Mirror's Edge

Yeah, I see exactly what you mean. She's female and she's Japanese — what a blatant rip!

I think it looks amazingly like Ultra violet. I mean the mirrored windows and the white buildings, not to mention the building chase scene/ running scene.

haha you got that right

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I think it looks amazingly like Ultra violet. I mean the mirrored windows and the white buildings, not to mention the building chase scene/ running scene.

Agreed . Rather liked that film even through it reviewed poorly.

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ghost in the shell: just another blade runner ripoff

Bladerunner, just another Nighthawks ripoff

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":2fpuvki8]The Matrix?! A Ghost In the Shell rip-of? What kind of crack were you smoking dude?We all know Ghost In the Shell is one of the great inspirations for The Matrix, but not a rip-of, c'mon!

Scene by scene comparison. If by "inspired" you mean lacking any sort of original direction. Opps, my bad. I mean, the matrix is a good movie, but if they had really told everyone who saw the matrix that it was heavily inspired by Ghost in the Shell I would feel as though The Matrix would have helped spread anime acceptance, which is a little to not common in the united states.

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ghost in the shell: just another blade runner ripoff

Atleast the main character plot and scenario is different. I mean look a these two pictures:

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Not necisarily a bad thing, many things are inspired by this manga/anime series since it was very popular in both Europe and Japan. I've read more about this game and I can easily say it isn't a blatant "rip" off.

Black long hair. A total ripoff.

Yeah, I have to agree that it seems like you're making connections that aren't there.

The only significant similarity between the two is that she has chin-length hair, which is a huge stretch to even call 'inspiration'. I mean, they're a different race, not dressed remotely the same, and have no significant facial similarities beyond 'female' (although the cartoon woman actually looks a bit manly).

I had a little thought for JP's dam map test when I saw this one.

I love the style but i have the feeling it will become boring after a while :s

This made me rage when I read it originally, I thought it had passed. You people should probably watch GITS before lynching some guy for bringing it up.

Umm....huh? I've seen GITS and Innocence, and some SAC, and I don't really think there's anything whatsoever to get up in arms about. Sure, there's similarities, but nothing even remotely nearing "rip off" territory. They may well have looked at Motoko's character and used her as inspiration for Mirror's Edge's protagonist, but that happens in character design in games companies. She was probably one of dozens of characters from an array of media stuck together on the concept boards from which they developed her.

It's more than her appearance and I'm not saying "lol rip-off," but the similarities are there. Motoko's most famous scenes are her running over rooftops, disarming/disabling people with aerobatics and shooting while falling. Which is everything in the 1st mirrors edge trailer, and the 2nd trailer is more of the same only done in an anime style. The dude above never posted again after this group tirade.

It seems everything has copied Ghost in the Shell in some minute way, at some point. It must be the most awesome TV series ever.

/sarcasm.

New Trailer: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53628

Gameplay: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53632

WesleyTack, I know you're working on it, and anyone else here on it gets a big-time internet high-five from me. I've been watching the trailer non-stop all day. This might be the #1 thing on my list now... at least, prior to the next BG&E2 trailer...

Haha love the colour coding!

"It's red, so I must climb it!"

Works

I gotta admit that I've been pretty skeptical about this one, but I'm really loving what I'm seeing in those new videos. I'm definitely heading for the "Don't kill anyone" achievement

I love it!

And it even has color in these dark desaturated days.

I really really like the looks of this. After studying the looks I have concluded that it must be the fact that it actually looks very similar to Half-Life. Just a screenshot like this one, http://cdn2.shacknews.com/public/images ... e7716f.jpg, it could so much be one of the missile silos or test chambers in HL.

The shot at 0:33 in trailer just needs barney knocking on the door on the left and it would be straight out of a train ride in the black mesa facility.