By now you have probably heard the warning: Playing Mirror's Edge will make you vomit.
The hot new videogame is a sort of "first-person runner": You're a courier who travels across the rooftops of a locked-down, police-state city, delivering black-market messages by using acrobatic feats of parkour. You're constantly leaping over gaps 40 stories in the air, tightrope-walking along suspended pipes and vaulting up walls like a ninja.
It doesn't do justice to call the action in Mirror's Edge "intense": It quivers, like a hummingbird, and your first-person view is constantly whipsawing like a paranoid cameraman hunting for the best shot.
Only 15 minutes into the game, my mouth began overproducing saliva, and I had to pause the action for a few seconds to avoid carsickness. I would feel like a total lamer, but apparently even the Penny Arcade guys wrestled with nausea.
Mirror's Edge, in contrast, does something very subtle, but very radical. It lets you see other parts of your body in motion.
When you run, you see your hands pumping up and down in front of you. When you jump, your feet briefly jut up into eyeshot ? precisely as they do when you're vaulting over a hurdle in real life. And when you tuck down into a somersault, you're looking at your thighs as the world spins around you.
... the brilliant physicality of Mirror's Edge isn't just a boon to the game's physics. It also makes the narrative and drama more plausible.
So yes, by all means, I'll keep on playing Mirror's Edge, even though it occasionally makes me want to vomit. In the past, I've often wanted to retch because a game is so bad ? but I've never felt sick because it was so good
Originally posted by: AmberClad
Hmm, the camera-induced motion sickness thing would be kind of a big deal for me. Depending on the FPS, I'll either have zero motion sickness (any of the four UT games, Q3A, TF2, BF2) or severe motion sickness (HL2, Vampire:TMB).
apoppin - Didn't you just say that you did try it first, at nVision ? Well did you want to hurl after playing it?
I also have a severe fear of heights (as in, I get vertigo jumping off the top of CTF-Face in the UT games), so this is probably not the game for me, lol.
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: AmberClad
Hmm, the camera-induced motion sickness thing would be kind of a big deal for me. Depending on the FPS, I'll either have zero motion sickness (any of the four UT games, Q3A, TF2, BF2) or severe motion sickness (HL2, Vampire:TMB).
apoppin - Didn't you just say that you did try it first, at nVision ? Well did you want to hurl after playing it?
I also have a severe fear of heights (as in, I get vertigo jumping off the top of CTF-Face in the UT games), so this is probably not the game for me, lol.
They did not allow us much time with it; just a couple of minutes .. and there is a reticule in the middle of the screen so you can focus on it to minimize motion sickness
--everything i saw was all on the rooftops and you can make some amazing leaps over the city; at the time they had someone guarding Mirrors Edge at Nvision so no one could take screen shots [of course i have 12x optical zoom on my digi-cam; but i didn't use the shots even though they were good ]
i cannot really comment based on a couple of minutes with it; that is why i NEED a playable demo of Mirror's Edge
- sometimes there is too much of a "good thing"
[physX]
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Well, at least you said "Supreme" nitpicker. That must count for something. And, watching a rep play the game is akin to watching videos, which you say you don't care for. (continues nitpicking to retain title).
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Well, at least you said "Supreme" nitpicker. That must count for something. And, watching a rep play the game is akin to watching videos, which you say you don't care for. (continues nitpicking to retain title).
it does .. it is metaphysical with you and me
No, watching a rep over his shoulder is "not the same" as watching videos
- try asking a Video a question or ask 'it' to replay something for you
FINALLY, to quiet you down a bit:
[if it is possible]
i LINKED to a REVIEWER who says it is "known" that ME can cause motion sickness
--my conclusion stands for me - based on the evidence: i need a playable dem
... Nitpicks .. even your supreme ones are The Fail
take it as a PSA .. PhysX might be too much of a 'good thing' in ME
. . . caveat emptor and all that jazz
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.. Amber, i hated Portal
. . . and personally i do not think we will see PhysX mature for a few more years, if ever
.. we do not even know if it will get much support beyond Unreal Engine 3
"Faith's world in Mirror's Edge is visceral, immediate, and very dangerous; it is imperative that the gameplay reflect this level of urgency," said Owen O'Brien, Senior Producer at DICE. "NVIDIA PhysX technology affords us the ability to bring a totally new level of immersion to the game, and by doing so, gamers can truly become part of the world."
With the NVIDIA PhysX physics engine, the world of Mirror's Edge comes to life with real affects of wind, weapons impact, and in-game movements. Every-day objects within the game become part of the overall experience. Cloth, flags, and banners can now impact weapons and players; ground fog interacts with the player's footsteps; explosions fill the air with smoke and debris; and weapon impacts are enhanced with interactive particles.
On the PC, PhysX technology harnesses the power of CUDA(TM), NVIDIA's general-purpose, parallel-computing architecture, to handle 10-20 times more visual complexity than what's possible without a GeForce(R) CUDA-enabled GPU. And unlike competitors' solutions, which do not offer hardware-scaling capabilities, only PhysX technology leverages the best of both CPU and GPU architectures to deliver the ultimate, immersive, user experience. With over 100 million CUDA-compatible GeForce 8 Series and higher GPUs shipped to date, PhysX technology has the largest installed base of general-purpose, parallel-computing processors to run on.
"If you love intense combat scenes, fast-paced chases, and sky-high adventures then Mirror's Edge is the game for you," said Ujesh Desai, vice president of GeForce desktop business at NVIDIA. "Gamers will appreciate the greater freedom of movement, including sliding under barriers, tumbling, wall-running, and shimmying across ledges -- all within an environment that is dynamic and immersive, delivered in part by our PhysX technology."
you guys have been itching for a Triple A title.
Originally posted by: schneiderguy
you guys have been itching for a Triple A title.
and we still are
The physics effects in the trailer looked pretty cool though.
Fansite On-Mirrors-Edge, NVIDIA and the Mirror's Edge team are proud to host a live Q&A chat with Tom Farrer, a producer of the game. Tony Tamasi and Dane Johnston from NVIDIA will also be discussing PhysX.
Not only will you have the chance to put your Mirror's Edge questions forward, we will have heaps of prizes to give away including 10 Mirror's Edge music CDs, 20 copies of the Mirror's Edge comic books and 10 Mirror's Edge T-shirts during the chat - but you'll have to be there to win!