Chris the great Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 ok played the demo and.... s'alrite. i mean, it was pretty fiddly, the controles felt kinda odd, but i didnt really have enough time with it for them to become intuative, so i won't get hung up on that. the dissarming WAS a frustrating and rather annoying aspect. i found the jumps were a bit too demanding, i mean, it was just the opening level and it had you jumping for a very small pipe, which was difficult to hit. it was very good when you started getting shot at, but honestly, it felt kinda like a 1st person prince of persia, not a bad thing but not ground breaking. was pretty linear, but i guess it would be difficult to give you a ton of routes to choose from. not the best game ive played in a while, but not the worst.
Sanchez Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Wasn't shipped early for me so I'm getting a taxi to my 24 hour asda at midnight.
Tales Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Meh, mine got shipped today. Unless Superman has got a new day job that means Saturday for me.
Columnar Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 Well I got my copy of ME on the 360 with my Fenchurch T-shirt from GAME in the post this morning and I can pretty much sum up the game so far in one word... FRUSTRATING I have never got so flustered with one game in all the years I've had consoles. Maybe its just me but seriously, it is so annoying. I have been waiting for this game since I saw the first trailers back in May, loved the Demo and now the game is just so... AARGHHHHH!!! You need absolute pinpoint accuracy and timing of your button presses or you just end up dead. The runner-vision hardly helps you at all - I've lost count the amount of times that I just don't have a clue where to go and Faith gets killed from about three gunshots. The biggest annoyance so far is what the 'B' button does. When you press and hold B, your pointer moves in the direction that your goal/destination is in. For the love of God DON'T press it while you're running. The camera spins to the direction of the goal and Splat! you're dead. I'm slightly gutted and as you can probably tell really pissed. As I said it might be just me and that I'm shit at it but I'm fizzing right now. Achievements come thick and fast though and when its not being a bitch its still a great game. OK rant over.
Aimless Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 I received my copy of this today and... I just finished it. Bearing in mind I didn't get back from work until 5:30, you can probably imagine that it isn't the longest game in the world. Now I'm going to be holding onto my copy as I'm interested in the Time Trials, completing the Speedruns and playing though again on Hard, but if you're on the fence about the game I'd definitely recommend either renting it or awaiting its inevitable drop in price to something nearer £20. There's just too much else already out or on the horizon for Mirror's Edge to be worth a day-one purchase for most people, and I can guarantee that there will be a lot of second-hand copies doing the rounds soon enough. To be clear, I have enjoyed the game — and intend to keep on doing so — but it's something of an acquired taste, and in terms of value for money the likes of Fallout 3 are so far beyond it that I'm finding it hard to recommend buying Mirror's Edge right now. However, I'd urge everyone to give it a try and some point.
Shorty Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Not going to rant on like everyone else, just want to register that I'm half way through and very much enjoying it it's frustrating at first but eventually the controls become second nature, and even when the main game's over there's lots of speed runs, time trials and achievements to get through.
Dan_Dare Posted November 14, 2008 Author Posted November 14, 2008 Agreed. one thing that I am finding hard, albeit in a self imposed kind of way- is that I'm yet to fire a single bullet in the game and taking on 4 swat team dudes is kinda tricky, yeah? grr. Determined to do it my way though. It has, however, provided one of the games highlights so far when I wall climbed up a roof section, built up some speed and jumped right on top of one guy, foot first in to his chest. Instant KO, sweet animation and an achievement get!
Aimless Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Rushing a group of guys never really works, but so long as you take them on one at a time they fall pretty easily. If you break their line of sight they naturally move away from each other, so guerilla hit-and-run tactics work very well. As for combat itself, I found the sliding crotch kick to be key. You can follow it up with a few more hits whilst the enemy's stunned, or even circle around behind them and press Triangle/Y to disarm them. The latter offers a very small advantage to just knocking them out as there is a brief 'human shield' element to it. And it looks cooler.
Ganepark32 Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 The £40 price tag is what's worrying me on this. I know I want it but it's just whether I want to spend £40 on a copy at Game/Gamestation/where ever when I could pick up something like GoW2 cheaper. I don't know. When I go to buy something today, I'm jusst gonna let my hands have free reign. WHatever I pick up I'll buy. If I buy this, I better get the T-shirt although I'm doubtful.
Shorty Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 The £40 price tag is what's worrying me on this. I know I want it but it's just whether I want to spend £40 on a copy at Game/Gamestation/where ever when I could pick up something like GoW2 cheaper. I don't know. When I go to buy something today, I'm jusst gonna let my hands have free reign. WHatever I pick up I'll buy. If I buy this, I better get the T-shirt although I'm doubtful. £32.97 on sainsburys website (not in store). Or £39.99 from game.co.uk, NW11GMEHW code gives £3 off and quidco gives 9% cashback.
jayseven Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Been playing it a bit, and mostly it's the combat stuff that annoys me. Took me a while to get a decent enough combo sorted, then a while more to learn some group splitting tactics, but overall the game is a lot more trial and error/punishing than I wanted it to be. Not tried the time trials yet, but I reckon I'll be right pants at that!
Sanchez Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Time trial is really cool, if you can find a group of people to compete with it should last ages unless you hate that kind of thing.
Shorty Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 What I love about time trial is you can download the ghost of the person who has the no.1 time and then try and chase them harder than anything! The game has pissed me off a few times now, mostly with the enemies. A lot of the time you just run in a room and before you can find cover or figure out what you can climb, you're shot to death (in a speedy 1-2 shots sometimes). I had to repeat a certain section about 10 times before I managed to get past an enemy. For the most part I've still found it enjoyable and I've had a decent session today and a fairly long session yesterday and still not completed it.
Ganepark32 Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Decided to buy this today and not get GoW2, even though it was cheaper. Got my free T-shirt as well, which is awesome. I having played it yet as I'm doing an essay for Uni but once I've gotten that out of the way, I'll give it a go.
Guest Jordan Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 The power of gay assed Shetland strikes again. No game... Means I wouldn't have anything to play this weekend. God damn it ¬_¬.
gaggle64 Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 I've been at it for a couple of hours in the story mode and I'm enjoying it immensely. I've heard there were sections which forced you to fight, although I've yet to have to incapacitate more then two consecutive cops. A couple of sections which did seem hopeless until the discovery of the most ideal route and speed through it allows me just to blast past/over any aggressors. It's trial and error, but it's just so satisfying when you get it right.
McPhee Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 £32.97 on sainsburys website (not in store). Yes in store, i just got back from mine with a copy. Will probably sell it on Monday/Tuesday to finance a copy of Banjo
Ganepark32 Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Stopped doing my essay long enough to have a go and just as it was with the demo, I'm loving it. A few deaths because I've been careless but nothing annoying me. I personally don't see the complaints about the combat so far, but then I've done very little of it. Trying to go through without firing a shot on my first run through and then I'll start a second one with using weapons and collecting the rest of the bags I've missed. Only up to chapter 3, and that's been an hour and a half, maybe more. Some of the times on the time trials are unbelievable though. I had a go on Playground one and posted a time of 1:47, looked at the leaderboards to see I'm a minute out on the leader. All I can say is how the hell did the guy manage 47 secs on that level? It just doesn't seem possible.
EchoDesiato Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 The game's a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I'm pleasantly surprised with that. Haven't really bothered with time trials yet, I want to finish the story mode first.
Razz Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Hmm I have to say I enjoy the time trials and the free running parts of the story mode a lot more than the combat, it can become extremely frustrating.
ShavenWolf Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 I ordered the PS3 version of this game and recieved it off Gameplay this morning. Shame that when I opened it, I found the 360 version. TWATS!!!!
martinist Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 I ordered the PS3 version of this game and recieved it off Gameplay this morning. Shame that when I opened it, I found the 360 version. TWATS!!!! lol sucks to be you...at least they sent a copy of the game you ordered, all be it for the wrong system. I ordered Skate. from game.co.uk and i recieved Quake Wars on release day....idiots. I got 105GS in total for finishing the prolouge...awesome, stuck on chapter 3 though.
ShavenWolf Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 I *could* play it, as I have got a 360. But I won't because a) Having played the demos, I prefer the controls on the PS3 version and b) it's just not what I freakin' ordered! I've got Gears 2 to play through til it comes, so it's not too bad!
McPhee Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 I've found this game to be a mixed bag, it's good but i'm getting bored already. There's just not a lot to it, the prologue is 80% of what is in the game. The combat is also dire and is completely alien to the game, they shoulda just left it out. I have enjoyed it though, almost completed already! If anyone fancys a copy of the 360 game then it's yours, posted out Monday. I'll swap for a copy of Call of Duty 5, Banjo, Fallout 3 (360 or PC) or £30 (offers considered).
Dan_Dare Posted November 15, 2008 Author Posted November 15, 2008 Yeah the combat can, on further investigation, bite my sack. Still not fired a gun though. Kinda like that. and the game is too punishing. It's getting on my tits a bit. but when it works it really works. I'm looking forward to time trial mode and seeing how fast I can go. I can see that being alot of fun. oh and the cutscenes are teeth grindingly bad. I don't just dislike them or find them boring I actively hate them. It's not just the story, either which is vanilla as fuck but the art. It's utter shit and everyone involved should be ashamed of them.
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