Comments on: Mirror’s Edge (Xbox 360) Review http://www.breakitdownblog.com/mirrors-edge-xbox-360-review/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/mirrors-edge-xbox-360-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13904 Riyad Kalla Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:51:00 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5582#comment-13904 Agreed, I *loved* the demo, as did another friend of mine that played it -- unfortunately Jigsaw pointed out one thing that will cause me to throw my controller through the goddamn TV, and that is insane levels of try-and-fail towards the end of the game... design like that makes me hate a game. Uncharted was like that, drove me crazy. It completely zaps the fun/adventure/discovery out of a game and replaces it with this age-old addage of game design that states "You don't deserve to progress unless you can stand pain"... it's the stupidest damn *assumption* that game designers make. You don't always need to make a game harder and harder for it to be fun... look at any good adventure game or story-driven game like Indigo Prophecy... you let the story be the reward for keep playing, not the "accomplishment" of overcoming increasing punishment... arrggggg Agreed, I *loved* the demo, as did another friend of mine that played it — unfortunately Jigsaw pointed out one thing that will cause me to throw my controller through the goddamn TV, and that is insane levels of try-and-fail towards the end of the game… design like that makes me hate a game.

Uncharted was like that, drove me crazy. It completely zaps the fun/adventure/discovery out of a game and replaces it with this age-old addage of game design that states “You don’t deserve to progress unless you can stand pain”… it’s the stupidest damn *assumption* that game designers make. You don’t always need to make a game harder and harder for it to be fun… look at any good adventure game or story-driven game like Indigo Prophecy… you let the story be the reward for keep playing, not the “accomplishment” of overcoming increasing punishment…

arrggggg

]]> By: QuizzicalDemon http://www.breakitdownblog.com/mirrors-edge-xbox-360-review/comment-page-1/#comment-13901 QuizzicalDemon Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:44:20 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5582#comment-13901 I really enjoyed the demo of Mirror's Edge, but I've held off from playing the full game, mainly because of all the other game releases that hit at around the same time. I'll probably pick it up one day though, it's still a game I'd like to experience, even given the polarising reviews it seems to get. I really enjoyed the demo of Mirror’s Edge, but I’ve held off from playing the full game, mainly because of all the other game releases that hit at around the same time. I’ll probably pick it up one day though, it’s still a game I’d like to experience, even given the polarising reviews it seems to get.

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