@kortcomponent: nice

mcfizzle

@MJDeviant:

An FPS with slightly different physics? If most FPS games had what this game is looking to offer, I'd be in heaven.

Haldir

@knickers: I certainly don't know for sure, but I would think it would be. And yeah, hearing those bullets whiz by will be sweet.

homernoy

Why I still think this is a fake? )

Droid

@heddtrauma:

You weren't the only one to just have that click. lol

Haldir

@mablung: So you mean USA in 2018?

Bauer22

@terrydwj: I agree. Also, the fact that just mashing button "x" will most likely do all this free running shit.

Kensei

Holy shit. That first video had me on the edge of my seat. I was always interested in Mirror's Edge, now I'm pretty much sold on it.

Mister Adequate

I have had dreams that look like this gameplay footage, and plus, with all the running and jumping, I can just tell myself that this is the single-player TF2 content featuring the Scout that I've always wanted.

I'm excited about the concept, but I'll wait to hear about the controls from reviewers first. Seems like that's the key to making this fun.

Loreo

I really hope this game is in 7.1. I really wanna hear those bullets wizzing by all around me.

knickers

I'm gonna go on record (Kotaku) and say, i don't believe this is going to be very good. The game play looks as if it could become rather repetitive rather fast.

On top of that the combat looks lack-luster. I'm getting allusions of Maken X all over again. Don't flame me.....just saying.

terrydwj

My only real problem with this game so far is that in the second video, Faith takes a sniper bullet that I'm guessing is pretty well within the torso area, yet she lives. Then she takes one of those rifles and kills the snipers by shooting THEM in the torso once.

If it kills the enemy, shouldn't it be a little deadly for the player as well?

VergessenHeld

Ever since I watched the first video on this game earlier on, I have had this game on my radar. I cannot wait to get my hands on it in November. I'd like for it to be a first day purchase, but between the fact I'll still be obsessing over LittleBigPlanet and drooling over Left 4 Dead, I don't know if it'll be week one or not.

On a related side note, as awesome as I think this game is, I think EA is over-reaching with the special editions of their untested IPs. As much as I like the bag they are offering with 'Mirror's Edge', the package isn't worth $110+. Most messenger bags are only $29.99 for one that size. If they were offering it for $90-$100, we'd probably be talking something realistic.

But...yeah, 'Mirror's Edge' for the win.

Senji

@Dr.Fondler: If I remember correctly she is essentially a courier for high security information. In this future nothing sent through normal means of communication is safe. That is where roof running ninja couriers come in, enter protagonist.

mablung

This game screams motion sickness..

blachole

Looks good, I think the Wii can handle these graphics. I still don't get why she kept running into gunfire and why the AI couldn't hit her with ... Like watching GI Joe shootouts.

Earthslide

I can't wait for this game (to come out on PC unfortunately), as the single player looks immense fun. The replayability will come from challenges (achievements or self-imposed) such as not killing anyone. Also, I imagine the time trial mode will end up being like Trackmania, as you desperately look to shave time off with each run :D

Concretepiggy

@Morpork: Or maybe a game like this would not be as fun if you got killed every 5 seconds.

mablung

I initially didn't think this game was going to be anything more than an experiment, but the more I see the more it looks like one damn entertaining experience (with a unique colour palette for a change). Don't know how varied the gameplay will get, but perhaps this will work as a short enough setpiece based SP experience.

johnny_ultimate

this game = next gen platforming

dudeman5000

Heh. What about the architects and engineers who are responsible for building a series of catwalks that can only be traversed by jumping across huge gaps and swinging from strategically placed poles?

"Hey Joe! We got a leak in sector G."
"Where's that again?"
"How many times do I got to tell ya? It's simple. You slide under railing 13, swing over the exhaust grid, and then monkey flip the first open chasm you run into. Even a blind man couldn't miss sector G. Geez. Go on, get outta here."

quartet4

Motion sickness galore.

Also I can't see why everyone is THAT excited about it. This is one of those titles I'm very wary of until actually get to play it.

Tyheam

P.S.- I didn't think it was possible to jump more disoriented and "guessfully" than Turok for N64. I stand corrected.

MJDeviant

Love the feel of really being a small being in a huge town you get in the beginning of the trailer when she's sliding down

Sandldan

My anxiety disorder really kicked in after watching that first gameplay vid. But nonetheless, this game is going to be amazing.

BlkMagik07

Do i see an FPS that plays like a platformer? Or a platformer that plays like an FPS? An hybrid action title? I'm not sure....but it looks promising.

theblob

@trogam: and the big wigs who fires the guys who fires the dudes who leave the red ramps everywhere need to retire with big fat severance checks.

johnjohnbmx

I really hate to say it, but it looks pretty sub-par. Granted, I'm viewing an embedded vid of it, but still. It just looks like an FPS with slightly different physics. I mean, after she jumps off the glass roof to the next building, there are jumps in there that seem very much like awkward jumping found in games, only it has hands showing and rolls. Sorry, not impressed. (<- I know nobody cares)

MJDeviant

i just now got the whole, "her name is faith and she leaps" thing. i feel dumb.
anyway, the game looks sick.

heddtrauma

Mmm. EA. Mmm. Dice. After BF:BC I think I'll hold off on this one for a week or two.

Mancomb Seepgood

@B1ooDshOt: I think there are going to be online leaderboards for time trials.

ShirtGuyDom

Maybe they should just sit the "journalists" at the Daily Mail and the Sun down in front of this game right now...so they know who to blame when the rash of "kids falling off buildings" happens in early 2009.

kortcomponent

Frakin Amazing. I dunno if Ill buy it but it will be a for sure rent.

DarkHavoc99

This'll probably be the first EA game I've bought since the 80's...I just hope I don't get motion sick playing it.

Whyspir

Who's giving out the Dramamine as a pre-order bonus? Because I'm buying there.

futurebiblehero

This game does look moderately intriguing, but could someone please explain something... what the hell is the actual point of the game??

Dr.Fondler

looks like it will get boring real fast..
i see me snagging this used for $19

JamPearl

@Morpork:

Or maybe all of the above ^.^

Lazureus

HOLY SHIT! They weren't lying when they said alternate routs in each level.

Lazureus

Looks good indeed, I just hope they won't release it as buggy as the majority of there other games. If they don't I may pick this title up.

MugiMugi

She's either the luckiest girl alive, or the guys in the heli can't shoot for shit. Or maybe she's just as thin as a piece of paper.

Morpork

@etchasketchist: They need to fire the guy who fires those guys, in addition to the guy who put those red ramps.

trogam

Oh man this game looks awesome.

TheLoudCowboy

Who keeps leaving those strategically placed red plywood ramps lying around? That dude should get fired. Safety violation!

etchasketchist

DICE makes good games, and I like this new IP were seeing here. Does this game have MP?

B1ooDshOt

This could be the Portal of 2008.

Slothboy

I see lots of snapped tendons, sprained ankles and broken tibulas. Glad its a video game!

Looks fun. Like a more realistic, first person Sonic game. Hope its not 4 hours long.

DARTH_TIGRIS

This is going to be the only game I'll ever need. And the first game I actually try to get achivements on.

aden.exe

@MJDeviant: Metroid Prime was just about the only FPS where jumping felt solid. I doubt this is going to work for me.

emag

@chrisnick:

Follow the red. Red shows the path. It can also be turned off if you want to not know where to go.

aden.exe

@Dr.Fondler: The point of the game? To have fun, I suppose, like most other games. As to the story, who cares?

emag

This looks like an interesting game. And to be honest the fact that it's in first person is what peaked my interest about it. They could have easily made this third person. But since it's first I'm interested to see how the game will play. Definitely on my radar. I hope they make a demo or something.

kojirodensetsu

I can't yet decide whether to get this for PC or the 360, as it conflicts with my general criteria of genre-to-platform decisions! Typically, any First-Person game is going to my PC, seeing as how I find that much more comfortable for such games, but it's a platformer, something I restrict almost definitely to a console...

This is like choosing which child I feel like feeding this month, and it's not an easy decision damnit!

Jayl3w

one question about this game......its so fast paced......htf am i supposed to know where im going?!?!?!?(the first time around that is)

chrisnick

@AJMarra:

Follow the red. If you want a challange you can turn the redness off. Otherwise just follow the red things and you'll be fine.

aden.exe

@quartet4: Just like the architects that design the temples in Metroid Prime.

"OK, so how do I get in?"
"That's the best part! First, turn yourself into a ball -"
"What?"
"- and then roll into that statue's hand and it will jump down through the floor."
"OK, so how do I get back out?"
"... I have no idea."

Cloral

@AJMarra: Memorize the level? It worked for Megaman 9. ;)

emag

@mablung: Or maybe they should have made it so the helicopter misses by a wider margin with a lower volume of bullets so it doesn't look so silly. Also, who is talking about getting killed? Only you.

Morpork

I'm deeply torn as to play this on 360 or PC...I think it has to be PC for the first person immersion factor though...
Anyone care to prove me wrong?

Mattz

@MJDeviant: I'm glad someone else feels the same way. Beyond obviously waiting for people's reactions to actual gameplay, beyond the fact that my personal threshold of verisimilitude is crossed when everyone missed the girl all the time, and can take bullets without falling, I just don't think the first person pov is the way to go. I get why it seemed like a good idea...but I rather see the scrambling and the running. Watching free running/parkour is interesting because you see a body in motion, this looks like an awkward fps, where because I don't know where my character's feet are, I'll fall over the side all the time.

hcd

I can't wait to give this game a try. I just hope they fix the AI, it seemed kind of sluggish in the 2nd video.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

I'm going to play the hell out of this game. The wait is killing me I want it so much.

Joebob-X

I prefer my platformers to be in third person, thanks.

But this raises the difficult question: how did someone with one-eye, no depth perception and no peripheral vision end up so proficient at parkour?

1Grand_Marquis

Please, Please, PLEASE make a 3rd-person camera option for this game. As much as I love the mechanic, I guarantee it will make me sick in first-person camera.

topaz420

Holy hell this game looks unbelievably amazing! And here I thought Portal was as innovative as they get but this game just might give Portal a run (pun intended) for its money.

Sykoh

@Dr.Fondler: The government controls technology to the point that the only way to get secure messages is by using "runners" like the main character Faith....begin story now.

RET_Ghost

This game looks like it'll be really hard unless you know the route beforehand. I just don't think I'd be able to figure out that I would need to wallrun on a skyscraper to reach another rooftop while a helicopter is shooting at me.

Other than that, look's nifty.

AJMarra

I'm not entirely sold on the idea of first person platforming. I don't know how to explain it, but in first person games I don't know where my body really is (proprioception?), and I think this is the reason most platformers are third person. Also I'm afraid constant deaths will take away from the rhythm and speed of this game. Being shot at/chased and creative platforming/puzzle-solving in a 3D environment don't seem to go together too well in my personal experience. Hopefully DICE can pull this off, but I'm skeptical.

Hamsfork

With Gears2, L4D, Fallout3 and the new PoP I'm not sure i can afford Mirror's Edge too! T_T

belo

I still can't stand the design of the main character, thankfully it's first person so her ugly mug won't be on the screen much. But other than that the gameplay looks amazing, I can't wait to play this on my projector, I'm hoping for some virtual vertigo from this game!

photoboy

That looks a bit like a first person view of Prince of Persia. Sweet.

Rakotto

@Jayl3w: One child is going to cost you a little bit more (360), the other one has a tumor (PC, I'm talking about SecuROM).

CoyoteGamer

@etchasketchist:

I like to think whoever is in charge of the runners has spies employed by the bad guys to install red stuff in their bases.

"Why are you installing a vibrant red ladder in this dark dank sewer?"

"Oh...I though it could just use a little color."

retardedsushi

The modern platformer huh.

valero

@Joebob-X: Good points. The controls don't bother me, though that's becuase I have both a PC and a 360 so I got both control schemes covered.

SecuROM is what really tears at me. Having it on my computer isn't that much of a problem as there's a decent amount of program out there that can get rid of the thing. I have more of an issue over buying it for the PC and therefore supporting it's use. I'm still kicking myself over Spore.

CoyoteGamer

Why do I constantly feel like this is a Valve game?

betterthantelevision

@Majpain007: No its like split ninja toes. You know, because shes like a modern day ninja...without the katana, or the ninja stars, or the cool ninja mask.

Onegai

This game does look like fun. I share some of the concerns with other commenters about how fresh the gameplay can be though. With Portal they were able to do it by adding an extra layer every few levels. Not sure how they're going to pull it off with this. I'm also curious about the controls.

Gonna wait for the PC version, partially because I prefer my FPS-style games on that platform and partially to see what the reviews say.

CoyoteGamer

I'd like to get the Mrs. on-board. Any full screen high quality video to be found?

Ettie

Soooo whats with the Hoof Foot?

Game looks very awesome.

Majpain007

The beginning of "Flight" is straight out of Jackie Chan's Who Am I

Cybexx

@MJDeviant: I really doubt this is only some FPS with "slightly altered physics". You're exaggerating.

I'll support this because it takes balls to mix the elements that form this game and it looks amazing.

And I like "Still Alive".

90sKid

@VergessenHeld: Well that's pretty standard in almost any FPS affair. It's basic game balance: the player needs to be able to take more of a beating than the enemies otherwise the game will be too hard and not fun.

Take a look at Doom 3. You're fighting demons from hell, your fellow marines drop like flies/get possessed, yet your character can take more punishment than any of them. Two shotgun rounds to imp = dead imp. Two shotgun round to the player = what, -25 to your health without armor?

Or how about Call of Duty or Gears? "Shit, I took a rifle round to the stomach! Just gonna hide behind this rock for a few seconds...almost there...ok, I'm fine. It's like it never happened!" Halo gets a pass on this 'cause it's explained away as the shield mechanic of Chief's suite.

CoyoteGamer

@ShirtGuyDom: I believe they also will have ghost runs so you can run "against" your friends but nothing else comes to mind.

TheExiledLeader

As cool as it is, and as much as I have been looking forward to it, unless EA ditches the rentware, I'm passing. It's not like there aren't other games by other publishers who don't believe in screwing over their original customers. (I'm looking at you too, Epic.)

DiCE, you've have a good rap sheet, but in this case, the rose isn't worth the thorns.

Rctdaemon

@hcd: im pretty acrobatic in cod4...and thats only working with what they gave you for jumping/climbing. i never had a problem with FPP (first person platforming-we have a new genre now) in metroid prime either...

i think that the proof will be in the pudding in this one. and i think that the pudding is going to taste freaking awesome.

karl_hungus

Its like the Matrix but more believable.

Jasper_

@Droid: Conspiracy theorist?

Jayl3w

Love the lighting. Atmospherically, it's the strongest since Half-Life 1 from what I see here.

I'm not sure about the movement, though. The glowing, red pipes... the thin paths available... they look a bit like a more interactive version of those horrible, horrible "quick time events" that are so popular now. Press "A" when seeing something that glows red.

And everything is probably dumbed down for unresponsive game controller movement, too (it hurts to see the player in this vids turning around so slowly while doing frickin' PARKOUR moves).

I'm not sure yet. EA sprinkling their suckiness over the game since 2004, probably drowning the title in DRM for its PC release to protect their money-printing rights (btw, here's how much they care about their starving employees: [www.gamasutra.com]) doesn't help either.

lumpi

In the first vid, her jumping and landing abilities are just too unreal. Obviously its a game, and her abilities are significantly exaggerated, but the falls that she's capable of seem way beyond what professional freerunners do. She'd have to roll a lot more to keep from breaking her legs on a lot of that stuff, or kick a wall on the way down to reduce her downward momentum. I mean, who out there can fall 15-20 feet and land without missing a step?

And, on the first vid at 1:08, what exactly is going on here? Can Faith fly or something?

ludwigk

@Somaed:
It will be better on your TV. The stabilizing dot in the center of the screen will help you out a lot.

Demonbird

All I'm seeing is Securom.

Arthois

Spoiler alert:
"Thank you for bringing me my toothbrush, Faith"

somarix

Good player , nice physics , but i think it will get boring :|

dracu

@quartet4:@Cloral: muwhahaha...awesome.

nominated.

karl_hungus

@Mattz: @Jayl3w: First question to ask yourself: "Do I care that they will put the latest incarnation of securom on this? (which they will)" and second "Do I have an xbox controller I can use on my PC if I don't like the mouse controls?"

I think that should do it. I personally play every shooter on PC, but seeing as this is a different way of moving, I'm inclined to go with console. Plus I despise securom.

Joebob-X

@Morpork: She's pretty... pretty, though.

I've learned to live with that kind of stuff.

90sKid

Ugh I already seem myself throwing up while playing this game, and I dont care cause I'll keep on playing as vomit and bile rolls down my chin =D

Somaed

@chrisnick: Work on your reaction time.

It's looking like that'll be the true test of skill in this game, judging how fast you can assess the situation and come to a conclusion on what to do as a reaction.

I'll be keeping the red off for this game, I like a challenge that'll make me want to punch a nun.

Jayl3w

@1Grand_Marquis:
One eye? By the looks of it she has two.

Severyo

@Cloral: Or all those Zelda temples. Seriously, if you're gonna worship someone/thing, then you should be able to get to the worship shrine.

90sKid

Impressive, for sure. However, being impressed is very different from being satisfied.

Like everybody else, I'm very intrigued and interested in Mirror's Edge, but like everybody else, I was also intrigued and interested in Assassin's Creed. I won't repeat the mistake of buying a game based on pre-release videos and walkthroughs, no matter how amazing they seem.

There are just too many potential hits coming out this fall to take chances.
I'm wary that this game could be insane fun for a while (as you discover the many possibilities of running/jumping/swinging/sliding your way around), and then fall into the kind of repetitive pattern that many "we-have-this-awesome-new-mechanic" games suffer from.

Also, all these videos feature a player who knows exactly what they're doing and where they're going. Will the experience really be as smooth for a regular gamer, or will endless trial-and-error be a precondition to enjoying a fast and flowing ride?

I really need to know how strong the story is, how the gameplay holds up as you progress, and how long the game is. Only proper reviews will answer those questions.

Let's hope Mirror's Edge is as amazing as it looks.

Antiterra

It's cool, but it would've been cooler if they just threw in some webslinging into the mix and called it a first person Spider-man game :D

PuppyGuarder

@quartet4:@Cloral:

Funniest two comments I've read on this site for a while.

kusanagikei

The colors in this game give me anxiety, and I have an Anxiety disorded. For some reason I cant process the colors of the buildings. Way before I seen this game maybe when I was a kid I had a dream about extra clean extra shinny city's that looked like thats. And I also thought of a First person game that played like that. but i thould in would never work.

DontCrossMyanimals

I'm still on the fence with this title. The more I see video the less impressed I am with it.

I guess what really bugs me is the NPC shooting at you to no avail. What do I have to do? Sit still for a minute or two? It just adds comes off as cheezy, sure the game would suck if I died all the time...so give me other hurdles (pun) to overcome as this aspect really draws away from the potential imersion that games seems to be striving for. Maybe a more simple fix would be to add more cover for the player. I don't want the baddies to stand there pointing a gun at me and doing nothing or helis shootinga bunch of round at me in the opne and never hitting me. Too late now this game must be gold already. We'll see how it pans out, I hope this is a fun game. Good luck DICE. :)

SAKY

@VergessenHeld: My opinion, completely unfounded in any given facts, is that this is a difficulty mode thing. I believe that enemies get more deadly and more accurate the harder the difficulty level. Though I don't have any direct evidence that there even IS a difficulty mode, I'm comfortable in that belief.

Maldron

Wow I love it! WARNING - If you're afraid of heights or get vertigo. Don't play this game hehe

Orionsaint

My only gripe is that the bullets don't seem too thrillingly modeled. Crysis had good bullet damage effects, but I don't think these really draw you in enough.

CubemonkeyNYC

@ludwigk: They've said in interviews that since the setting isn't necessarily a real place, that they've exaggerated it to fit this particular world. So while the characters are human, they aren't necessarily our version of human. I don't mind some crazy stunts as long as the gameplay benefits from it and it's still at least a tiny bit grounded in reality.

Joebob-X

Dunno, it's an interesting concept, but the story and style are rather boring. These levels don't really look like anything you would encounter in real life except for the skyscraper sliding part. It would've been much more impressive it the setting was more true to life, now it's more like generic compounds filled with strategically placed poles and platforms.

blue bed

What's up with her knees and ankles? Mines would surely break with much lower drops... And it may be nitpicking from me, but when you land from such a drop, shouldn't you move slightly to recover your balance? It's as if she is a straight stick when she lands.

Also, I saw the game in action at an event recently and when the person who controls Faith isn't as good as the guy who plays for the trailers, it is a lot less fluid.

Anyways, I'm still interested, but I'll be cautious about this one and it is clearly not the first title on which I'll put my money on this fall.

WhiskeyJak

It looks fun. But ... I dunno. It's not blowing my mind. The only thing that really stands out to me is the fact that they bothered to work in multiple routes. That's not something you usually see in an FPS.

I thought that the whole first-person-perspective, with the hands and feet in the frame were supposed to enhance immersion, but for some reason it doesn't really feel immersive. I understand that 1-hit deaths aren't fun for the gamer, but it all seems very videogame-y. The gameplay is rife with accepted platformer paradigms. That's fine. I like platformers. But I prefer it when they don't have some strange pretense of realism lathered on. It feels like a fake tan looks.

shimage

@Somaed: Haha, I was thinking of writing the same thing. I'll gladly keep my barf bucket next to me while playing, though I think I'll be okay.

Joebob-X

@mablung: In addition to what was already said, I believe something was mentioned in a trailer about the main character's sister being kidnapped or something of the like.

Dragonis

@Severyo: I think he`s talking about the field of view?People have approx 180 degrees field of view in real life and most games have about 75 to 90 degrees.

UFO

@etchasketchist: @trogam: @johnjohnbmx: @retardedsushi:
It was stated before that the things are not actually red. A free-runner would be able to quickly realize what can be utilized to help them traverse an area. They would notice things like a ramp they could use to jump across a gap quicker than a regular person could. Because the majority of gamers dont have this sense of intuition, they simulate it by highlighting it. Its like the slow-mo feature in F.E.A.R. Time doesn't actually slow down, its just a way of simulating having faster reflexes than your enemy. Or the visible scent trails in Twilight Princess. I mean how else can you simulate tracking something's scent, unless you went all out and built a smell-o-vision?

Now, as to why said ramps exist, I offer up this explanation. I believe that a Ninja would, before infiltrating a palace or something, would send a student and hid something like a springboard to make a future escape easier. I imagine that something similar would be happening here.

Dragonis

@90sKid: Here's directions on how to get to the worship chamber. First, take out your hookshot.

What's a hookshot?

Oh, there's only one of them in the world, and it's in this graveyard at the other end of the country.

Ok...

Now, take your hookshot and use it to fling yourself over this gap. But watch out for the falling ceiling at the other side. Yeah, there are only certain squares on the floor you can stand in because the ceiling falls every 4 seconds...

dowingba

@karl_hungus: Oof, watch out. Cloral's is from Penny Arcade.

Bernard McGraw

@MugiMugi: played it at "play test" a while back, didn't crash, it'll be solid. If you don't want it to be buggy, get a console version.

Android8675

The great thing about Mirror's Edge is that no matter how much footage I see of it, no matter how close it gets to actual release and we realise what it really is and what it really isn't... I actually still want to play it quite badly.

It reminds me of Namco's Xbox game, Breakdown. In a good way.

Also, it is a scientific fact that all helicopter gunners are rubbish shots. Look it up.

kiigan

@B1ooDshOt: god I hope not.

Android8675

@Sandldan: City of Heroes and Crackdown had a very similar feel when you used superleap and flight to get around a large metropolis.

ludwigk

Any game that takes the FPS formula in a fresh, new direction is a winner in my book. Definitely worth a rental at least.

ArtemusWolfwood

@ludwigk: I do believe she's wall-running, using her momentum pushing off the building to run along the wall to her right, using it to move far enough downwards and to the right so she can land on the next building. I may be wrong though, but that's what I thought.

Definitely have a point about her seemingly super-human abilities. Maybe they'll have a reason for it in the story though, but it seems like whoever was playing in the videos is on an easy difficulty, seeing as their mistakes don't seem to effect them much.

Jayl3w

@Bauer22: Lawl, that would not work in many cities in the US haha. Not enough buildings are jumping distance haha..Wow..I can just imagine Indianapolis (my city)....that would be like...a 2 building trip..rest would have to be on sidewalk or something lol.

phosphor112

@MJDeviant: At 1:24 in the video...when playing how would you even know to jump off the wall, make a 90 degree turn towards a completely different direction and grab a poll unless it automatically does it for you?

I would have kept going straight and wouldn't even have been able to see the alternate route the way the view is setup. You can't exactly slow down since you're being shot at the entire time and it would take some momentum to jump that far I would think. (Like you couldn't do it if you just stopped, saw the jump and went for it because you wouldn't be able to make the distance)

Adam In Texas

@MugiMugi: Keep in mind most of their other games are the BF games, which are HUGE online games. I have to admit..BF 2142 was glitched out the ass. I had to threaten to file a class action lawsuit so my 2142 bundle pack would have the expansion pack to work...(If you didnt know thousands of people who bought the bonus pack cant activate their expansion pack) But that is on EAs part. Anyways.

This will be a good game. Looks fun, must buy for me.

phosphor112

Excuse me while I clean the vomit off my computer screen.

sex-target

@betterthantelevision: A lot of pipes, tubes, catwalks; all with similar colors to HL. In other places, the sterility reminds of Portals' cells' sterility.

somarix

I.. I want it.. :(

SatansBestBuddy

@Dragonis: I was wondering if anyone remembered that these things aren't actually red... :P

Thugmunk

I would just throw buckets of red paint everywhere...if everything is red how is she going to know where to grab/jump? huh?

BR4DL3I9H

I have "Faith" that this game will be incredible!

Ba dum PSH.

Aww...

TheMurderer

@JamPearl: Really? Really really?

TheMurderer

Looks like they have god mode on to make the runs smoother. As for the red objects, those are the objects that Faith sees that would lead to a good route. This can be turned off (along with the small reticle). But yeah, this games looks amazing. I might pick it up.

l057

I heard on a podcast a comparison
of this game to the Stuntman series,
where you have to learn the "correct"
route through punishing frustration
before you can pull of the carefully
choreographed series of elegant moves
that you see here.

Here's hoping it's more like Portal
meets Tomb Raider.

Sullyville

@emag: I like the jumping in TF2. It's all about getting a feel for things.

UltimatePancakeSensation

I'm a bit confused. I'm super excited for this title, but that was a lot of running away and a lot of getting shot at without actually getting shot. I hope that's not what the whole game ends up being like.

Why wasn't she being hit? If constant movement makes it so that you can't get shot, then the shooting becomes meaningless...there has to be some sort of trick to not getting shot when there's that much fire happening...and it didn't seem like she was doing anything special besides traversing the level.

UltimatePancakeSensation

As a traceur, I get more and more impressed every time I see this game

Pyro-Dude

this is hot, this will be a great hd gaming experience

Space Dust

@Antiterra: It just needs a bright producer to put the game mechanics to use. The animated story trailer was abominable. Suda51, please?

blue bed

@Tyheam:

You know what game I'm wary of? Left 4 Dead. Or rather, the reviews of it that are going to be on Kotaku, since Valve have obviously bought the site for a while .

dronkmunk

I'm sorry, but the lack of an ending where she falls over dead with 300 bullet holes in her body ruins it for me. If you're going to have a helicopter with a machine gun, it has to pose an actual threat. Seeing countless bullets literally go through her consistently annoyed me.

That said, the music is in fact awesome. 90s euro electronica was ballstastic. Real McCoy is win.

Bobby McPresscott

@Morpork:

Yeah, I don't get why they keep missing her with their shots. They're all elite graduates from Empire University's Storm Trooper School.

doubtful

@theblob: Game reminds me a lot of the Prince of Persia only in first person mode.

However, while the game looks good, it also looks so damn sterile. I don't know how much of a game they can get out of this. It looks more like a tech demo than anything.

Consider me on the fence.

FrigidAir44

The "Flight" clip looked a little too Wile E. Coyote for me. I mean, I don't jump building rooftops in my spare time, but that looks way too unreal.

boopadoo

I'm still interested, but I have to admit a couple things bothered me. Especially in the 2nd video, the jumps and grapples are so magnetic. There's a definite, too obvious pull going on that steers you towards the correct grip or landing. Like your hands are magnets. I understand the need, but make it less automatic looking. Also, the gun-play looks iffy (I know it's not the focus) and the slowdown during, pulls you out of the really well done environment.

It still has some time to simmer, so I'm not that worried.

Killtacular

I have alot of.... belief in this game. The music alone very much appeals to my taste, Its very reminscent of 90's electro music al a Robert Miles.

I used to love those games with that music back then, man I hope alot more follow in DICE's "footsteps".... dammit! Anyway more devs should get inspired by the soundtrack here.

luxusa

The only other game I've ever played that REALLY nailed the excitement and fear of being pursued and having to think on your feet was Half Life 2. Hopefully this game does that too.

SentientPudding

@phosphor112: hilarious!

cppoet

I had to watch these videos on GTrailers thanks to Kotaku's sucky video player.

oblivian92

@BallPtPenTheif: too bad most if not all players would be frustrated always getting pwned in that level if they gave the gunner an aimbot.

phrequency

@blue bed: About Suda51, I can't wait to see how he will use the Unreal Engine 3. DICE are exploring new avenues with Mirror's Edge (it doesn't scream UE3 at first glance), and I'm sure Grasshopper will, too.

Also: No More Heroes 2, please.

Antiterra

Wow, this game keeps getting more awesome...
From what I've seen so far, I thought that you couldn't actually shoot people.

All the other trailers had Faith either dodging bullets or using weapons to knock people down... not actually shoot them.

And just in time... I was about to publish a topic about it on my own blog.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

That machine gunner in the helicopter is a horrible shot. Keep working on that AI boys & gals.

BallPtPenTheif

This is looking really cool. Can't wait for the demo to come out.

WolfGod

What I want to see is them take this engine and game mechanics, make it a huge, free roaming city, add some rope arrows (no "climbing gloves") and make a proper sequel to "Thief."

Garrett running and jumping around like this, rather than direct confrontation, seems right up my ally.

PapaBear434

@Thugmunk: People are too quick to nitpick and nay-say.

Dragonis

@nflsonic: That's what the time trials are for. Though I imagine the time trials would be give you even more replay value if there was split screen multi or something so you could play with friends.

Joebob-X

@dronkmunk: I'm sorry if a gaming company is actually doing a good job making good games nowadays.. i'll tell them to start making more bad ones so people wont like them anymore. K? k..

Cosmitzian

@Dragonis: A runner vission which CAN be turned off.. so once you get accoustomed to the game style, i doubt you'd want to keep that helper on.

Cosmitzian

@Android8675: Console games have bugs too. Rock Band 2 wiping your entire band out on 360? Remember that? What about in Assassin's Creed on the PS3 where it would just lock up?

Dragonis

Wow, just awesome. Feeling a little less worried about my pre-order now after watching those videos. Only thing that kind of worries me is the replay value. But I guess as long as the game is a fun and intense trip, then it will be worth it.

nflsonic

I can't wait. The first time I saw this all I thought was a game starring TF2's Scout. PURE WIN.

ZaxCG2

Wow.

Naysayers beware, this game looks simply stunning. And plays like its stunning as well, by the looks of it.

Damn, why did I ask for this for christmas instead gettin it on release!?!?!?

Ursus-Veritas

I'm glad to see that this game isn't going to be as linear as following obviously placed brightly colored objects.

That was pretty much one of my only worries about this game.

FigrotiLives

I'm kinda starting to feel like this is a really great game mechanic in search of a game. Yes, it was impressive the first video I saw, but there's not been a video that doesn't take place on the same set of silvery-blue skyscrapers with orange highlights on the same cloudless day with the same events and outcomes.

Is there any versatility here? Do we visit an older district? Chinatown? Maybe on a rainy day? Or night? For that matter, where's the ground? Where are the interiors of buildings?

And I wonder if ropes or hang gliders will be incorporated. I just feel like there's not enough meat here to go a whole game. If it was one level in some larger game, it would be outstanding.

Narsil

@retardedsushi: Police station in Resi 2 anyone?

'Dude I need the 'spade' key to get into the file room!!'

'Ok, I'll tell you one last time, you need to get the Unicorn Medal from under Chris's diary and insert it into the fountain!'

'...........I thought you were joking...'

Major0celot

mirror's edge: the running away.

moominsean

Anyone else notice the bullet holes at the end with light streaming through them? Awesome.

Numanoid

@Cloral: @Dragonis: Dragonis I hope there is an option to turn the red color off to make the game harder, would be fun trying to guess by yourself how to complete the puzzles.

HELLSRIDER

@Cosmitzian: You can actually turn it off? I thought that its prevalence diminished as the game progressed.

Well, same effect, I suppose.

Dragonis

I don't see the appeal for this game. I really don't. Sure it looks good, but jumping form building to building just feels boring to me. Everyone is hyping this game up to be amazing, it seems mediocre to me.

Ken Hikari

Oh I'm getting this game.

avgbear

@Adam In Texas: actually, you could see the red pole as faith gets up on the box. it seems logical to go that way due to the way the game is designed.

and besides, what makes you think its the first run of the stage? maybe on the first run i would have missed it, yes. but after running through several more times to find the best route, i would have thought of that path as well.

it's all about momentum and the timing of it all. :) it's shaping up to be a fantastic game. xD will buy of course ;)

Soulgenesis

@futurebiblehero: If you find out let me know. Even watching these clips makes me a bit ill.

fatheadwilson

This game looks pretty dam good.

Double_J169

let's hope they don't pull an assassin's creed...gimmicky, substance-less trailer makers...

stevesan

@Numanoid: It's a nice touch, though probably scripted.

boopadoo

I thik this game'll get pretty repetitive if they don't offer multiple paths. A game like this should ideally be sandbox.

Also, the bit where she slides down the side of the building diagonally just wouldn't happen. She'd just go down in a straight line. In order to go down diagonal she'd have to go slow and shift herself over or go down on her feet.

Bergerac

Didn't we learn from Halflife that the FPS is the worst venue for a jumping puzzle? Now, they have gone and added mid-air 90-degree direction shifts. Those won't be at all frustrating, will they?

I'll play it, but they probably won't get any of my money.

shteevie

I just hope the controls aren't messy to the point where you'll fall off every cliff or edge at least twice before you make it somewhere. Other than that small doubt this game has me quite excited.

yamiseth

The game looks good, the only thing that bothers me is the character design.... it's too Aeon Flux/Ultra Violet for me. If they would get rid of the eye tatoo it wouldn't be so bad, but that's just me.

Rev

@Tyheam:
I look forward to this game because its slick, its designed by a respected development house, and parkour + electronia + dystopia is definitely still cool.

knyghtryda

@Lazureus:

I don't know about you, but I kinda suck at finding alternative routes. So hopefully the nicely placed red objects can help me find me way through.

Chris3000

@mablung: Oh, so essentially Y.T in Snow Crash.

Tiger-Fever

@shteevie:

And Portal taught us that it could be the best venue ever for a jumping puzzle...

FigNewton

Looks like what Assassin's Creed should have played like.

These games should have babies... And maybe metal gear can be big uncle so it's not just an engine and actually has an interesting storyline.

z357x

This is one game that absolutely demands a "hardcore" mode. Limited saves, realistic health, and bad guys with lots of guns. The second clip where she get shot TWICE by a high powered sniper rifle kinda took the suspension of disbelief and tossed it out the window. Other that that... THE GAME IS LOOKING AWESOME!!!!

knyghtryda

I sure hope they have some free running fights like in district B13.

chumpwagonrider

@somarix:

"Thank you for bringing me your sister's severed head, Faith"

Mr. Tambourine Man

@Morpork: While it does strike me as highly unlikely she wouldn't have gotten hit in all that, remember that weapons of that sort ARE more for area suppression.

Also, I imagine it has a lot to do with the impression of epic cinematic gameplay versus realism.

I like the volumetric light shining through the fresh bulletholes in the solar panels. :D

TheBakachan

Is it just me or does the main character's face scare the shit out of me?

Dunno.

eyeshield

@Antiterra: I know, me too. I can imagine Killer7's acid color scheme in full scale with ue, but since it's a horror game and EA, I'm afraid it will be more on the realistic side. There's still overall design and plot, but it's usually the visual style that makes me happy about Suda's games.

blue bed

@TheBakachan: It depends, if it was the usual mounted M240 then yeah I can see it not hitting much.

Now if it was the M134 she would be in pieces, since that beautiful piece of machinery is accurate as hell. Basically whatever you point it at while firing is screwed.

Witzbold

I'm glad to see their lighting and textures have improved notably. However, the colors are also less bold. Try not to look like just another shooter, okay?

I'm also not entirely digging the fact that the number of different voices I've heard so far totals 3. I hope there's a little more variety in the voice acting and a little less commentary over the radio.

psychobaka

Parkour FTW !

Nexus6

@heddtrauma: three days ago, I just got Penny Arcade's comic's title "Ye of little Faith".

Gunhaver

I was thrilled just watching the game... I can't wait to get me hands on it...

posjed

The breakthrough here is that we're seeing a game doing something DIFFERENT. That's to be praised. That's what gamers want. Anyway, even if the game ends up sucking, I've got one word: Immersion. I'm already seeing lots of it in the clips.

prototype945

@heddtrauma:
ah. Thanks for that.

prototype945

This may be the only title where I am ever inclined to say "DON'T LOOK DOWN, FOR GOD'S SAKES!" to someone playing it.

#Rant ahead#

The little FPS bit going on was nice. I'm a huge FPS fan but today I've gotten a bit tired of the whole "Oh, you get like 5 bullets!" thing, but that turns out to be a lie. This seems more interesting; keeping guns would actually impede your progress and you rarely get to use them.

Also: I hope there is no HUD. This looks immersive enough.

This seems like the sort of game where I would get lost, even with the red objects. But we'll see; in general, I like it the looks of this.

Askiba

it almost seems like the freestyling of assassins creed was isolated and then purified

moethemoblin

I am so fucking excited for this game that I didn't even watch the video because I don't want anything to be spoiled for me.

Jorw

looks amazing... but i dont know if i'll be any good at it.

joeloliol

Wow. The graphics are amazing, the effects are cool. But I tell you what, guys, the idea sucks. But this game's still gonna be cool, won't it?

I think EA has just renewed my faith in them!

-=}{oT~dEv1L 666=-

@B1ooDshOt: I'd love to do like a real-time online running man kind of game. Like a race, but on foot. Just be given a massive city map to play in, starting location and destination and first person there wins.

Hedgeworth

I hope it has like 'time trail' rooms, a 'freeroam' mode where you can just explore without restrictions of fighting, and a level editor.

If it comes with a level editor I'll definatly pick it up for PC.

Eternal

I highly doubt gameplay will actually be that smooth unless you have the entire area memorized (as this player clearly did). I could never play this game because I'd be too cautious about those huge jumps and get killed...

HulkShmash

@90sKid: LOL!

Kaneda