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Review of the Week....errr....Month...LOL
Mirrors Edge
I really wanted to like this one, but after spending some quality time with Mirrors Edge here is the conclusion I have come to....Mirrors Edge is a great concept and looks great however the controls leave much to be desired.
First off the concept is very cool, its set in a near future where corporations pretty much control everything, You play as Faith who is a Runner. Runners are a group of people who use the rooftops and city layout to get information around the city which the cops and corporations may not want getting out. It kind of plays like a modern Prince of Persia. Where you use acrobatics to hop from building to building and make your way around, if you have ever seen or heard of Free Running that's what the game is based on
The game has a really cool art style and look to it. I can best describe it as half cel shaded, half realistic. The city has a very blocky feel to it, and as you spend much of your time around the rooftops and skyline you get the feeling of the size of the city.
However once you start to play the game you realize that you cant always judge a book...or in this case a game by its cover. I'm not sure what the developers where thinking when then came up with the control scheme but it just doesn't ever feel fluid like it should. Basically you use the triggers on the left side for your up and down acro-moves, now i can understand using the triggers though I think it would be better on the face buttons, but at least if you are going to use them use the ones on the right which is more comfortable. Button placement is a minor annoyance but once you get into the game it only amplifies the problems.
The major issue it suffers from is a lack of direction. I'm not sure if they were trying to make it more realistic or what but you have no heads up display no way points and nothing to help guide you in your journey. The only help you are given is if you press B it will face your character in the general direction you are supposed to go, though often that is of no use as the actual way you need to go is in a totally different direction. The other thing the game does is highlight objects you can use in red, this does help in some cases to guide you but again other times there is nothing red to guide you so its hit and miss. The other major issue is in the timing of your moves often times you will push a button to say jump of a ledge and if you don't push it just right you will miss your jump and when jumping from the tops of buildings this can be a very bad thing.
Mirrors Edge is a really great concept and in this era of cookie cutter gaming is nice to see something original come out but sadly a bad control scheme and direction hurt this game immensely and there for i can only recommend this one as......
RENT IT!!!
I really wanted to like this one, but after spending some quality time with Mirrors Edge here is the conclusion I have come to....Mirrors Edge is a great concept and looks great however the controls leave much to be desired.
First off the concept is very cool, its set in a near future where corporations pretty much control everything, You play as Faith who is a Runner. Runners are a group of people who use the rooftops and city layout to get information around the city which the cops and corporations may not want getting out. It kind of plays like a modern Prince of Persia. Where you use acrobatics to hop from building to building and make your way around, if you have ever seen or heard of Free Running that's what the game is based on
The game has a really cool art style and look to it. I can best describe it as half cel shaded, half realistic. The city has a very blocky feel to it, and as you spend much of your time around the rooftops and skyline you get the feeling of the size of the city.
However once you start to play the game you realize that you cant always judge a book...or in this case a game by its cover. I'm not sure what the developers where thinking when then came up with the control scheme but it just doesn't ever feel fluid like it should. Basically you use the triggers on the left side for your up and down acro-moves, now i can understand using the triggers though I think it would be better on the face buttons, but at least if you are going to use them use the ones on the right which is more comfortable. Button placement is a minor annoyance but once you get into the game it only amplifies the problems.
The major issue it suffers from is a lack of direction. I'm not sure if they were trying to make it more realistic or what but you have no heads up display no way points and nothing to help guide you in your journey. The only help you are given is if you press B it will face your character in the general direction you are supposed to go, though often that is of no use as the actual way you need to go is in a totally different direction. The other thing the game does is highlight objects you can use in red, this does help in some cases to guide you but again other times there is nothing red to guide you so its hit and miss. The other major issue is in the timing of your moves often times you will push a button to say jump of a ledge and if you don't push it just right you will miss your jump and when jumping from the tops of buildings this can be a very bad thing.
Mirrors Edge is a really great concept and in this era of cookie cutter gaming is nice to see something original come out but sadly a bad control scheme and direction hurt this game immensely and there for i can only recommend this one as......
RENT IT!!!
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