EA's Soderlund: "It will be a different Mirror's Edge" | GRTV interview

GRTV talked to EA Games executive vice president Patrick Soderlund about E3, announcements, Mirror's Edge, DICE and more, on the new Mirror's Edge he said:

"It's taken this long because we wanted to get to the right concept and the right idea. And Sara Jansson who is producer on it, when she pitched her idea to me and Karl-Magnus, the GM for DICE, I was frankly blown away. I'm like "Finally, you've got it!" and when you hear something like that... She pitched an idea that frankly could only be built on gen 4, is a stunning concept, and when she came to us we knew we had it. And yes, we've been testing ideas and we've been prototyping stuff, and I'm glad that we waited to get the right idea."

[GribbleGrunger]

"It will be a different Mirror's Edge", isn't something a Mirrors Edge fan would want to hear.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

I agree. I just want the same bright color palette they used from the first one and the epic music.

[Psychotica]

Can't you get that with Itunes? Just a pick a good song and turn on the visualizer?

[Shadonic]

but how different

[Hydralysk]

Not different enough to remove the combat from what I saw in the trailer.

Was glad to see EA saw all those complaints about the dull combat and said "They don't know jack, fill the reveal trailer with combat!".

[fsfsxii]

We're going to flock to the cod fanbase, so we need gunzz, more gunzz and shootouts

[Shadonic]

less freeruning that stuffs bad for 1v1's

[ThanatosDMC]

Killstreaks and lots of explosions too... lol!

[Shadonic]

It also needs flying moving fish AI since faith wont be in the ocean the fish will have to be on land and just to be safe lets add some random non english words to make them sound mincing.

[ThanatosDMC]

HAHAHA!

[CandyFace]

I believe that it's going to be good. No matter what I'm getting it when available.

[Droid Control]

I hope it doesn't have guns or combat.
I want to run!
I hope it keeps the same art style and feel of the original

[paul-p1988]

agreed, the free-running aspect was the best part, i loved finishing the game without firing a single bullet

[MidnytRain]

Is that even possible? There are some places where eliminating all enemies is mandatory to progression, and if they're relatively close together, they're going to gun you down quickly if you don't have a weapon yourself.

[paul-p1988]

Yeah, it was one of the trophies in the game. All you had to do was disarm the guys in those areas, drop the gun, then just keep on running

[Psychotica]

Ooh a jogging simulator, that's what we need!

[dcj0524]

They said its open-world. That my dream game right there. In all tge GTAs I kept trying to do parkour lol. And the first mirror's edge had guns so I assume the second will too.

[RedSoakedSponge]

i hope this doesnt mean a lot more gunplay... that would ruin it.

[tigertron]

As long as you always have the option of free running and the soundtrack and art style remains the same then I'm sure we won't be disappointed.

That said, this is being published by EA, so we should be cautious.

[josephayal]

such a horrible game, I have never broken a controller through rage lol

[TotalSynthesisX]

Do you always call games you're bad at "horrible"?

[fsfsxii]

Remind me of why you still have 5 bubbles??

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

Coming from the guy that has 3 -_-

[fsfsxii]

@ovoxowhatever
josephayal is a super troll. Thats why, plus, i could make contructiv argues with 2 more bubbles :D
Don't mind my recent rampage.

[Shadonic]

your crazy

[StanSmith]

First, Battlefront will release every 2 years to alternate with Battlefield (because Medal of Honor was crap and EA used it as filler rather than making a decent game) and now Mirror's edge won't be like the original...

I thought EA were changing their ways?!?

Also, why are they referring to Next Gen as "Gen 4"? Gaming didn't start with the PS1/N64 lol!

[NioRide]

The worst part is the team behind Medal of honor is the same ones who will be doing battlefield.

EA LA is Danger close, which was recently renamed to DICE LA who is being given the star wars titles.

[StanSmith]

Really? Now i really do feel let down!

They're going to do the same to Battlefront as what they did to MOH. Clearly, EA has seen that Gamers are begging for a new Battlefront and are going to cash in on it while driving the franchise into the ground.

If EA destroy Battlefront's legacy, I will never touch another EA game again!

[kingjosh1876]

Do people not remember EA's statement about not publishing ANY games without multi player? I wouldn't trust them in putting out a good sequel to a game which was renowned for its single player only experience.

http://uk.gamespot.com/news...

[MidnytRain]

Multiplayer COULD work. It really could. The developers would just have to be VERY deliberate in how they approached it, and stay true to the core experience rather than throwing a bunch of players on a map.

[Psychotica]

I really loved the running and navigating the environment. But what I didn't like was throwing the gun away after I just got one. That breaks the immersion for me, there is no way in hell I would be throwing the gun away in those situations.

[MidnytRain]

You can't freerun with an AK in your hands...