Heavenly Sword writer to script Mirror's Edge

In May 2008 issue of PC Zone UK, in a special bit about writing for games it actually says she was working on Mirror's Edge then, and that was back in April, so this isn't really news... but anyway, in the article she said that often the story is the last thing thought of when developing a game with a ""We-didn't-think-we-needed-a-writer-but-now-we-do-and-we-have-no-budget-left-and-four-months-until-we-ship"".
See - there is a reason for reading print mags!

I think this is a very bad thing.

She says, "She has her flaws, like all of us. In short: she's real. That's her appeal."

Sorry, babe, but that's fiction 101. Every main character (and many secondary and tertitary characters) in ANY half-decent story have 'flaws'. No shit. That's what lets us into the story, not what makes it pay off.

Is it just me or do the graphics really look like Team Fortress 2?

I like the idea, but right now the color range and simplistic design, makes it look like the revenge of OrangeX.God I hate that map.

Personally, I like the colour scheme. It's a change from all the dark and gritty games we've had this gen. ^_^

Damnit, you stole my quote.

Now I'll have to post something constructive...

Maybe she's grown as a writer since Heavenly Sword? We can hope.

Great minds think alike.

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Well...you oughta know.

I thought she just wrote songs...

and she stars in weeds!

Rememberable? Not really. I mean, I vaguely remember that creepy little sister and some snake chick. That's about it.

Oh, and I think there was some dude that looked like Earthquake from Samurai Showdown.

I'm kinda with tuna on this. The only one I kinda remember is the Fox dude, only because every time he talked, he reminded me of THE MONARCH! Aside from him, and the twing-twang girl, the other 6 characters were pretty forgettable.

What about King Bohan (Andy Serkis's character)? He gets a bit cliched towards the end, but apart from that he's an awesome character.

Looky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyS4LnpLRKg and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy4LFWA_QN0

Wow... all this Heavenly Sword hate is making me sad. I must be one weird dude. I love Heavenly Sword and Resistance to me, was totally meh. Can't wait for Mirrors Edge though.

I'm sorry, but she sucks. Heavenly Sword's story was exactly what's wrong with video game stories, and she's even written about about how other people should write video game stories like she has.

When you have delusions of grandeur like that, you deserve to get taken down several pegs, especially when your work does not back it up. (BTW, I find it hilarious that the commenter defending the story doesn't realize that "rememberable" is not actually a word.)

In case any of you haven't played Heavenly Sword yet, here's an example of this hack's "literary brilliance".

You're in charge of keeping this cursed sword. This evil bad guy's trying to get the sword, because it's powerful. His army overruns your clan's fortress. Evil bad guy holds your dad hostage, and demands that you give him the sword, or else he'll kill your dad.

You, the main character, choose that you will instead activate the curse, and use the sword. At this point, the evil bad guy makes good on his threat, and kills your dad.

Oh wait, no he doesn't. He just stands there as a tutorial sequence activates and he tells minions to get the sword from you while insulting them.

Seeing as how he refuses to make good on his threat, you decide to rush this evil guy with all your newfound power, kill him, and rescue your dad.

Oh, wait, you don't do that either. You use the sword's amazing power to...run away and leave your father in the clutches of this evil bad guy.

I would be remiss if I did not point out that this option existed for you BEFORE activating the sword, and that, in fact, that your father tells you to do just so before you decide to curse yourself.

Because of this woman's ungodly WRITING TALENT (/Calculon) she chooses instead to have the main character disobey her father (osetensibly to save him) activate the sword, not rescue her father, and then take the course of action her father told her to.

Brilliant.

The fact that she's writing Mirror's Edge means that I will not be buying it.

You have GOT to be kidding me! In my 23 years of gaming, I can count games that I stopped playing due to OFFENSIVELY ridiculous story on fingers of one hand - and Heavenly Sword is one of them.

In fact after these news I WON'T be buying Mirror's Edge unless it gets at least 90% on Metacritic.

Mirror's Edge looks good though considering that I fucking loved Assassin's Creed and Prince of Persia.

'Twing-twang' is actually a game, not an object. Kai turned killing into a game to better cope with the harsh reality of the world. Her childish behaviour and mannerisms are also such a defence mechanism (one that is latter shattered when she's confronted with the corpse of her mother and the man who killed her).

Umm...yeah...I was just tasting you guys.

Ninja Theory PR department in the hizzau!

Were we...delicious?

lol tasting.

Damn Typos.

I was wondering if they were related.

...and he is an avid gamer.

She's his daughter.

Yes, she is his daughter. No, that doesn't make her a literary genius, but I thought the story in Heavenly Sword was one of it's better elements.