Mirror's Edge 2 Ideas

[Lishman]

sounds alright

[ZeroMaverick]

well i thought i would restore this thread to give the newer people on the forums a good look at the stuff we previously talked about...love to hear comments and new ideas even if they may or may not be used in ME2-3

[Duploman]

Choose your favorite colour which will be the colour of paths and opportunities in Create a runner which i mentioned on a ME2 thread...You still play as faith in the campaign but online competitive/free running with buddies you play as your character.

[FeiZai_Mark]

Originally Posted by al_capowned

actually running through the crowd in assassins creed was very very unnatural. I live in a major city in America. I'm from Boston and never have I ever needed to make my way through such a giant uncoordinated crowd. I'm sure anyone that has visited a major major metropolis felt how unnatural and grossly overcrowded that felt. (maybe not so much in European cities as I know they are more congested for the most part)...I also feel that DICE specifically wanted to make the game feel very very much unlike Assassins Creed because the game is essential a Parkour game if you take the fighting element out of it.



this entire idea assumes that Parkour is easy and that anyone can perform these amazing feats of acrobatic gravity defying moves when in reality the art of Free Running is incredibly difficult....or it assumes that every cop in the City is incredibly over trained. The idea as a whole isn't that bad but for a game of this style it just doesn't fit right.

Maybe it's not that way in America; but I've walked through the streets of the cities in Cambodia and the crowds literally swallow you. In Japan too.

So, I personally am for the idea.

Though, maybe to satisfy those who disagree - they could have less people. But it would be fun to run down the sidewalks scaring innocent civillians XD

I'd also like to see a little bit of insight into the whole Jackknife thing. I mean, that one conversation in the game got me really intrigued...

+ I'd love to have a free roaming option - where you can just run around the city for fun >.<

[anil_banga]

how about a sandbox mode

good idea. i would like it but to be serious it could get a little boring. but free running online would b the best.
also i find it hard sometimes when theres so much enimies with gun's. nt every enimie shud have a gun. they could be like faith. fist fighting.
and i fink music wen ur running. it would feel gooood. upload ur own songs whilst in free mode.


add me

[13rett]

i think that making your own character is cool, but i think that you can choose different paths in levels, so when you are faith and a runner asks if you want to do a level, you can nod, or shake your head and then you go to a different mission which makes the game end in numerous ways!?!?

[kinkypeanut]

I think that Mirror's Edge 2 should be more like GTA 4 or Crackdown where you got to roam the world and do the missions at your own will. Also it would be nice to do a multi-player story mode as well and online multi-player battles.

[EvanEdge]

I believe this stuff should be in number 2

- mirrored glass so u can see yourself running and jumping (like at the end of the prologue level)
-co-op, with special moves which you can only do with another runner.
- multiple paths to get to objective
-more populated city
-none of those bad animated cut scenes (i haven't seen anyone who has liked them yet...)
-if there's online have customizable runners

Multiplayer Modes
- u could do a mode like Splinter Cell Double Agent where its 3 on 3 (or more if needed). 3 runners against 3 "blue" or swat team people. The runners have 2 collect a few of those yellow bags and return it to their base while the blues or swat team tries to defend them. The runners can go in areas the blues cant go (vents, rooftops, etc....) and there is a time limit and a number lives.
- 4 runners start off on small building or street level and race each other to the top of a tall building like the Shard while using other buildings around it. There could be multiple paths and each runner starts on a different side of the building.
- Capture the bag. 6 vs. 6 runners on both teams (just a random amount of people, i don't really no how many runners on each team would be best) and they have guns but they are still able to do all the acrobatic stuff (wall run, climb, etc.). I think this would make a really fast passed game. o ya and instead of flags its those runner bag things.
- team death match with guns like in capture the bag.


- I don't expect any of these to really make it in but a couple would be cool

sorry for the long comment

[EvanEdge]

i see that a lot of people want a sandbox mode, I think it would be cool but it is flawed as since all buildings are different heights, it would be hard to get around, it would take to long to make, and I think the whole city will look the same so you don't really know where you are.

[Meet_7he_Sniper]

Originally Posted by EvanEdge

i see that a lot of people want a sandbox mode, I think it would be cool but it is flawed as since all buildings are different heights, it would be hard to get around, it would take to long to make, and I think the whole city will look the same so you don't really know where you are.

Ye but isnt that what a map is for....but I do get what you say about it woud be hard.

I loved this game, including those animated cutscenes, they look good.

The changes I would make are:

1: Open world/Sandbox (amazing if ya could)
2: various missions 4 that like.The main story, Time trials, Delivery, Sprints, laps, relays (with those yellow bags), online free-run (cruise).
3: I would make the story a tiny bit longer, but if not wouldnt be a bad thing, since it was awesome anyways.
4: Customizable characters for online play/ or offline, where you take orders of faith, but then again it wouldnt be mirrors edge anymore would it?

thx 4 reading.

[DJFunkyCilla]

Originally Posted by Rev_Death

Hi everbody,

I just played through the PC version of the game and I kinda liked it but there are some things I would like to see added/changed/improved in a possible sequel.

Here are my ideas:

- runner creator (design your own runner using various clothes, hairstyles, hats, tatoos and so on, Altair - Mirror's Edge style, anyone? )

- dodge move when first disarm doesn't work (preserves a fluid gameplay and still makes the player feel somewhat skillful even if his original plan (disarming the guard instantly) failed)

- multiplayer: 1on1 race over the roofs (who's faster? "I'll be there first" "We'll see about that" , co-op (tactics, who disarms who, who takes which way, who distracts the guards and so on)

- missions that are more about running than some conspiracy story
(delivering packages & messages, disabling security cameras, maybe taking pictures of people doing evil things so you can blackmail them , why not assassination as well :P)

- objects that can be thrown over to create obstacles for possible pursuers

- small blood splatters showing when people get shot, wounds on bodies, small blood decals on walls and floor (nothing too gory though)

- improved navigationsystem: always show the players destination by showing a marker, when pressing b make important elements glow red and show red footstep decals to point out the paths between them

- way more npcs in the levels (window cleaners, employees in offices and so on), they should scream and startle or shout "***?" as you run through and maybe even knock them over if they are in your way!
imagine this: you just ran through an office, everybody is like "what the hell just happened? was that a runner?" and you take a last look at your "creation" (featuring paper sheets gliding through the air, people getting back up on their feet, indoor plants lying on the floor etc) as the elevator doors close in front of you. maybe there's some guy who was already in the elevator, you just stand there calmly catching your breath and waiting for the elevator to reach the roof while he is creeped out by your presence pressing hisself into a corner of the elevator)

- no more cartoon cutscenes, pls...

What do you guys think?

Totally agree!!!

[NatlaUnleashed94]

Originally Posted by Rev_Death

Hi everbody,

I just played through the PC version of the game and I kinda liked it but there are some things I would like to see added/changed/improved in a possible sequel.

Here are my ideas:

- runner creator (design your own runner using various clothes, hairstyles, hats, tatoos and so on, Altair - Mirror's Edge style, anyone? )

- dodge move when first disarm doesn't work (preserves a fluid gameplay and still makes the player feel somewhat skillful even if his original plan (disarming the guard instantly) failed)

- multiplayer: 1on1 race over the roofs (who's faster? "I'll be there first" "We'll see about that" , co-op (tactics, who disarms who, who takes which way, who distracts the guards and so on)

- missions that are more about running than some conspiracy story
(delivering packages & messages, disabling security cameras, maybe taking pictures of people doing evil things so you can blackmail them , why not assassination as well :P)

- objects that can be thrown over to create obstacles for possible pursuers

- small blood splatters showing when people get shot, wounds on bodies, small blood decals on walls and floor (nothing too gory though)

- improved navigationsystem: always show the players destination by showing a marker, when pressing b make important elements glow red and show red footstep decals to point out the paths between them

- way more npcs in the levels (window cleaners, employees in offices and so on), they should scream and startle or shout "***?" as you run through and maybe even knock them over if they are in your way!
imagine this: you just ran through an office, everybody is like "what the hell just happened? was that a runner?" and you take a last look at your "creation" (featuring paper sheets gliding through the air, people getting back up on their feet, indoor plants lying on the floor etc) as the elevator doors close in front of you. maybe there's some guy who was already in the elevator, you just stand there calmly catching your breath and waiting for the elevator to reach the roof while he is creeped out by your presence pressing hisself into a corner of the elevator)

- no more cartoon cutscenes, pls...

What do you guys think?

I like you ideas. But there was one I wasn't sure on. The create a runner thing would be good in multiplayer, but not in single player. Did you mean create a character for the story, or create the character for racing your friends. Because I'd rather have Faith in the story then anyone I'd create.

[rickyhabana]

Save freeworld for ME3. It's never easy to follow up that type of game, even though i really would love to see that kind of thing. Though it IS possible evanedge, just difficult.
Use character creation just for online multiplayer.
DEFINITELY running focused missions. Always irritated when i see the cop's heilcopter.
Drake shows up with LOADS of new characters. Nearly everyone is at least missing presumed dead.
NPCs. Sure she's running around at 6 in the morning sometimes but mostly there should be loads of people around.
More length to the story. As in 3x more length.

[mooserunnar004]

First of all, i think the first game was insane.But there is somethings that would be cool to have in the second one. First, MORE COLOR!!! In the beging faith always talked about how wonderfull and beautiful the city was and when i played it, all i saw was the same red and white paint! And second, instead of halving a general route, make it so you hava a point a and b. You dont care how you get there just get there! Lets see who can find the fastest route.

[NatlaUnleashed94]

Celeste should be playable in side missions! Not important to the story, but we could see Celeste in her struggle with the guilt of what she did to Faith and also finding out more about herself.

[gezer4000]

i like some of the ideas mentioned, but I especially like the one about more people. i enjoyed this allot in assassins creed, and i think will make the game feel allot more real. after all this was the first really inavotive FPS.

i think your presence should be seen by citizens allot more when your running, making you feel more like an outcast, this can be achieved with putting normal people everywhere. Plus I think the idea of free roam is ace, just remember games such as spider man 2 which had an incredibly satisfying "high flying" free roam thing going on.

mirrors edge is such a good canvas for cool ideas, because it's so innovative.

[TechnoNOR]

Make Coop! Faith and a new figure named Diamond. Two players doing it all together, and cooperation is the key to success!

That would sell!

I got friends that will buy if it comes out with Coop-story mode...

[smeemee]

new games would be good

a destructible enviroment?

consequences, different outcomes?

customizable characters / cities

if you check the pc version, it has a more advanced physics engine, therefore you could shoot a fabric and it would tear, mirrors crack more realisticly and glass smashes better, so the game would work much better on a better engine

more fradgile objects. if your are sliding down a pole it could break away as you do it, and if you are too slow will fall.

more free running moves would be good. im not an expert on fre running, but fancy flips, and maybe hopping from one ledge to a lower one you could do that thing that wolverines bro does in tha new x men movie if youve seen it. dives/ swimming is a maybe but could be too complicated.

and finally, i dont think that the game should focus on faith, or even be about faith. the game is about "on the edge of the city you find out who you really are", so maybe an entirely new character, faced with this mirrors edge

if thought way too long about this

[Gloss_Reality]

Heck, i love this game! so glad that they're making a trilogy!
but my love for it does not excuse all of its weak points. For ME2, i think:

GAMEPLAY

Adore the gameplay as it is - thats why i've finished it so many times. BUT -
should be multiple routes to get to destination.

More places for specific moves - wallrun-turn-jump, coil, ect.

in 'Mission mode,' be able to meet/talk/interact/control other runners (any one thought about running as Kreeg or Celeste?) Different Runners should have different styles in how they land from a fall, sliding under obsacles (Remember Jacknife from Chapt 2, crouching/running under pipes?) And different offensive patterns.

Free roam - seperate from the story, where you can talk to NPC's, visit shops to buy different clothes (although i like Faith's gear) Explore the city without the CPF trying to kill you. Explore rooftops AND street level to get to grips with different enviroments. The game should show stark contrasts between large crowds and only a few people lingering in lalalalalala or on an office building rooftop.

I agree with the idea of having more NPC's and them reacting to your presence!

STORY

PLEASE! More in-depth plot.

Longer story.

More/different characters.

Tell us more about what hapened to individual characters - we only know what happened to faith! What were Celeste's reasons for doing what she did?

(a lot of questions for characters - cover them there)

What happened to Project Icarus?

What happened to Mayor Calaghan? Was he re-elected?

Did Luitenant Miller die - or was he taken into custody to be used against Faith and Kate?


TRICKS/MORE PARKOUR

I've seen videos on youtube (mainly from Fluidity, the Welsh team) And there is a lot more that could be used. Whether they would help you get from A to B - who knows?

IN-CHAPTER DIALOGUE SCENE

Not fussed on these graphics, but dont know what could be done to improve them, as player needs to stay immersed in the fact that they are going to be attacked, which is lost when the screen turns black preluding a graphics scene.

OUT-CHAPTER DIALOGUE SCENES

I love these scenes! Very rarely is the manga-like style used in anything with a serious/it-could-happen storyline. This is good as it creates a contrast and keeps the player intersted as they are not watching the same graphics all of the time. DICE/EA - KEEP THE 2D SCENES!!!

CHARACTERS

I'm training to becom a character designer for games, so characters are important to me, so -

I would love to see more information and backstory to different characters; what happened to Kate after Faith left? Why Did Celeste become part of Project Icarus? What were Jacknife's motivations in this? What about the other Runners and Trackers - Kreeg and Drake and all the others? There must be more Runners than the six (estimation) that we have been shown!

What does Kate do now? She could replace Merc as a tracker (she's wanted now and she doesnt know how to run). Or she could proclaim her innocence, and work undercover in the CPF, giving Faith information and tactics used over a secure connection.

What has happened to Celeste? In the chapt 8/9 cutscene, she backs off as Faith shoots at the snipers and explosive barrels. We don't know what happened to her. Its possible that she was hunted by PK units because she knew too much, but she did say "those cops can't move for s**t,' so perhaps she's alive!

Still, i would love to see more Runners and their individual styles.

I assume that Jacknife is dead, and didnt grab the edge of a building like Kate.

Was Mercury buried? Wouldnt it be nice to see Faith visit the grave and talk to him as if he were still alive - it would have sentimental value. Also, how did faith think of Merc? A friend? lalalalalala? A father-figure? Or something deeper? The scene where he died made me question Faith slightly, and it never was clarified how she thought of him, well, not in ME, anyway.

Misc

A 'Mission mode' where you take control of a Runner (or Tracker guiding Runner!) to transport packages and information arround the city. Missions should be given star ratings out of five for 'blue traffic', and 'route dificulty,'. Some missions could be timed. Faith could start these missions by getting her Tracker to 'patch in' another Tracker (eg, Drake) to see if there are any jobs going.

Mission mode should be seperate from story mode, bus some missions should be unlocked after certain story points.

I think that there should be an option to play the game in 3rd person rather than 1st. Sometimes i found the game very disorientating and difficult to judge because of the perspective.

In free roam, i too think that tall buildings or hard-to-find areas should unlock acheviments.

Bring back the Runner Packs! Scatter them throughout the city!

Should be multiplayer options for over internet, split screen AND 'fight against the computer'. I like the idea of Pursuit cops, but i think that it should be a Runner game, where two Runners will play it to see who is better. It could be some kind of mission to beat all of the other Runners!

Semi-destructacble enviroments - some things could break if you hang off of them too long. Gun shots should destroy things too. Not overly keen on gore splattering the ground though.

For online play and/or free roam, you could use faith or a custom designed Runner or a character from the story (Celeste, Kreeg). You could customise their running-styles too!

LOL! I'm talked out! (for now) I'm sure that i'll be adding to this list though! Don't be negative to me - i really do love this game, and i want EA/DICE to make improvements for the next. (And Smeemee, i too have been making and adding to this list for way too long than is healthy! I like your ideas!)

Now, back to Mirror's Edge...

[0n-Th3-Edge]

Excellent ideas up to now and i have to deviate here because i really enjoyed the animated cutscenes.

I really enjoy the idea of Create a Runner but for single player keep faith she has already got a history built up for her! I would love the story to have something about jackknife because of the cutscene where merc says "you can't avoid him forever" and then faith replies "wanna bet?" whats this all about? it would be cool if the story could feature more runners all we had in this game was celeste and merc but merc died and celeste well you know.

I would love to see a splitscreen mode somewhere in the game and really enjoy the idea of running a bag accross a map throwing it between partners.

Free Roam!

Music choices I would only accept the same artist Lisa Miskovsky she is brilliant and the song Still Alive is amazing.

I know that this idea is getting old but SANDBOX! When I was playing the original i was on the last level hoping i was going to unlock a free roam mode.

In my opinion she should not have her own weapon or armor in anyway there is a reason why they took that out of the first game runners who carry weapons run slower, If they don't carry weapons that means they can carry a bag but being able to pick up riot shields would be cool.

well thats about it im all out of ideas sorry for long post.

[gezer4000]

we definitely need some sort of sandbox, nothing to complex, maybe something like the early Tony hawks games, with a big portfolio of pre made objects. and free roam is a must, everyone on this godamn thread has suggested it and it's almost a surprise that EA haven't included it in the first one. as a rookie free runner in London, getting on top of something really out of bounds gives you such a good feeling.

also the whole "repressive government" thing needs to be seen into more, it's a cliché but can be really effective in a game.

[Gloss_Reality]

Originally Posted by 0n-Th3-Edge

Excellent ideas up to now and i have to deviate here because i really enjoyed the animated cutscenes.

So do I! They create a great contrast. The game would look odd if it were all in the in-game graphics. Not as striking.

Originally Posted by 0n-Th3-Edge

I would love the story to have something about jackknife because of the cutscene where merc says "you can't avoid him forever" and then faith replies "wanna bet?" whats this all about?

Again, i agree. Very cryptic. LOL

Originally Posted by 0n-Th3-Edge

I know that this idea is getting old but SANDBOX!

Okay You lost me there. Quite a few people are mentioning this sandbox thing - can some one explain what it is please?

[LOno213]

Originally Posted by MASTER_R0ACH

this one should be obvious, uhm Free Running, uhm FREE ROAM!!!

Thats wat i'm talking about.. i want that to like ... i want to be able to free roam..

Like let there be jobs.. like SLY COOPER.. or GTA, but let it be free roam

[LOno213]

.. u took the words right out of my mouth.. its gonna be hard for them to SHOVE ALLOF THAT INTO A game..

I like the clothing part...

I think it would be awesome .. if faith could like disguise herself...

THe 5 star rating thing is smart... its like GTA....

[MightyMightyG]

I would deffinitely like a cinematic replay option in the game that you could export as a video file and show your buddies. It would be cool to see Faith jumping, rolling, climbing, and fighting her way to her destination in a cinematic replay.