EA Games Boss Swears to God He Didn't Kill Mirror's Edge
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the actual idea of the game is to be first personHankMan said:
as for the bright, yeah, maybe tone down the bloom a little, but just keep the style as it is
I mean, honestly, it's the most positive view of the future in this medium there is
Dear EA,lowkey_jotunn said:
I second Lowkey's motion. I'm one of those people who STILL plays this game and this cuts right to the heart of what I want as a fan. If you want a great game, get rid of what went wrong in the 7th and 9th chapters.
Yeah this... Except keep some time trials but make sure running is faster than consistant jumping, the fastest ghosts are just jumping instead of running.newdarkcloud said:
The brightness never bothered me, it made the game more awesome.
And for gods sake ditch all gunplay, the best parts of the game were the first few levels when you're just running from the fucking army.
I think by bright he meant the excessive amounts of bloom, which I would like the game to be rid of. The visuals were still awesome, though.Dense_Electric said:
Add my voice to the chorus of people who want it kept first-person. Honestly, if it's switched to a third-person perspective, I'm out. That's a deal-breaker right there.
I didn't mind the gunplay either, I like the idea of grabbing a gun, using it up and then having to throw it aside - but rooms packed with armed goons that you have to fight is no fun. Level designs should be more open ended, with opportunities to bypass combat or at the very least escape from it at various points. More flexibility = more win.
On another note, sorry for the wanky html that made a mess of the last half of the post. All should be well now.
I didn't mind the gunplay either, I like the idea of grabbing a gun, using it up and then having to throw it aside - but rooms packed with armed goons that you have to fight is no fun. Level designs should be more open ended, with opportunities to bypass combat or at the very least escape from it at various points. More flexibility = more win.
On another note, sorry for the wanky html that made a mess of the last half of the post. All should be well now.
Damn man, beat me to it.HankMan said:
A parkour game is fantastic, but unless it's in 3rd person whats the point?
Two things...newdarkcloud said:
1. Only one room did that, all the fights were easily escapable if you know what to do (even the last one).
2. The time trials were the only sections without enemies. What's wrong with them? I thought they were fantastic, if not really hard.
1) WTF NOHankMan said:
2) WTFingF NO
3) ...I thought it was fine...
4) Hah! I can use memes too! all your base are belong to us! the cake is a lie! I'm so cool!
5) yes, I believe that's the idea.
EDIT: Oh, ok, read the past two pages now. I should have figured it would be a 1st v 3rd and Dark v Bright flame war. Good to have the Chalk on our side.
That's it. As soon as I'm done my Daggerfall LP, I'm doing a Mirror's Edge LP. No guns, no stealth, minimal fighting, just speed and know-how.The Random One said:
IT CAN BE DONE.
AND IT'S AN ABSOLUTE BLAST WHEN DONE.
It would also make it Prince of Persia with a girl from the future.duchaked said:third person...a better/real story...and-aw man, well you said it betterHankMan said:but that I think would make it better
We already HAVE a Prince of Persia.
I'll send you a copy of my epic Mirror's Edge LP that consists of me doing exactly that (escaping, not fighting) when I get it together.Andy Chalk said:
2 million unit sales is not a 10 million dollar profit, that assumes every copy sold for full price, which I can almost assure you it didn't, and developers only get returns on what they sell to the retailers not what the retailers in turn mark the price up to. To put that 2 million in more context, compare that to say the 7.8 million unit sales that Fifa did that same year. And you are also not factoring in cost of development.Dawkter said:
There also is something to be said about your sarcastic statement though, companies do indeed have to balance the fact that the same team could be working on a potentially larger title.
I point this all out not to say that every developer should only simply be working on Final Call of Warcraft: XII, but that it's not so simple a decision as is apparent. Ultimately they feel that Mirror's Edge is still a worth while experience to explore and a worthy economical venture.
Actually, it's more like a million bucks, all expenses accounted for.Dawkter said:
That's why they're somewhat hesitant and want it to grab the biggest audience.
I just hope and pray that they don't pull another absolute junk marketing campaign with people in black tank tops and white pants running around decking the police.
""What we said internally is. 'What do we need to do to make [the sequel] a hit?' We need to go from version one to version two so that it sells two to three times as many, it finds a much bigger audience,""
So what you're saying is that it's dead. If it's going to be released, the game will have perks, guns, killstreaks and twitch-controls - and a slapped on multiplayer mode (on shitty EA servers), along with a plot to assassinate unnamed terrorists in a named Middle-eastern country. It will also have quick-time events that don't actually require timing. And the running mechanic will be substituted for a hobbling fat bloke gaunt to make it more accessible. Faith will be made into a steroid-chomping monkey who shoots laser beams out of her eye. And she will fight a gigantic spider with her fists.
Grievances - you soul-less wraith. The game is dead. So just drop it, and let some DICE dude sit in the basement fiddling with it for ten years in his spare time. Then release it and have a 20000% profit-margin if it sells 100k copies. It's the best for everyone.
So what you're saying is that it's dead. If it's going to be released, the game will have perks, guns, killstreaks and twitch-controls - and a slapped on multiplayer mode (on shitty EA servers), along with a plot to assassinate unnamed terrorists in a named Middle-eastern country. It will also have quick-time events that don't actually require timing. And the running mechanic will be substituted for a hobbling fat bloke gaunt to make it more accessible. Faith will be made into a steroid-chomping monkey who shoots laser beams out of her eye. And she will fight a gigantic spider with her fists.
Grievances - you soul-less wraith. The game is dead. So just drop it, and let some DICE dude sit in the basement fiddling with it for ten years in his spare time. Then release it and have a 20000% profit-margin if it sells 100k copies. It's the best for everyone.
I liked how they attempted to make the controls simple and make them work. Unfortunately, it caused me to jump off of rooftops more than once. If DICE has to use a few more buttons to make the controls work, they should do so. Although if they can still find a way to keep it simple that'd be amazing.
EDIT: Keep it first person. DICE got the actual feel of it being first-person down pat, no need to change that.
EDIT: Keep it first person. DICE got the actual feel of it being first-person down pat, no need to change that.