But, what's not so fluid right now is the combat. While it's great fun to run towards enemies and either run off a wall and execute a jump kick to the coconut, or a slide kick right to the picnic basket, standard punching feels a little sloppy and almost out of place. And unfortunately, that's what you'll have to resort to using in some cases when you fail to perform a disarm move, because you have to wait another few seconds before the disarm option becomes available. Still, we're encouraged by the fact that hand-to-hand combat isn't a necessity in Mirror's Edge, and that Faith can get along just fine using her crazy acrobatic skills to evade enemies.
Standby lacklustre reviews on the consoles, poor launch sales on the PC and then further comments by developers saying the PC is dying When will they learn? A short delay would seem prudent given the rampant PC piracy, but a couple of weeks would suffice and mean the PC version could still jump on the hype surrounding the initial release.This game is now out on the PS3 and 360 but wont be out on the pc until March.
I played the demo on PS3 and I was really impressed, very nice looking game, and the game mechanics are solid. You do have a certain amount of freedom in what you decide to do, in terms of objects to jump off etc. You can also turn off the red helper if you feel it is too easy
If the PS3 demo is anything to go by then I am not sure the pc version will be worth waiting the extra time for. The graphics style in the demo is very clean and minimalist and apart from some aa I am not sure how the graphics will be greatly improved on the pc
1080p or 1200p resolution for starters and as you say AA makes a whole lot of difference.
I will probably just grab it for the 360 instead of waiting for the pc version.
I would agree that the extra resolution of a pc version can make a difference on a monitor, which is why I bought grid on pc rather than console for instance, but as long as the console version can maintain a good framerate with not much in the way of v-sync issues then when actually playing the resolution becomes less of an issue for me
Couldn't agree more with this mate i dont game on such a big screen as that only a measy 50" plasma and the higher resolutions and inpaticular AA make a huge difference to me. Far cry 2 is the one game that springs to mnd the 360 version isnt even close to it @1920+1080 running on my PC through the same TV.I like to do most of my gaming in my Lounge on a large display (70" 1080p) the extra res from pc games is so welcomed and transforms the look of the game. Going back to a console game is a big step backwards in terms of visuals for me.
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I have played the 360 demo on my plasma and its a really neat looking game but on the 360 its rife with jaggies.This game looks visually impressive the first time i saw this. The TV (SD) ad did not do it justice imho. It looks like you don't have any kind of weapons as such!
*Edit obviously i am talking out my a$$.. just looked at the vids again!
But i can imagine this looking very nice indeed at the higher resolutions of the PC and inpaticular AA. I will be buying this one for the PC no doubt.
PC for the win everytime I'm sure there is a demo for the PC, i read somewhere that it wouldn't be for a while yet though.I wouldn't mind playing a demo on the PC just to see if this is any good. I am on a PC games drought for a while now... kinda waiting for the GTA IV PC release.
gotta say this game is terribly boring from playing the demo
I really enjoyed the demo it was nice to play something fresh thats not really been done before that i can think of.gotta say this game is terribly boring from playing the demo
I really enjoyed the demo it was nice to play something fresh thats not really been done before that i can think of.