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Mirror's Edge Catalyst Has an Open World and It Changes Everything

OX writes: "The open-world City of Glass, rejigged combat and young Faith's new 'mag rope' grappling hook appear in these 10 minutes of gameplay footage from Mirror's Edge Catalyst. Fresh from a session with Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Johnny Chiodini from Eurogamer joins me to talk it out."

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Immorals2926d ago

So is it open world or not?

Not feeling this game at all.

Yui_Suzumiya2926d ago

Maybe open areas like Uncharted 4 where you can choose your path and approach?

KyRo2926d ago (Edited 2926d ago )

I pray to god it's not open world. No one but Rockstar does them right. 95% of developers just build a amazing looking area/city and fill it will collectables and boring fetch missions eg Fallout 4, MGSV, The Division etc just to say it takes '30 hours to complete our game'.

_-EDMIX-_2926d ago

You could actually still have an open world game that has the linear missions taking all of the first Mirror's Edge levels and putting them in an open world actually doesn't change what you do on those levels it merely changes how you approach it.

I would also highly disagree with you but stating that titles like Metal Gear Solid 5 or Fallout have used open with poorly I would say those are some of the greater examples of open-world being used to help the game's narrative immersion concepte etc.

Fallout open world allows for lots of exploration which is basically one of its highlight concepts of exploring such an open world, Metal Gear Solid 5 uses its open world to allow you to attack a base from any angle during night or day or even during different weather situations.

I don't really think you appreciate the time it took to craft better open world titles I love GTA as well and it's one of my all-time favorite series but I'm not going to disregard what other teams has done an open world because the reality is open world is not a damn genre....

Other teams can create open World Games in completely different genres and still be able to Captivate and immerse and convey their Concepts using the world they've made.

What you're stating about those games is merely your distaste for those games it's actually not saying anything about the concept of their open worlds you very much could hate a game based on what the game is and not necessarily based on its concept of its open world and vice-versa I've had games that I've genuinely liked but didn't like how they utilize the open-world I've had games that I hated it but enjoyed their concept of how they used their open world once again you're merely stating you do not like the game but the things you don't like barely have to do with the open-world as much as they have to do with you not liking the game itself.

The fact that you're disregarding Metal Gear Solid 5 use of its weather system and day and night cycle to affect the actual gameplay itself is telling me you're basically not really talking about the effects of the open-world on the player as much as you don't like the game....

The fact that you're not talking about the settlements that you can build in Fallout 4 literally shaping the world of the game is telling me you're again not talking about how the user is affecting the open world... I'm just saying you don't need to like the game but at least appreciate and respect the effort the developer has put in to make the open-world something unique, different and player intuitive.

Be specific, give examples and honestly open a dialogue about the concept of open world. Teams like Bethesda are Masters at crafting open worlds even more so than Rockstar you might think differently but I'm a fan of both teams and I could tell you right now Rockstar doesn't hold a candle to a team like Bethesda if you question that Rockstar has yet to have a game with the number of unique NPCs they've also yet to have a game that has those NPCs having homes, task the type of items available in the game etc.

Nobody doubts or disregards the amount of talent that Rockstar has not even for a single minute but the reality is if you added the concepts of bethesda's titles to GTA you make the greatest GTA ever made adding the ideals of GTA inside of bethesda's titles only just make them larger emptier worlds....

Rockstar does a great job at adding the illusion of Life Bethesda makes those concepts real.

BLow2926d ago

I was soooo surprised to find out this game is dropping next month. I didn't hear anything about it for awhile then boom. Found out it would be out in a couple of months and I was pretty excited as I thought that it would be a Fall title. Can't wait. This and Uncharted in the same month. O_o

I love me some Uncharted but I have to play this game. I don't know.Just the world and atmosphere just grabs me. AND THE MUSIC...wow...

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Looking back to the failed parkour of 2016's Mirror's Edge Catalyst

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."

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lellkay1046d ago

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.

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FPS Boost at 120fps: Battlefield 1/4/5 - Titanfall 1/2 - Mirror's Edge Catalyst Tested

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?

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darthv721090d ago

FPS boost is a nice feature. Cant wait for more games to get that.

Eonjay1089d ago

While FPS boost is nice, I feel like it is the bare minimum in upgrades and only helps those with 120 capable TVs. Most of these games are PC titles as well. These games should be patched to run high/ultra PC video setting.

ActualWhiteMan1090d ago

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.

jukins1090d ago

Alternatively seems to be a focus on releasing newer games? People barely played the games before 120 fpsnisnt gong to change that. Not to mention the people with the capable tv.

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nickanasty2061089d ago (Edited 1089d ago )

Soon this will not be the case though, and all of these other added perks like 120fps on older games will just be other great additions and features that PS users do not have available to them. I think any additional updates to features for games is something that shouldn't be discredited. Once Microsoft starts rolling out the new games on a regular basis, this argument is not going to age well. For now, you are correct on the new game front, but that is all going to change here soon enough. Sure most argue the "Wait until E3" remark over and over, but that will certainly be a thing of the past with everything Microsoft is working on now. Good things come to those who wait is the way I look at it for now.

Christopher1089d ago

***Once Microsoft starts rolling out the new games on a regular basis, this argument is not going to age well.***

This argument hasn't aged well for a long time now.

foker1089d ago

They are really killing it,.. They haven't released a new first party game in 600 days if not more

SpineSaw1089d ago

Now wait that's not true. 600 days is looong time and they did release a few First Party games that no one played or no one can remember by name but you do make a good point and it don't really matter if its been 6 days or 6yrs for Xbox First Party what they've released has been poor at best.

Army_of_Darkness1089d ago (Edited 1089d ago )

@actualwhiteman

Killing it? Ms? Lmfao! Boosting fps on old last gen games on a new gen console while not releasing a single first party next gen game is killing it to you?! 🤣😂
Meanwhile.... Sony what? Oh has been focusing on releasing actual new first party games. Funny, you forgot to mention that part bud.

Christopher1089d ago

***Meanwhile Sony only lets developers upgrade older games if they make a PS5 version.***

Well, this is just factually incorrect. The Division 2 got an upgrade for PS5 but is running the PS4 version. Other games have had similar.

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MetroidFREAK211090d ago

Man, that makes me want to reinstall the OG Titanfall... seeing people still playing it. Memories

Destiny10801090d ago

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

darthv721089d ago

It is called "fps boost"... not "res boost"

Destiny10801089d ago (Edited 1089d ago )

titanfall 2, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost"
Battlefield 1, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost"

DJStotty1089d ago

"titanfall 2, is 4k on the xbox one x, why not "fps boost""

Erm, no

"In general, the One X plays out between 1440p and 1800p with rises to 4k (2160p) in quiet scenes with little activity."

On topic, this is a FPS boost, not a resolution patch so you did not need to add the resolutions for base vanilla xbox. BC normally uses the xbox one version, as opposed to the xbox one X "patched" version to answer your question about resolution.

Either way, all games will use the built in upscaler on either your TV, or the xbox series X to display an upscaled 4K image (not native).

That along with Auto-HDR should result in a good enough reason to replay these games at the new improved framerate.

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Crysis 3, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Dragon Age Inquisition & more are now available on Steam

Electronic Arts has just released twelve games on Valve's distribution service, Steam.

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