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I basically just wanted to take a moment to express just how incredibly refreshing it is to play Mirror's Edge. I bought the game for PC after playing the demo on PS3. I like first-person games on PC way better and I couldn't have made a better decision. I also just got a new monitor and the game on highest settings looks incredibly beautiful at 1920x1080 and runs great.
I have to say that the gameplay is incredibly refreshing to me after all the FPS games i've played recently like Crysis: Warhead, UT3, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare... which are all great games but Mirror's Edge is incredibly fun, controls which are simple yet good, and great gameplay. Games these days are trying to be more real and imitate actual life a lot more as well as graphics and such, but I really like what this game does. It takes a futuristic setting, gives you human-like abilities, interesting gameplay reminiscent of Prince of Persia in first person, and gives the world almost a comic book-like feel to it with the colors and the atmosphere.
The city looks beautiful with all the reflections,the HDR, reflections of the sun off objects... Like when I was running up a scaffolding and a subway passed in front of me nearer to the street and the glare from the sun bounced off the window of a subway car as it passed by and was pretty bright and hit me in the eye. The graphics in general like the textures of the walls, the water, and the particle effects all give the environment a believable distinction from the rest of the colored world.
The game is believable enough to drag you into the moment, but it also incredibly fun when faced with everything in the world. Nothing about it has seemed to far-fetched yet at far as the character's abilities. The game also has some of the most exciting moments I have ever experienced in a game for a very long time. Everything from running from the "Blues" to sliding down the side of a building while a helicopter is shooting at me and then having to jump over to the next rooftop as the roof you are sliding on ends.
I think EA made a good decision to risk this title... they hit a very good medium with gameplay, visuals, difficulty, and controls. I imagine this feeling is like when people played Metal Gear for the first time. People were like," What? The idea is to not alert or kill the enemies but avoid as much as possible?" Mirror's Edge gives you that opportunity in a sense... such as when I am running through a building and doors in front of me are being kicked open by SWAT teams and I can choose to fight or not and after trying to fight the first time I realized it was a bad idea so I just ran for it... which the chase was much more exhilarating than just fighting.
Anyway, I was also curious what some of your thoughts were on this game as well but the main point was to just express my satisfaction with this game... although I haven't finished it yet.
I have to say that the gameplay is incredibly refreshing to me after all the FPS games i've played recently like Crysis: Warhead, UT3, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare... which are all great games but Mirror's Edge is incredibly fun, controls which are simple yet good, and great gameplay. Games these days are trying to be more real and imitate actual life a lot more as well as graphics and such, but I really like what this game does. It takes a futuristic setting, gives you human-like abilities, interesting gameplay reminiscent of Prince of Persia in first person, and gives the world almost a comic book-like feel to it with the colors and the atmosphere.
The city looks beautiful with all the reflections,the HDR, reflections of the sun off objects... Like when I was running up a scaffolding and a subway passed in front of me nearer to the street and the glare from the sun bounced off the window of a subway car as it passed by and was pretty bright and hit me in the eye. The graphics in general like the textures of the walls, the water, and the particle effects all give the environment a believable distinction from the rest of the colored world.
The game is believable enough to drag you into the moment, but it also incredibly fun when faced with everything in the world. Nothing about it has seemed to far-fetched yet at far as the character's abilities. The game also has some of the most exciting moments I have ever experienced in a game for a very long time. Everything from running from the "Blues" to sliding down the side of a building while a helicopter is shooting at me and then having to jump over to the next rooftop as the roof you are sliding on ends.
I think EA made a good decision to risk this title... they hit a very good medium with gameplay, visuals, difficulty, and controls. I imagine this feeling is like when people played Metal Gear for the first time. People were like," What? The idea is to not alert or kill the enemies but avoid as much as possible?" Mirror's Edge gives you that opportunity in a sense... such as when I am running through a building and doors in front of me are being kicked open by SWAT teams and I can choose to fight or not and after trying to fight the first time I realized it was a bad idea so I just ran for it... which the chase was much more exhilarating than just fighting.
Anyway, I was also curious what some of your thoughts were on this game as well but the main point was to just express my satisfaction with this game... although I haven't finished it yet.
If I may ask, where did you get it and roughly for what price? Steam perhaps?
