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Mirror's Edge Catalyst - Review Thread
- Thread starter orthodoxy1095
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It's not always online.
xKilltheMx
Member
Already pre ordered. Bless me Mirrors Edge. BLESS ME.
Ennosuke
Member
Could be, there is way too much hyperbole in all those comments. As I said I wish they did some things differently, but is a Mirror's Edge game.
Soyongdori
Member
So.... who's still getting the CE?
The PC Gamer review (78%) sounded like a game I want to play. I'm looking forward to the full version.
The biggest disappointment for me coming out of these reviews is the complaint about tedious late-game forced combat encounters against tanky foes. I can't imagine why anyone would think that kind of thing is a good idea for this design.
The biggest disappointment for me coming out of these reviews is the complaint about tedious late-game forced combat encounters against tanky foes. I can't imagine why anyone would think that kind of thing is a good idea for this design.
dr_rus
Member
No, it was other author(s). Didn't help much it seems.
exmachina64
Banned
Mirror's Edge wasn't a good game and it didn't need a sequel.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
"if you loved Mirror's Edge 1 you'll like this" seems to be a common, but to me really questionable, remark. Most of what changed reads as a complete turn-off for me.
This is a terrible post and it doesn't deserve a follow up.
same.
Like, I hope it's great, obviously. but from everything I've read, most of the decisions they've made I sit here and have to wonder... why? the 'modernization' of the game to fit all of the AAA spaces current trends was not a good decision imo.
This is factually untrue.
Because EA believes that game development is best commoditized and that game design isn't much of a skill?
exmachina64
Banned
The things we remember nostalgically of the first Mirror's Edge are the art direction and a single song from the soundtrack.
The story wasn't good, the graphics weren't great, the combat was bad and the controls were clunky. Overall, it hasn't aged well.
Ros8105
Member
Did you like the first one?
TheAdmiester
Member
Amen. I tried to play it in 2015 to see what the fuss was about and I got it for practically nothing from the EA Humble Bundle a while back. Played it for about an hour and thought it was terrible but okay looking. This sequel looks like more of the same, nothing redeeming about it IMO.
If a game is good enough I should be able to play it x years after release and still enjoy it. I still enjoy the older Gran Turismo games and those are close to 20 years old for example.
Necron
Member
Despite the low scores (not unlike the original) I'll still try it out. However, as soon as I heard that it would be open-world I kind of expected this. I just can't imagine it fitting with what made Mirror's Edge so good. Linearly designed levels that you could master and complete in a fast time is what it excelled at.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Any word on length?
NullPointer
Member
That's my complaint for most games these days.
Death Metalist
Member
Yes, especially when videos surface of people doing sick moves and speedruns.
Spieler Eins
Member
Have you even read any of the reviews? Also the first game was received much better than this game, so I'm not sure what you're talking about.
It has nothing to do with age, plenty of people just don't like Mirror's Edge. That's fine (I love the game), but the game is as good today as it was in 2008
Graphics on PC were pretty amazing to me, and the controls were novel and exciting.
Yes, I've read several and I played the beta a ton as well as ran through as much content as I could during the EA Access Trial.. But go on, make assumptions all you want.
Freezasaurus
Member
Hm. I've got Odin Sphere pre-ordered. Don't know if I want to grab Mirror's Edge now or wait for a price drop. These scores seem pretty mixed. Nothing that screams DO NOT BUY, but I don't know if I need it right now.
QuantumSquid
Member
Much better? Both games are in the 70s in Metacritic score.
GameSpot makes it seem like another different-but-flawed gem. To be honest I've been more interested in those types of games recently than in well-executed formulaic AAA games.
In my experience the final combat encounter is the only one in the original game that's mandatory.
In my experience the final combat encounter is the only one in the original game that's mandatory.
To Far Away Times
Member
It seems like it has all the shortcomings I would expect from trying to copy the Ubisoft AAA model.
The original Mirror's Edge was one of the defining games of last gen for me and one that I revisit for a yearly play through as well.
I still want to check out Catalyst but I can't help but feel this was a wasted opportunity.
The original Mirror's Edge was one of the defining games of last gen for me and one that I revisit for a yearly play through as well.
I still want to check out Catalyst but I can't help but feel this was a wasted opportunity.
Tell me more about what "I remember" of a game that's one of the only non-Mario 3D platformers with depth.
You know it's okay to dislike a game that's more than ten minutes old without having to make some statement about it "aging badly" as a result of that?
ItsTheNew
I believe any game made before 1997 is "essentially cave man art."
Yup, it will be another case of revisionist history where "everyone loved catalyst, even though it didn't sell or review well"
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Sure, so read the text of the review. And like I said earlier, a lot of reviews seem to indicate that the game is on par with the first game just with new problems, or potentially even worse.
That's not what many wanted to see in a sequel. People wanted marked improvement on what was a flawed gem.
Yup, it's a really common comment, and a really strange one to approach.
I liked the first one, but wanted to see a lot of things fixed up. So is this game for me? Or is this game only for people who were fanatically in love with the first?
Perfect length for me.
QuantumZebra
Member
Weak characters/storyline and locked moves will always bring it down a couple of notches imo.
NullPointer
Member
Yeah, that was... bad.
Mirrors Edge 2008 79 on ps3.
Mirrors Edge Catalyst 71 on ps4.
Revisionist history already happening.
plasmawave
Banned
It's around the same ballpark as the last one.
I don't think that this is for people who fanatically loved the first, this is a stepdown for me in pretty much every way.
QuantumSquid
Member
Mirror's Edge 2008 79 on X360.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst 74 on XONE.
5 points is not "much worse". I imagine a lot of people would write off both games if they're the type to avoid anything with a 7 in its score unless that 7 comes after a 9 and a decimal point.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
So...you...proved his point? Ok.
No, there were others. There were many mandatory combat scenes, some more scripted than others.