what a down grade to the first one

>>716127063 (OP)
I hate what they did to Faith's original design so I haven't even bought it.

>>716127194
>buying ea slop

>>716127063 (OP)
kys

>>716127063 (OP)
Catalyst is a side grade, the obsessed with mirrors world is pretty bad which is an important factor but the movement and combat is a massive improvement to the first ME

>>716127063 (OP)
>heh, we're reviving this franchise again just for you fans
>oh wait, we have to focus on BF1 instead. Let's half ass it instead.
Fuck DICE

>>716128823
>the movement and combat is a massive improvement
you cannot improve on perfection

>>716129460
Good thing the first ME isn't perfection in those areas, game feels bad without the insta movement speed tech and the combat is just mashing M1 with reacting to the red gun

>>716129460
Dude, it's pretty janky

>>716129848
>he didn't shoot the bad guys in slow mo like it was first person Max Payne
Missing out

>>716127063 (OP)
Played this a fucking long time ago so all I remember really is the final level being kino.

>>716129921
seems like a classic skill issue to me

why did they gook max her?

I like it more simply because guns matter less. Hated everything about guns in the first one.

>>716127063 (OP)
The city is so clean it makes it look wicked and unnatural, and the writing is immature. Movement feels better than the first game but that's the only actual upgrade imo. Disappointing they made guns unusable as picking up guns was a big part of the first game's gameplay, now you just kick the shit out of all enemies.

>>716130018
I can master the jank, but it does remove the jank

>>716130179
The city being unnaturally clean is like the series major plot point

most people here never played the game and don't even know that catalyst faith basically looks like a pornstar and the game is about as good as the first one.

>>716130054
asian women dont look like this

>>716130054
gookmaxx>weebmaxx

>>716130331
>It's supposed to look soulless
Sure

>>716127063 (OP)
Friendly reminder that they hired (((Anita))) to make changes, and the first was to turn Faith into Matress Girl

>>716130391
??

>>716130481
mindbroken for 10 years

Catalyst is trash because 90% of the appeal of ME was the masterfully baked scenes and the excellent sound design. Catalyst had neither of these. Just because Borderlands improves its gameplay in its sequels doesn't mean players can stomach said sequels if literally everything else is a downgrade.

I liked the sound of making combat a parkour element as well, because I thought the idea of combat only being stunting on guys as you run past them sounded neat.
And then they put way, way more crappy combat in the game and it wasn't really like that concept lol

>>716130635
great thinking for a faggot that only watched ME on youtube and never played it
>gameplay doesnt matter in a game

Reminder you play as the bad guys in Mirror's Edge running around trying to support commie dissidents and killing cops who are just trying to protect the good, law-abiding citizens from revolutionaries trying to overthrow the government.

>>716130674
Combat is laughably bad. Just kick and punch these guys a few times, run behind this wall for your health to regen, rinse and repeat.

>>716128665
way to prove OP right, this looks like ass compared to the first one

>>716128823
Catalyst Movement is completely weightless and mistakes have way less consequences. Combat shouldn't even be part of the game.

>>716130528
There are more International Style buildings on the right than there are on the left.

>>716130439
Yes. Faith and runners represent the "soul" of the old city, before the soulless squeky clean corporatism took over. Did you even play the games?

>>716127063 (OP)
Making a prequel to ME, but actually putting it into some far away dystopian YA setting was probably the weirdest turn of events I've seen in the industry. Not only that, but the game underperformed again and DICE shelved it AGAIN, this time it seems for good. Mirror's Edge had a rough life.

>>716130810
But enough about the American Revolution....

>>716131025
>a prequel to ME
Really? What the fuck, flew right past me.

>>716130528
i like catalyst more than me1 but yeah the world is pretty bad compared to me1, graphically the game with mods that remove the haze is still better than the ue5 shit we get nowadays

>>716130810
ACAB

>>716128823
>Can't use the grapple hook outside of designated areas
>Can't go back to ground past the opening/jail leaving scene.
They fucked up. I wanted to Parkour and swing everywhere. Instead I don't even get a cool speedrunning game.

ME2 is probably the canary in DICE-SE's mine. First game that wasn't a major hit and then the Battlefield series shitted itself to death.

>>716130895
>experienced runner should slow down like a grandma after rolling
lol

>>716131067
American Revolution was caused by a bunch of based slave owners who didn't want to play taxes.

>>716128823
>>716130054
>>716130408
Made for heterosexual White males

>>716131025
>Making a prequel to ME
Which is funny, as Faith doesn't seem younger. She's "inexperienced" but able to climb the fucking tower that is featured in the city as the end game levels with next to no issues.

>>716131015
We're not talking about the same "soul" here, clearly. Catalyst Faith sounds like she got her soul sucked out of her.

>>716130408
Ah, one of the early "I fixed her" -chud edits...

>>716127063 (OP)
>oh cool what a nice first person parkour game I wonder what the sequel will be like-
>MAKE IT INTO BORING OPEN WORLD UBISLOP WITH UBISOFT TOWERS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!

>>716131469
We're talking about the city. And it's clearly stated in the game why it looks soulless

>>716131469
What?? You barely even hear Faith in the first game, she has much more personality in the second one even if you don't like her. She's just your basic rebellious daughter

>>716128393
>not buying original ME
Pleb.
I pirated it and it was so good that I bought it after I beat it.

>>716131520
yeah dude, open world and parkour would never work together
what a retarded post kill yourself, I can bet money you don't have more than 5 hours in the first ME

>>716131520
It's open world game that doesn't include any of the benefits open world could give to parkour

>>716131529
>Faith and runners represent the "soul" of the old city
Dilate

>>716131394
sounds based to me

>>716131416
trvke

>>716131620
it could work but not when made by EA retards you fucking monkey, and I beat original ME like 5 times. I used to fistfight the SWAT guys in endgame levels that come out at you without gunning them down just because it's that fun.
>>716131626
this
>add a grappling hook
>scripted only in some places
death stranding had the right idea with letting you put down your silly ropes and ladders wherever the fuck you want, but that's not a parkour game...

>>716131627
>what do you mean the protagonist is.. le good??? You must be tranny!!!
Easy with that edge, Edgar.

Mirrors Edge was always mid, just a crappy subway surfers for computers but with pretty art style
Tbh, even that phone game is better as it racks up the challenge the higher your score is unlike this slop

>>716127063 (OP)
its such a shame honestly, they should've just taken the original and made it open world, or at least make it linear and at the end give you the open world
I do have a story idea how to make both games canon though and revive the series but EA wont hire me

Just use these mods if you want the best Catalyst experience

>716131878
Zoomers are shit at bait

>>716131926
post gameplay

>so assblasted about his slop didn't even respond to me
score based arcade kino rapes console slop again

>>716127063 (OP)
You want the same feeling of immense disappointment? Go play Red Faction 1, then go play Red Faction 2.

>>716132021
No

>>716132212
still looks like shit

>>716132232
Ok, no one denies that the mirror world isn't on the same level as ME

>>716132348
i just want someone to give us a big ME1 open world so that i can goof around
loved goofin around in ME:C but all i kept thinking about was how much better this would be if it was ME1

>>716132441
ME1 UE5 remake coming soon

>>716132539
oh fuck no
means it will run like shit
amazing fact about ME1 is that its only 8gb and runs on pretty old and shitty hardware while looking incredible
jeets nowdays cant do that

>>716132141
RF2 was good though

>>716132539
>ME1 UE5 remake coming soon
Where did you get that from?

>>716132762
It was a boilerplate shooter with shitty controls and almost none of what made the first game unique. Guerrilla remains the best Red Faction game.

>>716132948
from my ass but with the amount of remakes i wouldn't be surprised if ME gets one..again

>>716132963
Oh wait, I forgot Guerilla was the 3rd game. Yeah 2 was ass, kek

>>716133350
Exactly, 2 may as well not exist.

>>716127063 (OP)
>fix the admittedly horrid combat from the first game
>add 200% more combat encounters
A tale as old as PoP Warrior Within

>>716135284
>horrid combat from the first game
i thought it was fine at least with the basic enemies. fighting celeste felt like it dragged on a bit too long but with regular enemies if you know what you're doing you can just do a special attack and finish them with a basic melee combo in a couple seconds. you never should've been engaging in combat for very long otherwise and if you did it means you failed somewhere. taking out one enemy and using their gun on the next and repeating that was pretty enjoyable to me.

>>716127063 (OP)
best game to play on summer

>>716135284
I thought PoP Sands of Time combat was fine for what it was. They really went hard with the animations and making sure things smoothly chain into eachother and you can have some style to it.
Granted I loved WW's combat and encounters a lot, too. Just a good trilogy, too bad it's in the jewish claws of ubisoft

>>716135654
this but original ME
i replay it EVERY summer either on PC, eck or 360

>>716136252
>I thought PoP Sands of Time combat was fine for what it was.
Nah, it was fucking dogshit, with tanky as hell enemies to boot, long encounters, AND you had to babysit the stupid princess so she doesn't get killed. Yeah, spamming the wall kick over and over was your best bet.

I wouldnt hate this game if the skill tree didnt make you rush through the story asap
i just wanna complete the side stuff at my own pace. stuff like unlocking double wall run is annoying but locking the grapple and giving you clear times that are temporarily impossible is just evil
what a massive fuck you

I pirated the game and couldnt even be bothered to finish it

>>716136481
>tanky enemies to boot
anon you have to finish them with the dagger
anon that's the whole gimmick they will not die until you finish them with the dagger
the reason you can finish them so quickly is because they will come back unless you use the dagger
the dagger anon
>Yeah, spamming the wall kick over and over was your best bet.
That's a crutch but I barely used it in my playthrough(s). Simply switching targets, parrying and using the dagger to stun is good enough. Which is nice because again, the animations flow so seamlessly you can stun a guy, attack a bunch of others and then finish the guy you've stunned in a very seamless flip with the sword

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4N_TrgK3CU
Some guy had it figured out 16 years ago, why can't you?
I will agree that WW upgraded it greatly though, pic rel is a great system to play around with

>>716127063 (OP)
big fuckin mistake not following dying light and making a true open world where you can go anywhere
after a couple hundred hours you've already ran every line

Can you even play those puzzle map trials in ME1 anymore?

>>716137492
you can on PC, just did them a month ago, during my yearly playthrough of the game

seeing mirror's edge everywhere lately. tons of threads on here, random yt videos, instagram reels and shit. wonder if theyre about to announce a new one and theyre psyopping/botting to gauge interest. wouldnt surprise me if they wanted to bring back an old beloved series and cash in on nostalgia like every other company in existence these days.

>>716137681
Do you remember what mod? I got one a week ago with it but the game wasn't launching anymore, was using ME tweaks too.

>>716137748
oh you're asking for the mod trials, then idk
i was playing the original in game trials

>>716136728
there's a mod that gives you every skill tree unlock from the start tbf but the game still sucks so meh

>>716137492
https://www.moddb.com/games/mirrors-edge/addons/all-tts-mod
I youtube'd instead of using google and found it lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-11m6SkqpI
shame the ME1 rainy mod will never be finished

>>716138741
what happened to it

>>716139528
no update for 2 years and it was only the prologue and first level anyway so safe to just assume its dead

>>716138741
there's a snow mod for catalyst! it also adds an aurora borealis during night

>>716140107
doesnt fix the shit map thoughever

We NEED a collab remake between these two. Who's with me ???

>>716140261
Absolutely, that map's layout is terminally mid. All the visual polish in the world can't save it from the fact that you’re just zigzagging the same 5 rooftop corridors like a rat in a sterile speedrun maze. Catalyst had the bones of something great but traded soul for sandbox lite BS. I don’t care how many filters or fancy weather mods you slap on, the core is still cracked.

>>716142616
pretty much. just needs another linear game with a decent solar fields soundtrack and passable story and they could probably make some good money on it

>>716142616
don't know what they thought with making it semi open world, it's the worst of both worlds

>>716130528
Its literally just Singapore
In both examples

me1 is even better the second time. just flowing through the maps.

>>716144569
If Singapore is really like that than I'm visiting it.

>>716130408
armpit sexo

She's so cool..

>>716127063 (OP)
>I hate her design!
>is a first person game
Lol

>>716127063 (OP)
It's better than first game imo.
>Better soundtrack
>Better map design
>Faster movement
>Longer than first game by a long shot
>Online races which they gutted sadly

>>716149480
>>Better map design
heres youre "open world" map bro

>>716150598
you need to make the first dot go into 2 other dots

>>716132212
blurry shit

>>716151360
You need to get your eyes checked

>>716128665
>le sci-fi flying ship
what a shit fart the game was

>>716127063 (OP)
I think the city design is what put me off the most. The original was grounded in reality but had a very stylish and dystopian feel to it.
Catalyst, while not a terrible game in and of itself was just disappointing. Far too futuristic for the story of glammed up couriers.

I remember an anon saying that the architecture in Catalyst makes 0 sense and I can't stop noticing when playing the game now. They have random pools of water and chairs facing the walls, the worst offender is that teal looking zone

not gonna lie the animated cut scenes in me1 are pure SOVL

>>716137737
i keep getting russians posting about mirrors edge lately on tiktok
i like all of their videos

>>716136850
>the animations flow so seamlessly you can stun a guy, attack a bunch of others and then finish the guy you've stunned in a very seamless flip
This made me realize SoT is basically proto Bamham. If you added little indicators over the enemy's heads it would be a dead ringer.

>>716153808
In SoT enemies rarely ever attack you at the same time so the indicators wouldn't matter much, but in a way that's correct. The way Prince can quickly jump between targets with the animation staying fluid does feel like batman. For a 2003 game it's really impressive and I sure remember people foaming at the mouth when seeing Sands of Time for the first time.

recently got MEMM and finally got to play the DLC maps on steam verison. they are kino

>>716137492
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbHR3hqdBoU
https://www.moddb.com/games/mirrors-edge/addons/mirrors-edge-map-manager
dont listen to >>716138554

>>716154467
>>716154538
FRUTIGER AEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>716154615
kek
>>716154538
I'm the same guy but yeah I'll use this instead

>>716144784
singapore looks more like right, even has the copycat bank building, iirc the devs took inspiration from many fancy asian cities for the first game

>>716154538
kino

>>716149480
>Better sound design
Debatable, I feel the ambient tracks are better but combat tracks are worse
>Better map design
Hard disagree. 1 had somewhat realistic rooftops with multiple routes, 2 is very unrealistic and gamey with only one or two "lanes" you have to stick to
>Faster movement
True. If the instant speedboost move wasnt there it would be objectively better.
>Longer than first
True, but I prefer quality over quantity
>Online races
The best thing to come out of ME2

>>716152339
This is my major gripe. Most areas after first area (Concord/Centurian) are constantly full of weird stuff like
>AC units on roof with no access
>Water fountains in areas not accessible to public
>Rooms opening to balconies with no railing
>Rooftop lounges with no access

>>716127063 (OP)
?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIaMxEjDHDw

>Open world
>Locked standard movement abilities from the first game
Immediately lost interest and never played it. Yes, I am still mad about it.