Mirror's Edge vs. Catalyst
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Mirror's Edge came out for the PlayStation 3 in 2008 and it is literally the only PlayStation 3 game I own. I bought the console in 2011 because it was a top-of-the-line Blu-ray player and I guess Mirror's Edge was the only game for the console I had any interest in playing. I wrote a belated post-mortem of the game in 2012 and concluded that it had unique strengths and significant, fixable flaws, and pleaded for a sequel.
That sequel, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, finally appeared in 2016. Last year (2021) I got back into gaming after a lengthy hiatus and this year I finally got around to playing it. So. What's different? Anything?
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First, let's quickly recap the original game. The positives: unique high-altitude parkour gameplay; a shining, bright dystopia; crisp, bold, clean, white art design and presentation; great action set-pieces; great music, courtesy of ambient artist Solar Fields. The negatives: frustratingly slow-paced interior segments; janky controls; frustrating ...
Mirror's Edge came out for the PlayStation 3 in 2008 and it is literally the only PlayStation 3 game I own. I bought the console in 2011 because it was a top-of-the-line Blu-ray player and I guess Mirror's Edge was the only game for the console I had any interest in playing. I wrote a belated post-mortem of the game in 2012 and concluded that it had unique strengths and significant, fixable flaws, and pleaded for a sequel.
That sequel, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, finally appeared in 2016. Last year (2021) I got back into gaming after a lengthy hiatus and this year I finally got around to playing it. So. What's different? Anything?
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First, let's quickly recap the original game. The positives: unique high-altitude parkour gameplay; a shining, bright dystopia; crisp, bold, clean, white art design and presentation; great action set-pieces; great music, courtesy of ambient artist Solar Fields. The negatives: frustratingly slow-paced interior segments; janky controls; frustrating ...
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Karl
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Aug 16, 2023 02:53AM
I love the original Mirror's Edge, and have completed it a few times on PC. The online DRM thing on Catalyst put me off buying it though. I really should play ME again, this time seeing how it works on Linux ... :-)
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