Comments on: Mirror’s Edge: Leipzig Trailer

By: Hmm-hmm.

Hmm-hmm. — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:31:15 +0000

Great-looking footage. I’m still having high hopes for this game.

By: tmp

tmp — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:00:53 +0000

The linearity is worrying. Jim mentions it can be turned off, true, but are all items I can see in the playing field fully interactive, or is it still programmed to follow the red path even if it’s not visible?

If you pay attention to this video, there’s couple moments where the player actually deviates from suggested red path and uses regular walls/extra momentum to take shortcuts rather than follow the easiest route.

By: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:51:22 +0000

Just finished Dark Messiah, and this looks like an evolution of what Arkane has already done. Yeah DM has a horribly generic story, but the melee combat is incredibly kinetic and smooth.

I’m officially excited about Mirror’s Edge.

By: masayume

masayume — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:15:51 +0000

It seems so obvious that after Mirror’s Edge every developer will use its new movement dynamics for the FPS genre.
It’s just a stroke of luck that this is FINALLY happening, because everything was so awfully uninnovative.
DICE must be praised forever for this.

By: Mman

Mman — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:33:15 +0000

“It’s *such* a shame that despite breaking new ground in many ways, this game falls back to the disembodied-radio-narrator to develop its story and lead the player through the game.”

Portal.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:22:15 +0000

It looks a lot better when the player isn’t dying, I must admit

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:25:29 +0000

Looks fantastic! I especially loved the breathing, and how it got faster as she ran faster. It’s the little things that add to the atmosphere.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:04:14 +0000

So many games owe the Prince of Persia series so much. No wonder they’re revered amongst devs. If you pay close attention even Valve pays homage in a number of ways (audio and level design).

This game looks freakin’ awesome, but I hope it’s not too short, as someone further up pointed out, you do cover an lot of ground very quickly. However the level design’s not so much about superfluous details as it is grand open spaces, so I’d imagine it’s quicker (in the loosest sense of the word) to create levels for this game because you’re not spending large amounts of time filling in tiny little details because the player will be spending so little time in the same spot.

And I hope they mix it up a little as well – more than just different environments requiring different manoeuvres. But I think Keiron’s right when he says I might be getting a little to close to a “if only we could talk to them” stance.

By: EyeMessiah

EyeMessiah — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:45:38 +0000

Least interesting environment so far in my opinion. Nevertheless, watching this while listening to 7/4 Shoreline gave me chills so I’m feeling pretty positive.

By: Gurrah

Gurrah — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:42:52 +0000

That lady must be wearing spiderman slippers!

By: Muzman

Muzman — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:37:12 +0000

I just love the movement in this game. The way the head/viewpoint moves in concert with what your feet and arms are doing, when you sprint you really feel the acceleration. Vey cool. If that carries over to the controls it’s already a winner. Sure, if the levels don’t follow through it won’t be up to much, but its one of the few instances where people have really cared about that stuff since the FPS was invented.
I still wanna know if you have to balance yourself though.

By: mujadaddy

mujadaddy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:27:14 +0000

You know, for a Parkour badass, she sure climbs ladders goofy…

…is there an option to have a chickee give me the level instructions, like on my GPS?