Crazy how well this game still holds up 14 years later. Mirrors Edge is kind of like Portal to me. It's something you can always go back to and have a blast.
I guess what I especially love about the first mirrors edge compared to the second one is there are basically no "waypoints" or giant arrows pointing your towards your objective. It feels like a valve-esque game. There also was a "fan game" made in TF2 called parkour fortress, which takes heavy inspiration from mirrors edge.
I remember playing the demo of this game on several different occasions. Apart from being criminally short, the only thing this game lacked was online racing.
In mirror’s edge catalyst (2016) has an online thing. You have to complete certain parcours in the least possible time and you can see others player’s time too. It’s great
@@CliveWarren69 if the game had a better cover used, like the "there's no looking back" one, and didn't remove some features, like the reflection in skyscraper windows, better wall-running, and cut dialogue, and especially the multiplayer modes, it would've been much bigger IMO.
man I couldn't hold my tears while watching your video, its not just a game to me its a life changer. its not that I left playing it but there is really nothing like it.....i am very glad that you tube algorithm gifted me by showing your video in the timeline... i really appreciated your work, take care buddy..... subbed you for sure!!
This game was everything to me as a kid and to this day, omg the color schemes are cemented into my brain. Anytime I see a red door I think of bursting through it, anytime I see a pipe I wanna climb it, anytime I see a yellow bag- okay you get the idea. Will continue hoping for a sequel as long as ‘I’m Still Alive‘ 🎶
I love the first one, i like the Second one but being a half sequel and Technically not being being connected to the original story it doesn't have the same vibe. The first one has very nice minimalistic and colorful colors in the city inspired by the 2000s Architecture (u can clearly see that haha) and the Second one has inspiration by that but it doesn't give the same clean structure of the palette that the first one did cuz it has more pink and neon colors than the first game. The story in the Second is also not very much explained as the first one but it's just my opinion.
The biggest issue in the story of the second one imo is you have to read a comic book ´mirror’s edge exordium’ to understand it. The comic’s book events take place before mirror’s edge catalyst
I love both Mirrors Edge and Catalyst, that are awesome, and the music of Solar Fields is just a masterpiece. This is my most expected game announcement in the future. Faith is a very popular character, I believe there's a good chance we'll see another game yet.
While I do like Catalyst and appreciate it for what it is, I kind of treat it as a loose adaptation of the original concept, rather than an actual part of the same franchise. The vibe is just completely different. As for the mods/fan games - I'm not aware of any fan game, but there are custom maps for the original ME, you can see them on TH-cam, for instance on the channels called "kekuncias" and "Steve Glowpunk" (I hope I spelled that right). Dunno if these maps are downloadable, though.
I remember first playing this game on PC in the Spring of 2009 from a Steam sale little did I know this game would be one of my favs of all time. I've replayed this game every year since there's something refreshing about it that makes it a feel good game from the art direction and sunny skies to the tranquil soundtrack it can kinda of feel therapeutic at times especially in the dreary Winter.
Catalyst had an amazing storyline, graphics and surely the best soundtrack ever composed for a videogame by an incredible artist. I just wish that they could add a bit more locations to explore to really make it a massive open world expierience for Faith.
I remember when the game first came out, I had no idea what it was about at the time, but I bought it anyways because I was in a parkour phase where I just loved watching parkour compilations on TH-cam. And I ended up loving the game! It was (like you said) a VERY unique approach to first person games, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Definetly recommend checking it out!
This game is unique gem I never cared for when it was first released! I played it just recently on PS-NOW and what can I say? I was stoked!!! It is weird how a game can look aged but yet hyper realistic at the same time by being minimalistic to the max. The soundtrack is just amazing and the aestethics and atmosphere just drew me in like in a way other games hadn't for quite some time. It has this weird flair of a dystopian mega city in Middle Europe like Brussles or Berlin with a mid-90s pop culture touch, if that makes any sense to you. It is just absolutely inspiring! I love it, and absolutely recommend it!
I played through this again a couple months ago and still couldn't get over how pretty it was now as much as it was back in 08! I remember seeing this back then and being amazed how well this showcased the power of the ps3, im honestly surprised it wasn't a system seller based on its visuals alone. Really wish catalyst could've been a true sequel and improved upon what made the original great instead of retconing faith's character and everything else in the world. Maybe someday we'll get lucky and dice and ea will get their sh*t together and or pass the ip off to a more capable dev in the future, though if most recent releases are anything to go by it probably wont turn out as Great as it should unfortunately 😮💨
Hands down, this is one of the most underrated games of the 7th Gen. The story might be underdeveloped, and the games main story is only around two and a half hours long. However, the main focus of this game is its stunning visuals, which still hold up today, and super imersive gameplay. This is a game that everyone needs to play at least once if they still have a working PS3 or Xbox 360 lying around
I like both games, maybe Catalyst a bit more due to being able to explore the game world more and the music is downright incredible. If ever we get a new game I really hope Magnus Birgersson (Solar Fields) is a part of it, he is what Michael McCann is to Deus Ex. Either game won't feel the same without their unique sound.
The music and ambience is half of what makes this game so good. Solar Fields is worth whatever he asks for a next release. I hope they don't mess up with this, but thankfully seems that they are already very aware of it. (DICE). (I'm from Mexico and I'm traveling to Stockholm in October to see him play at the Royal Opera, featuring mirrors edge music.) That should tell you something...
Mirrors Edge is awesome! Catalyst is.. okay. But I can’t believe how well ME held up. I played through it again last year and it was a great nostalgia trip! Maybe the perfect dark reboot will include some first person traversal like this.
One of my favorite mirror's edge mods if the cut ending recreation mod. It brings back the original final fight on the rooftop with the troops, using the whole map arena that at release was reduced to a trial race map. It also brings back cut dialogue. Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to beat without shooting the enemies. It's just WAY too hard. It was recently patched so it HOPEFULLY doesn't have any major issues anymore.
my older brother showed me this game and it's been one of the most unique gaming experiences I've ever had. If there was ever another one I hope they would learn the linear and open world aspects of both games can go together nicley if the do it right
I played this game for the first time a couple of months ago and I instantly fell in love with it. There is truly nothing like it. Btw there is a mod currently in development based on the Mirror’s Edge prequel comic. It looks really good so far. It’s called Mirror’s Edge: Initiation.
I LOVE MIRRORS EDGE. Around 2012 when I was just 3 years old my older brother would go to his friends house and play it, I would also come and watch. Even though I never really played it I had so many memories just watching and having the best time of my life!
I'm 29 now, almost 30 (damn) and I remember when this game was announced, friend of mine and I were buying a game magazine every month and dreaming about buying new components and playing games at max details and high resolution. This game was totally something new and we were crazy about it (we were in high school) that we even tried doing it in real life. There are some ruins that are high around 4 meters and we were running on it, doing some jumps, we also did training and got some muscles lol So yeah, this game and Assassin's Creed 1 were the games that were really something special at that time and I'm really happy I was born at 1993. I'm literally living from the very start of the pc game era - considering I started playing computer games since I was a little kid. And to tell you the truth, games really did progress a lot, but old games have a soul that today games can't achieve- or at least it's just that I'm not a kid anymore and can't live through games as my young soul did at the time. Thank you for this video, it reminded me of a special time in my life!
I played this game when it was released, day one. I'm so lucky that I grew up during the golden age of first person shooters with games like Half Life 2, Portal, Counter Strike, Mirror's Edge, F.E.A.R 2, L4D, FarCry, Crysis, Bioshock and many many more. Being a teen back then was pure bliss.
The ME games were my 3rd and 4th childhood games and I really liked them. I am currently doing Catalyst retextures that are not to be publicised but I might experiment around a bit with mesh swapping. Good Mirror's Edge 1 mods are the many custom maps, I would recommend the Leap of Faith one as I personally played it and really liked it. The latter half of the LoF custom map is actually based on a TV spot of the same name advertising Mirror's Edge.
Crazy how good Mirror's Edge looks after all this time. Stuff like Battlefield never was able to get full use out of the engine due to being multiplayer, but Mirror's Edge did. I'm struck by how similar an engine from 2009 can look compared to something more modern like Unreal Engine 4.7
I remember playing this game back in college and my roommates and I all taking turns beating it. Absolutely loved it. Just picked up a copy for 6 bucks so I'll give it another go
I remember playing this game on my PS3 like 5 years later when it came out. I had no wifi and just decided to buy and play it. Was SO MUCH FUN. The new mirrors edge I don't like as much, got bored of it really fast .
Just finished this game again after playing it at release. The XBOX Series X FPS boost and HDR really helps the experiences. FPS oboist is amazing. Catalyst is just as good
I think Catalyst is really fun, and the parkour is much better than the first game. The city scale and art design are really amazing. I really think Catalyst is underrated
I love Mirror's Edge and I love the second one too! played like 5-6 hours of Catalyst a day over the course of 3 ish days while I was sick and really really enjoyed it. I must have beaten the original game like 8 times or more.
special mention should go to the soundtrack which can be felt especially in the non chase puzzle sequences in unpopulated sewers and construction sites
Not really a gamer, but the graphics, colours and idea of this game always appealed to me. I've owned it for years and finally started it properly today. I'm not that far in, but I've been having a blast.
A Mirror's Edge 3 with the artstyle and aesthetic of the first Mirror's Edge game with the parkour and combat mechanics of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst would probably be game of the year material but sadly I don't think it's going to happen. Makes you really wish we got that instead of Battlefield 2042.
Played the first many times, played the second as well. Both great games. The first had the edge (see what i did?) at the time, because of the novelty and the better soundtrack. But Catalyst is very good as well. Unfortunately, i don't understand how with such good premises even for world-building they failed so badly at creating a compelling story and character in both games. If they did that, and it was DEFINITELY possible, the game could have been a lot more successful in my opinion.
anybody with a decent pc should definitely look into the config file tweaks, removed frame rate cap, removed dumb visual distortion or motion blur effects, increased shadow quality, increased fov, fixed phys x so it doesn't run like trash, ultrawide support.
Ever since the day I first booted up the demo, there's a part of my heart that will always, always be reserved for ME. I love many other games, I love final fantasy, Persona, God of War, all great games. But no matter how good they will be, one part of me will always belong to ME. The reason behind this is hard to explain. I often use this analogy: my wife once fell in love with a particular sweater. She couldn't stop talking about it. To me it looked like nothing in particular, so when I asked her what was so special about it she said: I can't really tell, but it just feels like someone went inside my head and pulled out that sweater. It just...right. And that's ME to me. The city, the music (thank god for Solar Fields), the gameplay...everything is just 'right'. To this day, when I have to focus at work, I will put gameplay ambients ME and catalyst playlists on. Catalyst for me was a bit of a mixed bag. I loved the game of course, and it remedied the most obvious flaw of the first game: the fact that it wasn't open world. In ME I often had to stop to just enjoy the view of the city, and, especially when looking at the minimalist map, felt so robbed that there was this jewel of a city, and I couldn't explore any of it. I was limited to a couple of rooftops and stormdrains. So Catalyst comes out and while I do love the city of Glass as well in its own right, it felt almost TOO clean, too futuristic. In ME, the city still feels like its in a kind of process, like it's being described in the comic books, of becoming that clean and shining city, but it's not quite there yet. In Catalyst it's there and beyond. It just doesn't feel 'real' anymore. For me, the perfect game would've been ME with the free roaming of Catalyst, but hey, we can't always get what we wish. Anyway, I know that there is tons of lore hidden in catalyst for future games, so let's all pray that we haven't seen the last of Faith or Glass yet.
one of my favourate games of all time , played it when I was 7 back in 2008. Still have the game on xbox but it doesn't work anymore cause I was very careless
I don’t know how this game is so not know☹️. I remember as a kid, there were that 1 French youtuber that I knew making videos on it and that was it no real eruption. I miss games that are so entertaining…
I love these game so much, definitely one of my favorites - I wish it was more popular because I want another game so badly. I'm a fan of everything in this game - the plot, the movement (parkour and fighting), the muuuusic (omg the music), and the graphics ugh so gorgeous. That's not to say I didn't get incredibly frustrated at certain points hahaha, but overall the rest of the experience was so positive it overrode any negative feelings. I like the original a lot, but I do think I prefer Catalyst simply because it's more fleshed out and longer and I do enjoy the characters quite a lot
There's only two games that can give me that kick when you actively moving you center of mass and shift closer to the screen while performing jumps in a video game: the OG Mirror's Edge and Ghostrunner. Finished both of em like 10+ times. There are other similar games ofc (like mentioned Catalyst, or Dying Light), but these are somehow most fine-tuned imo.
absolutely addicted & in love with this game, definitely is my favorite game EVER aside from my favorite RPGs. It also inspired me to actually get into parkour!!
This is and always will be one of my favorite games of all time. It was a breath of fresh air in a time where everything was a brown fps or third person shooter.
I've bought mirror's edge a few years ago and I really enjoyed it. I hope there will be next mirror's edge. I like this game. And it still looks better, than many games now. And it is pretty optimized.
I just replayed this for like the 4th or 5th time already. I did it because I wanted to play Catalyst, only later I found out it's a reboot, but anyways it was good to remember the story, have crazy nostalgic feelings and it truly never gets old, still an amazing game.
Think this was the first game I got on 360 and I remember coming home from school everyday and playing it. I would stay in some areas just to listen to the music (got to remember most ost weren't on TH-cam then) lol . I miss those days this and perfect dark zero
The first one really is the best. It's less buggy then Catalyst, if you want to repeat a run it is a lot faster, due to shorter load times and I think it's good that there is no open world, because in catalyst you just got funneled through the same areas again and again. I am replaying Mirrors Edge every single year at least once. And since it is an DirectX 9 game, it might be able to be modernized using Nvidia RTX Remix once that one releases..
I played both of games and preferred the original of course with probably more than a thousand hours of gametime. The second entry changed the story and the environment but still a top game too.
Honestly, if they implemented this type of game mechanics in the Cyberpunk 2077 game, I bet it would be one of the most played games of years to come. Combine the parkour/hand to hand combat, with the free roam, intense gun fights, driving around in the cyberpunk city. My god would that be amazing.
Im okay with saying that Mirror's Edge is the best game ever in my opinion. With the originality and amazing artwork and gameplay of both games, it's kind of a masterpiece. Because as I'm pretty sure everyone else has said before, there really is nothing like it. And you know what, I doubt there ever will be, so I pray to this day that EA Dice will make a third Mirror's Edge game. Weather its a reboot of the reboot, or a sequel to Catalyst, or maybe even to the original Mirror's Edge, I'd love to see anything new right now.
Mirror's Edge along with Dead Space is both videogames that released by EA that puts most efforts into it and a lots of detail. and they actually made it with such a great heart and they take a good care of it until as always, EA said that it "didn't make much money" and they eventually killed both of the series to the end.
Mirrors Edge (The Original) 5*s fantastic! Short & Sweet! I've never gone back to Catalyst, whilst it was a good game, the open worldness of it for me spoils the moment-to-moment. The original Mirrors Edge was just a hand crafted experience from Start to Finish and the fact you can finish it in one sitting, for me personally, is just a bonus. Well done to the developers here, they can hold their heads up high as they created a masterpiece! The complaints I hear about this game are all to me what make the game what it is. The emphasis on Hand-to-Hand, the spatial awareness. When you get this game right, it's perfect!
I loved both games. The style and gameplay was awesome and Faith was a great protagonist. The story was best in the first game, but catalyst was not horrible. Would love a third game.
Crazy how well this game still holds up 14 years later. Mirrors Edge is kind of like Portal to me. It's something you can always go back to and have a blast.
And it has a simple clean design that holds up
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Fr it has such high replayability that never gets old
yeah and skate 3 🧌
Exactly this
The flow state that this game triggers when playing is absolutely phenomenal
The camera works and moves phenomenally with speed
@@shuttzi9878 for sure
I guess what I especially love about the first mirrors edge compared to the second one is there are basically no "waypoints" or giant arrows pointing your towards your objective. It feels like a valve-esque game. There also was a "fan game" made in TF2 called parkour fortress, which takes heavy inspiration from mirrors edge.
It has been 14 years.
And the way this VISIONARY game has held up is astonishing!
It’s Solar Fields incredible soundtrack that does it for me.😍
Agreed
And they’re still making phenomenal tunes!
I remember playing the demo of this game on several different occasions. Apart from being criminally short, the only thing this game lacked was online racing.
In mirror’s edge catalyst (2016) has an online thing. You have to complete certain parcours in the least possible time and you can see others player’s time too. It’s great
OMG THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING ! if that happened i can defo see that being still played to this day
@@CliveWarren69 it was originally meant to be included!!! -_-
@@CliveWarren69 if the game had a better cover used, like the "there's no looking back" one, and didn't remove some features, like the reflection in skyscraper windows, better wall-running, and cut dialogue, and especially the multiplayer modes, it would've been much bigger IMO.
man I couldn't hold my tears while watching your video, its not just a game to me its a life changer. its not that I left playing it but there is really nothing like it.....i am very glad that you tube algorithm gifted me by showing your video in the timeline...
i really appreciated your work, take care buddy.....
subbed you for sure!!
I get you bro. I always get teary when watching videos from it, even Pictures...
@@shuttzi9878 me too, I don't quite know why! It'll be buried deep in my heart forever.
It is about fighting for freedom in a world of darkness. This resonates with many people in todays world. God bless!
This game was everything to me as a kid and to this day, omg the color schemes are cemented into my brain. Anytime I see a red door I think of bursting through it, anytime I see a pipe I wanna climb it, anytime I see a yellow bag- okay you get the idea. Will continue hoping for a sequel as long as ‘I’m Still Alive‘ 🎶
catalyst is a sequel but I guess you're talking about third game
@@dvdbox360nah catalyst is a prologue/reboot
@@realangelocatalyst is a reboot, but it still counts as a sequel
This game is very nostalgic for me. The music the fluid moment really created a flow state for me. This is up there with Portal for me.
I love the first one, i like the Second one but being a half sequel and Technically not being being connected to the original story it doesn't have the same vibe. The first one has very nice minimalistic and colorful colors in the city inspired by the 2000s Architecture (u can clearly see that haha) and the Second one has inspiration by that but it doesn't give the same clean structure of the palette that the first one did cuz it has more pink and neon colors than the first game. The story in the Second is also not very much explained as the first one but it's just my opinion.
The biggest issue in the story of the second one imo is you have to read a comic book ´mirror’s edge exordium’ to understand it. The comic’s book events take place before mirror’s edge catalyst
@@user-xl4oy3iz9w the first game had a comic book too but it wasn't really needed. Was still a very interesting read...
I love both Mirrors Edge and Catalyst, that are awesome, and the music of Solar Fields is just a masterpiece.
This is my most expected game announcement in the future.
Faith is a very popular character, I believe there's a good chance we'll see another game yet.
There was talk of a movie at the time and speculation Lucy Liu would play Faith.
@@suad01 it would be really cool to see a movie, with solar fields music, obviously !
I only played Catalyst. Will play the OG eventually, the world aesthetic is unmatched.
Og kinda better than catalyst my opinion
@@aki0w0 agreed
Unpopular opinion: neither is better, just different.
@@soundsoflore ok
OG is so much better IMO.
The quiet calm indoor parts with ambience I really like and also just looking at the sunset in heat. So beautiful.
While I do like Catalyst and appreciate it for what it is, I kind of treat it as a loose adaptation of the original concept, rather than an actual part of the same franchise. The vibe is just completely different.
As for the mods/fan games - I'm not aware of any fan game, but there are custom maps for the original ME, you can see them on TH-cam, for instance on the channels called "kekuncias" and "Steve Glowpunk" (I hope I spelled that right). Dunno if these maps are downloadable, though.
I remember first playing this game on PC in the Spring of 2009 from a Steam sale little did I know this game would be one of my favs of all time. I've replayed this game every year since there's something refreshing about it that makes it a feel good game from the art direction and sunny skies to the tranquil soundtrack it can kinda of feel therapeutic at times especially in the dreary Winter.
Catalyst had an amazing storyline, graphics and surely the best soundtrack ever composed for a videogame by an incredible artist. I just wish that they could add a bit more locations to explore to really make it a massive open world expierience for Faith.
I got into me late in the game so when catalyst came out I was all over and was consistently placing in the top 5 of most of the races. It was so fun
I remember when the game first came out, I had no idea what it was about at the time, but I bought it anyways because I was in a parkour phase where I just loved watching parkour compilations on TH-cam. And I ended up loving the game! It was (like you said) a VERY unique approach to first person games, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Definetly recommend checking it out!
I was in that same phase and it made me play this game from start to finish several times, I grew a big passion for it!
Man I remember getting this for Christmas back in 2008. Those were the days 😄
This game is unique gem I never cared for when it was first released!
I played it just recently on PS-NOW and what can I say? I was stoked!!!
It is weird how a game can look aged but yet hyper realistic at the same time by being minimalistic to the max. The soundtrack is just amazing and the aestethics and atmosphere just drew me in like in a way other games hadn't for quite some time. It has this weird flair of a dystopian mega city in Middle Europe like Brussles or Berlin with a mid-90s pop culture touch, if that makes any sense to you.
It is just absolutely inspiring! I love it, and absolutely recommend it!
I played through this again a couple months ago and still couldn't get over how pretty it was now as much as it was back in 08! I remember seeing this back then and being amazed how well this showcased the power of the ps3, im honestly surprised it wasn't a system seller based on its visuals alone. Really wish catalyst could've been a true sequel and improved upon what made the original great instead of retconing faith's character and everything else in the world. Maybe someday we'll get lucky and dice and ea will get their sh*t together and or pass the ip off to a more capable dev in the future, though if most recent releases are anything to go by it probably wont turn out as Great as it should unfortunately 😮💨
Hands down, this is one of the most underrated games of the 7th Gen. The story might be underdeveloped, and the games main story is only around two and a half hours long. However, the main focus of this game is its stunning visuals, which still hold up today, and super imersive gameplay. This is a game that everyone needs to play at least once if they still have a working PS3 or Xbox 360 lying around
I like both games, maybe Catalyst a bit more due to being able to explore the game world more and the music is downright incredible. If ever we get a new game I really hope Magnus Birgersson (Solar Fields) is a part of it, he is what Michael McCann is to Deus Ex. Either game won't feel the same without their unique sound.
The music and ambience is half of what makes this game so good.
Solar Fields is worth whatever he asks for a next release. I hope they don't mess up with this, but thankfully seems that they are already very aware of it. (DICE).
(I'm from Mexico and I'm traveling to Stockholm in October to see him play at the Royal Opera, featuring mirrors edge music.) That should tell you something...
@@arturom628 Solar Fields is how I discovered Mirror's Edge
@@suad01 I wish every one that discovers his music could experience that. Great for you 😀
You can value the albums twice as much
Mirrors Edge is awesome! Catalyst is.. okay. But I can’t believe how well ME held up. I played through it again last year and it was a great nostalgia trip! Maybe the perfect dark reboot will include some first person traversal like this.
Yeah catalyst would’ve benefited so much more from the more intricate level design of the first game.
it's funny that ME could stand for Mass Effect too
One of my favorite mirror's edge mods if the cut ending recreation mod.
It brings back the original final fight on the rooftop with the troops, using the whole map arena that at release was reduced to a trial race map.
It also brings back cut dialogue. Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to beat without shooting the enemies. It's just WAY too hard.
It was recently patched so it HOPEFULLY doesn't have any major issues anymore.
my older brother showed me this game and it's been one of the most unique gaming experiences I've ever had. If there was ever another one I hope they would learn the linear and open world aspects of both games can go together nicley if the do it right
Play stride on quest 2
I played this game for the first time a couple of months ago and I instantly fell in love with it. There is truly nothing like it.
Btw there is a mod currently in development based on the Mirror’s Edge prequel comic. It looks really good so far. It’s called Mirror’s Edge: Initiation.
omg really ????? i didn't know that !!!
This game is almost 15 years old and it still looks absolutely phenomenal
I LOVE MIRRORS EDGE. Around 2012 when I was just 3 years old my older brother would go to his friends house and play it, I would also come and watch. Even though I never really played it I had so many memories just watching and having the best time of my life!
I'm 29 now, almost 30 (damn) and I remember when this game was announced, friend of mine and I were buying a game magazine every month and dreaming about buying new components and playing games at max details and high resolution. This game was totally something new and we were crazy about it (we were in high school) that we even tried doing it in real life. There are some ruins that are high around 4 meters and we were running on it, doing some jumps, we also did training and got some muscles lol
So yeah, this game and Assassin's Creed 1 were the games that were really something special at that time and I'm really happy I was born at 1993. I'm literally living from the very start of the pc game era - considering I started playing computer games since I was a little kid. And to tell you the truth, games really did progress a lot, but old games have a soul that today games can't achieve- or at least it's just that I'm not a kid anymore and can't live through games as my young soul did at the time. Thank you for this video, it reminded me of a special time in my life!
I played this game when it was released, day one. I'm so lucky that I grew up during the golden age of first person shooters with games like Half Life 2, Portal, Counter Strike, Mirror's Edge, F.E.A.R 2, L4D, FarCry, Crysis, Bioshock and many many more. Being a teen back then was pure bliss.
The ME games were my 3rd and 4th childhood games and I really liked them. I am currently doing Catalyst retextures that are not to be publicised but I might experiment around a bit with mesh swapping. Good Mirror's Edge 1 mods are the many custom maps, I would recommend the Leap of Faith one as I personally played it and really liked it. The latter half of the LoF custom map is actually based on a TV spot of the same name advertising Mirror's Edge.
I play it once a year since release, one of my favorite games of all time.
Crazy how good Mirror's Edge looks after all this time. Stuff like Battlefield never was able to get full use out of the engine due to being multiplayer, but Mirror's Edge did. I'm struck by how similar an engine from 2009 can look compared to something more modern like Unreal Engine 4.7
insane isn’t it
I remember playing this game back in college and my roommates and I all taking turns beating it. Absolutely loved it. Just picked up a copy for 6 bucks so I'll give it another go
oh man this game is so cool. This brings back memories. Great vid!
I remember playing this game on my PS3 like 5 years later when it came out. I had no wifi and just decided to buy and play it. Was SO MUCH FUN. The new mirrors edge I don't like as much, got bored of it really fast .
Just finished this game again after playing it at release. The XBOX Series X FPS boost and HDR really helps the experiences. FPS oboist is amazing. Catalyst is just as good
I think Catalyst is really fun, and the parkour is much better than the first game. The city scale and art design are really amazing. I really think Catalyst is underrated
I love Mirror's Edge and I love the second one too! played like 5-6 hours of Catalyst a day over the course of 3 ish days while I was sick and really really enjoyed it. I must have beaten the original game like 8 times or more.
One the only games that gives me such a surreal vibe with the menu music, I’ll never forget
Some of the parkour lives on in BF1, where soldiers can do more insane stunts by themselves versus previous games.
This takes me back a lot I remember being 8 yo and my brother showing me this game and I wouldn’t stop playing it
special mention should go to the soundtrack which can be felt especially in the non chase puzzle sequences in unpopulated sewers and construction sites
I’ve started playing Mirrors Edge: Catalyst for the first time and I’ve been loving it
Not really a gamer, but the graphics, colours and idea of this game always appealed to me. I've owned it for years and finally started it properly today. I'm not that far in, but I've been having a blast.
A Mirror's Edge 3 with the artstyle and aesthetic of the first Mirror's Edge game with the parkour and combat mechanics of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst would probably be game of the year material but sadly I don't think it's going to happen. Makes you really wish we got that instead of Battlefield 2042.
I still prefer the aesthetics of the first game!!!! Nostalgic, thanks for the time and effort of making a video on the original mirrors edge. 👌
Played the first many times, played the second as well. Both great games. The first had the edge (see what i did?) at the time, because of the novelty and the better soundtrack. But Catalyst is very good as well. Unfortunately, i don't understand how with such good premises even for world-building they failed so badly at creating a compelling story and character in both games.
If they did that, and it was DEFINITELY possible, the game could have been a lot more successful in my opinion.
I remember finishing this game on my laptop in 2013 which had intel hd 4000 graphics......One of the best games ive played!!
I agree I'm literally replaying this game right now
anybody with a decent pc should definitely look into the config file tweaks, removed frame rate cap, removed dumb visual distortion or motion blur effects, increased shadow quality, increased fov, fixed phys x so it doesn't run like trash, ultrawide support.
I hate how short it is though I remember rolling credits and being like, wait what, we are done already?
Just finished it for god knows how many times today. Love this game ❤
Haven't played it in awhile but I've got a giant 50 inch poster of Catalysts Glass City next to my set up.
Ever since the day I first booted up the demo, there's a part of my heart that will always, always be reserved for ME. I love many other games, I love final fantasy, Persona, God of War, all great games. But no matter how good they will be, one part of me will always belong to ME.
The reason behind this is hard to explain. I often use this analogy: my wife once fell in love with a particular sweater. She couldn't stop talking about it. To me it looked like nothing in particular, so when I asked her what was so special about it she said: I can't really tell, but it just feels like someone went inside my head and pulled out that sweater. It just...right.
And that's ME to me. The city, the music (thank god for Solar Fields), the gameplay...everything is just 'right'. To this day, when I have to focus at work, I will put gameplay ambients ME and catalyst playlists on.
Catalyst for me was a bit of a mixed bag. I loved the game of course, and it remedied the most obvious flaw of the first game: the fact that it wasn't open world. In ME I often had to stop to just enjoy the view of the city, and, especially when looking at the minimalist map, felt so robbed that there was this jewel of a city, and I couldn't explore any of it. I was limited to a couple of rooftops and stormdrains. So Catalyst comes out and while I do love the city of Glass as well in its own right, it felt almost TOO clean, too futuristic. In ME, the city still feels like its in a kind of process, like it's being described in the comic books, of becoming that clean and shining city, but it's not quite there yet. In Catalyst it's there and beyond. It just doesn't feel 'real' anymore.
For me, the perfect game would've been ME with the free roaming of Catalyst, but hey, we can't always get what we wish. Anyway, I know that there is tons of lore hidden in catalyst for future games, so let's all pray that we haven't seen the last of Faith or Glass yet.
I agree, I really hope we see more of Faith in the future
one of my favourate games of all time , played it when I was 7 back in 2008. Still have the game on xbox but it doesn't work anymore cause I was very careless
I don’t know how this game is so not know☹️. I remember as a kid, there were that 1 French youtuber that I knew making videos on it and that was it no real eruption. I miss games that are so entertaining…
A fan game is in the works! Check out Mirror's Edge Initiation if you want to support the project.
We do get more - Blade runner is similar but with weapons
The extra maps for the first game are awesome!
I love these game so much, definitely one of my favorites - I wish it was more popular because I want another game so badly. I'm a fan of everything in this game - the plot, the movement (parkour and fighting), the muuuusic (omg the music), and the graphics ugh so gorgeous. That's not to say I didn't get incredibly frustrated at certain points hahaha, but overall the rest of the experience was so positive it overrode any negative feelings. I like the original a lot, but I do think I prefer Catalyst simply because it's more fleshed out and longer and I do enjoy the characters quite a lot
There's only two games that can give me that kick when you actively moving you center of mass and shift closer to the screen while performing jumps in a video game: the OG Mirror's Edge and Ghostrunner. Finished both of em like 10+ times. There are other similar games ofc (like mentioned Catalyst, or Dying Light), but these are somehow most fine-tuned imo.
absolutely addicted & in love with this game, definitely is my favorite game EVER aside from my favorite RPGs. It also inspired me to actually get into parkour!!
This is and always will be one of my favorite games of all time. It was a breath of fresh air in a time where everything was a brown fps or third person shooter.
I've bought mirror's edge a few years ago and I really enjoyed it. I hope there will be next mirror's edge. I like this game. And it still looks better, than many games now. And it is pretty optimized.
Just started playing this game again, so much fun!
Just grabbed this game on steam. The gameplay and graphics are so damn good. Love it.
I just replayed this for like the 4th or 5th time already. I did it because I wanted to play Catalyst, only later I found out it's a reboot, but anyways it was good to remember the story, have crazy nostalgic feelings and it truly never gets old, still an amazing game.
There are a ton of Custom levels for Mirrors edge, you can find a playlist on TH-cam and some more hidden ones online
Best non-real time ray tracing lighting in game history.
I have been thinking of playing it again for like the last 3 months, should reinstall it
I played it on my ols potato laptop, it will run on almost anything. Great game, great story and world combined with mehanics is fenomenal
Think this was the first game I got on 360 and I remember coming home from school everyday and playing it. I would stay in some areas just to listen to the music (got to remember most ost weren't on TH-cam then) lol . I miss those days this and perfect dark zero
The first one really is the best. It's less buggy then Catalyst, if you want to repeat a run it is a lot faster, due to shorter load times and I think it's good that there is no open world, because in catalyst you just got funneled through the same areas again and again. I am replaying Mirrors Edge every single year at least once. And since it is an DirectX 9 game, it might be able to be modernized using Nvidia RTX Remix once that one releases..
I played both of games and preferred the original of course with probably more than a thousand hours of gametime. The second entry changed the story and the environment but still a top game too.
Yo Mirrors edge cemented my love for Solar fields and parkour !
Till this day I practice parkour casually
This game is legendary and the music and sound are the best! Very futuristic driven.
Wow, played this game dead. Know almost every trick & glitch still love it to this day.
Just found out you can kick that chapter 2 door at 1:30 😂😂❤
I loved this game. Still think about it all the time (hence why I’m here) it looked and played so well and I’m sure it still does today
Hardcore Henry. First person free running movie. It's great! Also Mirrors Edge was fantastic!
I've 8000 games in my steam account, and still this is the best games I've ever played. Damn you faith connors.
I remember playing this on the ps3 when I was like ten and it was always so pleasing to look at, vr gaming is where it could potentially do better?
So many memories with Mirror’s Edge, this game was my childhood, the nostalgia ❤
Honestly, if they implemented this type of game mechanics in the Cyberpunk 2077 game, I bet it would be one of the most played games of years to come.
Combine the parkour/hand to hand combat, with the free roam, intense gun fights, driving around in the cyberpunk city. My god would that be amazing.
I played this game back on the 360. I loved it and forgot about it till this video.
Amazing video. You should look into beatrun, it's a garry's mod remake of the original mirror's edge
Great game loved it back in the day. Feels like a precursor to Cyberpunk now having just played that.
i recently went back and finished both the original and catalyst, absolutely was worth the time and money.
I would give anything for a proper remake/reboot.
Im okay with saying that Mirror's Edge is the best game ever in my opinion. With the originality and amazing artwork and gameplay of both games, it's kind of a masterpiece. Because as I'm pretty sure everyone else has said before, there really is nothing like it. And you know what, I doubt there ever will be, so I pray to this day that EA Dice will make a third Mirror's Edge game. Weather its a reboot of the reboot, or a sequel to Catalyst, or maybe even to the original Mirror's Edge, I'd love to see anything new right now.
Nice review man.
You can see how realistic those curtains look still today after 4:10
Mirror's Edge along with Dead Space is both videogames that released by EA that puts most efforts into it and a lots of detail. and they actually made it with such a great heart and they take a good care of it until as always, EA said that it "didn't make much money" and they eventually killed both of the series to the end.
Man do I wish EA would bring this series back, all I want is a sequel to the original, hell I'll take a remaster, I just want to see Faith again
Mirrors Edge (The Original) 5*s fantastic! Short & Sweet!
I've never gone back to Catalyst, whilst it was a good game, the open worldness of it for me spoils the moment-to-moment.
The original Mirrors Edge was just a hand crafted experience from Start to Finish and the fact you can finish it in one sitting, for me personally, is just a bonus.
Well done to the developers here, they can hold their heads up high as they created a masterpiece!
The complaints I hear about this game are all to me what make the game what it is. The emphasis on Hand-to-Hand, the spatial awareness. When you get this game right, it's perfect!
I only started playing it a few months ago but I love the game
I loved both games. The style and gameplay was awesome and Faith was a great protagonist. The story was best in the first game, but catalyst was not horrible. Would love a third game.
I replayed it last week. Will great and really pretty
6:36 what are you taking in the sights? The Blues are already headed your way!