DICE’s amazing-looking new interactive piece, which goes by the name of ‘Mirror’s Edge‘, has been on the headlines for quite a few months now. It’s first-person viewpoint sure isn’t revolutionary if only for the amount of shooters that employ it, but considering the genre it’s tackling it very well could be: action/adventure. Yes, this piece is poised to be the first successful action/adventure game viewed through a first-person perspective ever in the history of videogames. We’ve had Role-Playing Games (RPG) going that route as well as variation of shooters (like Thief), but not a full-blown, running and jumping (and sliding!) epic action game like this one, where the viewpoint goes so far as to even show the limbs of your character doing all the actions with a nuance not previously seen in the genre.
Artistically, the game pulls all the stops as well. The mix of solid, eye-popping colors, intense lighting, life-like animation and the immense sterile-white cityscape as the game’s backdrop makes this piece look fucking fantastic. The fact that these kinds of futuristic utopias have always appealed to me for some reason make things even more cool to watch and appreciate. You really have to see it in movement to admire the thing (a video is attached to this post below, as always).
Yes, this is a picture of the game during "gameplay".
So, when can we play it? The mighty Electronic Arts has just unveiled that the game will be out for purchase on November 11 for both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Sadly, PC gamers will have to wait a while longer, since their version has been delayed until “later in the winter”. It was also revealed that not one but two demos would be part of its marketing approach: one, available next week when you pre-order your copy of the game at “selected retailers” (pretty sure Gamestop’s on there), offers a look at the game’s “Time Trial” mode. The other, for free over at both PlayStation Network (PSN) and Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) stores, will take us through a tutorial and a segment of the game’s single-player story mode. That one will be out at a later date (closer to the game’s release), I presume.
So there you have it. If you previously hadn’t heard about the game, now you’re in on the “secret” (remember to catch the video below!), and if you already were anticipating this piece, you now have some dates to look forward to. Win-win situation for everyone, and so…I’m out! Thanks for reading. : )
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