Posts Tagged ‘Mirror’s Edge’
By: Jon Christensen on July 16th, 2009 pm31 4:00 pm
If you are hoping to see some more cool Mirror’s Edge downloadable content, you should just stop. EA has confirmed with ThatVideoGameBlog, that the adventures of Faith is probably done with because the company has no “immediate plans” for additional DLC. Since the game was shipped to stores last year, gamers were at least luckily enough to receive some content back in February. Chances are though, the content was being first worked on around the time the game went gold.
Near that date, EA was hoping Mirror’s Edge would be come a new smash hit, but sadly that didn’t happen and in all likelihood forced the company to eliminate any new content for download. Thankfully Europe Senior Vice President Patrick Soderlund, had confirmed not to long ago that a small team is working on a sequel to the first-person parkour game. Hopefully the developers can address some of the problems that plagued the first title, but honestly — I still think the game was treated unfairly.
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By: Jon Christensen on June 12th, 2009 pm30 12:00 pm
Easily one of the more original concepts to come out in 2008 was EA’s Mirror’s Edge. While the title certainly displayed ground breaking gameplay by combining a first-person shooter with parkour style mechanics, it was met with decent but not great reviews. I personality thought some of the harsh critics out there didn’t give the game a fair chance. Some of the negative aspects I can agree with, especially with how short the action title was. Although, when I hear some people say they didn’t like it because the shooting portion of the game was imperfect.
That’s when I think they didn’t understand Mirror’s Edge. DICE, the studio behind the game, went into great lengths to discourage gamers not to use weapons. The company even gave out achievements/trophies to people who didn’t fire a single weapon as they beat the game.
With all this said, Mirror’s Edge didn’t sell well in the end. In fact the sales were rather disappointing for EA. Thankfully, that isn’t going to stop the publisher to green-light a sequel. According to EA Games Europe Senior Vice President Patrick Soderlund, a team is currently working on Mirror’s Edge 2.
“Mirror’s Edge was a risky move. It was a bold move, a very innovative and inspiring move. The game wasn’t perfect by any means. We would have liked the game to sell better even though the game has sold better than most people think. You will see another Mirror’s Edge for sure. It’s just a matter of when that time is and what we do with it. We have a small team on it and I’m excited about what we do.”
No other details were talked about, except the small team working on the title are members from DICE, which is good news in my opinion. Sadly, it doesn’t sound like we will see Mirror’s Edge 2 anytime soon, nor any other information. It seems like the studio is in the very early stages of development, but hopefully by next E3 we’ll know a little more.
Source: Kombo
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By: Jon Christensen on April 16th, 2009 pm30 1:44 pm
AZO, is an admirer of parkour. So naturally, he must of found EA’s Mirror’s Edge exceptional. How could he not really, the game was a first of its kind. It relied on parkour mechanics, while maintaing a traditional first-person view. While it gave people motion sickness, it was a completely original title and most who owned it thought it was enjoyable, in spite of its drawbacks.
AZO apparently liked both so much, he recreated the game…in-real life. If you watch the clip, you’ll notice it seems awfully familiar to Faith’s style, which featured in the video game. However, instead of jumping from building to building like Faith, he plays it a little safer. As opposed to jumping from a ledge, he jumps on a playground slide. It’s sill impressive nonetheless. AZO explained how he did it,
“First person view stunt and tricks, like in the game ‘Mirror’s Edge’. The camera isn’t attach to anything. It was either in my right or left hand while I jump around.”
Check out the video up. If it does one thing, it proves AZO is more athletic than you.
via: Dave Chen
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By: Jon Christensen on January 13th, 2009 pm31 4:19 pm
We think some of the criticism for Mirror’s Edge was tad unfair. Sure the game wasn’t perfect and the sales did not meet expectations, but the game was fun. Not only that, it was undoubtably an innovative game — something that has been missing in this entertainment for sometime now. Although, if we were to pick one issue with the title, it would be the length. It was short, like really short! And for some people, it might be hard to justify purchasing something for $60 that only gave 6-8 hours of entertainment. Again, we tried looked over the length and enjoyed it for what it is.
Last month we reported EA and DICE has plans to release downloadable content for the parkour game and included a video (top) of the gameplay. While it was nothing like the retail version of the game — it certainly looked fun. We now have official word from a press release that the DLC will be available on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network on January 29.
DICE also confirmed today that downloadable content (DLC) for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360(R) videogame and entertainment system and the PC will be available January 29th. This special DLC pack will challenge players to achieve the fastest times possible on nine races across seven all-new and totally redesigned Time Trial maps. The DLC pack will be available for $10 USD or 800 Microsoft points.
So if you purchased Mirror’s Edge and you were a little bummed about the length, hopefully the new content will ease the pain. If you missed what the DLC looked liked, watch the video up top.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 10th, 2008 am31 4:13 am
There is no question about how much better a high PC can outperform a next-gen console. And with Mirror’s Edge set to be released for the computer, it is defiantly not an exception.
EA and DICE have released a video comparing both the console and PC versions look like side by side. The Xbox 360 and PS3 both utilize the Unreal Engine, while the PC is using PhysX Engine.
Both versions still look great, but the PC enjoys a little more detail. Some minor things like flags swaying back in forth and can be destroyed are only evident on PC, along with some other nitpicking things. Because of that, the game certainly looks better, but is it worth paying a lot more money to enjoy a flag? We don’t necessarily think so, but to some — maybe.
Mirror’s Edge is out now for the Xbox 360 and PS3. On January 13th you’ll be able to pick up the PC version.
Check out the video up top.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 8th, 2008 pm31 5:16 pm
I’ve seen this Mirror’s Edge commercial once on TV and I thought it was cool. Even though there isn’t any gameplay shown, I enjoyed EA showing what a live action version of the parkour game would look like. However, I’m just not sure why EA would show this on TV, the point of an advertisement is to show people who don’t know about the product can taste of what it is. I’m pretty sure if a ‘casual gamer’ saw this, they would be like “wtf?” And forget about the ad within a few minutes.
oh well, I liked it at least. And how awesome is the Mirror’s Edge song?
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By: Jon Christensen on December 4th, 2008 pm31 10:25 pm
I don’t care what anyone says, I really enjoyed Mirror’s Edge. Sure the shooting aspect wasn’t up to par with other great FPS’s, but seriously; was that the point? The game was to give the players a sense of what it would be like to do parkour, but without leaving the couch. I have never played anything that felt like DICE’s game. It was one of the few games to almost give me vertigo when I jumped from building to building.
Although, the game was short — so short I could have finished it in one day if I wanted too. Thankfully, for the people that did complete it fairly quickly can soon download extra content and boy it looks good.
Instead of having more of the same, DICE decided to make the DLC completely different than the original game. No more will Faith jump on skyscrapers — she’ll now be in something that looks like an abstract painting. The level (video above) almost reminds me of something M.C. Escher drew.
Check out the trailer up top.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 2:09 am
In my opinion, there is no question that EA’s Mirror’s Edge theme song, “Still Alive” could be one of the best original song in video game history. I know it’s not going to sound very ‘manish,’ but I have actually put the tune in my iPod…and listened to it several times.
The song, which is sung by Swedish pop-star Lisa Miskovsky, now has its own music video. The clip features the singer showing off her talent on a roof of a building and obviously it’s inspired by the game.
Check it out up top.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 13th, 2008 am30 1:42 am
Here’s a quick mention for a game being developed by Brad Borne from Borne Games. He and EA are teaming up to create a full fledge Mirror’s Edge game but in 2D using flash.
Click here to get your chance to play the beta right now, and trust us — it’s awesome. The game certainly nailed down the look, speed and feel of its big brother version which is on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The biggest thing we were impressed with was Faith’s animations — they’re incredible. I just hope EA is smart and decide to port it over to the PlayStation Network and/or Xbox Live Arcade for a download. Heck, they should make it free to promote the original game!
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By: Jon Christensen on November 12th, 2008 am30 1:33 am
One the same day Mirror’s Edge was released in stores, DIce and EA have confirmed they will include downloadable content sometime in January. EA confirmed that the studio is well underway working on the new DLC, but at this point they haven’t revealed in what capacity it will be.
Is it going to be nothing more than a new costumes and tattoos? Or will we see full fledge levels that were not shown in the stand alone version? Hopefully, Dice decided to take the ladder and not follow the developers of Dead Space. Because as I love the idea of having the ability to download new features in a game — although, I feel ripped off if it’s just a shirt…
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By: Jon Christensen on November 10th, 2008 pm30 1:24 pm
As EA is set to launch Mirror’s Edge tomorrow, they have released the launch trailer for the game. As many of you probably already know from playing the demo, the game is all about speed. In fact when you slow down in the game, you loose quite a-bit of adrenaline that you build while running from roof top to roof top. Seriously how many games can do that? And that’s exactly what the trailer is trying to show off.
If you’re still on the fence with this one, we say — get it. In fact, our own Nick Collins has already peed his pants in anticipation for the parkour inspired game.
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By: Jon Christensen on October 16th, 2008 pm31 4:17 pm
The next video showing the story behind the game Mirror’s Edge is now online. The anime style video shows the history of how the main character Faith was taught the ways of a ‘runner’, by having her apprentice doing the voiceover and showing a montage of her in training.
One thing we noticed in the video is Faith lacking her tattoos on her arm. But her ‘master’ had the design we’re used to her having. Could the ink on the arms be some kind of tradition in the underground organization? We think it’s a safe be.
Mirror’s Edge is coming out for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on November 11, 2008.
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By: Jon Christensen on October 15th, 2008 am31 1:01 am
EA and DICE are expecting big things for Mirror’s Edge. Earlier in the month they bragged how they believe the game has the potential of selling more than 3 million copies worldwide when its released in mid-November. Not only do they think the whole gaming world is going to buy into the Parkour inspired game, they also plan on making it a trilogy. It was confirmed by DICE senior producer Owen O’Brien while speaking with AusGamers:
“The story we’re telling at the moment is kind of a trilogy, a three-story arc. I think there’s a lot of scope to take the story in different directions, or maybe tell someone else’s story. But certainly for these first couple games, it’s all about Faith. It’s all about her experience in the world.”
While the game seems very refreshing and it’s kind of a new type of genre (FPS/Platformer), we’re just not sure how three games will be. DICE would have to get pretty creative because the biggest thing that scares us about the game is how repetitive it could become. And we’re just talking about playing through the first game once. It’s also great to know ( ***SPOILER***) Faith doesn’t die. Thanks for sharing that with us Mr. O’Brien!
Although he also spilled the beans about what they plan on doing with the future titles and the features it might include — namely a level editor:
“It’s something we’re probably going to look at for the sequel. It will be great, it really will be great. Creating a level editor is a skill in itself, and that’s a lot of work. And if we do it, we want to make the level editor as easy to use and intuitive as the game is. And that’s going to take us quite a lot of time. So that’s something we’re looking at for the sequel.”
While this could be an awesome feature to have, we just wish it was included in the first game. By the time a sequel is released for Mirror’s Edge, we think ‘level editors’ will become a standard in games. So in the end, a level editor in Mirror’s Edge ‘2′ won’t be as innovative as it sounds when it’s released in a year or two.
Source: gamespot
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By: Jon Christensen on October 14th, 2008 am31 3:01 am
Two of the biggest games of the year have collided thanks to LittleBigPlanet. EA’s Mirror’s Edge has been ‘remade’ in the LittleBigPlanet level editor and its pretty damn creative.
Although the video is shaky and grainy, you certainly get a good idea of the level. And the one thing that sticks out from the level are the colors. The creator of the world even had the color red guide the player while going through the level, just like what Mirror’s Edge does — pretty awesome stuff. After the jump, check out more videos relating to Mirror’s Edge and LBP. (more…)
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By: Jon Christensen on October 7th, 2008 pm31 9:06 pm
EA and DICE have announced the soundtrack for the game Mirror’s Edge. It was told during our time with the hands-on preview of the time trial mode, that the song we all heard when the first trailer debuted was sung by Lisa Miskovsky who is a Swedish musician.
There will also be remixes from the same song, artist include: Paul Van Dyk, Teddybears, Junkie XL, Benny Benassi, and Armand Van Helden. The soundtrack will be made available on November 11. But starting this week if you head down to your local Best Buy and pre-order Mirror’s Edge for either Xbox 360 or PS3, you’ll receive the Miskovsky song for free and even the code that lets you unlock the time trial mode for the Demo. Well, worth a deposit of 5 bucks!
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