Preview for Mirror's Edge on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from GamesMaster 205 - December 2008 (UK)
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@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games Mirror's Edge is one of the few games from the 2000s that I think has aged flawlessly. The controls, art-style and overall atmosphere is just timeless. Mirror's Edge was also one of the first games I played on a computer. I played it on my dad's old laptop; it ran like garbage but I still had a ton of fun playing it because it felt like a parkour sandbox.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games I want a stealth game that plays like this one; that'd be killer.
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I remember the hype around this game.
It didn't last, but it was not overdone, the game was genuinely good.
I've tried to get into the sequel on several occasions, but somehow it feels like it misses that spark that made the original so incredible...
Then again, I wouldn't even know how to even start to attempt to replicate it.
@OutofPrintArchive@mstdn.games is that Catalyst? I never played it. One of the reasons the first game was so good is that the story was written by Rihanna Pratchett.
It’s difficult replicating that “lightning in a bottle” effect on a truly unique game like this.
@matt@mstdn.games that’s the one.
One of the issues was that it focused more on combat.
But overall, it just felt a bit off.
Still a really good game though. But yeah. Not the same.