The staples of Mirror's Edge remain refreshing, but Catalyst's attempts to keep up with the open-world Joneses don't always jive with its design strengths.
Kaan writes: "Mirror's Edge will likely never get a third try. The second game does not look like a cheap effort. By all accounts it is beautiful, especially with its FPS Boost enhancements. The city glows at nights and shines in the day. Lights will reflect off of Catalyst’s many structures made of glass. It’s spectacular to run through. But such a lavish production often comes with risk aversion and sadly Catalyst crumbles under this pressure. It’s held back by the pressure to conform, rather than trying to be genuinely different."
The parkour was great. It was just the story and characters didn't get interesting until the final moments and then it was to late.
Digital Foundry: Microsoft's FPS Boost support expands again, this time with 120Hz upgrades for 12 games and a 60fps boost for one! We decided to check out the improvement to some of our favourite games in the line-up, including the three Battlefield games that are supported, Titanfall and Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Which consoles support which games, what's the performance really like and are there resolution compromises?
Microsoft is killing it. Meanwhile Sony only lets developers upgrade older games if they make a PS5 version. Which means, less games getting upgrades on Sony’s offering.
Man, that makes me want to reinstall the OG Titanfall... seeing people still playing it. Memories
battlefield 4, 720p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer drops down to 98fps
battlefield 1, 792p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked
battlefield 5, 1080p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked
mirror's edge catalyst, 936p 120fps, campaign locked
titanfall 2, 810p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked, series s not so good
titanfall 1, 792p 120fps, campaign locked, multiplayer locked, no s support for this game
its better then nothing, if they were upped to 4k i would have been impressed, titanfall 1 looks so much better on Pc
Electronic Arts has just released twelve games on Valve's distribution service, Steam.
Oh wow. I think this kind of shows that it's not always a good idea to shoehorn open-world into everything. That being said, the traversal (especially with the grappling hook) looks really good. Not enthused by the combat though.
Wow... seriously disappointing.
What the...poor Mirrors Edge.
I was even surprised EA greenlighted MEdge sequel seeing how the original was so loved but didn't sold that well. Now I can pretty much guess EA would never take a risk like that again, which is such a huge loss for us gamers. I loved original ME, lets see if I like ME:C or not.
@vickers500; I'm picking it too in a sale. But my point was, that this will further discourage EA to let their developers make games they really want to. I'm guessing DICE must have faced a hard time convincing EA top guys for letting them make this.
Well guess I'm waiting for it to get cheaper, just like the first game
Just as mediocre as the first game then.