Mirror's Edge

[dean_r]

I fear for all its beauty and charm and my love of games that try to take the first person perspective genre away from shooting, it is - due to its first person nature and its feeling of tacked-on combat - a game I will not find a way to truly enjoy. I will be upset at my shortcomings. I will equally be curious to explore, but feel hunted down

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[grrgoyl]

I enjoyed reading this, despite not being a huge gamer myself. Nowadays my problem is I give up at the first moderately difficult hurdle (any of the Resident Evils, I never made it out of the first room). I loved Quake, but Quake 2 involved underwater action with piranhas, a real-life phobia so intense I couldn't bear even a virtual reality of it (the Lara Croft games have this problem for me too).

I think I might try this Portal of which you speak, sounds intriguing.

[hovis]

I've only played the demo, but you make a valid point about not being able to explore the cityscape much. Generally I'm the kind of gamer that likes to go down every avenue and leave nothing unturned; if I have a choice of two paths, and it seems like the one I'm on is the one that leads to story progression, I'll backtrack just to make sure I'm not missing anything down the other route. Mirror's Edge kind of negates that need, however, because of the flow of Faith's movement. Apparently there are secrets to find, but running aimlessly around searching for them is less enjoyable than keeping a constant pace, sliding under and vaulting over things. I do really like the movement, but as a result of it, I don't feel like this is a game that's targeted specifically at me, like I did with Shadow of the Colossus.

I will buy the full game soon, though (It's out tomorrow).

[pimento]

Did you try the Metroid Prime games at all? If so, I'm curious as to your experience with them... If not, try the first one when they Wii-make it. It really is just like Super Metroid with an extra D.