Mirror's Edge Catalyst:
>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
>ubisoft-style open world, with filler missions and lots of collectible thingies
>you need to get XP to level up and unlock parkour manouvers (even simple ones like swinging on a pipe)
>more focus on story
>combat is optional but is almost not-optional (gotta get XP to unlock new parkour moves)
Do you think this game can be good anyway?
>gotta get XP to unlock new parkour moves
>>334483217
Who cares? I want to whine about Faith's face and feminists.
i knew it. i just knew they would take all the wrongs cues of open world for fucking first person platformer.
>Have a recent EA game that people actually like
>Simple and fun
>Okay, time to make it open world
>you're supposed to be some super-fast deliverywoman
>you have to murder people to get XP to learn how to move faster
well, i guess that's why nobody cares about it when deliverypeople kill someone in the streets of china
a van run over somebody? Just getting XP bro, gotta learn how to do table flips so you can shout I DON'T WANT NO TRABBU
Also simplified controls. Absolutely disgusting.
I saw there's a grappling hook in the unlocks. That's what ruined the parkour in Dying Light, which was somewhat okay there since by the time you got it the game was more about combat than running away. But what the fuck are they thinking adding one here?
>>334484124
that should've been obvious from the day they had Anita show up as a consultant, when Anita thought having to press two buttons was TOO HARD for gurl gamurs (meanwhile japanese 3 year olds have been capable of pressing two buttons to play a game since fucking MARIO was released in the 80s)
>>334484605
huuurrrr
>>334484124
Simplified controls? Dude they are the exact same, at least what I can tell from the prompts.
>>334484895
Nope. Feith now jumps on obstacles automatically - you just need to hold one button like in ass creed games.
>>334483217
Just shut the fuck up and by the game like everyone else will.
>>334487217
ahahahahaa
>get XP to level up and unlock parkour manouvers
>>334487123
>>334483217
>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
Did you not play the first game? It did this shit too.
I hate you so much EA
>>334483217
Faith still looks like she suffers from Down's Syndrome.
you fucks will bitch about anything
>>334487123
Thanks Anita.
>tfw had an odd dream about ME Catalyst being complete piece of shit
>wake up
>it seems like an alright game
how do I get rid of nightmares /v/? I have no troubles falling asleep but I get bad dreams every night.
>>334483217
>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
The first game had this as well and you can turn that off. In the first game it had obvious hints only in the first parts of the game, and I'm pretty sure it will be like that in Catalyst as well. I will turn that off anyway, so I don't care.
>ubisoft-style open world, with filler missions and lots of collectible thingies
I kinda like that approach in this case because I've been replaying ME1 for years. More content is good even it is filler content. It's EA so DLC is inevitable, and it's alright as well if you ask me. A lot of people were demanding open world so if sequel would be a linear game it would get even more hate
>you need to get XP to level up and unlock parkour manouvers (even simple ones like swinging on a pipe)
Don't care really
>more focus on story
But it was bad in ME, so what's wrong with them trying to improve that aspect?
What I don't like is the cyberpunk setting and teenage movie-style plot. I can forgive that, though. It seems like all new EA games suck at things I don't give a shit about - I really enjoyed new NFS, and I've never used manual transmission before, core gameplay was pretty good, so I had fun. pretty sure I will have some fun with new ME as well.
>>334483217
>ubisoft-style open world, with filler missions and lots of collectible thingies
>you need to get XP to level up and unlock parkour manouvers (even simple ones like swinging on a pipe)
How fucking STUPID do you need to be to not even understand your own fucking game?
>>334488975
"open-world" and "focus on story" are two goals that directly conflict with each other.
>have to get exp to unlock moves
>open world with collectibles
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK JUST WHY FUCK FUCK YOU SO MUCH EA.
I can deal with the gigantic red line showing you exactly where to go and how to do things, because i'll just turn it off and keep the items glowing red like in the original. I can also deal with simpler controls because whatever. But i can't deal with this bullshit that you have to actually run around and grind enemies for exp to unlock shit, are you fucking kidding me? That is not mirror's edge at all. Fuck everything.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/04/14/mirroras-edge-catalyst-is-not-an-open-world-game-nor-should-it-be
>people will still buy this because MUH WOMYN PROTAGS, MUH COLOURS
It's sad because no matter how mediocre or bad a game turns out, people STILL buy games like this and support shit companies like EA. They say to vote with your wallet, but people don't do research. They just see "OOOHH GAME LOOK FUN HERE TAKE MONEY ALL OF IT XD".
>>334488975
>The first game had this as well and you can turn that off. In the first game it had obvious hints only in the first parts of the game, and I'm pretty sure it will be like that in Catalyst as well. I will turn that off anyway, so I don't care.
You can turn off the "JUMP HERE!!!" and "THIS WAY BRO" things, but apparently you can't turn the red indicators (like there were in the 1st game) off anymore.
>>334489091
I don't understand why you would put basic movement behind XP unlocks. I mean I'm sure the logic is "play the game the way YOU want to; fully edit your character how you want" except that's bullshit. Can anyone think of these open world games where you're either not given enough XP to get everything or that doesn't have one ability/path that's clearly superior to everything else so everyone levels up the same way?
>>334490259
>apparently
>>334483217
First game showed you where to go, when will this meme of it holding your hand end.
I'm not one to preemptively call a game shit
but i think this game is DoA
>>334491164
The reviewer I watched showed the menu for it, there was no option to remove the red glow, only the indicators.
>>334490998
>>I don't understand why you would put basic movement behind XP unlocks.
It's to draw in the CoD crowd, who NEED forced progression in a game.
Who /dayonepurchase/ here?
>>334493070
only (You)you you
>>334493070
>baiting this shamelessly
>>334491708
i get it
>>334487123
No, its left bumper like usual.
>>334483217
>need to unlock fucking default moves in the previous game
How much lower can EA get? Having to pay for EXP boosts?
>>334494070
>Having to pay for EXP boosts?
>implying this won't happen
>mfw the game is shit
>the failure of the game is going to be pointed towards the uproar people made about feminists being involved in the production
>devs say mysoginists are hating the game because female protag and feminist influence, which they will point out to be minor but use it to show how much gamers hate wiminz
>the whole thing was a ploy by the sjw's so they can show a game with a female lead being slammed by the majority of gamers.
>mfw we've been playingvidyawhilst they've been playing chess
So how long before the ability to roll is a microtransaction?
>>334483217
wtf happened to her face?
>First person
>platformer
This is where you should've known. The original game wasn't that good and was five hours long.
>>334494297
The original game really was good.
>>334494285
They changed her look, it's a reboot, not a sequel/prequel (think Tomb Raider). /v/ has been whining about it as if it's some elaborate feminist plot for months.
>>334483217
Why do people pretend to care about this "franchise" when the first game wasn't even that good?
>>334494635
A lot of people here replay it at least once a year
>>334493070
Eh, maybe. Depends on how much it's priced at in my country
>>334494246
I'm sure it'll have a unlock everything pack for $20 like every other game with xp progression
>>334494726
>A lot of people here replay a short linear story-driven first person platformer with qtes and forced fighting segments at least once a year
I'll never understand that.
>>334494297
That's why you play it lots of times
>>334495058
Because the gameplay is among one of the most solid, especially among modern games bloated with shit interfering with your controls and make them seem scripted
>>334487123
[citation needed]
everyone who's been to cons say it's identical to the original, quit spreading shit for (you)s
>>334494285
nothing
>>334495058
>QTEs
>Forced fighting
Good to know that you haven't actually played it
I'm hoping she ends up with the arm tattoo at the end. Project Icarus was the end result of the bad guys in the first game, i'm just hoping the the Icarus character doesn't end up being bad because of stupid shit.
>>334483329
her face is fine
>>334483217
you can probably get xp from just doing missions and side missions but i get your anger as these were thing that just existed in the previous game.
>>334483217
>EA making a sequel to an unexpectedly popular game
Anyone who ever believed this could be good was deluding themselves. Of course it's going to be terrible. They will have tried to hone in on what made the original game popular, missed the point, picked all the wrong things, focus tested the shit out of those things with the completely wrong people, then dissected those things to try and monetise them as best they can.
Hell, if nothing else: full cutscenes where you see faith in third person. That alone kinda slaps the original in the face.
>>334495058
>story-driven
I have 40 hours in the game and genuinely don't know what the story is
>>334483217
>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
Same that the first game with the red color?
>ubisoft-style open world, with filler missions and lots of collectible thingies
Same that every Ubi games since Ass Creed 1
>>334495450
iirc the first trailer was her making that tattoo
>that character model
ya looks good ship it
>>334494726
>a lot
Fucking please.
>>334483329
nice joke
>>334495698
whats the problem she is not a boob monster
>>334495702
Well
4chan consist only of you, me and that other guy.
So if I'm playing and you guys aren't, then that's about 33% of us all.
And that is a lot
>>334494427
It's not a reboot it's a direct sequel.
>>334484124
Mirror's Edge was already a cinematic game where press one button with very loose timing and you do some extravagant parkour move.
Game was shallow as hell.
>>334495874
it's really not
>>334495867
It was me all along, by the way.
>>334495058
So you obviously didn't play the game at all.
>>334495602
>Same that the first game with the red color?
No, this time it literally gives you a line to follow. The stuff you can interact with having a red color isn't optional this time, either.
>Same that every Ubi games since Ass Creed 1
Exactly, and it's shit.
Literally all I wanted was more mirrors edge with
>more engaging story
>no run stoppers (valves/THOSE SHIPS FUCKING DOORS/etc)
>Maybe a couple new manoeuvres thrown in
What we'll get
>assassins watchvision 2 fps edition
This makes me sad
>>334496132
how
>>334496123
http://www.mirrorsedge.com/news/runners-vision-in-mirrors-edge-catalyst
>Depending on your player style you’ll be able to pick a fitting setting. If you want your exploration to be completely undisturbed you can turn Runner’s Vision off, and if you want some guidance to keep momentum, Classic and Full View are good choices.
>>334487123
this is bait
controls are confirmed to be identical to the first game
>Faith wears shoes to sleep
The true crime.
>>334496036
Huh you're right. I could've sworn I saw a gameplay video where the guy claims that despite what people believe, it IS a direct sequel. But I just rewatched it and all he says at the start is "it's two years later".It WAS Brad, though.
>>334483329
>he doesn't realize the game has been dumbed down to appeal to feminists who will only play it for one hour after their beta followers gift it to them
oh anon
>>334496270
Huh, I guess the guy in the OP video was too dumb to find the option, then.
>>334483485
It's not recent, it's almost ten years old
>>334496592
Watch the dev diaries. They state MULTIPLE times that it's not a sequel, but a reboot, with only the "core ideas" of ME1.
>>334495874
It has been stated multiple goddamn times that this shit is a complete reboot
It takes some elements and snippets of the first game's story and setting to create something new. Certain older areas of the new city for instance, will look similar to the original City.
Same people, same names, same city but different story and approach.
>>334496592
How about you know for sure from a direct source before being a retard? So many people claim to know it's a sequel/prequel when several times in interviews and official presentations they said it was a reboot.
>>334496835
You're also a retard for assuming it wasn't optional. The old game let you turn it off too. No idea why you were persistent on saying it wasn't optional when you obviously don't know shit.
>>334496592
If you read the comments most people are trashing him.
Regardless of how bad he was though, i liked what i saw.
>>334489091
>How fucking STUPID do you need to be to not even understand your own fucking game?
considering this is an actualy statement from DICE; “It’s scary to go back and try to remake an old fan favorite when actually no-one can really put their finger on what it is people love.", it's easy to see exactly how stupid they are.
>>334496889
That reminds me, maybe one day we'll get Beyond Good & Evil 2. One day.
>>334497045
Wow you're quite a touchy individual.
>>334496445
Why are you trying to mislead people?
You can't turn off the guide, it's actually a dumb prequel that was programmed by Anita herself and only requires you to press a button to do everything.
>>334497045
Why are you so angry?
B-b-but they had Anita-san help them!
>>334497143
>>334497446
Because people intentionally mislead people and the threads always derail into mindless arguments that have no sake of existing?
Watching the early gameplay videos it is amusing to see that EA's dystopian future corporation is basically just EA.
>>334497628
Whereas what, otherwise the thread would've been a perfectly civil discussion full of people making completely backed up, researched and relevant points?
Do you realise where the fuck you are?
>>334483217
There will be blood when you have to unlock jumping or sprinting. Lots of blood. Anita's gonna get her hymen so torn she'll remember the shoah
>>334497628
Just calm down buddy, you're on an image board, it's not life or death
>>334496889
>it's almost ten years old
The enemies look and behave exactly like the bad guys in the last couple of Battlefield games' single player campaigns, right down to them suddenly transitioning out of that awkward idle animation on detecting the player. You just do multiple finisher animations instead of instantly winning one to defeat them.
Did anyone else really like the appearance and sound of the guns in the first ME, if nothing else I don't think its future lay in becoming a shooter but I don't think this was a good direction to take either.
>>334483217
>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
well as long as you can disable HUD elements and shit it should be OK
>you need to get XP to level up and unlock parkour manouvers (even simple ones like swinging on a pipe)
mfw
please tell me you're not required to use guns at least
>>334498120
Well, ok, it's coming up on eight this November
>>334498347
You can't pick up guns at all
>>334487123
>>334498434
hmmm
I'm sure that just means enemy AI will have a terrible shot. When it was optional, it was a challenge to go through without a gun.
>>334483217
>Those facial textures
>mfw
>>334497267
You're talking to Anita, probably
>>334498674
You literally cannot pick up a gun. They've made that pretty clear. It probably has something to do with Faith having a bad memory with a gun as a kid and promising herself to never use one again.
>>334498874
Or id guns
YOU HAVE CHANGED
I HAVE CHANGED
JUST LIKE YOU
JUST LIKE YOU
>>334496989
There's also a quote where someone says that it's not a reboot though. I don't think even DICE knows what it really is.
>>334498874
>>334498971
yes and I mean that the developers are going to make the game easier to avoid getting shot since you don't have any choice to shoot back.
In the first one, guns were optional. Hence if you wanted to go through easier you pick up a gun, going without a gun was an extra challenge. Now it's the norm and will be made easier to avoid gunfire.
There's literally nothing wrong with upgrading if it's done right, literally every single good action game has upgrades
There's literally nothing wrong with gunplay in a parkour game. Honestly it would be great if they refined the shit controls of the guns and implemented the gunplay into the parkour
There's literally nothing wrong with open world.
There's literally nothing wrong with something showing you the general path, especially if the game is open world. Mirror's Edge did this anyways through the use of red and white. The game is about flow and control, not trying to figure out a fucking path
Fuck off whining about this casualization bullshit. I'm better at Mirror's Edge than anyone in this thread and Mirror's Edge had a lot of room for improvement.
>>334483217
>Unlock parkour maneuvers
Why must everything I love be ruined
>>334483217
>upgrades
>>334493070
>>334488975
Took me two minutes to figure out you weren't talking about Mass Effect 1, I was kinda confused
>>334499197
Upgrading means that they can't design anything assuming that you have those upgrades, meaning level quality is likely sacrificed. Best case is that there are multiple routes where having an upgrade means a more efficient route.
>it would be great if they refined the shit controls of the guns and implemented the gunplay into the parkour
lol too hard, guns removed
It wasn't enough that you had to find the red objects or doors to progress, now there is a red ghost that you just follow as if you were on rails.
You really have to cater to the lowest of the low brain dead retards to put something in there like that.
>>334499842
Yeah, and open world also makes level design harder. It's a shitfest.
>>334499307
Money. Always money.
>>334497143
>>334498708
What the FUCK are you dumbshits talking about?
The control Scheme is exactly the same one of the first game, with one button for jumping and vaulting over an obstacle, and the other for crousching/sliding under.
8/10 made me fucking reply
>>334502623
It's strange because this game doesn't really seem like it has a lot of mass appeal anyway. But I guess that happens pretty often, they take some niche title and try to broaden the audience, which just alienates the only people who would actually want to play it
>>334489091
>>334490998
You can get XP outside of combat. Doing time trials and collecting Crackdown-esque orbs litered around will you get what you need for movement
>>334483217
>>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
the first game also did that
Who still hypede for the OST here?
I still have the looped track from the trailer that came out 3 years ago. The open world combined with the dynamic music based on your music will be so fucking relaxing for me.
>>334503842
I honestly can't tell if it's just mindless baiting or if they're shitposting with an agenda. Maybe a bit of column A, a bit of column B.
i just came back from the adult video store adjacent to the gamestop and the entire asian american shelf is empty
>>334483217
And the press will be like
>nice evolution
>dev really nailed it this time
>Faith isn't an empty shell anymore
>lots of things to do
>fuck yeah they get rid of gunfights
>8/10
>>334483217
>>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
pretty sure the first one did that too
>>334509864
Not the way it does in the new game.
In the first you had some red spots.
In Catalyst you have a red ghost who runs right before you.
>>334509359
Tell me how the controls are any different from the first game. The only difference is that certain basic moves are now hidden behind unlockable skills, but the button scheme is exactly the same as movement is concerned.
>>334510001
>In Catalyst you have a red ghost who runs right before you.
This sounds worse than prostate cancer.
>>334510143
I'm not telling you that. I'm talking about the others who are.
>>334483217
Since when was Mirror's Edge good?
The first game was a snorefest. The novelty of the parkour wore off quickly.
>>334511890
It had insanely good atmosphere. Most games fail at that.
>>334483217
I hope they leave an option to turn some of that path finding shit off like in the first game
>>334483302
Actually that kinda makes sense...
>>334498874
Did Faith suddenly get over that by the next game?
ONE
BUTTON
MOVEMENT
fucking cunts
>>334513647
it has been confirmed, you can turn off any kind of path/help both during missions and on free roam (of course). I heard by default, it's on in missions, but as I said, you can turn it off
>>334514129
This gotta be OP baiting for replies, no other explanation
>>334513995
Who knows, we haven't played the next game yet, have we.
>>334514385
>OP baiting for replies
install 4chan x faggot
and no, the controls have literally been streamlined to fuck
>>334514420
Catalyst is a prequel. Mirror's Edge is the next story-wise chronologically speaking
>>334514129
I heard the entire game is just one long cutscene
>>334514526
Nah, though. Nah.
>>334514565
nah it isn't that bad pham
what's with all the fags itt defending the game already
EA shilling doesn't start until the month of release
>>334483217
>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
Just like the first one
>ubisoft-style open world, with filler missions and lots of collectible thingies
Nice, more stuff to do and you can chill in the city all you like
>you need to get XP to level up and unlock parkour manouvers (even simple ones like swinging on a pipe)
Nice, progresion its fine and doesn't allow you to be OP from the start
>combat is optional but is almost not-optional (gotta get XP to unlock new parkour moves)
You can get xp on different ways, also the combat lools better, unlike the first game
I guess its just going to feel different
>>334514634
I hadn't thought of it that way.
It's a good game, it's just not a good Mirror's Edge game.
>>334514807
I just like being right tbqhwy. I point out misinformation when I see it.
>>334515073
That "meme" is too old. Stop that.
Graphically it looks just like ME from 2009, why is one DICE team so good at graphics (Battlefront) and the others are so bad (ME)?
>>334483217
>>334495450
>her face is fine
Japanese women do not look like that you fucking faggots
>>334483217
>>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
You can turn off the runner's vision, or activate a more simplistic version of it (more like how it was in the original)
>>334498324
that made me so moist
>>334513784
No it doesn't. Faith is a skilled runner already.
>>334483217
>tfw she'll probably acquire new tattoos when she acquires new skills
>>334483485
>oh look, a game people liked and it became a cult hit, better make a sequel, ok what do we need
>open world
>real time game, so we need basic moves being part of a level up system
>cutscenes, lots of cutscenes, kids like cutscenes
>we need lots of lensflares, people liked the artstyle so we need lens flares and chromatic aberration to make it pop
>I wonder if we should add crafting
>oh, kids love side missions
>and collectibles
>>334515515
tbqh it's like hitman
there's something about the graphics that just look dated, as if nothing has improved whatsoever since a decade ago
Can you disable the trail that shows you where to go? It really is some bullshit, I don't need the game holding my hand like that.
>>334515003
>Nice, more stuff to do and you can chill in the city all you like
>Nice, progresion its fine and doesn't allow you to be OP from the start
>You can get xp on different ways, also the combat lools better, unlike the first game
0.25 shekels deposited into your PayPal.
>>334517361
my favorite part about this meme is how it absolves the user of any discussion
>>334517196
>objective marker
>holo-trail
>holo-ghost
>red highlight
I think ME:C might be the game with the most handholding as far as direction is concerned. All they're missing is a minimap with a line telling you where to go and a Crazy Taxy arrow and they would have literally done everything possible.
>>334517557
You forgot rewind feature.
>>334517557
Those can all be disabled though, right?
One of the reason the first game was cool was because it was the environment that clued you in with colors, not some BS magic cocaine trail you follow.
>>334483217
>>the game literally shows you where to go, where to jump etc
You mean like the first game?
Original Faith was a qt, fuck EA
>>334518117
The new one is a qt too.
>>334514506
fuck you
no
read the goddamn thread, watch some videos on the fucking tube
same controls, with unlockable skills bullshit
eat a bag of shit
>that western asian girl design
why do you closet homos insist on angry faced fridges
>>334517068
I get hating the other stuff, but why is everyone shitting on collectibles?
I think it's a neat idea, especially if they provide more information about the world and whatnot. Mirror's Edge has a neat world that's only slightly touched upon, and finding newspaper articles, documents, etc would be a good way to expand that world in a way that doesn't bog down the main story.
If they're going to get me to care about the open world gameplay they're better be more shit to do than
>filler
>unlock more moves so I can parkour around the city faster than I already can
Jesus Christ I want this game to be good. But it's not going to be. Fuck this gay earth.
>>334496458
She's american she can't help it.
