Imagine in mirrors edge 2 you could go any where instead of just a straight path like the original. go inside any building scale up walls actually carry a pistol with you. any1 else got some more ideas?
The ability to go anywhere would be a bad idea IMO going straightforward gave the game such a good flow when when running at max speed. And having no gun is what made Mirrors Edge different
It wouldn't work free-roam because you would very often end up going in the wrong direction or getting lost, and the environments would be extremely repetitive then. And you have to remember that most of Mirror's Edge takes place on top of roofs, and how many big roofs can you have together at an even level before it gets ridiculous?
Also, I'd rather have them take out gunplay all together.
I thought it played out great in first person mode but then again i played it on the pc using a mouse and keyboard which is what mirrors edge is best played with.
k maybe the free roam wouldnt work but there should be at least 2-3 other ways to reach the objective other than the main path. it would make the game have more replay value taking a different path when you re-do levels. also the gun thing would be kind of useful because when playing on hard it is very very difficult to just beat up a guy with another one shooting at you. plus its more realistic if faith has a gun. i mean in that society who wouldnt walk around with a glock?
I didn't mind it being in FP, infact I liked it that way, but it did give some people a bad case of motion sickness. I would once again prefer them to downplay gunplay, its not a FPS. The game had a hard enough time maintaining flow on a linear path, an open world would only make that a bigger issue. They need to find a way to better define the direction a player should take so that it doesn't boil down so much to trail and error.
Let's face it free roaming games are very difficult ot pull off, and nearly impossible with this game's mechanics, imagine cheap deaths galore. At least with GTA4 all that happened was maybe you crashed the car. It would end up being a chore i think unless they introduced a gimmick like fast transit system, which would defeat the purpose of it being free roaming. :)
As long its not trying to copy assasin creed. The point of mirror's edge was linear action parkour moments and not repettive non linear gameplay/ I hope mirrors edge 2 has more of what the first game was. More action more climbing and running and more shooting.
I think a free roaming world would in fact, suit Mirror's Edge. I mean, it's free running, in a free world. I would like to see more chase scenes though, Assassin's Creed 2 did them splendidly and I think Mirror's Edge would benefit from it. Guns are stupid, we shouldn't even be able to pick them up.
No, I liked the set paths you followed. I just hope there is more escaping sections, because the gunplay and combat were underdeveloped. If they make the gunplay solid, and have better cutscenes, then it could be a promising game for sure.
actually, it was among the few first person games that didn't gave me a headache. it was great. the major flaw was the story or the way it was told IMO it felt rushed at the end like WTF?
k maybe the free roam wouldnt work but there should be at least 2-3 other ways to reach the objective other than the main path. it would make the game have more replay value taking a different path when you re-do levels. also the gun thing would be kind of useful because when playing on hard it is very very difficult to just beat up a guy with another one shooting at you. plus its more realistic if faith has a gun. i mean in that society who wouldnt walk around with a glock?SlickSkillsz
The multiple paths to reach the end goal, wouldn't really add more replay value. People wont really care about replaying levels just to see what the other paths would be like. collectibles add more replay value, time trials, speed runs, challenges, stuff like that. Not 2-3 paths it would make no difference.
mirrors edge was my favorite new ip that year... it was an amazing game imo... they do need to make the environments more stealth oriented though... towards the end it got pretty annoying when you pretty much just had long stretches of hallways with guys with guns at the end (especially getting the no weapons playthrough trophy)
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