Seems like it.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst EA Access Trial Now Live
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Seems like it.
This was my vibe from the beta and I'm glad to see it's similar in the full game trial.
Great graphics do not a great game make. (Though they help of course.)
ITT I learned people care more about IQ than gameplay
Aye
The wall run is the only aspect I'm not so keen on. It feels slightly inconsistent.
Oh really?
Yo, full runner vision is wack.
I originally played the original without any but there are way too many UI options with no visual info on what exactly I'm turning off.
Is there anything under "gameplay" that I must enable?
Like, what does the option Stamina and Focus do? I guess it shows my health, but can I tell just with the corners of the screen anyway? And what does it mean by Focus?
I originally played the original without any but there are way too many UI options with no visual info on what exactly I'm turning off.
Is there anything under "gameplay" that I must enable?
Like, what does the option Stamina and Focus do? I guess it shows my health, but can I tell just with the corners of the screen anyway? And what does it mean by Focus?
Played for about 45 minutes and it's pretty good. Obviously can't tell if there's $60 worth of content here yet.
I like it better than the first game so far which I only played 4-5 hours of on PS3 since it was free. Definitely a lot more polished. Open world seems to fit it well and skill upgrades give you some progression. Combat's serviceable enough. Easier to tell where to go.
Seems like there's more of an emphasis on the actual running + fighting thus far and not "constantly running from the bad guys as fast as you can".
I like it better than the first game so far which I only played 4-5 hours of on PS3 since it was free. Definitely a lot more polished. Open world seems to fit it well and skill upgrades give you some progression. Combat's serviceable enough. Easier to tell where to go.
Seems like there's more of an emphasis on the actual running + fighting thus far and not "constantly running from the bad guys as fast as you can".
Yes, its basically the whole game early.
NullPointer
Member
You got that sense even from a limited demo? Was there a lot of unavoidable combat? Or just too much combat encounters in general?
It's not so much that there is more combat -- it's just the only thing really separating this and the other game (outside of the more open-world approach). In the first game you only needed one well times attack to disarm. But in this you hit them until they run out of health.
The combat isn't bad though. It's very spatial. Personally though, it's not for me. It was the weakest part of the original and there's more of it.
Runner's vision makes going from quest to quest very A to B as you get used to it, and because the world design isn't as scripted as it was in the other game, at the very least (and hour in) it isn't very exciting. Turning Runner's vision off is preferable, but again, this isn't as simple as the correct way, long way and short cut. There's so many directions you can take to get to an area and even if one is faster than the other, it's never made clear that it is.
But I'll try to get the rest of my trial done to see how this game goes. I suspect that there are Story missions that will be far more exciting than the rest of the game.
tl;dr this game has all the sorts of problems I thought it would have when being open world
There's a time trial called a Dead Drop Delivery, get to A to B as fast as possible right? On the way there are two collectables. If I pick up the collectables (which cause me to fail the time trial), I don't keep them when I retry it. That's really... really stupid.
EDIT:
So instead of giving us a more subtle visual cue for which doors we can open, you have a big [RT] sign appear on the doors as you get pretty damn close to them, even with Runner's vision off. Why not just make all the open ones a certain colour like in the original? =/
I think I'll just post a list of impressions in a blog somewhere and not clutter this thread.
blackMamba1187
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Played for about an hour on PC at mostly Ultra (textures on high) 1440p unlocked fr w/gsync. Wasn't monitoring framerate, but felt ok for the most part. Have some lights flickering, which I assume is an issue with SLI (980s), but won't be able to get back to it until tomorrow. Also have an audio de-sync issue, as well as uneven performance, during cut-scenes.
I skipped out on the beta but signed up for a month of origin access to get my hands on this a little early. Gameplay seems right up my alley so far. Hopefully I can get my issues sorted out.
I skipped out on the beta but signed up for a month of origin access to get my hands on this a little early. Gameplay seems right up my alley so far. Hopefully I can get my issues sorted out.
Robobandit
Member
My flickering went away when I set the game's executable to use Single-GPU in the NVidia control panel. (SLI Titan Xs)
I've seen a second or two of desync when some scenes start, but it always catches up. The game seems to be running well.. 1440p, everything on ultra, always north of 60 fps from what I can tell. (too busy trying to not fall to my death to watch the framerate counter the whole time)
I've seen a second or two of desync when some scenes start, but it always catches up. The game seems to be running well.. 1440p, everything on ultra, always north of 60 fps from what I can tell. (too busy trying to not fall to my death to watch the framerate counter the whole time)
Not sure about DLC. I'd say only if it's successful. This game only exists because EA figured if they were doing an open world tech demo they may as well sell it
chronic_archaic
Member
It's a good game, makes me want to replay the first one actually. Still have about 4 hours left on it and the resolution on Xbox isn't bothering me.
Wowfunhappy
Member
I looooove this game so so much! I am also blowing through my six hours too quickly. :/
...since my save files are stored locally, once my six hours is up, is there anything stopping me from making another Origin account, paying another $5, and continuing the game that way? I'm on PC.
...since my save files are stored locally, once my six hours is up, is there anything stopping me from making another Origin account, paying another $5, and continuing the game that way? I'm on PC.
matrix-cat
Member
The beta worked fine with mouse and keyboard. You couldn't rebind any of the keys, though, and some of the mappings didn't seem right (been too long so I can't remember which
), but like you said Mirror's Edge just plays so much better with m/kb. The new combat additions were perfectly fine on a keyboard.Wowfunhappy
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The beta worked fine with mouse and keyboard. You couldn't rebind any of the keys, though, and some of the mappings didn't seem right (been too long so I can't remember which
You can rebind keys now. They've fixed it since the beta.
Iirc a dev said they were having some issues with the key rebinding screen right before the beta went out, so they just nixxed it.
Robobandit
Member
Pretty sure they've locked some of the missions away until the game is actually released on Tuesday. So even if you did get to see more, you wouldn't be able to finish the game.
I quite like it, but I not 100% sure that the open world works in a game like this, I think ME shines when you have a predetermined route that you can speed run, there feels like there is too much "stop and look around" for such a free running and fast (essilentially) platformer.
Not sure I'd pay full whack for it, but it's not a bad game.
Not sure I'd pay full whack for it, but it's not a bad game.
This is funny considering your avatar And that from backfoggen.
"We want sequels for all the niche games! And we don't want them to change things! But if they are too similar to the prequel we'll complain!" lol
I won't play the trial because I loved the "beta" and won't change opinion before D1.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
##11 on the first time trail woot!
full impressions here: https://mtconsidered.co.uk/2016/06/02/mirrors-edge-catalyst-ea-access-impressions/
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tl;dr, yep, it's Mirror's Edge... I'll buy this when it's on sale
brokenbeans
Banned
6 hours? So it is short on content.
Well I'll still try it, not sure if I gonna get it day one.
I loved the first one btw.
Well I'll still try it, not sure if I gonna get it day one.
I loved the first one btw.
6 hours is the trial, not the game length.
drotahorror
Member
You can only play pre-release games on EA Access for 6 hours.
brokenbeans
Banned
I know.
I'm always sceptical when they change the trial length from the norm 10 hours.
User 479360
Banned
I wonder how long the actual game is.
Maybe you could bum-rush the campaign in 6 hours?, but there seems to be plenty of open world bloat to keep you occupied for longer
brokenbeans
Banned
Maybe you could bum-rush the campaign in 6 hours?, but there seems to be plenty of open world bloat to keep you occupied for longer
Much variety? Or just trials and collectables?
Maybe you could bum-rush the campaign in 6 hours?, but there seems to be plenty of open world bloat to keep you occupied for longer
Yeah this is just speculation of course but judging from that main mission overview in the beta there aren't that many of them (unless of course that page will scroll down)
Let's see what'll be the best way to play this, I'm afraid of getting bored with doing side content only when rushing through a supposedly short campaign too fast. Will probably try and mix it up. Afair some of the upgrades were gated by campaign progress so maybe that's a good way of approaching it.
I haven't played it much, but there does seem to be a bit of variety in the trial missions, like ones with breakable vials that means you have to make sure you do soft landings.
brokenbeans
Banned
Ok cool I'm looking forward to trying it out.
The game seems really good so far.
Gameplay is excellent, free running feels just as good as the first I feel like the open world adds to the game immensely. Having the freedom to choose your route makes the game far more interesting. And whilst I wish there weren't any forced combat sections, they're not too frequent and the combat is actually pretty decent.
Level design so far seems excellent, the world has some great routes and really fun sections to run around and each story mission I've played has been really good. On the story I'm surprised that I'm actually quite intrigued. There's some pretty average writing here and there but it actually seems pretty interesting so far.
Also the art design is absolutely superb, yeah the game is a bit blurry on the X1 and there's some texture streaming issues but I honestly don't care with how good the design is.
Also turn off runner vision, makes the game a lot better.
Gameplay is excellent, free running feels just as good as the first I feel like the open world adds to the game immensely. Having the freedom to choose your route makes the game far more interesting. And whilst I wish there weren't any forced combat sections, they're not too frequent and the combat is actually pretty decent.
Level design so far seems excellent, the world has some great routes and really fun sections to run around and each story mission I've played has been really good. On the story I'm surprised that I'm actually quite intrigued. There's some pretty average writing here and there but it actually seems pretty interesting so far.
Also the art design is absolutely superb, yeah the game is a bit blurry on the X1 and there's some texture streaming issues but I honestly don't care with how good the design is.
Also turn off runner vision, makes the game a lot better.
ThingontheFloor
Member
Can anyone confirm if this is correct and if it applies to Xbox One and PC? My trial on XB1 is about to run out and if Im able to purchase it and continue playing that would be great since I would have some new weekend plans, but if Im locked out until Tuesday Id rather wait until I can purchase the physical version.
Fairly sure that's incorrect, your progress will carry over, but once the 6 hours is up you'll have to wait till Tuesday.
styl3s
Member
The save isn't tied to you directly buying it from Origin it shouldn't matter where you get the key long as it's a legit copy of the game.
ThingontheFloor
Member
That sounds right; I didnt see anything about it mentioned anywhere in Origin or the Xbox store, so it seemed off. Thanks for the heads up, Ill wait if anyone else mentions its possible but otherwise Ill hold off until Tuesday.