Mirror's Edge 2 coming despite commercial failure of pt 1

Mirror's Edge tanked but EA has stated that they are going to make a sequel anyway and seek to address issues that may have kept people from picking up the original. Pretty cool.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/937/937174p1.html

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EA has confirmed that Mirror's Edge will see a follow-up, despite the publisher seeking to pare back its operations in the face of disappointing Christmas sales and the global economic instability.

"While we saw significant improvement in the overall quality of our key products this year, we are disappointed that our holiday slate is not meeting our sales expectations," said EA CEO John Riccitiello in an investor call picked up by gamesindustry.biz. "Given this performance and the uncertain economic environment, we are taking steps to reduce our cost structure and improve the profitability of our business."

However, despite slow sales the warm critical reception afforded to Mirror's Edge will ensure a sequel. "Many times with a new intellectual property, the first edition doesn't generate the units that subsequent editions could generate," Riccitiello continued, "Mirror's Edge is one that was very strongly reviewed, that one's going to go forward. We're probably going to look into some issues around the design to make sure strong IP is married with strong business."

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This is just my opinion on this, but the first step is to get another main character. I'm sorry to say but Faith isn't a very good face or design for a franchise. I have many other thoughts on her design, but I'll just leave it there. I just think she's a horrible design.ASK_Story

I read this from PC Zone magazine was back, and it stands true if you think about Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider. "When a game wants to change it's franchize, they bring in: Boobs, big monsters, Rock music and slow motion depravity".

This means gone will be the pop music ambiance, in comes Slipknot. Gone is faiths black t-shirt and white lunes, in comes hot pants and a crop top with nipples poking through.

I read this from PC Zone magazine was back, and it stands true if you think about Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider. "When a game wants to change it's franchize, they bring in: Boobs, big monsters, Rock music and slow motion depravity".

This means gone will be the pop music ambiance, in comes Slipknot. Gone is faiths black t-shirt and white lunes, in comes hot pants and a crop top with nipples poking through.

TristanShand

I read this from PC Zone magazine was back, and it stands true if you think about Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider. "When a game wants to change it's franchize, they bring in: Boobs, big monsters, Rock music and slow motion depravity".

This means gone will be the pop music ambiance, in comes Slipknot. Gone is faiths black t-shirt and white lunes, in comes hot pants and a crop top with nipples poking through.

I thought making a platforming game in first person was a bad idea. Hell, i still occasionally have trouble getting off ladders in Valve games. Mirror's Edge really impressed me, though, between the ease of pulling off complex chains of maneuvers to the incredibly nuanced momentum mechanics. I'm glad they're not giving up on it. Let's just put more thought into the narrative next time.

Still, I can't imagine this ever being hugely popular. Shooters seem to be the biggest show in town, and here you are trying to market something that de-emphasizes gunplay. This is also the sort of game that isn't exactly friendly to beginners. Most of all, though, I don't think the average consumer understands what this game is about. I think the cinematic commercial did more to confuse. People would know it was not really in-game footage and assume, as one usually does with cinematics, that the commercial was not reflective of actual gameplay. Then they'd go to the store and see a box with a homely asian girl staring out at them and handful of screenshots that don't do the game justice..."wow, you mean i get to walk on balance beams!!" Even more difficult, it's not as if everyone who does understand this game has a positive opinion of it. Word of mouth just wasn't gonna work in EA's favor this time.

It's hard to appreciate what's really going on in the game unless you're playing it. The first person view really keeps you from actually witnessing much of anything that you're doing. It's mostly just the frantic motion of hands and feet, but as the person playing it, you at least have an image of what the total motion looks like. The sensations of Mirror's Edge have a difficult time reaching anyone not holding a game controller, making it somewhat difficult to market through commercials or trailers. It's just a difficult sell.

[QUOTE="TristanShand"]

I read this from PC Zone magazine was back, and it stands true if you think about Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider. "When a game wants to change it's franchize, they bring in: Boobs, big monsters, Rock music and slow motion depravity".

This means gone will be the pop music ambiance, in comes Slipknot. Gone is faiths black t-shirt and white lunes, in comes hot pants and a crop top with nipples poking through.

GodModeEnabled

Well this is not really a risk since the game will be very popular by the time the sequel comes out and sequels are what publishers always count on.gunswordfist

[QUOTE="gunswordfist"]Well this is not really a risk since the game will be very popular by the time the sequel comes out and sequels are what publishers always count on.Teufelhuhn

Wait. The game has only been out 1 month, and it's already considered a commercial failure? :o

Wait. The game has only been out 1 month, and it's already considered a commercial failure? :o

Ravenprose

Wait. The game has only been out 1 month, and it's already considered a commercial failure? :o

Ravenprose

Fix the issues how? Turn it into yet another shooter? No thanks. I bought and loved the first one... just give me more of that and I'll buy it.foxhound_fox

Fix the issues how? Turn it into yet another shooter? No thanks. I bought and loved the first one... just give me more of that and I'll buy it.foxhound_fox

I haven't played it yet, but I hear a main complaint is that the gameplay went away from running away from guards and towards being forced to melee them. Many seem excited about that DLC pack, even those that didn't care for the main story itself.

I haven't bought it yet, but from what I hear it seems like follow things needs to be fixed.

1. Faith's face

2. More open level design to let players run

3. Better story.

4. Make the game longer.

5. Better combat design.

I've bought it, and it's enjoyable, but it's far from what I felt when I played the demo. The main mode has been actually turning south pretty quick for me, and time trail is so frustrating to deal with that it's hard to understand what the alternate routes are at times.Skylock00

I don't get the whole thing about a character in an FPS game doesn't have the right look, the right face, etc. You rarely, if ever, see it. I mean, you'd never see Gordan Freeman even once if you didn't get the boxed HL games, for example. Third person games I can see, but first person?argianas

[QUOTE="Skylock00"]I've bought it, and it's enjoyable, but it's far from what I felt when I played the demo. The main mode has been actually turning south pretty quick for me, and time trail is so frustrating to deal with that it's hard to understand what the alternate routes are at times.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="argianas"]I don't get the whole thing about a character in an FPS game doesn't have the right look, the right face, etc. You rarely, if ever, see it. I mean, you'd never see Gordan Freeman even once if you didn't get the boxed HL games, for example. Third person games I can see, but first person?TriangleHard

I thought she was pretty cute. Yeah so she wasnt **** in your pants hot, why should every female character in gaming be a Lara Croft?

[QUOTE="TriangleHard"][QUOTE="argianas"]I don't get the whole thing about a character in an FPS game doesn't have the right look, the right face, etc. You rarely, if ever, see it. I mean, you'd never see Gordan Freeman even once if you didn't get the boxed HL games, for example. Third person games I can see, but first person?S0lidSnake

I thought she was pretty cute. Yeah so she wasnt **** in your pants hot, why should every female character in gaming be a Lara Croft?

No every female character in gaming should be like Tifa.... Well seriously, the thing I hated about Faith's design (part of it is because I'm Asian) was that it was too stereotypical Asian girl. Like all Asian needs to have chinky eyes and Asian girls can't be more traditionally Beautiful. As an Asian dude, I found it offensive. I'm not angry about it or anything because I can tell it wasn't their intention, but I can't really see it fondly.TriangleHard

[QUOTE="TriangleHard"]No every female character in gaming should be like Tifa.... Well seriously, the thing I hated about Faith's design (part of it is because I'm Asian) was that it was too stereotypical Asian girl. Like all Asian needs to have chinky eyes and Asian girls can't be more traditionally Beautiful. As an Asian dude, I found it offensive. I'm not angry about it or anything because I can tell it wasn't their intention, but I can't really see it fondly.Skylock00

To just about most Asian population, Faith would not be considered pretty.

and Asian girls eyes are not THAT slanted. That eyes are way over the top slanted.

Not to mention the flatness of her face.

I guess it's difference in culture.

To just about most Asian population, Faith would not be considered pretty.

and Asian girls eyes are not THAT slanted. That eyes are way over the top slanted.

Not to mention the flatness of her face.

TriangleHard

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

[QUOTE="TriangleHard"] It makes some difference because story is not told in first person perspective in Mirror's Edge. Gordon Freeman? You don't see him other than on the box, and he is nearly unimportant as character because he doesn't speak. Faith has personality and she is a character of her own, so her looks are actually important. Also, if you are going to make main character cool Asian chick, why not make her pretty? Doesn't cost extra to do that but it should help with advertisement.TriangleHard

I thought she was pretty cute. Yeah so she wasnt **** in your pants hot, why should every female character in gaming be a Lara Croft?

The developers wanted to make a stylish and stylized character who fit with the game they were designing, they're weren't trying to say anything about how Asian woman do or should look. 'Faith will be as beautiful as an Asian woman can be!' was not a phrase uttered during any of the many interviews I read.

Also, as a great admirer of Asian woman (and black woman, and Latin woman and white woman....) I don't see any conflict between slanted eyes and beauty.

I haven't bought it yet, but from what I hear it seems like follow things needs to be fixed.

1. Faith's face

2. More open level design to let players run

3. Better story.

4. Make the game longer.

5. Better combat design.

TriangleHard

Faith's face ? are you not a fan of the asian ethnicity ? so how would you fix her face ?

Full price for six hours, no way, it's a joke. Fallout3 and Fable2 sitting right next to it with hundreds of hours. Call of duty4 and Halo3 endless amount of gameplay online. Maybe they should have made a game before selling it.

People with guns trying to shoot you, you want to shoot back, and make it a hot chick for godsake, are the people who made this simple or something.

[QUOTE="TriangleHard"]I guess it's difference in culture.

To just about most Asian population, Faith would not be considered pretty.

and Asian girls eyes are not THAT slanted. That eyes are way over the top slanted.

Not to mention the flatness of her face.

foxhound_fox

Both designs are beautiful IMO, but while I think the redone is better facially, amplifying her boobs would just be kinda of distasteful IMO...Not every girl, especially one running around and jumping as much as Faith needs to have big boobs, it could be distracting...:P

[QUOTE="TriangleHard"]

I haven't bought it yet, but from what I hear it seems like follow things needs to be fixed.

1. Faith's face

2. More open level design to let players run

3. Better story.

4. Make the game longer.

5. Better combat design.

joesh89

Faith's face ? are you not a fan of the asian ethnicity ? so how would you fix her face ?

[QUOTE="joesh89"][QUOTE="TriangleHard"]

I haven't bought it yet, but from what I hear it seems like follow things needs to be fixed.

1. Faith's face

2. More open level design to let players run

3. Better story.

4. Make the game longer.

5. Better combat design.

TriangleHard

Faith's face ? are you not a fan of the asian ethnicity ? so how would you fix her face ?

my apopogies for not fully reading previous posts, but i still dont agree with you.  

i just looked at that second pic of Faith and I hope that Mirror's Edge 2 is a game featuring that version of her only this time the game will be in 3rd person and the gameplay involves biking in a city full of cobblestone roadssmerlus