Zero Punctuation: Mirror's Edge
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Same thing really. That's what we call it here in the states because we're thick and we think "Parkour" sounds gay.ElArabDeMagnifico said:
Doesn't that give you some nostalgia? Remember back in the day when you could kill aliens/feds/minorities/clones/ghosts/goombas/gansters/cops with no reason to back it up?Ryuzaki said:
Makes me think of how racist some games were...
Eh, I rented it. Thought it was awesome. Never had any problems with fighting or platforming. But then again, I'm not half blind nor do I get motion sickness.
Still a funny review though.
Still a funny review though.
You can praise the creativity or original IP all you want but it still gets a review as "diarhea slide" whereas the high numbered sequels, although lambasted for being unoriginal and killing creativity, still frequently grab mediocre to high rating reviews. I think something really worrying just occured...
I'm just glad he mentioned it was an experimental game. I agree that the fact it wasnt the greatest game may be becuase of that fact. How many times did Edison fail before he creted the lightbulb?
Although I will say that for a game that was supposed to be based completely on free running on the rooftops, a tunnel level hurts me. I will give them that if you are trying to avoid the police a tunnel may be a better bet than a roof, but for a free-funning game it's a bit silly.
Although I will say that for a game that was supposed to be based completely on free running on the rooftops, a tunnel level hurts me. I will give them that if you are trying to avoid the police a tunnel may be a better bet than a roof, but for a free-funning game it's a bit silly.
i liked the review but i may still get it anyway (though it has moved down on my list of games to get) because it just looks so different as you
i really want to see Gears of War 2 next because i thought this one was a lot better than the first and it was less dark overall in my opinion
and the gameplay was incredibly fun
i really want to see Gears of War 2 next because i thought this one was a lot better than the first and it was less dark overall in my opinion
and the gameplay was incredibly fun
*giggles*
Oh I love how everyone is blaming EA for this even though they havn't got a line of code in this... and the reason I love that is because actual programmers are swedi....
...oh crap, I just blew the secret, didn't I?
Anyway... massively funny review... scores a 4½ on the 5 grade ZP scale (MOH:AA was a 1, Bioshock a 5). As always Yahtzee shines the most when there are plenty of nitpicks to work with.
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Oh I love how everyone is blaming EA for this even though they havn't got a line of code in this... and the reason I love that is because actual programmers are swedi....
...oh crap, I just blew the secret, didn't I?
Anyway... massively funny review... scores a 4½ on the 5 grade ZP scale (MOH:AA was a 1, Bioshock a 5). As always Yahtzee shines the most when there are plenty of nitpicks to work with.
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Good review, awesome game nonetheless. How can you praise Portal for its brevity but bash Mirror's Edge for the same?
And I thought the subtle ambiguity about whether or not you're actually a "good guy" or a "bad guy" (or girl, in this case) was kinda neat.
And I thought the subtle ambiguity about whether or not you're actually a "good guy" or a "bad guy" (or girl, in this case) was kinda neat.
Everyone finished it in one day. It's a short game.
EA didn't make the game, DICE Sweden did. I'm glad you're not the one doing the reviews.
I guess you hate the Battlefield series, too, since BF1942, BF2 and BF2142 all came out of DICE Sweden
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ElArabDeMagnifico said:
its free running... parkour its going in a straight line from point A to point B no matter what, if you see a wall you climb it... if you see a gap, you jump over it... etc etc and free running is... free running you can take the any path to reach the end
I disagree with most of Yahtzee's review. I thought the game was good, flawed but good. It was thoroughly entertaining all the way through. It's a bit like watching an action flick.
I managed to complete it on the day that I got it but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It managed to keep me gripped from start till finish. There's still the harder difficulty, new paths to take and time trials mode. Also, the gameplay is fun so I can go back and play it again.
I managed to complete it on the day that I got it but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It managed to keep me gripped from start till finish. There's still the harder difficulty, new paths to take and time trials mode. Also, the gameplay is fun so I can go back and play it again.
We do not that the government is bad as it's revealed, though not explicitly stated, that they killed off all dissidents and opposition. Also, in the first level(Also in the demo) you drop in on four police who tell you to drop the bag. If you freeze they still shoot you, which is not fair policing, in theory at least.
So, in a nutshell, a frustrating experiment of a game but we can thank them for attempting an experiment because otherwise we're still playing clones. No disagreement here, and the frustrating aspects of the game were indeed a fertile ground for humor as only being forced to make random jumps off skyscrapers can be.
As for the EVE Online ad that followed... I'm grappling for air coming to grips with how awesome that looked yet it was completely non-representative of the real thing. The real thing being that you're just a captain of one of those ships and when your ship is destroyed you just lost credits amounting to several hundred hours of monotonous activity.
Maybe they need to take the players out of the ships and have them play intergalactic news reporters instead, or perhaps just have them watch intergalactic news reporters and turn it into a non-interactive futuristic news TV simulation. Either option would be an improvement.
As for the EVE Online ad that followed... I'm grappling for air coming to grips with how awesome that looked yet it was completely non-representative of the real thing. The real thing being that you're just a captain of one of those ships and when your ship is destroyed you just lost credits amounting to several hundred hours of monotonous activity.
Maybe they need to take the players out of the ships and have them play intergalactic news reporters instead, or perhaps just have them watch intergalactic news reporters and turn it into a non-interactive futuristic news TV simulation. Either option would be an improvement.