You'll find instructions on how to coax the camera out of Faith's head at the On Mirror's Edge forums, and a video demonstrating the amusing trickery after the break. Mind the big spoilers after the 3:10 mark.
[Via Shacknews, Big Download]
You'll find instructions on how to coax the camera out of Faith's head at the On Mirror's Edge forums, and a video demonstrating the amusing trickery after the break. Mind the big spoilers after the 3:10 mark.
[Via Shacknews, Big Download]
Reader Comments (37)
Posted: Jan 29th 2009 9:39AM (Unverified) said
That walk up the stairs she does at 0:53 should be used in some sort of exorcist game in the future. something about it just gives me the jitters.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 9:39AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
Confirmed: All Asian females are Cylons.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 9:45AM (Unverified) said
so glad it didn't come out in third person. looks f'ing terrible!!!
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 10:37AM nandokun said
I mainly looks terrible because the animations where not created for 3rd person, thus there are many animations that are 'missing'. I'm not suggesting that it should be a 3rd person game or that it should have even been an option, I'm just saying don't let a hack color your view of how developers would have made 3rd person version look.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 2:43PM (Unverified) said
oh i believe that the developes would have made it awesome. as evidenced by the great animation of the other characters in the game that you seen. its obvious they succeeded in showing animation of what body parts they needed and gave the game a great feel.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 10:30AM JoshMilewski said
Yeah, it's weird they even gave her a character model in-game in the first place if you were never meant to see it, though, as vidGuy said above, since it's basically a waste of resources.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 10:32AM (Unverified) said
What the hell is wrong with her legs at the beginning? Riverdance?
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 10:37AM Zombienutz said
Very funny. Watching this reminds me that I still need to play the game...
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 10:41AM Ricky Bango said
Hey thanks for the spoiler heads up Joystiq. I watched this on yesterday and they totally screwed the plot for me. (Haven't played it, but planning on it.) You may be late but at least you're considerate.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 10:42AM WiredKnight said
I feel like only a couple people here actually know anything about video game animation....
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:41PM WiredKnight said
Yea, I see too many comments saying "har har good thing it was first person, not third, the animation is crap."
Obviously, if it was third person, the animations would be better.
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Obviously, if it was third person, the animations would be better.
Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:53PM Omega Aero said
Yeah, I'm surprised there even is a model in the first place and not just a set of floating arms and legs.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 12:45PM mattimus said
Does anybody else remember back before the game came out, in an interview or something one of the developers said that because they were animating for 1st-person, and wanted the animations to be visible and look good from that perspective, that it would probably look pretty damn weird and unnatural in 3rd-person.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:21PM (Unverified) said
I don't remember that interview, but that's really very obvious.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 3:09PM aristokrat said
Yeah, they said something about even having to exaggerate the movements of the limbs in order to make it look right, even though it looked wacked out in 3rd person. So these movements aren't just what you aren't supposed to see, they are purposefully made stranger so that it will look right from a 1st person view.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 1:22PM (Unverified) said
Better than most games where you would just be a floating gun with detached arms and legs.
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Posted: Jan 29th 2009 5:02PM (Unverified) said
"Mirror's Edge, hacked! The 3rd person perspective footage they *don't* want you to see!"
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