Hey, you got Mirror's Edge in my Tomb Raider!

You can see Lara's outfit has been switched with Faith's in several bits of the clip. Also, the environment stuff that you mentioned, such as the lime-green walls and red to indicate where Lara should go.

Oh, thats it? I was hoping for a physics/movement/ragdoll mod. or (probably easier) reskinning Faith and building a level from TR:U.

Still love that song, but as mods go this is a flop.

I've not played Underworld yet, but having played Legend, most of what I saw wasn't too surprising.

+1, sir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_engine_3#Unreal_Engine_3

Most of the distinctive stye it had came from the proprietary lighting tech they developed. The overarching engine is the most widely used current-gen game engine =P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror's_Edge#Development

Also, the game would've been very different in third-person; not different merely in the perspective, but they would've needed to change a lot of things about the game to make it work. The subtleties of jumping over/planting off of small objects would've been lost in third-person, as well as much of the intensity of various maneuvers.

The first-person perspective was not just a viewpoint, it was a core gameplay mechanic that the entire game was built around.

Well, I knew it used Unreal 3 Engine, but I didn't think of the fact that you can't license an engine based off of another engine.

I'm personally glad it's a first person game. I agree that the perspective is really what gives the game it's charm and makes it so fun. At the same time, unfortunately, I believe the innovation in re game is what made it frustrating for some, and was a big reason for the low scores and sales. That's where the speculation of a third person version of the game comes in. I wouldn't have bought it if it was third person, but I wonder if it soul have been better received in the media.

The bigger, more pleasant issue is that since the lighting tech, Beast, was developed in part by DICE, they can (theoretically) incorporate that into whatever games they want. Not sure if EA has a studio-wide license for UE3 (they probably do), but they can definitely use that look again.

I do agree it would've achieved better mainstream success if it had been built around a third-person perspective. I'm hoping EA will have the wisdom to stick with the franchise, and not give in too much to the mainstream pressure to change it up. EA did a lot of good things for this industry this year standing behind new IPs, and I hope that their recent losses don't scare them away from that.

Yes, because if there's one thing we need more of, it's First Person Shooters...