Mirror's Edge

[Thrik]

Looks awesome... but, what's this game about? Climbing skyscrapers and stuff?

The general theme I read is that in a utopian city where everything is controlled (including the decoration, clearly), the only way for criminals and such to get messages to each other is via on-foot couriers. You're one of these couriers.

Other than that, it's an FPS. It's just one with (much) less emphasis on the 'shooter' part, and more on the actual traversal of the world. To a certain extent it's translating innovations in third-person games (Assassin's Creed's amazing climbing, Max Payne's dive shooting, etc), which no developer has successfully done yet. I also believe it's not a free-roaming game, so there'll still be a strong plot with a fixed narrative.

[Sindwiller]

The general theme I read is that in a dystopian city where everything is controlled (including the decoration, clearly), the only way for criminals and such to get messages to each other is via on-foot couriers. You're one of these couriers.

Fixed. An utopia is the exact opposite of a dystopia, what you actually meant.

Sounds like an unusual, yet appealing storyline to me (not one of these "I'll save the world by killing X monsters and Y bad guys, while dying and reincarnating Z times.")

[e-freak]

Nope Sindwiller - Utopia is the positive and negative extreme. Dystopia is a word-creation that is relatevely new. Oh and on the story. It's some kind of rebellion against this controlling that's messegaing each other with runners - not criminals

[Thrik]

Utopia is the word I meant. It's supposed to be a very perfect, ideal city — but at the price of an extremely controlling government. At least, that's what was in the magazine articles I saw.

[Punky]

OMG its a girl!

I love the style, although the gameplay seems kind of boring for an FPS, if it the real in-game gameplay is the same as the trailer it would be pretty lonely and "empty" to play since there is practically no shooting in it...

[D3ads]

Nice gameplay footage but I hate the lighting still sorry, it just looks too blue.

[Taylor]

A utopia is an unrealistic, perfect society where nothing is wrong. A dystopia is the opposite, where everything is intentionally evil. And an anti-utopia is a perfect world with a fatal flaw that means it doesn’t work.

I can’t say I’m too taken aback by the prospect of working as a rebel courier, overthrowing an evil government through the power of Fed Ex, but I guess it’s as good as a premise as any. I'm really looking forward to seeing how the player controls work, unfortunately whenever I see the main characters body I think of Trespasser

[Erratic]

OMG its a girl!

I love the style, although the gameplay seems kind of boring for an FPS, if it the real in-game gameplay is the same as the trailer it would be pretty lonely and "empty" to play since there is practically no shooting in it...

I think it's best to think of it as a platformer rather than a shooter.

[Izuno]

OMG its a girl!

I love the style, although the gameplay seems kind of boring for an FPS, if it the real in-game gameplay is the same as the trailer it would be pretty lonely and "empty" to play since there is practically no shooting in it...

I think it's best to think of it as a platformer rather than a shooter.

FPP

haha! you just said "pee-pee" to yourself!

[Mazy]

unfortunately whenever I see the main characters body I think of Trespasser

You make that sound like a bad thing

[Erratic]

Mirror's Edge uses Unreal Engine 3.0

Wat? Never would have guessed.

[Ginger Lord]

Lies.

If it was UE3 is would be bumpmapped to hell!

[-HP-]

Mirror's Edge Trailer Analyzed

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34018.html

[Yokai]

Am I the only one who feels as though this is a rip off of the original ghost in the shell movie. I mean, look at the main character similarities. I thought the matrix was enough for us in the means of ghost in the shell rip-offs!

Otherwise, It's a little hard to tell from the footage is this ame is going to be a success. =/ Maybe, maybe not.

[-HP-]

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!