards to combat and movement (Condemned and ME emphasised these respectively), with an interesting scripted narrative and concept in place. It also seems ME could suffer from the same severe linearity Condemned did. A wait and see I guess, although it should easily be worth a rent.

By: Noc

Noc — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:05:45 +0000

Also, on the enemies: in the video, she takes on one at a time pretty easily if she can get close. But it takes a bit of time and keeps her stationary. If there’s a group, though, I imagine one would shoot you while you’re taking care of another. Unless they pull an Assassins Creed and have enemies patiently wait for you to finish what you’re doing before attacking one at a time.

By: The Shed

The Shed — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:48:03 +0000

3:34. That left hand is totally a man’s hand.

By: Steelfist

Steelfist — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:12:06 +0000

WAIT WAIT WAIT….

Am I going insane, or does the song go “Im still alive” at the very end, after the camera has zoomed out from the city?

Listen carefully…

By: bluespacetiger

bluespacetiger — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:08:03 +0000

In the gametrailers version of this video you can see in the bottom left hand corner the words “god mode” in small white text. See for yourself: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36349.html it appears after about 4:50 into the video.

By: MisterBritish

MisterBritish — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:18:25 +0000

In the first trailer they had the same cable slide section and faith sprinted off without stopping like in this one. So it’s obv. dependent on the player.

By: Senethro

Senethro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:14:42 +0000

Erased is bang on the money here. Quit bitching about the guards.

The only thing that got me was when she landed after that long slide down the cable. Didn’t see much forward momentum retained.

By: Erased

Erased — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:24:06 +0000

The dev’s most likely had god mode on to ensure no fuck-ups would happen during their show.

By: DSX

DSX — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:17:06 +0000

@cyrenic nice read, I like how the use of weapons actually is a deterrent since it reduces her abilities when armed. Ok, I’ll go first. Mirrors Edge = “Prince of Matrix”