Mirror's Edge is a fast paced, first person action game that is viewed through eyes of its heroine, a female "runner" called Faith, who works as a courier charged with moving sensitive items in a futuristic totalitarian state. A cynical observation on current society, the game tells of a near future where all data is monitored and "big brother" is always watching.
Whereas most first person action games tend to involve a lot of shooting, and combat-related action, Mirror's Edge is quite different. It focuses primarily on traversing, and often being chased across, large rooftop environments guiding Faith as she tries to get from one part of the city to another. The game requires fast reactions from the player, and a full understanding of the complex three-dimensional environments. Faith is incredibly athletic, and in addition to running very fast, she can jump, pull herself up on ledges, run along walls, and slide through tiny spaces in moves modeled on the athletic "Parkour" free-runners that have provided spectacular chase scenes for movies like Casino Royale, and The Bourne Ultimatum.
Former Visceral Games devs reveal Dead Space's marketing budget was cut in favor of Mirror's Edge because of mock review scores.
I wish EA would just release a DS2 remake. DS is my favorite horror game and DS2 is the best one in the franchise. But because DS1 failed to meet certain numbers EA scrapped the DS2 remake. SH2 remake was great rumors are Konami might be asking for another SH remake. The RE2 remake was great EA just needs to give it another try. But all they seem to do is shitty sports games that are no different from the year before. Change a few players, add different uniform colours, maybe change a team logo. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I bought Dead Space during launch window and I never bought a Mirror's Edge game .
It seems that in Season 4, DICE has snuck in a Battlefield 2042 Mirror's Edge Easter egg in the new Flashpoint map.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good