Mirror's Edge launch trailer stengthens our 'Faith' in final game

by Randy Nelson { Nov 6th 2008 at 7:30PM }

Sure, this latest (and likely final) trailer for Mirror's Edge is partly a marketing piece ... but it's all excitement. In it we get to gawk at previously unseen locales that architecture protagonist Faith will get to traverse, watch her crotch-kick oppressive government goons, and – what's that? – it almost looks like she's running towards a motorcycle at one point.

In its early moments, the trailer shows us what the game might have looked like if EA DICE went with a third-person perspective, rather than presenting the action through the eyes of Faith. We'd be quite surprised if the final game doesn't include a third-person cheat of some sort.

Tags: dice, ea, ea-dice, electronic-arts, mirrors-edge, video

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

The_Punisher @ Nov 6th 2008 7:36PM

Dead Space, Mercenaries 2, now this. EA ads (and minus Mercs 2, games) have improved a lot. I'm loving their ads :)

Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 6th 2008 7:39PM

I'm buying this game from whatever retailer give me a sound track

Phillip @ Nov 6th 2008 10:46PM

Prebuy at BestBuy to get the theme and one remix. Download the radio edit theme and like 5 remixes on BitTorrent. Or just buy the soundtrack off Amazon when it comes out Nov. 13.

Dr. @ Nov 6th 2008 7:40PM

Just brilliant.

CLOUD9 @ Nov 6th 2008 7:46PM

The Demo was fun but too Damn Short. I want to get it but I won't be able to.

Pman555123 @ Nov 6th 2008 9:03PM

Did you play the entire demo? Like after training with Celeste, there is the video and if you watch the whole way through, you get to do a more "real" mission. Did you play that? It wasnt wayyy too short for me, but i would have liked it to be longer.

wiredknight @ Nov 6th 2008 10:10PM

Yes. We played the whole way through. You can also skip the training and go right to the "real" mission.

It was still too damn short. I was hoping to see some things that hadn't been shown in every single preview video, but no dice.

Shmil @ Nov 6th 2008 11:34PM

Here's a tip, take a left right before you do combat training with celeste and you can run the training course over and over again to try new things out, you'll just go to a fail screen when you do the lunge jump over the barbed wire again.

BananaBoat @ Nov 6th 2008 7:50PM

It makes me angry that playing the game for three seconds makes me want to vomit. It's probably a great game, but there is no way I could possibly beat it.

Someone needs to do a study on how someone that doesn't get motion sick, could get sick from a video game. More specifically, from one video game in 20 years.

takamaru @ Nov 7th 2008 12:10AM

My girl tried to play it and got sick very fast. I have no problems but I feel sorry for those who do. Take a pill and go for it!

endlesssorrow33 @ Nov 7th 2008 2:51AM

You forgot to focus on the cyan dot.
hehez.

Chainblast @ Nov 7th 2008 3:49AM

You might have poor peripheral vision. When I'm playing Mirror's Edge I never look directly at what I'm doing, I focus on something stable in the distance and let my peripheral handle the rest. If I do I tend to get a headache because my eyes are straining trying to follow the fast action on screen.

For all intents and purposes ME is a FPS without a central focus on gun play. When you're playing a proper first person shooter you're constantly focusing on a target, a single point of interest, one which is usually not in quick movement (at least not on the same level as ME).

Of course it could not be this at all, but it's worth a try if you haven't experimented with it yet.

pfemm @ Nov 7th 2008 10:35AM

Getting motion sick sucks.

I don't get it any where else. Not Planes, boats, Trains/subways, cars (unless i'm trying to read or play a handheld).

The first time I noticed it started was WAY back when Ecco the Dolphin came out on DreamCast. I played for a week whilst wondering why I was puking for a week. then I finally connected the dots. Since then I noticed it's mostly 3rd person for me (Platformers and such) and some FPS like Quake and very slightly on GoW not on halo though. weird. Gears 2 last night started to make me sick but it went away after I sipped on some pepto. lol.

It is way worse when the camera has shitty controls or is really loose/swingy.

p.s.
Gears 2 is awesome.

BananaBoat @ Nov 7th 2008 12:30PM

Does Pepto really help? Maybe I'll chug some and load the demo back up. I'm playing on a 60" screen, from a few feet away, so focusing on the dot is almost impossible. There should be a way to make the darn thing bigger, or to turn off camera shake.

Oh and yeah, with the vomiting comes a splitting headache that only goes away after I stop playing. This is the first game to ever do this to me, and I have no idea why. Thanks for all the tips though.

pfemm @ Nov 14th 2008 4:43PM

Pepto helped that time... I also play on a ridiculously large tv (65") from about 9 or 10 feet away.

I used to take half of a dramamine before playing certain games. then i lost the bottle. :)

WiredKnight @ Nov 14th 2008 5:51PM

"I'm playing on a 60" screen, from a few feet away..."

I think I found your problem.

I know what you're thinking, you've played lots of other games on the same setup with no problem. But seriously, for ME, try sitting at least 10 feet away.

Fuze9 @ Nov 6th 2008 7:50PM

Very excited for the game. Loved the demo, but what I really want to compliment is the editing of these trailers and their effective match-on-action cuts.

Keith @ Nov 7th 2008 12:36AM

Thank you someone noticed and said something!

SoulPatch @ Nov 6th 2008 7:53PM

Just watching the trailers makes me want to throw up. There is no way in hell I'll be able to play this. I don't get motion sickness in any area of my life EXCEPT First person shooters. What the hell? Thank God for Gears of War being 3rd person.

Arturo @ Nov 6th 2008 7:57PM

I might get this game later on, but man a soundtrack would be really nice.

Atra @ Nov 6th 2008 8:02PM

The red dot in the game really does help. So those afraid of getting motion sickness try out the demo and make sure that dot is on.

343 Guilty Fart @ Nov 6th 2008 8:13PM

I was blown away by the demo. I expected it to be an exxxtreeeeme mountain dew chugging parkour simulator, but found they made it all moody and sleek, with awesome music. Very excited about this now.

Wild @ Nov 6th 2008 8:14PM

Played the demo, didnt feel that motion sickness some people mentioned. The demo was very good, but also very very short. Im waiting for this game, day 1 buy i hope. Love the soundtrack also :)

Jose42 @ Nov 6th 2008 8:16PM

Yeah, I didn't get sick at all.

Is something wrong with me?

The_Punisher @ Nov 6th 2008 8:25PM

Yes, but not becuase of the motion sickness thing. Just in general.

(You people make it too easy)

Jose42 @ Nov 6th 2008 10:36PM

What do you mean "you people"?

Joe @ Nov 6th 2008 11:54PM

what do YOU mean 'you people'?

Esat Dedezade @ Nov 6th 2008 8:23PM

In the demo you can still fre roam even without a pre order code. There are two ways to do this.

1.) Time it so that after the initial jump (of the tutorial) press the slide (LT on the 360) button as soon as you jump and hold it till your slide stops. If you time it correctly then the vent pipe that goes red for you to slide under does not go red and you can now free roam and even walk right up to celeste without inititaing any cut scenes.

2.) This method is by far easier. When you are on the red board just prior to jumping across to celeste, instead of jumping to her, jump on to the white board below on your right. Then simply jump down on to the sloped surface below (doing a roll otherwise it won't work) then voila, free roam away. You I don't think you can go near celeste for fear of initiating the cut scene, but that's nothing, the whole of the tutorial level is your oyster. A good jump is the are behind celeste: jump all the way across on the right, on top of the yellow soft surface.

goodnight, I'm off to bed now.

Eric @ Nov 6th 2008 8:44PM

Just letting everyone know, I was able to do this. I used the first method. It's easier if you jump at a slight angle instead of straight on.

Charlie_Six @ Nov 6th 2008 8:40PM

For those who get motion sick, there's a wrist band you can buy for that. I saw it on Amazon.com. It's like $5 and is typically used by tourists for when they go on cruise vacations. I've never tried it but it should work.

It's weird that I get motion sick from maybe 20% of FPS games, but not this one, while other who never got motion sick from any FPS games, are getting sick from this. Weiiiird!

wiredknight @ Nov 6th 2008 10:55PM

P-l-a-c-e-b-o.

Zertoss @ Nov 6th 2008 8:51PM

I said in the "New Games This Month" post that I wasn't sure about this game and that I'd probably pick it up later.

Changed my mind. I'm definitely getting it, I just haven't decided on the platform. I'm leaning heavily towards the 360, though, mostly because I actually liked the way the demo controlled on it better.

I'm terrified of buying it for the PC. I don't need any new DRM rootkits making sure I don't kick any puppies or whatever it is they do.

MBO @ Nov 6th 2008 10:27PM

PS3 version will receive exclusive DLC so...

Zertoss @ Nov 7th 2008 8:58AM

So I guess I probably won't be getting that DLC while it's exclusive to the PS3.

anonim1979 @ Nov 7th 2008 11:13AM

Take X360 version - it is technically better, and "no DLC is exclusive forever" (Quote by Sony PR guy ;)

Mirros Edge has Anty-Aliansing on X360 and none on PS3 - jag-fest.

http://yoda.dip.jp/Game/MirrorsEdge/sMirrorsEdge_08_PS3.png

http://yoda.dip.jp/Game/MirrorsEdge/sMirrorsEdge_08_360_Darken.png

Not to mention slightly more of screen tear on PS3.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1234537&postcount=1553

Will @ Nov 6th 2008 8:51PM

For those of you enjoying the music, you should head over to this Mirror's Edge website. To celebrate the game going gold EA released a free mp3 pack, and the music from this trailer is in it. Sweet.

http://www.on-mirrors-edge.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=1