(http://orig05.deviantart.net/759d/f/2011/217/e/7/still_alive__mirror__s_edge__by_playedsun-d45ko9o.jpg)
The first one is a straight-up GOAT and deeply resonated with me because it's basically the story of my life back when I was free running around Tokyo and head-stomping cops and uncovering a megacorporation's evil plans, all the while with really chill Swedish music playing, you see that picture up there, THAT'S TOTALLY ME, EA MADE A GAME ABOUT MY LIFE BUT CHANGED IT TO A GIRL OH WELL
Anyhoo, the new one just came out and I'm not so sure about this, it's waiting for me back at the apartment and I'm really really afraid that they fucked it up because the budget's probably 10x the original game's, and the opportunities for corporate douchebaggery just kinda compound with that kinda thing.
Reviews are all over the place so I haven't really bothered reading them or watching anything other than the initial debut trailer
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I'm probably gonna be real disappointed aren't I
I'm in about 4 hours, and I'm okay with it so far. I like being able to chain combat moves off free-running and build up the combo, though I'm not sure what that actually means. Music seems about the same, which is good. There are some annoying voice samples that play over and over (cameras saying "SCANNING FOR THREATS," billboards spouting the same thing continuously) that is kind of a pain in the ass.
New Runner Vision is horrible; it has the stink of idiot focus testers all over it. I turned off ALL runner vision at first, but then I was getting totally stuck during story missions where I had to go somewhere quickly but couldn't read the environment. I think Classic is probably the way to go.
The game is buggy. I had music drop out in the first 20 minutes, and there was a collision bug where I couldn't swing on a pipe; I'd just clip right through it during the opening tutorial mission, which had me ready to smash my controller (eventually I just reloaded the checkpoint after 15 tries, and it worked fine, good job idiots).
Also, I am just messing with yall, that is not me in the first picture. Here's me and Papa Nuff:
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(http://i68.tinypic.com/167seuu.jpg)
I was technically still right. I didn't know you were white.
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Oh how I wish you were the OP picture though. :phil :tauntaun