Mirror's Edge (inspired by parkour and free running)

[Orange]

Mirror's Edge is an upcoming first-person action-adventure video game that is being developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows-based PCs. The game will be released on these platforms simultaneously in late 2008.

The game was announced by Electronic Arts on July 10, 2007 and will be powered by the Unreal Engine 3 with the addition of a new lighting solution, developed by DICE. The game has a realistic, brightly-coloured style and differs from other first-person perspective video games in allowing for a wider range of actions?such as sliding under barriers, tumbling, wall-running, and shimmying across ledges?and greater freedom of movement, in having no HUD, and in allowing the legs, arms, and torso of the character to be visible on-screen.

The game is set in a conformist dystopia in which communication is heavily monitored by a totalitarian regime, and so a network of runners, including the main character, Faith, are used to transmit messages while evading government surveillance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzqLOA9wTzQ

Wow, the footage is amazing and the song was good too that went with it, i just want it now!

[Berserk87]

i saw this on kotaku awhile ago.

this game is going to be a MUST have.

looks absolutely amazing!

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Yeah been pretty excited about this game for a while now. The colours and design are fantastic :yes:

[Jimmy0]

Looks very interesting. (Y):)

[Berserk87]

from the video it looks like your goals are to follow the red objects or there red to help clarify what your supposed to do.

the game looks like an anime movie they've turned into an fps.

[Nightz]

didn't really know about this game until i saw the trailer last week. i was blown away and i'm definitely looking forward to it.

[wst50]

from the video it looks like your goals are to follow the red objects or there red to help clarify what your supposed to do.

It's 'runner vision' which is a guideline for a method to cross certain parts where it isn't immediately obvious, or you don't think it's passable, or can't tell at the speed you're going. You're meant to conserve your momentum as much as possible in the game, so you can't stop and think 'Now how do I get to that rooftop?'

Also, it recreates what many people do when running/parkour-ing/extreme sport in general, where their brains highlight certain things to pay attention to.

[Spookie]

I saw the screenshots a few months ago but the video.

I'm taken back by how original this looks and sounds. It seems like DICE have created something original. Not something they've done in a long time!

[Corris Veteran]

I think it looks awesome, really cool.

And I loved the music too, if anyone gets their hands on the track or knows of anything similar, do say. :D

[Orange]

Yeah alot of us like the song, it's soo calming.

[williamhook]

Those screenshots look damn nice. :o

[Ironman273]

Off topic, but what's with the new thing of padding the end of the video with blank frames to simulate HD on YouTube?

[Huleboeren]

Off topic, but what's with the new thing of padding the end of the video with blank frames to simulate HD on YouTube?

Plz ignore the blank video at the end, its simply where I pad the video with empty frames in order to distribute the bitrate to the actual video...therefore alot higher quality! The actual length is 1:55

Not sure how that would help tho? :s

Will this game be released simultaneously on all 3 platforms?

[timmmay]

I really like the look of this game! Might be a game I'll actually try out (don't play much/at all these days)

[HawkMan]

Not sure how that would help tho? :s

Will this game be released simultaneously on all 3 platforms?

not sure.

but I assume youtube uses a max botrate for the compelte movie, but in a VBR style. so a 10 minute video for example can only be say 10 megs.

but if you fill the last 5 minutes with blank frames with practically have no data needed, just a few bytes. then you have effectively doubled the available size for the actual 5 minute clip. and thus a lot higher quality for the movie.

though HD it's not andit's not a correct term to use, HD would refer to the Resolution, you get better quality but not resolution.

[Impact]

This looks awesome, even though I'm not much of an anime fan.

[flyingroof]

My idea of a game isn't running around a city... :ermm:

[mail]

Looks awesome.

[acies]

It looks awesome. I am hopeing it's literally "free" running. In other words multiple ways to get to where you want to go. Rather than just one path.

This looks awesome, even though I'm not much of an anime fan.

Why would you call this anime??

[team_NOOB]

the music, the visual presentation, the character and the tiny glimps of the story we are able to see make this a must have..

cant wait

[Orange]

I know alot of people calling it anime? i mean no. Only because it's got a chinese/asian person playing the main character

[Thrawn]

Major flaw in the post. This game will not use unreal engine 3, it will be using the new Frostbite engine. As far as I can tell, the Frostbite engine (when used in in Battelfield) isn't as beautiful as CryEngine2, but i hope that by the time this game comes out, it will be that and more!

I'm a sucker for shader power. That video link really is beautiful too :)

Edited May 14, 2008 by Thrawn

[ck2k01]

I've been really excited for this one for awhile now but I wonder if the game's perspective would make you nauseous?

[LightIdea]

The music just blows me away!

I've put my order on this already :D

My idea of a game isn't running around a city... :ermm:

I'm guessing you love a perfectly linear storyline with repeated action games?

[NienorGT]

Wow... a Spiderman game without "spiderman" nor the villains...