Mirrors Edge2 Laid on Ice!

[icame]

I'm not really sad. The first game was trash...

 

[icame]

Only part of the game I was frustrated with was the bullshit checkpoint system.
*Checkpoint saved*
-Run and shoot shit for 15 minutes, die-
RESPAWN AT THE CHECKPOINT 15 MINUTES AGO?!
*Ragequit*

They had to do that to lengthen the 3 hour campaign

 

[googleback]

I consider Mirrors edge to be one of the best games of the generation but this news doesn't shock or annoy me. I don't care about sales but I do think some games NEED to be one-offs to be truly great, like all we needed was a shit sequel to tarnish the original.

Just look at FEAR...

 

[Zack McSleuthburger]

The very idea of the game is utter shit at best. I'll feel bad for the masochists who enjoyed that horrid game, but I'll take this as great news.

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

Screw that!! I loved Mirror's Edge! It was far from perfect, but that's what one should expect from a game as experimental as that.

This...

Mirror's Edge was nothing near perfect, but it was unique... It was that one game that stood out from the crowd... I still proudly call it one of my favorite games! That there won't be a Mirror's Edge 2 makes me sad...

Oh and also...

Friendly Mushroom!
Friendly Mushroom!

 

[northeast rower]

Didn't see that coming (sarcasm).

 

[Cazza]

I am not surprised. EA aren't the kind of people who make a sequel to improve the game quality. They do it only for the money.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

I'll just say what my avatar says...

EA, I am dissapoint

 

[Samechiel]

And it wasn't a failure. It just didn't sell well.

"It sold terribly and nobody likes it but a handful of niche gamers BUT IT ISN'T A FAILURE!"

So, what was it if not a failure? Because it's pretty clear it wasn't a success.

And by the way, yeah, it was pretty bad. All the brilliance and innovation in the world isn't going to do you any good if what you do with that innovation is terrible.

 

[Nexus4]

First True Crime: Hong Kong and now this...I am very dissapointed at the moment

 

[Phlakes]

That was a bad move, EA. This game could've been the next Just Cause 2 or Uncharted 2, if you had just given Dice a chance to improve it.

 

[Zayren]

Hopefully they make something good this time.

Ooooh, sick burn.

 

[mirror's edgy]

The very idea of the game is utter shit at best. I'll feel bad for the masochists who enjoyed that horrid game, but I'll take this as great news.

Well, I'm just going to go change my avatar or jump off a bridge. Whichever is faster.

 

[Trolldor]

...am I the only one who took one look at the title and pictured Faith making porn in an ice-skating rink?

I am?
oh.

OT: I'm really not surprised. Mirror's Edge was fairly innovative, but held only a niche appeal. Another idea devoured by the marketing beast.

**edit** (now that I can actually see my post... damn forum goblins)
Also, I absolutely loved the Mako in Mass Effect. It had shortcomings (physics, limited exploration zone), but it was fun and immersive for me. Haters just have a short attention span, as far as I'm concerned. Sci-fi exploration is supposed to be a little bit time-consuming.

The problem with the planets is that exploration was just artefacts.
What they ought to have done was reduce the number of planets that can be explored, and give them unique events.

As for the Mako physics, it was wonderful. The thing would right itself no matter how terribly you mashed the bastard.
It once flew through a mountain just to get back upright for me.

 

[Trolldor]

And it wasn't a failure. It just didn't sell well.

"It sold terribly and nobody likes it but a handful of niche gamers BUT IT ISN'T A FAILURE!"

So, what was it if not a failure? Because it's pretty clear it wasn't a success.

And by the way, yeah, it was pretty bad. All the brilliance and innovation in the world isn't going to do you any good if what you do with that innovation is terrible.

Pretty much everybody who bought it liked it. If it weren't for concept games like Mirror's Edge later developing into more polished IPs, we wouldn't have some of best games of recent generations. Just sad that the production costs are so high now that a developer can't afford to have even one game not sell INCREDIBLY WELL in the first week.

What I find the most humorous about the situation though, is that Mirror's Edge was the game EA gave us as an example of how they would be "focusing on making entertaining products first and foremost" from then on instead of focusing entirely on the financial aspect of things. Guess that philosophy didn't last long.

Well, it's a 50/50

The entertainment side of things has to be financially viable or they won't be able to make them.
I suppose, though, that they're actually willing to invest in something different unlike Activision.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Well that just completely sucks, I was really looking forward to the sequel. Yeah it wasn't perfect, but it was the most fun I've ever had in a game, and I just loved the originality of it.

Thanks for screwing the pooch EA, so much for that innovation that you were lovingly talking about earlier, eh?

Jerks.

 

[Zack McSleuthburger]

The very idea of the game is utter shit at best. I'll feel bad for the masochists who enjoyed that horrid game, but I'll take this as great news.

Well, I'm just going to go change my avatar or jump off a bridge. Whichever is faster.

I meant it as sympathy, but nice to see everything anyone says ever on the internet is still misconstrued as an insult.

 

[Duffeknol]

Mirror's Edge is still one of the best games I've ever played. I really hope they leave the minimalistic style and soundtrack intact when/if they decide to finish part 2.