• WoodrowShigeru wrote his opinion about Mirror's Edge
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    Was für ein scheiß Spiel ist das denn?!

    The core idea of "parkour" – freedom, playfulness, exploration, thinking outside the box, *maybe* rebellion against "pedestrian rules" – is mutilated by chopper gunfire, annoying mandatory enemies and constantly being chased in general. For these reasons, the game encourages building up & maintaining momentum – but then searching secretly hidden bags (collectibles) makes no sense. It absolutely contradicts the running theme.

    Controls were awefully stupid and unintuitive (hitting is on the *lower* shoulder button?), but not sure whether to blame the game design or the Xbox port. Also, first-person melee combat is never a good idea as you get disoriented way too fast.

    The overall visuals are pretty, in a way … I'll give you that. Though some indoor sections may give you eye cancer. And cutscenes are crappily animated.

    Definitely not worth its launch price.
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      Editing … *Grabs popcorn and waits for Gries*
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      Editing … Ummmm *looks over at @Gries He*
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      Editing … @Gries He, you take this
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      Editing … Nice knowing ya Woody.
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      Editing … Why, what's Gries gonna do? Whack him with one of his life-size Ellen Page cardboard figures?
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      Editing … He works for the German version of the IRS. So lets just say Woody's gonna get a surprise audit.
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      Editing … OH HELL NO. I'm not even gonna dignify that with a response.
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      Editing … Alright, I'll bite. wall of text incoming: „annoying mandatory enemies“ -> that’s a lie. That’s a god damn lie. You can complete the game without ever killing/shooting at a single enemy. In fact, I have done just that several times. || “... is mutilated by constantly being chased” -> ME is a racing game at heart, what did you expect ?! || “searching hidden bags makes no sense” -> the bags used to have a much bigger role in the game; runners are paid to take these bags that contain secret messages from one part of the town to the other, so they make perfect sense in the in-game world. || “controls were unintuitve” -> it’d be way too easy and boring/repetitive if you could make Faith jump simply by pressing the ‘A’ button || “hitting is on the *lower* shoulder button” -> well of course punching is done by pressing the right trigger; just like shooting in a FPS is done by pressing the right trigger. || “first person melee is never a good idea” -> that’s the only thing that didn’t feel right in ME, I’ll give you that. But you just need to watch the E3 2013/4 trailers to see that DICE has absolutely fixed and improved that shortcoming in the second game. || “the overall visuals are pretty” -> hell yeah they are || “some indoor sections may give you eye cancer” -> pretty much every reviewer applauded ME’s art direction. It’s a matter of taste really (you’re still wrong. oh so wrong.) || “cutscenes are crappily animated” -> this seems to be a common complaint. It didn’t bother me really, although it’s obvious that DICE wanted to save time/money by including these “crappily animated” cutscenes.
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      Editing … *drops mic
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    • WoodrowShigeru
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      Editing … Or! You could have just let me have my opinion. I don't like a game that you like. Is that really so unbearable for you? — I never said that you have to *kill* the mandatory enemies but you have to *confront* them. If you don't punch them k.o. they'll shoot you down while you climb the only-slowly-climbable obstacles. — No, shooting in FPSs is done with the right *upper* shoulder button.
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      Editing … *picks up mic. Hi, tell me: why are you littering? http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/post/auto-9gag-1517638.jpeg
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      Editing … Video games is serious business.
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … I was mostly joking, bro. I usually don't give a fuck if anyone's opinion differs from mine. Jesus ... don't take everything I say so seriously ;-)
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