EA: Mirror's Edge is 12 hours long for the normal player |
In an interview, EA Dice producer Manuel Llanes revealed that for the average player, Mirror's Edge is about 12 hours long. So that's 12 hours of trying not to throw up.Llanes explains that a lot of the game involves being skilled with the controls, and that the number of routes you can take throughout the game provides the replay value:
[Controls are] easy to learn but hard to master. I'm not the best of players, especially of our testers... They can take [what is] a 40-minute level for a newcomer, and play it in seven minutes.
[...] You can play the game if you're not super-skilled, but you can become as good as you want. [laughs] So I think it's a long difficulty curve, but the replay is nice because you can complete a level and get the reward, then run back and get a more spectacular time.
[...] Unlike extremely open world games like Oblivion, we decided to have a focused game with a focused storyboard, a focused experience. [...] If you're a normal player, you'll [still] enjoy it. It's not that hard to pull of those tricks, especially because you flow with it.
Speaking of replay value, I'm really looking forward to the level editor in the sequel. Mirror's Edge (PS3, Xbox 360) comes out next week.
Via Kikizo
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crap that makes this game a rental for me. mind you ive played the demo 30+ times
so you'll play the game 100 times
because the excitement will wear off. i played the demo that many times to get use to the controls, now i move with ease. if the game was free roam, it would be different. but being this linear means its a rental
I'll buy the game, rather than rent it. I don't even bother wasting money renting games anymore. It's either I research it and buy it, and be happy with it, or, ignore it altogether. Imo, this game will be epic.
the game will be meh.
If they specifically have to affix "for the normal player", then it's probably a fairly short game for any "gamer" or better yet anyone that would comment on this website. My guess is 6? 7 hours? I'm still looking forward to it though.
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