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Liked Mirror's Edge? You'll Love The Reboot. Hated It? Same.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst feels like playing the original game all over again. That's not necessarily a good thing.

PeaSFor3288d ago

i loved the original, hated the reboot for many reasons.

Zorkaz3288d ago

Honestly I'm not getting all this. I'm loving Catalyst SOOO MUCH!!! I think not only does it live up to the original, but it exceeds it in nearly every way. I seriously don't understand why people don't like it so much ...

Godmars2903288d ago (Edited 3288d ago )

Possibly because your perception doesn't represent the majority.

Maybe they shouldn't have gone that extra step and gone open-world when the base gameplay of the original was so flawed.

Perjoss3288d ago

You saying the base gameplay of the original was so flawed doesn't represent the majority.

Godmars2903288d ago

@Prejoss:
No, saying Zorkaz's opinion doesn't represent the majorative one.

Zorkaz3288d ago

This is very possible, though so far I haven't seen many people in the comments speaking against it that's all. Reviews are one thing, what the public think is another.

Majister-Ludi3288d ago

Same flawed mechanics, seemingly weak story, same bland empty world. The only thing this game has is free running which dying light already does better.

Zorkaz3287d ago

Ok now the who agrees with Majister Ludi that Dying Light has better freerunning? In any way? Have you played Dying Light's freerunning, cause I sure have and it's not great!

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Wolfenstein513288d ago

I too loved the original, but sadly the reboot is probably the dullest game I have played in 20 years. The worst open world game of all time. I'm going back to play Lego City Undercover that know what open world should be.

Fullmetalevolust3288d ago

I am slightly upset with the outcome of this game. It was given a second chance to be better than the first and better yet it was facing oblivion before it got picked up. The least they could have done is do an improvement upon the first entry (which I really loved) rather than go open world. But I've only looked at reviews and I have yet to get my paws on it. So if anyone wanna throw a free copy my way, I'm game, lol.

TheColbertinator3288d ago

The new moves are great and the cinematics flesh out everything well but the open world wasn't really wanted here. Still fun to play thankfully.

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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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lellkay1465d 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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darthv721509d ago

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

Eonjay1508d 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.

ActualWhiteMan1509d 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.

jukins1508d 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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nickanasty2061508d ago (Edited 1508d 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.

Christopher1508d 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.

foker1508d ago

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

SpineSaw1508d 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_Darkness1508d ago (Edited 1508d 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.

Christopher1508d 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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MetroidFREAK211509d ago

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

Destiny10801508d 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

darthv721508d ago

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

Destiny10801508d ago (Edited 1508d 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"

DJStotty1508d 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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