Loading ...Mirror’s Edge is shaping up to look like a ridiculously beautiful, thematic and emotionally driven game… I’m not sure how else to describe it.
Just check out the gameplay video below. The combination of the city coloring and design style (world is bland but detailed and focus points are sharply highlighted using color, but don’t look artificial). The intense first-person perspective combined with the “you rarely use/need guns” design element and free roaming/flying environment topped off with the vocal/ethereal sound track… it honestly looks like you are playing a dream almost. The combination of all those elements is sure to emote some sort of reaction out of the folks playing it.
For me it’s a sort of awe-struck beauty, desolate emptiness and sad hopelessness sprinkled with a bit of “there is still hope, hang in there”.
Whether that was intentional or not, I have to applaud the Mirror’s Edge team for creating such a unique look.
http://ve3dmovies.ign.com/videos/03/25/32512_MirrorsEdgeE32008Trailer.flvThanks VE3D!
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July 21st, 2008 at 12:26 am
Wow, first time I actually saw moving footage of this game. I’ve been curious about it for a while now, and it really does look amazing. Can’t wait to try it out for myself!
July 21st, 2008 at 7:06 am
Nathaniel,
I know what you mean. When I saw the screenshots I thought “Well these are an interesting proof of concept” and thought they were hand-drawn, then they did the gameplay video then E3 happened and more video game out and now I’m really impressed by what they have pulled off.
There is such a definitive *vibe* that the game exudes; that’s hard to pull off and I’ll be excited to try it.