Watch Faith Hop, Skip, and Jump Around in This Mirror's Edge Gameplay Trailer

Nice.

I <3 Faith.

Looks cool

Looks really pretty, never got into the first one, but this does look better. Maybe i'll give it a shot depending on reviews.

not really seeing much difference between this and the original. confused why they've bothered to make this if they're not making wholesale changes to it, that said, it does look pretty...

Shut up and take my money / Day one

A gameplay trailer with gameplay instead of in-engine cutscenes? I'm not sure how I feel about this.

I've seen people complaining that they made Faith look less Asian. I don't see it.

Looks great. Can't wait to play it.

@franticrain: Might want to take a relook at Faith from Mirror's Edge 1 and compare the faces. They look like two completely different people.

Looks really nice. Hope this game sells well, regardless of weather it turns out mediocre or not.

Publishers taking risks, equals cool new shit for us.

Man, those guards are horrible shots. They'd probably miss if you told them to shoot the ground.

I really liked the first game and I'm glad to see they're keeping what works and tossing out what doesn't, namely the shooting.

It sounds to me like they have a new voice for Faith, which is unfortunate, because Jules de Jongh had an edge to her voice (ha ha) that this new actress doesn't.

1:47 - does she jump roll and come out of it at a different location?! O.o

Did they contracted an architecture firm to work on this game? Some of the buildings, and especially the inside of that office building, look amazing!

I noticed that as well

Definitely the best thing at the EA press conference. Can not wait to get back to Mirror's Edge gameplay. Doesn't sound like Faith though!

fucking yes

This is the best gameplay demo I've seen all year

That actually got me pretty pumped.

What's the verdict on playing the first game? I know it was met with mixed reviews but has a strong core group of fans. Is it really as frustrating as people say it is? This one seems to give you more variety in approach than what I've seen of the first.

Amazing gameplay and artstyle. However, I'm wondering if they could have done two takes where Faith's voice actor talks normally and then talks like someone who is running, and have the audio seamlessly change back and forth depending on how you're moving. Maybe I'm asking for too much but the moments where she talked normally while running at full speed seemed a bit jarring.

@ttbf: Other than being very confused about what eye that tattoo is really on, I don't see it. She looks younger and her nose is pointed down a little bit more than the original. Maybe with less defined cheek bones? I guess I'm just a horrible racist because it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. People update and change character appearances between sequels all of the time.

So good.

Still really hits all the right tones for a Mirror's Edge experience I just hope they don't push they combat too too hard. Some of the best parts of the game are the quiet moments while you try and figure your way around and the tension of not being seen.

@r3d_zombie: The original was purely linear (though sometimes there were multiple paths through the relatively small environments). This game will be open world, so you'll be free to go wherever you want. The first game also featured clunky shooter mechanics which have been dropped in favour of better unarmed combat. You could perform similar fighting moves in the original game but it would take much more kicks and blows to beat the opponents down which could be very frustrating when you were fighting multiple enemies. So this sequel might look similar (which is a good thing) but depending on how they handle the open world activities like side-quests, challenges, collecting items etc. this will be an entirely different game. Just like Assassins Creed 2 was very similar to the original Assassins Creed but had a much more open world, more different types of quests, more interesting collectibles, upgradeable armor etc.

@sonny6killer: Most professional reviewers loved it, most gamers either loved or hated it as far as I can remember. I rage-quit the game about halfway years ago after spending several afternoons trying to beat the tougher sections and only finished it three years later. I was surprised to discover I was able to complete the same segments that previously took me hours in only minutes the second time. This is because you have to get the proper feeling for performing the jumps, wall-runs and slides but once you get used to the controls it's definitely a game worth playing. The game still looks beautiful despite it's age and the story is interesting. The cut-scenes are told using flash like 2D graphics which some people will like and other people will hate. The combat is somewhat clunky (you'll see impressive fighting moves during the loading screens that you won't be able to pull of in the game) but the free-running is still unmatched. So far Dying Light is the only first person perspective game that comes close. Plus if you're into leaderboards there are plenty of time trials (though some players have found ways to cheat by abusing the momentum system). And some of the achievements are pretty tough and require complete mastery of the controls.

@franticrain: Race stuff aside, her face is radically different. Her new chin, lips, and nose are larger. Her cheekbones are smaller, and her face is narrower. It's not really a big deal (as you say character appearances change all the time) but if you can't tell the difference you might have prosopagnosia.

Now that was an intense trailer.

I know it's pre-alpha but the lack of red markers for where to go is interesting since they were so integral to the first game. I wonder if they're just doing away with that.

They shouldn't have taken guns out of this game.
/unpopular opinions.

This looks a lot more open, not quite open world like they've been describing, though maybe it opens up in later sections. Note the lack of red highlights telling you where to go. The cutscenes look good, I prefer them to the not so stellar motion graphic cutscenes from the original, this feels better integrated and less pieced together.

I enjoyed the original despite some really annoying aspects of the design but this looks like it is shaping up to be what I wanted out of the first game.

@clairvoyantvibrations: I agree with you man. I really need more games that I can go john woo style + parkour.

I guess they just turned them off for the trailer footage. You could turn it off in the original too.

Nice to see the in-game version of beautiful fallen angel/EA CEO Andrew Wilson is an equal opportunity henchperson hirer. You don't usually get any of those outside one or three Bond movies.

i. am. excited.

Does this mean we get to fight Sam Fisher

@ttbf: Hahaha, unlikely that I have brain damage. My main point is that she looks familiar, but not identical. I memorize faces through their basic points, patterns in their faces. The patterns still match up, but the specifics don't. In my mind, she's the same person. In the same token, she is a video game character, and my brain can tell that she is. My brain is probably more willing to accept those differences due to that fact.

Edit: Or maybe its because its a first person game and I barely ever saw her face the first time and that was quite a while ago.

I'm so in. I'm so god damn in.

Ohh this looks good.

She was just talking and panting at the same time!
Besides that I can't wait this looks promising!

@r3d_zombie: Combat looks like a huge improvement, more objects can be interacted with (things other than ladders can be climbed, poles can be swung around and what not), it's said to be taken place in an open world, and it looks like you can spend more time in the the game as a whole (if you aren't into speed running) with different approaches available to the person playing on top of different routes to get to an objective.

Looks amazing! Doing everything right in having the level design be more flexible and combat more momentum-friendly.

Her last name is Connors; there's nothing terribly off about her looking mixed-racey.

This looks great. It also looks a lot like Mirror's Edge 1 with less gun-wielding. All I ever wanted.

looks like they've really up the visuals but the problems wasn't the graphics in me1, the problem was it was no fun to play at all and the story was shit. seems like they still haven't figured out how to make this thing fun, at least they are rebooting the series.

I played the first game without using the guns (there was an achievement for it), so a lot of the "thank god they got rid of guns" talk is sort of last on me.

The original was really good IMHO, and easily one of the most unique games of the last generation of consoles.

Looks amazing. Super hyped for this.

Now I finally have enough reasons to go "next gen." Always takes about two years.

"Pre-Alpha Gameplay Footage"

Yeah, right?! Either they're concept of Alpha is oddly late in development or this is a scrapped together demo representing nothing that actually exists yet.

It looks cool enough but they have to work on that VO performance because right now it reminds me of Michael Rapaport's TJ Hooker audition scene in True Romance

EXCITE