To be fair, judging by the beta, it's quite buggy, and the free running has been neutered until you invest enough time into the game to unlock everything. And obviously the original game meant a lot to Dan, so I think it's fair to be a bit more critical. He wasn't talking out of his ass or anything.
Yeah, I love that song, no matter what I can always feel something in my heart when I hear that song. BUT EA IS ALL EA IS EVERYTHING BOW TO YOUR OVERLORDS
Here at DICE, we understand how important Mirrors Edge is to its loyal fanbase, so we wanted to flesh out the original game in a new way. We went to and talked to the players, and really listened to what they liked about the original game. We then took that input, hand-wrote it down on paper, held a meeting in our main room, put a little waste basket on the table, stuffed it with your precious input, and had an epic catalyst bonfire!
again sadly most of the original devs in dicec are not involved in this game (Rhianna Pratchett on twitter Jan 2014) therefore it is as good as being made by a different team. It is essentially "The game is made by the same developer sure but not the same workers actually everyone who is working on the current one is completely new to this." Side note Catalyst is supposed to be delayed again.
Mirrors Edge is really the type of game that benefits greatly by a small budget and scope. Stop. Making. Fucking. Everything. Huge. A big scope easily ruins focus on the good stuff.
LastAmerican6 I also don't think it's *too* bad but as Nerd3 said they basicly took the original and added a bunch of open world *stuff*. I like the idea of it being open world but I think the game shouldn't be about collecting a bunch of open world things...
"i dont really think mirrors edge would work open world" HOLD THE PHONE in your og plays of mirrors edge you said that you would like it to be open world? ah well its EA everyone changes their opinion on their fav game when EA decides to make another one
Comparing this nerd3 plays to the original mirrors edge video, I genuinely felt bad for Dan. Just from the tone of his voice I could tell EA has ruined his favorite game. I remember in the original video he said that he really wanted an open world sequel. Sorry Dan.
+Connor Phelps I think this game could have fit his needs if it didn't have a progression system and didn't force combat, though whether it's just in the tutorial is yet to be seen. Personally I'm disappointed as well. I was looking forward to seeing this game being featured at SGDQ or the next AGDQ and it doesn't seem like it'll work. :/
+CreeperOnYourHouse The issues Dan is having are pretty rare from what I can gather. Saw a couple of people with a Titan X playing at Ultra settings with 100-120 fps.
the finished game is way better than this beta, anyone saying ea ruined the game needs to play it before judging the whole game after seeing gameplay of the beta
I like how the chick you meet right after you leave Noah’s will threaten you with a very “foreshadow” vibe. Even tho she literally never once shows up again
I just realised that if you see the I in their name as the Roman numeral I then add it to D (which is the fourth number) you get E, and if you minus the numbering of e - c or (5 - 3) then you get two, but then minus by one because you plused earlier then you get A... So that means THAT DICE BECOMES EA
Man, Mirror's Edge was a fantastic experience. 10 years later, and those opening notes still send shivers down my spine. The art direction makes it pretty darn timeless, too.
@@No-hl4qm was worse then dying light in every way, which isn’t that bad, mirrors edge came out like, 8 years? Before dying light, but DL is far better for parkouring mechanics, although both games are beaten by catalyst easily
If the game launches in a month.. im so fucking scared.. it didnt look fun at all. The running effect was crap, every interaction between your character and the world was shittier than the original.. In the original it was so real people got vertigo
***** That would apply if it wasnt so obvious just from observation on how they changed the mechanics. The walking mechanics look like crap even compared to games like CoD and BF4. U cant just blanket a game and say nothing you see on screen can be judged until you play it. Everything Is super disappointing and no amount of a rumbling controller is going to change how the game actually plays
+Ewe Tube Incorrect 12 x 2 = 24gb of ram. "In SLI each card must store all of the data it needs to work with, and must store its rendered frame prior to transmission. If card A when running by itself is using 1.5GB of 2GB of VRAM in a specific game, then you add a second card B and keep the game at the same settings, card A will be using 1.5GB of VRAM its own still, card B will also be using 1.5GB of its own VRAM. Most of the data on the cards will be the same, they both need to have the textures they are dealing with loaded into their VRAM. In short, SLI/CF does not increase the *EFFECTIVE* available VRAM, it only increases computational power."
You can hear the utter disappointment in his voice, that makes me sad...I'm still gonna get it and I hope I enjoy it...but I want so much for everyone to love this game and for it to be actually good
Honestly, you shouldn't have to UNLOCK abilities in a game like this, you should just LEARN them as the player. And combat in a running game like this should NEVER be mandatory.
I don't understand, I too loved Mirror's Edge to bits, played through it too many times to count, and I've thoroughly enjoyed this Catalyst beta. They improved the running, the combat, the game isn't linear anymore, you can make custom time trials, it's pretty damn great. I'm going to go back to the Catlyst beta, because these time trials are kicking my ass *coil jumping intensifies*
+Kemando i loved this beta as well, and i loved coil sliding. basically it's jumping,, coiling til you hit the ground and sliding. *coil jump on, good sir.*
I'm in love with it and it runs way above 60 for me almost all the time on a 980ti 16gb ram and a 8350 at ultra everything I wanted in a Mirrors Edge sequel
We're on the same page Dan, Mirror's edge was my introduction to pc gaming (what a start) So when I heard they were making a sequel/reboot or whatever the fuck this is, It was a rollercoaster of emotions.
Decaf Diamond okok, let me spell it out for you. The game (mirrors edge catalyst) is a very fun game (this means I liked it) and nerdcubed (the youtuber) is simply hating on the game (trying to find ways to dislike it).
He's allowed to change his opinion but like... yeah it's funny that he spent the Mirror's Edge video drooling over the prospect of an open world mirror's edge and then started the open world mirror's edge video with "I just think open world wouldn't really work"
+Justagermannerd dan doesn't care, he spends tens of thousands on stupid pcs, and people want to send him hundreds of thousands of pounds for his patreon lmao. money well spent lads. premium lego
What is it with upgrades in parkour mechanics? I hated this in Assassin's Creed and now Mirrors Edge suffers the same thing. Guys this is a poor and forced implementation of a RPG mechanic. It may seem like a form of freedom but it is not. It is chore, it is an unnecessary time consuming blockade.
I think it's not too bad of an idea and you have to improve and keep playing the game to be able to do what you liked in mirrors edge 1. As I was kinda shit at mirrors edge 1 once I finished the story I didn't play the game cause I couldn't do the time trials very well. So personally I think it could be a good idea as you'll have to kind of work towards the upgrades and fun element of the game.
I'm sorry but it really seems like they took out all of the realistic movement of Faith. What I mean by that is that the way she moves is quite poorly done, especially when she slides as she looks like she's performing a badly animated PS1 move and it really doesn't seem fluent - (I hope that makes sense?). Another thing I noticed was that when she wall runs it seems so unrealistic as well because when one performs a wall run, the momentum (And loss of momentum) causes an arc in the runner's path... Basically, she wall runs and doesn't move on the vertical plane AT ALL meaning that she runs perfectly straight WHEN SHE IS SIDEWAYS. My ranting may not make sense but at least this is easy to understand: Mirror's Edge (The original) was infinitely more realistic and fluent than Catalyst. I swear EA love ruining sequels (And re-boots alike), I'm looking at you THE SIMS 4.
+Igmar Nagtegaal So the piss poor performance, the extreme amount of glitches, the weak upgrade system and a lack luster forced combat is all because of Dan? Yeah, fuck off, in its current state, the game is awful. The aesthetics are completely gone from the original. Seriously disappointing.
+Pulse Gamin This is the beta. Not the full game. They release a beta to fix mistakes and improve on what they have already made. Don't go quick to judgement until the full game is released.
Dan in Mirror's Edge Catalyst: Especially when they say it's going to be open world, cause I don't think it'll do well in open world. Dan in original Mirror's Edge: I'm kinda disappointed that it's just these levels... I really hope there's a sequel that's open world, that'll be good. Sigh.
+minch333 +Decaf Diamond In the original one he said that he'd forgive EA for everything they had done if they made a second mirror's edge... I'm not hating or anything, I just think it's quite funny to be honest. And I didn't know that he changed his mind...
+The English Sounding Scot Yeah, I'm happy his game exists at all, and the fact that it's really good (at least from my own opinion...?) just adds to that
+[HSC]Battleboy43 Technically with DX12 it will be possible to use all 24GB, IIRC, but still, even 12GB of VRAM is excessive, and no game should be struggling to maintain 60 with dual Titans Xs at high, let alone fricking medium.
NotActuallyBFG I'm just saying that VRAM doesn't currently work that way. Dan doesn't have DX12 now does he? Nope. The game's just trying to tell you "DO NOT PLAY ME."
[HSC]Battleboy43 I thought that ME:Catalyst was going to have DX12 support, but now that I think about it I'm not sure. And, yeah, Dan doesn't use Windows 10 so either way he can't have DX12. Was just pointing it out to you in case you weren't aware of it in DX12. Didn't intend to sound like I was putting you down or anything.
Small thing: If you SLI / CrossFire your graphics cards, you don't add up the VRAM. VRAM's basically copied onto both cards, it's not like one card pulls resources from the other card's VRAM.
4 years ago Dan(On Mirrors Edge): "They said this game was going to be open world and brilliant and it ended up being closed level. An open world version of this would be amazing, even if it was just a little world, you could learn routes through all the buildings" Present day: Grumbles about game being open world and taking the same route multiple times
+spuddie yea im pretty sure VRAM doesn't scale at all with a second graphics card, you just get the processing power (and not even all of that), not the VRAM
It's not even out yet guys Jesus Christ calm down. Beta is to fix bugs and performance issues. And the little changes might not be that bad Dan just hates on anything he can, and has very strong personal opinions. So yeah at least wait till launch to bash it.
+MrSeniorwaffles Combat is bad and shouldn't even be in the game Too many cutscenes UPGRADES!? (Who thought that was a good idea?) Have to do the missions EA's way and not do missions your own way You can't just say all the problems in the game aren't actually problems because "IT'S IN BETA GUYS!" If this was pre-alpha, I would think "Meh, seems okay, might want to change these things though."
I didnt say the upgrades and combat would change i said the performance issues would be fixed ( hopefully ). I said just because because its different doesnt mean its terrible.
You know what's missing? The tingly feeling you get even when you're just watching someone play it, most likely even more when you're playing it. I regret that I lost my disc to Mirror's Edge.
+Motör Punx It does but it's kind of like oh hey here's a sunrise and I'm free! I just got out of jail! whereas the original is more "man I LOVE running!" yeah yeah I'm sure the birds are real impressed
They done gone done fucked it up. Who thought momentum was not necessary. Why are there so many cutscenes, mirrors edge should be free flowing and fluid not constantly stopping.
What I expected from Mirror's Edge: cool game with great new game mechanics that's finally something different from all the violent fighting stuff we already have. What I got from Mirror's Edge: cool game with great new easily learnable game mechanics, interesting story aaand fighting :T What I expect from Mirror's Edge Catalyst: similar game with new graphics, more fleshed out storytelling, less fighting what Cataclyst seems to be: vaguely similar game, more fleshed out story, more fighting, slow progress in game mechanics, repetetive missions well done EA :T
NerdCubed was far too nitpicky in this video. Half of the video was him in tutorial missions and he's moaning that he can't kick people off buildings during the tutorial even though it explicitly says to kick them into each other. I have absolutely no problem with someone having an opinion, but you know.
The original had freedom to decide how you approached the situation. They even said that was the focus for this game. If they made the topple thing or the other things optional it would be much better.
14:16 Did nobody else think that looked as if it said "ASS watching" ? It's so low res you can barely read it anyway, it looks like it came from a PS1 game.
Mirrors edge: A runner in which you run around closed areas with momentum and smooth moves. Mirrors edge catalyst: An open world fighter with upgrade paths to ROLL and fake hanky momentum.
i totally agree that the beautiful aesthetics from the original are almost totally missing from catalyst. extremely disappointing. although the sound/music is still on point.
Thanks EA, for shattering our fucking hopes and dreams AGAIN. The only decent sequel that EA have ever produced is Mass Effect 2, but you know what? I'm going to go all conspiracy theorist on it and say that they let ME2 be better just so everyones hearts were even more broken by ME3. And yet still I hold out hope for Mass Effect Andromeda even though I know it can only disappoint me. Jeez, is it just me, or is this like we're in an abusive relationship with EA at this point? I suppose on the bright side, they've yet to produce a fuck up on the level of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Oh shit I just jinxed it!
I can't even bring myself to play the Mass Effect series because of the various console-exclusive or limited-time items they produced. I'll buy console-exclusive games every now and then but if I buy a PC game I expect it to have the same content as the console version.
holy shit play the game for yourself this guy has a really biast approach on this game make your own opinion plus its still a beta not everything is gonna be perfect have your own opinion
I’m a little annoyed that the beta is what gave so many people ideas of this game. Yes it isn’t as good as the original in most ways, but overall it’s a solid game. The beta was just trash and unfinished, giving people the wrong idea
"I don't really think Mirrors Edge is gonna work open world" -Dan 2016
"An open world version of this would be absolutely brilliant" -Dan 2012
Ikr
That's what I was thinking
*Opinion changes over 4 years*
Coat-Hanger Productions AMV He also didn't play any of the story, he just dawdled about and met some people and did some dashes
To be fair, judging by the beta, it's quite buggy, and the free running has been neutered until you invest enough time into the game to unlock everything.
And obviously the original game meant a lot to Dan, so I think it's fair to be a bit more critical. He wasn't talking out of his ass or anything.
Hearing still alive play in the original mirror's edge got me so emotional. Anyone else?
Yeah, I love that song, no matter what I can always feel something in my heart when I hear that song.
BUT EA IS ALL
EA IS EVERYTHING
BOW TO YOUR OVERLORDS
+qtekk no (punch)
+abattlescar Yep! I should dig out the old soundtrack I have. :)
+abattlescar yup
+abattlescar It just feels like home.
Here at DICE, we understand how important Mirrors Edge is to its loyal fanbase, so we wanted to flesh out the original game in a new way. We went to and talked to the players, and really listened to what they liked about the original game. We then took that input, hand-wrote it down on paper, held a meeting in our main room, put a little waste basket on the table, stuffed it with your precious input, and had an epic catalyst bonfire!
+Robert Bauer It looks more like they had a conference in the VIP bathroom to wipe themselves with fan suggestions.
What the fuck did they do to Mirror's Edge?
+Drokash .... it's EA. What the hell did you think would happen to this game?
*EA*
EA HAPPENED
MrShadowtruth
No EA Dice made both.
again sadly most of the original devs in dicec are not involved in this game (Rhianna Pratchett on twitter Jan 2014) therefore it is as good as being made by a different team. It is essentially "The game is made by the same developer sure but not the same workers actually everyone who is working on the current one is completely new to this."
Side note Catalyst is supposed to be delayed again.
Faith's limbs seem freakishly long. Is she Mrs. Incredible or something?
Yes
+atreides213 its on pc, on console they look normal
Probably because of high FOV.
Maybe it's because of a higher FOV?
+atreides213 increasing the base FOV causes somewhat of a fisheye lens effect, elongating the limbs
I can't wait for the "No Watermark" DLC!
The title of this video is the sound of dan's head hitting his desk when he finished recording this. XD
You mean headdesk?
Headdesk?
+Yoda's Couch head desk. It's like a face palm, but with your head. And a desk.
Oh okXD
+Yoda's Couch Just clicked the video... is it bad then? Is it... the suspense is killing me!
Mirrors Edge is really the type of game that benefits greatly by a small budget and scope.
Stop. Making. Fucking. Everything. Huge.
A big scope easily ruins focus on the good stuff.
I lost my faith in this game.
(Yes, I'm reusing a joke)
savage
same
+Jackikins Seems you put more effort in this joke than EA did in keeping this game interesting.
I didn't think it was bad. A little cheesy, but it seems mechanically sound assuming the weird clipping issues are fixed before release.
LastAmerican6
I also don't think it's *too* bad but as Nerd3 said they basicly took the original and added a bunch of open world *stuff*. I like the idea of it being open world but I think the game shouldn't be about collecting a bunch of open world things...
"i dont really think mirrors edge would work open world" HOLD THE PHONE in your og plays of mirrors edge you said that you would like it to be open world? ah well its EA everyone changes their opinion on their fav game when EA decides to make another one
OR dans actually the illuminati of EA...
actually your explination makes a little more sense
austin richard ahah
+Blitz Or, he thought about it more.
Tubbs Tubbs. thats kinda why i said "people change their opinions" haha
ikr
I like to imagine the mic was actually on in the original Mirror's Edge bit, and Dan was just sitting in nostaligc sadness being silent.
Still waiting on your community lists play of "the ship"
Same lol
People were saying this 3 years ago?
atur chomicz you said this last year?
One day
Don’t fancy your chances mate
Comparing this nerd3 plays to the original mirrors edge video, I genuinely felt bad for Dan.
Just from the tone of his voice I could tell EA has ruined his favorite game.
I remember in the original video he said that he really wanted an open world sequel.
Sorry Dan.
+Connor Phelps I think this game could have fit his needs if it didn't have a progression system and didn't force combat, though whether it's just in the tutorial is yet to be seen. Personally I'm disappointed as well. I was looking forward to seeing this game being featured at SGDQ or the next AGDQ and it doesn't seem like it'll work. :/
He did say he would love open world
He's a whiny bastard
@@killianmurphy3207 Yes, having expectations is being "whiny".
@@silentbook4468 yes how dare he have any expectations that an open world mirror's edge game would be great
11:53 Plot-twist, Faith is a vampire wearing a wig
7:00 this is how he feels about this game
just hearing the inro, im pretty sure he'll be happy.
nevermind.
+Puregold STF ):
+Puregold STF xD
+Puregold STF Accidental sarcasm, eh?
totally....not
and yes i sense the sarcasm
Even after several years, the Mirror's Edge title introduction gives me chills every time.
2 titan Xs in SLI doesnt equal 24GB of GRAM, SLI doesn't scale that way. it's still 12GB
thankyou
+BattMarn That still should be more than enough to run this game.
+CreeperOnYourHouse The issues Dan is having are pretty rare from what I can gather. Saw a couple of people with a Titan X playing at Ultra settings with 100-120 fps.
hello
darkness my old friend
+ben watkins nice profile pic
I come to talk with you again.
yep
+ben watkins worn out faces worn out faceseeeeeees
+ben watkins Yay! You didn't do Adele! You done Simon & Garfunkel instead :D +10000000 points to you good sir! And another 10 for Arsenal!
the finished game is way better than this beta, anyone saying ea ruined the game needs to play it before judging the whole game after seeing gameplay of the beta
"EA has been putting out some good games lately."
-2007
I like how the chick you meet right after you leave Noah’s will threaten you with a very “foreshadow” vibe. Even tho she literally never once shows up again
you mean Dogens henchwomen? Uhh she appears outside your base all the time dude, roasts you and threatens you all the time.
Now I don't have faith in Dice anymore.
+ParanormaaliCube ba dun tish
Oh well fucking done
+ParanormaaliCube HAHAHAH GUD 1
+S A D B O Y S a month away from release
I just realised that if you see the I in their name as the Roman numeral I then add it to D (which is the fourth number) you get E, and if you minus the numbering of e - c or (5 - 3) then you get two, but then minus by one because you plused earlier then you get A... So that means THAT DICE BECOMES EA
This game broke my heart well at least we still have the original Mirrors Edge
Man, Mirror's Edge was a fantastic experience. 10 years later, and those opening notes still send shivers down my spine. The art direction makes it pretty darn timeless, too.
Oh my poor heart. I'm not surprised though. :/
+BSEMensch Ikr, Im sad now =(
+BSEMensch actually worse than Warlords of Draenor...... didn't think I'd ever say that.
Don't believe him. This game is miles better than the original.
+Sebastian Chantre Don't be sad. The game is actually fantastic.
+Warren Graham lol how much does EA pay you?
20:22
"If you see a rat the size of a car, you're playing the wrong game."
No that's the right game.
Shoutout to the guy who shuts all the doors after you open them
I think dying light had one of the best free running mechanics which improved and became faster as you ranked it up more.
mirrors edge 1
@@No-hl4qm was worse then dying light in every way, which isn’t that bad, mirrors edge came out like, 8 years? Before dying light, but DL is far better for parkouring mechanics, although both games are beaten by catalyst easily
If the game launches in a month.. im so fucking scared.. it didnt look fun at all. The running effect was crap, every interaction between your character and the world was shittier than the original.. In the original it was so real people got vertigo
+Igmar Nagtegaal you butthurt?
+Fubizz12345 got to agree with you it looks uninspired as if they pulled out the open world trope handbook and just started ticking them off.
***** That would apply if it wasnt so obvious just from observation on how they changed the mechanics. The walking mechanics look like crap even compared to games like CoD and BF4. U cant just blanket a game and say nothing you see on screen can be judged until you play it. Everything Is super disappointing and no amount of a rumbling controller is going to change how the game actually plays
+Fubizz12345 As someone who played the beta, it's actually much better to play than to watch. It's odd, but you get a real sense of momentum.
+CptCutter81 i agree! The city flows really well when you are free running for yourself
btw you only have 12gb of vram
the vram doesn't double if you add another gpu
+Ewe Tube Incorrect 12 x 2 = 24gb of ram. "In SLI each card must store all of the data it needs to work with, and must store its rendered frame prior to transmission. If card A when running by itself is using 1.5GB of 2GB of VRAM in a specific game, then you add a second card B and keep the game at the same settings, card A will be using 1.5GB of VRAM its own still, card B will also be using 1.5GB of its own VRAM. Most of the data on the cards will be the same, they both need to have the textures they are dealing with loaded into their VRAM. In short, SLI/CF does not increase the *EFFECTIVE* available VRAM, it only increases computational power."
hence the quote " "
ok
actually vram doesnt double with 2 GPU's,do some research idiots
16:00 anyone else think that he was playing as the enemy for a second
+Tyto the Owl Yeah, that hurt my brain
+Tyto the Owl same
You can hear the utter disappointment in his voice, that makes me sad...I'm still gonna get it and I hope I enjoy it...but I want so much for everyone to love this game and for it to be actually good
Did you enjoy it?
My current emotion: ughhhhhhhhhhhh...
+Neo Metcalfe This game looks so shitty this needs a bug tester specifically for cutscenes that is so bad
Honestly, you shouldn't have to UNLOCK abilities in a game like this, you should just LEARN them as the player. And combat in a running game like this should NEVER be mandatory.
too damn right.
I don't understand, I too loved Mirror's Edge to bits, played through it too many times to count, and I've thoroughly enjoyed this Catalyst beta. They improved the running, the combat, the game isn't linear anymore, you can make custom time trials, it's pretty damn great.
I'm going to go back to the Catlyst beta, because these time trials are kicking my ass *coil jumping intensifies*
+Kemando ^_^
I fucking agree with you so much. I love this game to pieces.
Exactly, people keep saying EA killed the franchise and the game isn't even out yet
Finally found someone who likes this game.
+Kemando i loved this beta as well, and i loved coil sliding. basically it's jumping,, coiling til you hit the ground and sliding. *coil jump on, good sir.*
Well...this is probably gonna be a shit one folks
+WTCAT500 Yup
They could fix it if they replaced their game with the original...
+WTCAT500 The second I heard it was made by EA I knew.
I'm in love with it and it runs way above 60 for me almost all the time on a 980ti 16gb ram and a 8350 at ultra everything I wanted in a Mirrors Edge sequel
I guess we should wait for full release, but I'm assuming this is gonna go down as 'The shit one'
We're on the same page Dan, Mirror's edge was my introduction to pc gaming (what a start) So when I heard they were making a sequel/reboot or whatever the fuck this is, It was a rollercoaster of emotions.
Judging from this video, ya done it again, EA
***** I might as well with this terrible game releasing so soon.
+Decaf Diamond actually, the game is a LOT more fun the play then to watch. also, this guy is super biased against it for some reason.
Benjamin Asbury Huh,
Decaf Diamond okok, let me spell it out for you. The game (mirrors edge catalyst) is a very fun game (this means I liked it) and nerdcubed (the youtuber) is simply hating on the game (trying to find ways to dislike it).
Benjamin Asbury What are you talking about? I said huh, in acknowledgement.
0:57 Dan that's literally what you asked for.
He's allowed to change his opinion but like... yeah it's funny that he spent the Mirror's Edge video drooling over the prospect of an open world mirror's edge and then started the open world mirror's edge video with "I just think open world wouldn't really work"
@@kakroom3407 Oh, absolutely. Like you said, it's more just funny than anything.
If you have 2xTitanX's it wont add up to 24gb of vram. Yet anyway. It will still be 12gb.
Was just about to say that
+Justagermannerd dan doesn't care, he spends tens of thousands on stupid pcs, and people want to send him hundreds of thousands of pounds for his patreon lmao. money well spent lads. premium lego
+CTMinecraftia Oh my, only 12 GB? Fucking hell that's so shit!!
Lemon Yeah, only... I think that will be good for like 3 more years. Depends on VR though in my opinion.
I had chills all over when you showed the original title card. It's insane how much more beautiful that actually looked.
What is it with upgrades in parkour mechanics? I hated this in Assassin's Creed and now Mirrors Edge suffers the same thing. Guys this is a poor and forced implementation of a RPG mechanic. It may seem like a form of freedom but it is not. It is chore, it is an unnecessary time consuming blockade.
+KIRPAT They stated a very good reason for it, so I don't think so. Also its super easy to unlock everything.
I think it's not too bad of an idea and you have to improve and keep playing the game to be able to do what you liked in mirrors edge 1. As I was kinda shit at mirrors edge 1 once I finished the story I didn't play the game cause I couldn't do the time trials very well. So personally I think it could be a good idea as you'll have to kind of work towards the upgrades and fun element of the game.
It been years since the old mirrow edge game.
while everybody else was losing hope for a new game .. I kept the faith .
+aaaaaaaaaaaadddd PUNNNNSSS
20:22 "If you see a rat the size of a car, your playing the wrong game." Good to see their acknowledging the old game.
What do you mean I played myself?
"I have 24 Gigabytes of graphics ram"
Dan, sli does not work like that, ram does not combine in sli
Vram in SLI video cards doesn't stack.
I'm sorry but it really seems like they took out all of the realistic movement of Faith. What I mean by that is that the way she moves is quite poorly done, especially when she slides as she looks like she's performing a badly animated PS1 move and it really doesn't seem fluent - (I hope that makes sense?). Another thing I noticed was that when she wall runs it seems so unrealistic as well because when one performs a wall run, the momentum (And loss of momentum) causes an arc in the runner's path... Basically, she wall runs and doesn't move on the vertical plane AT ALL meaning that she runs perfectly straight WHEN SHE IS SIDEWAYS.
My ranting may not make sense but at least this is easy to understand: Mirror's Edge (The original) was infinitely more realistic and fluent than Catalyst. I swear EA love ruining sequels (And re-boots alike), I'm looking at you THE SIMS 4.
I also noticed that the arms look more like really long tentacles than actual arms.
2 Titan Xs doesn't mean 24 GB of VRAM btw. SLI doesn't add VRAMs of two cards.
I like the catalyst title card, it isn't simple, but it's really pretty, and I'm a sucker for cityscapes and I prefer that one
The shift thing mainly just helps to speed you up after you do a hard landing and dont have roll, it doesnt speed you up as much as in could
At least the finished game is polished, ive played it for about 15 hours and not once has it crashed, which is what i expect
Is it just me that thinks the title screen of the new one looks better
It does, but what nerd3 is getting at is that it shows how cluttered and disorganized the new mirrors edge is compared to the old one.
Pondga Dobcool No, the new one actually seems more simplistic than the last one to me, as a matter of fact.
Pondga Dobcool No it Looks Really Nice And Shows How Beautiful The Game Is
good god my heart... incredibly sad now.
+Igmar Nagtegaal Agreed. Loved the beta
+Igmar Nagtegaal So the piss poor performance, the extreme amount of glitches, the weak upgrade system and a lack luster forced combat is all because of Dan? Yeah, fuck off, in its current state, the game is awful. The aesthetics are completely gone from the original. Seriously disappointing.
***** I find it kind of funny, how it's even further in the future - one could say the original game's time period is what we've just reached IRL!
+Pulse Gamin This is the beta. Not the full game. They release a beta to fix mistakes and improve on what they have already made. Don't go quick to judgement until the full game is released.
+John Tembreull Have you actually played it? Or are you just trying to be cool by saying its bad
This releases in a MONTH!? They have a lot of tidying up to do.
not really
Benjamin Asbury Thanks for the well thought out response.
Benjamin Asbury Thanks, for real this time! Gives me a much better picture than what I've seen so far.
NoGround yeah, no problem
That overcrowded HUD at the very beginning is what EA games will all look like in a couple of years
It's like the opposite of the Elder Scrolls series
Anyone one the patreon stream now?
+Jontheawsome92 Yep!
Yup
I the patreon stream now
+Jontheawsome92 ?
Dan in Mirror's Edge Catalyst: Especially when they say it's going to be open world, cause I don't think it'll do well in open world.
Dan in original Mirror's Edge: I'm kinda disappointed that it's just these levels... I really hope there's a sequel that's open world, that'll be good.
Sigh.
+The English Sounding Scot When a game says open-world, that's good. When EA says open-world, that's another story.
+minch333
+Decaf Diamond
In the original one he said that he'd forgive EA for everything they had done if they made a second mirror's edge... I'm not hating or anything, I just think it's quite funny to be honest. And I didn't know that he changed his mind...
+The English Sounding Scot Yeah, I'm happy his game exists at all, and the fact that it's really good (at least from my own opinion...?) just adds to that
1:19 That's not how VRAM works, Dan. You would still have 12Gb VRAM if you had four Titan Xs.
+[HSC]Battleboy43 Technically with DX12 it will be possible to use all 24GB, IIRC, but still, even 12GB of VRAM is excessive, and no game should be struggling to maintain 60 with dual Titans Xs at high, let alone fricking medium.
NotActuallyBFG I'm just saying that VRAM doesn't currently work that way. Dan doesn't have DX12 now does he? Nope.
The game's just trying to tell you "DO NOT PLAY ME."
[HSC]Battleboy43 I thought that ME:Catalyst was going to have DX12 support, but now that I think about it I'm not sure. And, yeah, Dan doesn't use Windows 10 so either way he can't have DX12.
Was just pointing it out to you in case you weren't aware of it in DX12. Didn't intend to sound like I was putting you down or anything.
NotActuallyBFG I'm just saying that I know about DX12 and that Dan doesn't have Windows 10.
I've seen so many vids of this beta and it kinda seems like he is ruining it for himself.
But it's still hilarious all the bad shit that happened to him😂
Small thing: If you SLI / CrossFire your graphics cards, you don't add up the VRAM. VRAM's basically copied onto both cards, it's not like one card pulls resources from the other card's VRAM.
4 years ago
Dan(On Mirrors Edge): "They said this game was going to be open world and brilliant and it ended up being closed level. An open world version of this would be amazing, even if it was just a little world, you could learn routes through all the buildings"
Present day: Grumbles about game being open world and taking the same route multiple times
He'd probably say you're making it up & private the video
+Big Boss you know nothing about nerd3
The Dovahkiin Ok.
Something about the original's title card just makes me happy :) It's just so simple, yet really damn effective.
"I went up like a lego set's price on ebay" XD
Hey Dan, can we get a no edits playthrough of the original? Just for old times sake.
SLI doesn't mean you have 24gb of vram.
+spuddie yea im pretty sure VRAM doesn't scale at all with a second graphics card, you just get the processing power (and not even all of that), not the VRAM
It's funny, I watched where the Title card for Mirror's edge came on and thought, wow, I want to play that.
Then remembered I have....many times.
It's not even out yet guys Jesus Christ calm down. Beta is to fix bugs and performance issues. And the little changes might not be that bad Dan just hates on anything he can, and has very strong personal opinions. So yeah at least wait till launch to bash it.
+MrSeniorwaffles
Combat is bad and shouldn't even be in the game
Too many cutscenes
UPGRADES!? (Who thought that was a good idea?)
Have to do the missions EA's way and not do missions your own way
You can't just say all the problems in the game aren't actually problems because "IT'S IN BETA GUYS!" If this was pre-alpha, I would think "Meh, seems okay, might want to change these things though."
I didnt say the upgrades and combat would change i said the performance issues would be fixed ( hopefully ). I said just because because its different doesnt mean its terrible.
let's be honest, when it fully releases your STILL gonna buy it
You know what's missing?
The tingly feeling you get even when you're just watching someone play it, most likely even more when you're playing it.
I regret that I lost my disc to Mirror's Edge.
24g of video ram? That's not how it works Dan. You only have the vram of one card, even in SLI, so you have 12
+AmericanRaven Thank you
Plus even if he had 24 GB VRAM that wouldn't improve the framerate
AmericanRaven well, to anyone that doesn't know all of the technical details, two graphics cards both with 12gb makes sense to add up to 24gb.
I think the Catalyst title card looks better than the original one. Mind you I love cyberpunk dystopias.
Can cyberpunk 2077 pls just come out alrdy.
+grace calis ugh I knooooooow
+Motör Punx It does but it's kind of like oh hey here's a sunrise and I'm free! I just got out of jail! whereas the original is more "man I LOVE running!" yeah yeah I'm sure the birds are real impressed
+Motör Punx Ah, there it is. no wonder you like it, it's a vision of the dystopian future destined for games.
Oliver Turner If theres neon and synth music who cares
Who else always gets goosebumps when Faith's legs connect with the crane in the original?
that music at 9:40 is pretty beautiful though
+Brody Read yeah chills.
They done gone done fucked it up. Who thought momentum was not necessary. Why are there so many cutscenes, mirrors edge should be free flowing and fluid not constantly stopping.
+Joseph Dipalo And enemies are everywhere. Also why are you forced to fight them ffs
Keegs90210 that’s your subjective opinion. How are they going to tell a story without stopping for a cutscene a few times?
21:04 wow what a nice random brightness change.
NERDCUBED!!! Remember when you played Mirror's Edge and said you would forgive all of the games you hated if they made a sequel, well, hurry up!!!
Not a sequel. It's a re-boot to the balls
The reboots a piece of shit
Well it's kind of hard to when the sequel itself is bad.
VLunarFangV it wasn't THAT bad
This isn't a mirror's edge sequel. This is trash taking on the mirror's edge name
It looks good, but it does seem to lack that distinct Mirror's Edge feel.
I think you meant to say "It's got that Mirror's Edge feel, but the gameplay has been turned into garbage."
+Firewisplet yes, but no, it doesn't really feel like Mirror's Edge still
Meme Master 400 Faster Blaster I'm being very generous with the word "good"
I think one person in the game says "people where so good that they could do courses blindfolded." I think he was referencing a certain person
I think I know what Dan's going to bitch about on the next podcats.
You never fail to amuse me Dan
What I expected from Mirror's Edge: cool game with great new game mechanics that's finally something different from all the violent fighting stuff we already have.
What I got from Mirror's Edge: cool game with great new easily learnable game mechanics, interesting story aaand fighting :T
What I expect from Mirror's Edge Catalyst: similar game with new graphics, more fleshed out storytelling, less fighting
what Cataclyst seems to be: vaguely similar game, more fleshed out story, more fighting, slow progress in game mechanics, repetetive missions
well done EA :T
I guess EAs rep of REMOVING things in the sequel is still going... *Cough* Sims 4 *Cough*
NerdCubed was far too nitpicky in this video. Half of the video was him in tutorial missions and he's moaning that he can't kick people off buildings during the tutorial even though it explicitly says to kick them into each other. I have absolutely no problem with someone having an opinion, but you know.
filppilp222 I can see your point and how people may have an issue with this, but I personally don't.
+Joeificationism Precisely
The original had freedom to decide how you approached the situation. They even said that was the focus for this game. If they made the topple thing or the other things optional it would be much better.
14:16 Did nobody else think that looked as if it said "ASS watching" ?
It's so low res you can barely read it anyway, it looks like it came from a PS1 game.
Didn't even give it a chance.
+Big Boss right?
+Ballistic Lizard Games co. Yes, he even said that he didn't even give it a chance.
I was thinking about getting this until I played the original. I think I made the right decision.
Mirrors edge: A runner in which you run around closed areas with momentum and smooth moves.
Mirrors edge catalyst: An open world fighter with upgrade paths to ROLL and fake hanky momentum.
they've completely forgotten about the old art style. Mirrors edge still looks good today because of it, this will look dated in 3 years.
i totally agree that the beautiful aesthetics from the original are almost totally missing from catalyst. extremely disappointing. although the sound/music is still on point.
DAN if you don't like the health bar can't you turn it off in the hub/pause screen
Thanks EA, for shattering our fucking hopes and dreams AGAIN.
The only decent sequel that EA have ever produced is Mass Effect 2, but you know what? I'm going to go all conspiracy theorist on it and say that they let ME2 be better just so everyones hearts were even more broken by ME3.
And yet still I hold out hope for Mass Effect Andromeda even though I know it can only disappoint me. Jeez, is it just me, or is this like we're in an abusive relationship with EA at this point?
I suppose on the bright side, they've yet to produce a fuck up on the level of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
Oh shit I just jinxed it!
Noooooooo!
Are you on your fucking period?
I can't even bring myself to play the Mass Effect series because of the various console-exclusive or limited-time items they produced. I'll buy console-exclusive games every now and then but if I buy a PC game I expect it to have the same content as the console version.
holy shit play the game for yourself this guy has a really biast approach on this game make your own opinion plus its still a beta not everything is gonna be perfect have your own opinion
13:11 Thats what happens when you try and make Americans use roundabouts
The bit where he guessed she'd be hiding underneath the scaffolding was great
Am I the only one that likes the combat?
Fifi Lonek nosey I think it's awesome
Well then, I think we all know what's going to be in the top spot in Dan's poop games of 2016.
+Toby Wan That'll probably go to RCT:W though, but this could be a good second...
+Toby Wan It's not that bad it's just disappointing. If anything he should make Dan's Disapproved games of 2016 just so he can but it on there
+FanPica NEVER MENTION THAT GAME AGAIN
+MUFFINMATT Yeah, but last year he did do a list of games that actually worked that were bad, so it could be on that one.
Myth Confirmed: Faith is a wig-wearing Vampire.
I was really hoping this game would be good. Mirror's Edge is one of my favourite games.
But EA's done it again. Thanks EA.
It's just a beta mate.. He's just being picky
+SolitaryHowl It IS good. I sank a whole day into this beta. Even the social play is good, which I did not expect at all.
The game is fantastic so far. I'd say don't lose faith, but that dead horse has already been brutally bludgeoned.
EA, Enormous Assholes.
+Rainbow Bunchie HA
I’m a little annoyed that the beta is what gave so many people ideas of this game. Yes it isn’t as good as the original in most ways, but overall it’s a solid game. The beta was just trash and unfinished, giving people the wrong idea
Oh my god... FAITH IS A VAMPIRE WEARING A WIG!
"WE ARE WATCHING YOU"
and with that, all the subtlety is lost and this turns into another boring dystopia rather than something interesting.