Mirror's Edge: Catalyst: 7/10 on Gamespot

7/10. Mind you, they reviewed the Xbox One version. Reports are coming in that PC version isn't great, so needless to say, it would've scored higher had it been reviewed on the Ps4, due to it being the best platform for multiplats.

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TBH, first game was mediocre and this one doesnot really looks any better.

Mirror's Edge is one of those games everybody seems to love but I absolutely can't get into. Like Bayonetta.

@freedomfreak: Mirrors Edge 1 wasn't all that great to begin with. A 7/10 is what I would expect.

Well, I'll see what the critiques were. Played the first one last year and absolutely loved it, it was a 9/10 for me.

I dont love it. infact i Hate it.

The original mirror's edge is one of my favorite game of all time, but I know I'm in the minority. I know that whatever it's score on here I'll enjoy it more than the reviewers

I've been playing the game for the past few days thanks to EA Access. It's in my top 5 of 2016 right now. The "thin" story doesn't bother me too much because the setting and atmosphere are outstanding.

But you hate everything. After playing it for 10 minutes and deleting it.

Cool. Mirrors Edge games are pretty one time play solid timepass, nothing exceptional.

I read that the PC version is unoptimized and giving the fact that this game has been somewhat lack of news, this is gonna flop yet again. I'm hoping that I'm wrong.

Mirror's Edge was amazing when it worked. Unfortunately, this was not a lot. It was very linear, and trial and error as a result. You were supposed to feel like a ninja flying through the sky. But more often than not, you were standing there trying to figure out what the developers decided the "correct" path was.

Decent score for people that liked the first game.

Knowing EA i wont surprise. Its EA's ego so big that they cant release game on steam instead Origins which absolutely suck. their games are most expensive games like 100$ with microtransaction yet most mediocre games too.

I guess Battlefield 1 is next.

I never understood the want and hype for another Mirrors Edge game, the first one was pretty lame and this one looked uninteresting.

Mirror's edge was kinda unique in it's style when it came out. Not the best game ever, but not the worst. But I do agree it's a mediocre game. Maybe above average at best.

Of course it sucks it's an EA game

I'm still expecting lots of greatness. The first was so good.

I hope it comes free with Access at some point.

I've heard from people who played the beta that if you really liked the first one, you'll love this game. Otherwise it's more of the same.

The first game was very divisive too. It was a game you either loved or hated/couldn't get into.

In some way I'm glad that's still the case. This means they were true to their original formula which was very popular.

Still buying...loved the original.

They leaked the score with Overwatch too. What are you doing, GameSpot?

Review has been released.

@freedomfreak: If you really think it would have scored higher if it was reviewed on PS4, you're delusional.

@brn-dn: Well it's not really leaked, and it happens all the time with games. They post the review online before they make a front page article displaying it, this means the reviews can usually be found on the website somewhere even if it's not advertised. At least for a short while until they officially post it.

It's scoring a little low at most sites.

6.8 at IGN
8/10 at Polygon
6.5 at Gameinformer

I'm a little surprised actually. I really like the game.

Something tells me this is a flop. I think the hype this game generates does make it one even if people arent surprised.

it apears that it turn out to be even worse than first mirrors edge.

beside when was the last time DICE made a good SP game before?

Well they gave low score because you can't do nothing else than running. Reviewers want more gunplay, more multiplayer features, more things you can do than just running.

It would get 7/10 score if Racing game had 10 maps and only 30 cars. If game had 300 cars then it would get 8/10 or even 9/10

Game is very very good, good story, good graphics, fun. Mirror Edge is never meant to be action game.

Mirror's Edge: Flop, confirmed.

Since when is an 8 a low score?

Um... 7/10 = good game.

@freedomfreak Never go full cow mate, even when you're trolling.

Eh, hopefully fans of the original enjoy this.

http://www.examiner.com/review/mirror-s-edge-catalyst-xbox-one-review-stuck-the-landing

Examiner : 5/5

Mirror's Edge Catalyst isn't a game that's about fighting long, drawn out battles. Having had a great chance to digest the experience of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, I'm left with an open-world experience that doesn't sit on the crutch of weapon-driven combat, and instead lends gamers with a robust parkour system that is extremely rewarding and satisfying, all of which is set in a city that is truly worthy of a screenshot at every turn. It's a story that is touching, powerful and will have you invested in its characters. Mirror's Edge is back and it is here to stay.

Gamespot 7/10

it's a disappointing action game. there's a disappointing amount of filler and several mechanics--most notably the combat. Skill-based traversal is not only cool conceptually. The flipside of this coin, however, is the clunky, cumbersome combat. Faith relies entirely on her feet and fists when taking down enemies, so the game encourages you to pair your attacks with her movement for maximum impact.

Examiner says game is about story and running, gamespot however complains that it's bad action game, combat is bad and game has no guns.

@freedomfreak said:

7/10. Mind you, they reviewed the Xbox One version. Reports are coming in that PC version isn't great, so needless to say, it would've scored higher had it been reviewed on the Ps4, due to it being the best platform for multiplats.

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Did you pre-order, Freedom?

"scoring a little low"

I gave 2 scores in the 6's, we know GS gave it a 7 and the highest score is in the 8's. (edit: The Examiner gave it a 5/5. The only 90 or better score so far out of 35 reviews) I think that fits in the "scoring a little low" definition. It will end up in the mid to high 70s on metacritic. That again is "a little low." I'm enjoying the game so far and review scores mean little to nothing to me. I'm just participating in the discussion.

@DarkLink77: ya

I remember years ago people were begging to have a sequel to Mirrors Edge but today nobody cares. I forgot that this new game was being released.

Cold, bro. Come back and try to talk to ya and all I get is "ya."

I see how it is.

People always coming and going, brostache.

Cold, man. Cold.

You playing Overwatch?

Yeah, haven't played it in a while though. It's cool.

Really never had any interest in the game especially since I didn't play the first one. That's a good score though but I always tell people if you are interested in the game, just go out and play it, don't sit there waiting to hear another person's opinion on some random gaming website.

Yo, you know what I've been playing recently?

Rise of the Tomb Raider. Love that game.

No doubt. I really liked it. Don't bother with the DLC though.

Pretty sure this will be the last we ever hear from ME :(. They got the chance but blew it by focusing on the completely wrong things. Sigh

Mirrors Edge was never that good to begin with. It was a very unique game with amazing atmosphere and art direction but actually playing the game was frustrating most of the time. Too much trial and error for a game that should be about fluid and consistent movement.

Having said that I played the closed beta for Catalyst and it seemed that they had improved the mechanics quite a bit.

Not surprised, they pretty much pointed out these issues on an episode of GameSpot's The Lobby about a month back. Judging from the discussion, the problems from this game come in the design of making it open world, versus the first game's structured environments. Being open world the entire world feels the same, whereas in the original Mirror's Edge game each mission is structured to look and feel unique. Or, even in just the aesthetic, the kind of minimalist surreal presentation, that worked back then with the minimal mission structure, but that doesn't quite work now when trying to bring a world to life in an open world.

Anyhow, I still want to play, but I'm gonna wait for a price drop. Maybe I'll wait for a sale or two, or maybe just wait until a time of slow releases. I mean, at worst, I wait until end of year it'll be $20. Witcher 3 was like the greatest game last year or something like that and hell even that hit $25 before Christmas.

Never hyped for it. And never could understand why people loved so much the fist one.

PS4 version has tanked all the way down to 68 on Metacritic. Ouch.