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  • SaraLunaSaraLuna Registered User regular
    re: Mirror's Edge
    I bought it a year after it came out for $15. After I played it, I wished I had bought it a year earlier for $60.

  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    Iolo wrote:
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    mts wrote:
    one of these days i will start a steam group for people that dont like games that everyone else love

    me, yod and canman will be president

    I'm sorry, but @Magic Pink is already Chairman and CEO.

    Ah ha ha, I was going to make this exact post except with, "God Emperor."

    You are now the President of Calendars!

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    I finally got around to finishing DE: HR!
    I broadcasted David's message in the name of T3h Science.

    I wouldn't mind if they redid/retconned the original Deus Ex with modern sensibilities. Also, I need an excuse to punch Bob Page in the dick.

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  • DaringDirkDaringDirk Daddy CEO Oakland, CARegistered User regular
    Mirror's Edge is great and all, but inMomentum scratches that hopping around itch for me so much better.

    So funny. This comment intrigued me, as I have that same itch. So, I go to the store and look up the game page. Says I already own the game. I check. It's already INSTALLED! Choco, what kind of magic witchcraft are you playing at!?!?

    Oh, yeah, it was a write-off game I hadn't heard of in one of the bundles...

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    inMomentum is pretty damn good at what it does, but it doesn't hit the same button as Mirror's Edge does for me. Mirror's Edge really gets the feeling of interaction across to me, of leveraging your environment. It has some epic set pieces and really does the post-cyberpunk dystopian future thing really well. And who needs guns when you can wall run into a jump kick and flatten some cops? I love the look in their eyes as they realize they've been flattened by a 90 lb woman. Also the slide kick to the nuts is fantastic. The only time I hold a gun in the game is right after a disarm, then I casually fling it away as I bolt off and look for another angle to hit them from.

    Honestly I like everything about Mirror's Edge. The story that is close to the ground, you aren't saving the world, or the city. You are risking it all for an estranged sibling on the other line of the law. Hell, I even like the animated cutscenes. The game really just does everything right for me. I truly love it.

    inMomentum on the other hand is a rage inducing speed trial game that controls completely differently, has totally different mechanics and is a complete blast. If you like speed, vertigo and time trials you need to get this game during the sale.

  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    Cantido wrote:
    I finally got around to finishing DE: HR!
    I broadcasted David's message in the name of T3h Science.

    I wouldn't mind if they redid/retconned the original Deus Ex with modern sensibilities. Also, I need an excuse to punch Bob Page in the dick.
    By "I don't mind" you mean "it would be awesome"? Graphics that don't suck ass and a melded skill/augmentation system?

  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    i rather loved mirror's edge

    the levels were CLEARLY not playtested at all, though

    it was an incredible game. probably shouldn't have come out at $60, would have sold better at $40.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Drake wrote:
    inMomentum is pretty damn good at what it does, but it doesn't hit the same button as Mirror's Edge does for me. Mirror's Edge really gets the feeling of interaction across to me, of leveraging your environment. It has some epic set pieces and really does the post-cyberpunk dystopian future thing really well. And who needs guns when you can wall run into a jump kick and flatten some cops? I love the look in their eyes as they realize they've been flattened by a 90 lb woman. Also the slide kick to the nuts is fantastic. The only time I hold a gun in the game is right after a disarm, then I casually fling it away as I bolt off and look for another angle to hit them from.

    Honestly I like everything about Mirror's Edge. The story that is close to the ground, you aren't saving the world, or the city. You are risking it all for an estranged sibling on the other line of the law. Hell, I even like the animated cutscenes. The game really just does everything right for me. I truly love it.

    inMomentum on the other hand is a rage inducing speed trial game that controls completely differently, has totally different mechanics and is a complete blast. If you like speed, vertigo and time trials you need to get this game during the sale.

    I feel exactly the same way. Like, to the letter.

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    Drake wrote:
    inMomentum is pretty damn good at what it does, but it doesn't hit the same button as Mirror's Edge does for me. Mirror's Edge really gets the feeling of interaction across to me, of leveraging your environment. It has some epic set pieces and really does the post-cyberpunk dystopian future thing really well. And who needs guns when you can wall run into a jump kick and flatten some cops? I love the look in their eyes as they realize they've been flattened by a 90 lb woman. Also the slide kick to the nuts is fantastic. The only time I hold a gun in the game is right after a disarm, then I casually fling it away as I bolt off and look for another angle to hit them from.

    Honestly I like everything about Mirror's Edge. The story that is close to the ground, you aren't saving the world, or the city. You are risking it all for an estranged sibling on the other line of the law. Hell, I even like the animated cutscenes. The game really just does everything right for me. I truly love it.

    inMomentum on the other hand is a rage inducing speed trial game that controls completely differently, has totally different mechanics and is a complete blast. If you like speed, vertigo and time trials you need to get this game during the sale.

    See, I found the best part of Mirror's Edge to be the time trial stuff. The DLC stuff is great, too and looks just like inMomentum basically. Playing inMomentum on the highest difficulty gives you a distinct appreciation for how the stages are built and why.

    Also, fuck, anything with rocket jumping has my vote.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Are we talking about Mirror's Edge again? That means it's massive screenshot time! Since h-scroll is busted you'll want to click on them.

    And when I say massive I mean these will break your computer.
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  • ElbasunuElbasunu Registered User regular
    Oh god, why did I click that spoiler. I'm on a remote desktop connection. It took me ten minutes to get down here.

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    And boom goes the h-scroll.

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  • starmanbrandstarmanbrand Registered User regular
    someone make a comic edit of skub and replace with mirrors edge.

    I wanted to like the game. I even DID like the game. Until every level stopped being "oh hey there area couple cops after you" and became "20 million cops that you have to use our stupid combat system wiiiith"

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Christ, Tycho. My iPhone just started crying when I clicked that.

    Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Mirror's Edge is so great. But I still haven't got around to getting it on PC.

    Wink. Guys.

    Xmas sale. Wink. WINK.

    Oh brilliant
  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    someone make a comic edit of skub and replace with mirrors edge.

    I wanted to like the game. I even DID like the game. Until every level stopped being "oh hey there area couple cops after you" and became "20 million cops that you have to use our stupid combat system wiiiith"

    The best combat strategy is always no combat.

    Except for the occasional nut-shot, of course.

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  • Vi MonksVi Monks Registered User regular
    Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, that is one beautiful game.

  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    i loved the combat after i figured out how to make the fast runner cops tase themselves :D

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  • AdelliosAdellios Registered User regular
    Magicka today, all the dlc is on sale as well. Even the one that just came out like two weeks ago.

  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    Few more sales talks around. Iron Grip Warlord guys have confirmed the sale starts Monday the 19th: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2294436

    There will be a new indie bundle for 20 bucks that includes: IG: Warlord, Rochard, Atom Zombie Smasher, Avadon, Demolition, Inc., Sanctum, Runespell: Overture, Everyday Shooter, Sequence and Zombie Driver!

    Pretty decent bundle, though I own a decent chunk of those already so will be passing

  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    20$ seems steep considering most of the best games in there are only a couple of bucks. Oh well, if I can gift the extras I'd probably consider it.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    someone make a comic edit of skub and replace with mirrors edge.

    I wanted to like the game. I even DID like the game. Until every level stopped being "oh hey there area couple cops after you" and became "20 million cops that you have to use our stupid combat system wiiiith"
    There's only one or two points in the game where you actually have to fight them

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Bleh, I own virtually all of those games and it's too expensive to consider for the ones I don't

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    what in the hell was the resolution on your computer! At 1920x1080 you still raped my h-scroll

  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    Vi Monks wrote: »
    Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, that is one beautiful game.

    Absolutely. Wish it played better though. I read what other people say about it being a freerunning racing game with time trials and environmental interactions and whatnot and think huh? Because it honestly feels like I'm driving a suit of space marine armor or something when I'm playing it. I've pushed a few hours in and at no point did I feel like I was going fast or parkouring or whatever. Maybe if it was in third person, and thus able to show me that through animations, it would be better?

    I feel like I'm pushing buttons here when I'm really not trying to like egg on an argument, I just, I dunno. I'm a dude who likes a fuckton of games, I can come up with reasons to buy almost any game Steam has, but when it comes to Mirror's Edge about the only good thing I can say is you can take pretty screenshots if you can keep from throwing your controller through your screen long enough to hit f12.

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  • DaringDirkDaringDirk Daddy CEO Oakland, CARegistered User regular
    Drake wrote:
    inMomentum is pretty damn good at what it does, but it doesn't hit the same button as Mirror's Edge does for me. Mirror's Edge really gets the feeling of interaction across to me, of leveraging your environment. It has some epic set pieces and really does the post-cyberpunk dystopian future thing really well. And who needs guns when you can wall run into a jump kick and flatten some cops? I love the look in their eyes as they realize they've been flattened by a 90 lb woman. Also the slide kick to the nuts is fantastic. The only time I hold a gun in the game is right after a disarm, then I casually fling it away as I bolt off and look for another angle to hit them from.

    Honestly I like everything about Mirror's Edge. The story that is close to the ground, you aren't saving the world, or the city. You are risking it all for an estranged sibling on the other line of the law. Hell, I even like the animated cutscenes. The game really just does everything right for me. I truly love it.

    inMomentum on the other hand is a rage inducing speed trial game that controls completely differently, has totally different mechanics and is a complete blast. If you like speed, vertigo and time trials you need to get this game during the sale.

    No worries for me, I've got both, apparently. ;-)

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  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    4MB update to And Yet It Moves. lol

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  • DaringDirkDaringDirk Daddy CEO Oakland, CARegistered User regular
    Adellios wrote:
    Magicka today, all the dlc is on sale as well. Even the one that just came out like two weeks ago.

    For some reason I though this was Magic The Gathering or some shit. So, why do 68% of my friends already own this game? Is it really good, or was it really cheap at some point? (or both, I suppose)

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  • Lord_SnotLord_Snot Живу за выходные American ValhallaRegistered User regular
    4MB update to And Yet It Moves. lol

    Yeah, same here. And a 180MB update to Shogun 2.

  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    4MB update to And Yet It Moves. lol

    Ooo, any content notes with that?

  • Xenogear_0001Xenogear_0001 Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    Lord Yod wrote:
    Vi Monks wrote: »
    Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, that is one beautiful game.

    Absolutely. Wish it played better though. I read what other people say about it being a freerunning racing game with time trials and environmental interactions and whatnot and think huh? Because it honestly feels like I'm driving a suit of space marine armor or something when I'm playing it. I've pushed a few hours in and at no point did I feel like I was going fast or parkouring or whatever. Maybe if it was in third person, and thus able to show me that through animations, it would be better?

    I feel like I'm pushing buttons here when I'm really not trying to like egg on an argument, I just, I dunno. I'm a dude who likes a fuckton of games, I can come up with reasons to buy almost any game Steam has, but when it comes to Mirror's Edge about the only good thing I can say is you can take pretty screenshots if you can keep from throwing your controller through your screen long enough to hit f12.

    Yeah, that learning curve is more like a wall--which is thematically appropriate, because, you know... parkour and all that. It's rough at first, make no mistake. But I actually managed to finish it. And if I can, that means anyone can.

    And, good god, why hasn't anyone done anything else with that engine?

    EDIT: Also, Magicka--worth getting the DLC if I intend just to play that one solo?

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  • Lord_SnotLord_Snot Живу за выходные American ValhallaRegistered User regular
    TheCanMan wrote:
    4MB update to And Yet It Moves. lol

    Ooo, any content notes with that?

    Nope, none whatsoever. I hate it when they do that.

  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    Lord Yod wrote:
    Vi Monks wrote: »
    Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, that is one beautiful game.

    Absolutely. Wish it played better though. I read what other people say about it being a freerunning racing game with time trials and environmental interactions and whatnot and think huh? Because it honestly feels like I'm driving a suit of space marine armor or something when I'm playing it. I've pushed a few hours in and at no point did I feel like I was going fast or parkouring or whatever. Maybe if it was in third person, and thus able to show me that through animations, it would be better?

    I feel like I'm pushing buttons here when I'm really not trying to like egg on an argument, I just, I dunno. I'm a dude who likes a fuckton of games, I can come up with reasons to buy almost any game Steam has, but when it comes to Mirror's Edge about the only good thing I can say is you can take pretty screenshots if you can keep from throwing your controller through your screen long enough to hit f12.

    Yeah, that learning curve is more like a wall--which is thematically appropriate, because, you know... parkour and all that. It's rough at first, make no mistake. But I actually managed to finish it. And if I can, that means anyone can.

    Also, good god, why hasn't anyone done anything else with that engine?

    It's actually the Frostbite engine, used to build the Bad Company games. BF3 uses a rejiggered version of it.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    Lord Yod wrote:
    Vi Monks wrote: »
    Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, that is one beautiful game.

    Absolutely. Wish it played better though. I read what other people say about it being a freerunning racing game with time trials and environmental interactions and whatnot and think huh? Because it honestly feels like I'm driving a suit of space marine armor or something when I'm playing it. I've pushed a few hours in and at no point did I feel like I was going fast or parkouring or whatever. Maybe if it was in third person, and thus able to show me that through animations, it would be better?

    I feel like I'm pushing buttons here when I'm really not trying to like egg on an argument, I just, I dunno. I'm a dude who likes a fuckton of games, I can come up with reasons to buy almost any game Steam has, but when it comes to Mirror's Edge about the only good thing I can say is you can take pretty screenshots if you can keep from throwing your controller through your screen long enough to hit f12.

    I had the exact opposite experience. I felt fleet of foot and graceful of limb as I played. I think I played through the game in like three or four sessions, once I got the mechanics down. Everything made sense to me and I just flowed through environments and flattened cops like the slow, ungainly creatures they are.

    Perhaps using a controller was your downfall? I play it with KBAM and except for occasions when I screw up the timing, the game plays seamlessly for me.

  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    Mirror's Edge is on the Unreal engine guys.

  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited December 2011
    what in the hell was the resolution on your computer! At 1920x1080 you still raped my h-scroll
    Mirror's Edge and other UE3 games (plus CryENGINE and maybe others. have a console command that lets you make massive screenshots (it's called tiledshot). The Dead End Thrills guy uses it sometimes for instance. And here is his Mirror's Edge stuff while we're talking about it.


    Okay, one last picture. This will break h-scroll but not nearly as badly as the other ones:
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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Drake wrote:
    Lord Yod wrote:
    Vi Monks wrote: »
    Regardless of how you feel about the gameplay, that is one beautiful game.

    Absolutely. Wish it played better though. I read what other people say about it being a freerunning racing game with time trials and environmental interactions and whatnot and think huh? Because it honestly feels like I'm driving a suit of space marine armor or something when I'm playing it. I've pushed a few hours in and at no point did I feel like I was going fast or parkouring or whatever. Maybe if it was in third person, and thus able to show me that through animations, it would be better?

    I feel like I'm pushing buttons here when I'm really not trying to like egg on an argument, I just, I dunno. I'm a dude who likes a fuckton of games, I can come up with reasons to buy almost any game Steam has, but when it comes to Mirror's Edge about the only good thing I can say is you can take pretty screenshots if you can keep from throwing your controller through your screen long enough to hit f12.

    I had the exact opposite experience. I felt fleet of foot and graceful of limb as I played. I think I played through the game in like three or four sessions, once I got the mechanics down. Everything made sense to me and I just flowed through environments and flattened cops like the slow, ungainly creatures they are.

    Perhaps using a controller was your downfall? I play it with KBAM and except for occasions when I screw up the timing, the game plays seamlessly for me.

    I felt exactly like Yod on my first attempt with the game. That was on 360 with a gamepad.

    A year or so later on PC with KBaM and it just clicked. Everything felt right after I got the hang of it an it quickly became one of my favorite games.

    Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    Dude! Magicka: awesome.

    Super fun times, and I knew I'd get The Stars are Left for like $1.50 if I waited.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    what in the hell was the resolution on your computer! At 1920x1080 you still raped my h-scroll
    Mirror's Edge and other UE3 games (plus CryENGINE and maybe others. have a console command that lets you make massive screenshots (it's called tiledshot). The Dead End Thrills guy uses it sometimes for instance. And here is his Mirror's Edge stuff while we're talking about it.


    Okay, one last picture. This will break h-scroll but not nearly as badly as the other ones:
    det_mirrorsedge_122.jpg

    Man, that link just serves to remind me how goddamn gorgeous Bulletstorm is.

    Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    Bulletstorm is amazing to look at. It's so unnecessarily gorgeous.

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