"People are ready" for Mirror's Edge 2

By Fred Dutton Published 7 October, 2011

DICE reignites sequel talk.

Mirror's Edge developer DICE reckons the marketplace is ready for a sequel to its acclaimed-but-underperforming free-running FPS.

When quizzed by Spong on whether a sequel would find an audience, DICE producer Patrick Liu replied, "I think it's something that people are ready to get into again."

"We see that there's a huge fan following, it's almost like a cult! And we know what strengths we had, and what weaknesses we had in that game. If we were to release a new game, we'd know what to improve and how to reach a broader audience. So I definitely think there's a market there."

Of course, enthusiasm is all well and good, but publisher EA has offered no indication that we're any closer to actually seeing that oft-discussed sequel on shelves.

"We're actively looking at how to bring it back in the right way," announced EA exec Frank Gibeau earlier this year.

"We love that franchise, the DICE guys really created something special the first time around. You've got to have a big idea to be able to do the next one, and that's what we're working on."

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  • crzymnkys #1 8 months ago

    Count me in!

  • Ahskay #2 8 months ago

    I prefer a new Mirror's Edge over BF3 any day, any time. BF3 is just awfull so close to release.

  • johnboy_johsnon #3 8 months ago

    I've been ready since Christmas 2008!!!!

  • HyperTails #4 8 months ago

    It was my GOTY 2008, loved it. Been waiting for a sequel all this time, so i'm definately ready. C'mon guys, give us a sequel!

  • Markusdragon #5 8 months ago

    It's still alive!

  • MattEdWithCheese #6 8 months ago

    @Marcusdragon Now stuck in my head:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TERyxFfMqDk

  • funkateer #7 8 months ago

    I know I'm ready!
    This was one of the games this gen I was most thrilled about. It didn't let me down too, but I do recognize that there was room for improvement.
    DICE, take this opportunity to not make yet another military shooter (even though you rock at it) but take Mirror's Edge to the next level!

  • JeffGerstmann #8 8 months ago

    People have been ready for 3 years

  • photoboy #9 8 months ago

    I've been ready for a sequel ever since the credits rolled on the first one!

  • mr_pink #10 8 months ago

    Well duh, one of the most interesting new IP's for a long time. We are ready EA/DICE, lay it on us.

  • Kami #11 8 months ago

    DICE, EA, bring it.

    Sooner the better thanks.

  • ilmaestro #12 8 months ago

    I was ready for it as soon as I finished the first one.

    edit: hah, as with some other people.
    Edited by ilmaestro at 07/10/11 @ 21:26

  • funkateer #13 8 months ago

    Mirror's Edge sold more than 2 million on consoles alone, so it's also not a complete sales failure.
    Come on DICE, you know you got something going here.

  • Mister-Wario #14 8 months ago

    I'd really like a sequel to Mirror's Edge, but it feels a little inaccurate to call it a FPS. I'd say it's more of a platformer with light shooter elements. After all, the whole point of Mirror's Edge is NOT to pick up guns.

  • Raiko101 #15 8 months ago

    I'm quite interested in a sequel, but I did find the first game to be a little frustrating first time around. Being chased for the majority of the game was quite annoying too. I'd like to see some new scenarios.

  • Beek4257 #16 8 months ago

    Please?

  • Gurrah #17 8 months ago

    Bring it on! From a design standpoint it has been one of the most thrilling gaming-experiences of the last couple of years for me. I would've loved not being able to pick up guns but just knock them out of the enemies hands but apart from that it was a perfect game and I had loads of fun with it even if it was just standing around admiring the scenery. People are complaining about browns dominating the textures in modern-day games - take one whiff of Mirrors Edge and you'll be cured of brownitis.

  • eviroboy #18 8 months ago

    Was ready since finishing the last game. According to DICE then I must've been in the minority who got it at launch?!? Strange times. Great game.

  • jefranklin18 #19 8 months ago

    Bring on a sequel, just lay off the multiplayer.

  • Matthew_Hornet #20 8 months ago

    Mirror's Edge 2 on PC with Frostbite 2 graphics. HELL TO THE YES.

  • makeamazing #21 8 months ago

    Mirror's Edge sold more than 2 million on consoles alone, so it's also not a complete sales failure.

    Unfortunately i think a lot of that was at less than £15 a copy... within weeks it dropped in price (I paid full price for it...) but it didn't take long for it to reach £5 a copy :(

    But... the good news is that it had 2 million sales and I think it could do a lot better the second time around, it was a good solid game. I think EA have a track record recently of wanting to try and continue a series if it didn't do exactly as planned (Dead Space).. which is good, as some game sequels get canned even when doing ok.

  • Teamugi #22 8 months ago

    It's fake.

    Have you ever heard of "checking your sources"? Try it sometime.

  • Matthew_Hornet #23 8 months ago

    @Teamugi Citation needed?

  • Paul_cz #24 8 months ago

    Buying this Day 1, just like ME1.

    ..screw battlefield :p
    Edited by Paul_cz at 07/10/11 @ 22:36

  • Kav82 #25 8 months ago

    Very ready!

    It felt like the guys at DICE had designed the first game specifically for me. It was right up my street. A brilliant game!

  • Shakey_Jake33 #26 8 months ago

    I was ready 3 years ago.

  • digitalash #27 8 months ago

    Dear EA,

    It worked for Dead Space 2.

  • Alestes #28 8 months ago

    I've played the first Mirror's Edge like insane. All but one of my speedruns are in the top100 for example, quite nice :)

  • eviroboy #29 8 months ago

    Seems to be a rogue 'negative' operative at work here, presumably someone who 'didn't get' the mechanics of the first game.

  • Kami #30 8 months ago

    Yeah, but people who neg like that have incredibly small [blank].

    Yes, you can fill it in. Think of it as a late-night version of Blankety Blank. With equally shitty prizes.

  • ShiroBen #31 8 months ago

    YES.

  • Ror1984 #32 8 months ago

    I'm ready DICE! One guaranteed sale here! I utterly loved the first, I pre-ordered it (at the same time as Dead Space, Gears 2 and Farcry 2 - that was a bit of an expensive spree) and I'd do the same for a sequel. Along with the aforementioned Dead Space and Gears 2, it was one of my favourite games of 2008. The less said about Farcry 2 though, the better. So much potential, so many annoyances!

    And as Mister-Wario said, it is fairly inaccurate to label it as an FPS. I never used a gun once in Mirror's Edge.

  • polaris70 #33 8 months ago

    Most enjoyable, fluent control scheme in any fps ever, count me in too.I don't know why people would be against multiplayer in this, I honestly think multiplayer would work well in this game, 8 player races across the rooftops would be awesome. Just think of it as Forza in 3 dimensions :)

  • jkrodal #34 8 months ago

    I remember the trailer for the first game sold me completely. Very interested in a sequel.

  • Stoatboy #35 8 months ago

    I'm not ready unless they fix it. The first disappointed by not having the courage of its convictions. The enemies ruined it for me. I don't want more ME, unless they fix that, and I doubt they will.

    Make it all about the movement and I'm in. Add in unnecessary combat and I'm not.

  • shirotsku #36 8 months ago

    Absolutely. First one was fabulous.

  • Hindle #37 8 months ago

    Post deleted at 23:04:43 04-04-2012

  • Tomo #38 8 months ago

    Fuck all wrong with the first one, at least if you played it on PC. Christ it irritates me when people bang on about how "underperforming" it was :/

  • bengaming #39 8 months ago

    I remember back in the 90s when I hated first person jumping puzzles. Then they built an entire game around them, and lo and behold, it was horrible. Leave this IP in the rubbish bin where it belongs.

  • GamesConnoisseur #40 8 months ago

    Platformer more apt description: FPP, first person platformer, with explorations and occasional shooting/combats as started by Metroid Prime sure, and they exist in their genre of FPP more than FPS which is darn overcrowded anyway.

  • dsmx #41 8 months ago

    I'd like to know who decided to put the attack helis in this game, who decided it was a good idea to put guns in it in the first place and who it was who decided to make it so short and then have the bare faced cheek to ask upwards of £40 for it.

  • Prime #42 8 months ago

    Get rid of the shooting and combat and it'll be day one for me

  • drhickman1983 #43 8 months ago

    I'd like a sequel, very much so. Personally I wasn't against the inclusion of guns in the first game, but their implementation, and the implementation of the melee combat was sub-par compared to the general free running, which was excellent.

    I'm would absolutely not be in favour of some sequel where shooting and combat takes priority over the free running, but I don't think gutting that element out of the story mode is the answer either. Just refine it so it actually feels as intuitive as the movement.

  • ardamillo #44 8 months ago

    I was playing this again last weekend. There's still something magic about it.

  • BloodSaint #45 8 months ago

    is it just me or do other people get motion sickness from playing this game as well?

  • CloisterBlack #46 8 months ago

    @Bloodsaint
    I did when I removed that white dot from the centre of the screen. I was like "eh, I am not going to get sick because of a little dot, it probably doesn't even do anything, silly dot".
    Little did I know.
    Edited by CloisterBlack at 08/10/11 @ 01:08

  • korisnik #47 8 months ago

    Fuck yeah!!!

  • A_Nonny #48 8 months ago

    If they make the main levels as direct and intuitive as the time trials I'll be all over it.

  • Nithron #49 8 months ago

    I was born ready.

  • Lucodeath #50 8 months ago

    Loved every minute of the first onean still do on multiple platforms aswell. First attempt was with out guns aswell unplanned. Fuck cod, moh,bf and kz clones.

  • liquid-s #51 8 months ago

    Sounds good to me, Loved the first game and was surprised how alot of people didnt seem to get it. Will hold off the excitment until see some gameplay and more info though.

  • Alivada #52 8 months ago

    Less shooting more running.

  • Sunyavadin #53 8 months ago

    ABOUT DAMN TIME!
    But couldn't you have done it while the hype was at its peak, and when people still remembered the failings of the first game?

    If they'd done it then, it would be likely to be the rare instance of a sequel being lauded for being better than its predecessor - rather than now, when the game has had time to be put on a pedestal in hindsight, and now even if the new game clearly fixes the first's failings it will be considered inferior by many to how they remember the original.

  • Spazdarn #54 8 months ago

    Am I the only one who got disinterested in this fairly sharpish?

  • metroid455 #55 8 months ago

    Mirrors edge was fan flippin tastic id LOVE a sequel, just as long as they don't ruin it by turning it into a FPS. guns should only play a very minor role or better yet ditch guns altogether and make it a First Person Platformer, give us some nice big environments to run around in, some amazing Parkour, also I very much liked the story and Faith perhaps expand on it.

    as for the how to reach a broader audience comment!! umm I hope he not suggesting what I think he is?
    Please EA DO NOT water it down like you did to the Mass Effect and Dragon Age sequels. PLEASE DO NOT ruin it by trying to appeal to the COD/HALO crowd as I very much doubt they're interested, stay true to the Mirrors Edge design!!!

    all that said Bring it on DICE:D

  • metroid455 #56 8 months ago

    Tomo

    agreed!!, there was also (to use your colorful language ) "Fuck all" wrong with the PS3 and X360 versions either. Mirrors Edge is an under appreciated and underrated gem on all three platforms;D

    give me ME2 over BF3 anyday!!!!
    Edited by metroid455 at 08/10/11 @ 12:27

  • kenichi-san #57 8 months ago

    I like it! Loved Mirror Edge

  • spliffhead #58 8 months ago

    Yes please Dice.

  • Sir_STRESSHEaD #59 8 months ago

    Love Mirrors Edge... been replaying it again recently and I'm definately ready for a sequel.

    Keep the Faith!

    ...sorry

  • mazk #60 8 months ago

    ME1 was a flawed masterpiece, rather like Assassins Creed 1, and look how that series turned out. With fine tuning, ME2 could end up being one of my favourite games ever.

    DICE if you're reading this here's a kerazzy idea - OPEN WORLD. It reduces of the design problem of levels that people just rush through without even looking at. Sort of like a Tony Hawk I'd imagine it, multiple paths that you come to learn and practice. You could even input a GTA style mission system. I'll take a cheque thanks... ;)

  • Jimmy__Fury #61 8 months ago

    Really enjoyed the first game -- it was original and different. Where it was weakest was in the combat, which should definitely not be the emphasis. Loved the whole aesthetic... if they can recapture that and get a good co-op mode in, I'm sold.

  • monkfishjoe #62 8 months ago

    Bring it on. But fix frostbite 2 first. It could be Soooooo awesome!

  • Sir_STRESSHEaD #63 8 months ago

    I think the combat was very well done once you got your head around disarms and stringing wall runs into kicks etc. It's tricky and takes time to master but adds alot to it once you've tackled it.

  • killest #64 8 months ago

    Im late to the party as ive JUST finished the first mirrors edge (like 10 minutes ago). This is great news!
    Edited by killest at 08/10/11 @ 10:21

  • mcwildcard #65 8 months ago

    ME1 is probably my favourite multi-platform game of this gen, I picked it up expecting to dislike it, but was pulled right in.
    I'm so glad I decided to go for the no guns trophy in my first play through, its definitely the way the devs wanted it played.

  • The_Weird #66 8 months ago

    The mechanics of the game were fantastic and the style so refreshingly different. The plot was a bit weak, and the world as a whole felt very empty considering it's supposed to be set in a huge crowded metropolis. I actually thought the idea of allowing guns, but then giving the player the choice, in fact the incentive to throw them away was just genius, the first pacifist's FPS.

    I think Mirror's Edge was a bit more refined than the first Assassins Creed really, and needs even less tweaking, but I agree the principle is the same - a more refined, slightly more accessible sequel could be a huge hit.

  • Bilstar #67 8 months ago

    Ummm, yeah ok. But can we not have the guys with guns and the mad difficulty spikes this time please? Oh, and give us an ending too, the end of the original is one of the lamest I've ever seen, it's not even a proper ending. P***** me off that did.

  • Nova1977 #68 8 months ago

    Do it. HEY, do it.

  • AlexKidd3490 #69 8 months ago

    YES

  • Kafeen #70 8 months ago

    I think most people were ready for Mirror's Edge 2 as soon as they finished Mirror's Edge 1.

  • apoc_reg #71 8 months ago

    I am!!! No stupid shooting mechanic this time please, the first game was brilliant IF you NEVER tried to fire a gun :-)

  • metroid455 #72 8 months ago

    Bilstar

    I actually quite liked the ending
    !!!!!!!!!ENDING SPOILER AHEAD!!!!!!!!!



    when Faith risked everything to save her sister when the helicopter went down and in the end she had her in her arms protecting her. I thought it was lovely IMO. but thats just me:D
    Edited by metroid455 at 08/10/11 @ 12:21

  • Architect_z #73 8 months ago

    You will buy Mirrors Edge 2!!!

    DICE are sounding like extreme dictators.

  • BartsBlue #74 8 months ago

    I'm just gonna quietly mention that it would be great if we could have Mirror's Edge 2 and the original as a bundle on Vita. Being able to play Mirror's Edge on the go... a very tasty treat for me. And it shouldn't be that hard what with the PS3/Vita portability and flexibility of Frostbite 2 engine. Pretty pretty please with sugar on top!

  • knightmt #75 8 months ago

    This made me feel a bit motion sick, and then I kept playing it. If you really want to mess with people put it on the 3DS.

  • ballshock #76 8 months ago

    Well, it'll take a few years for them to make it then, since its not in development

  • andromeda #77 8 months ago

    bring it on! one of my favs of all time

  • alasdairm #78 8 months ago

    Dear DICE, can we have a new

    MIDTOWN MADNESS

    and

    RALLISPORT CHALLENGE

    please ????

  • stoopidgreg #79 8 months ago

    DO IT!

  • DwarfyP #80 8 months ago

    People have been ready but will they bother buying it this time round instead of pirating it and just waiting to buy used copies.
    If people had bought it new then I'm sure EA would have green lit the sequel long ago.

  • Arwin #81 8 months ago

    I'd buy it purely on principle if the game has dual Move controls. Otherwise, not so likely.

  • Smoped #82 8 months ago

    To the people taking issue with the "FPS" characterization: You know it will be a standard fps with possibly some light jumping for flavour by the time it gets out.

  • Inmediasress #83 8 months ago

    Well since they talked rather much about mass appeal and broadening the audience I just fail to see how this will be a good game. Not to mention resemble the first one.
    See waht mass appeal and broadening the audience has done for Bioware.
    EA has this tendency of forcing every dev to use this strategy to make their games available to people who don't care about gaming in general and dump the old HC fanbase in the process in the hopes of creating a new fanbase of short attention span american zombies.
    Edited by Inmediasress at 08/10/11 @ 15:19

  • Spong #84 8 months ago

    Nice to see my name up in lights. And by 'lights' I mean a link to some website trying to leech off the pre-existing popularity of my name.

  • Bander #85 8 months ago

    Add me to the list of people who were ready since the end credits of the first one!

    Bit surprised that people didn't like sequences such as the helicopter chase though. I love intense moments like that which force you to move forward and think fast. I miss those from modern gaming a great deal, and wonder if I'm perhaps also the only person who liked the forced-scrolling stages of several 2D platformers from around 1990.

  • frazzl #86 8 months ago

    I'd much rather have Mirror's Edge 2 than BF3. Gamers don't need any more US military FPS titles.

  • patchbox360 #87 8 months ago

    yes to that, but please don't F it up, just make ME1 but with better graphics, combat and Faith continuing as the lead character.

  • agparrot #88 8 months ago

    I would absolutely love a new Mirror's Edge game. The first game was a refreshing change from your regular FPS games, and trying to better some of my friends times, or just learning some of the multiple-action moves was great fun, and very satisfying when you strung a fast line together through a level.

    However, because EA have decided to turn the 360 servers off already for the first game, I'm not sure I'd actually buy another one. I guess it will come with an Online Pass to support the cost of leaving the servers on, this time?

  • davisorle #89 8 months ago

    Post deleted at 20:44:35 16-04-2012

  • Incarta #90 8 months ago

    It was far from perfect, but it still had something special that kept me going to the end. Would welcome a sequel.

  • JayKwon #91 8 months ago

    I'm ready!

    Brilliant game. It got better and better the more you replayed it and then after a while you got to appreciate the level design you thought first time around was a little frustating. The music, art style, gameplay were really original as well. And the parts where you got chased down were so damn exhilarating! Although I couldn't handle a whole game like that :p.

  • SUNDANSS #92 8 months ago

    Once your brain clicked in to gear with the mechanics and you started to see the routes through the environments, then the game became a sheer joy to play. It was a shame it was too innovative for most people and they just said it was broken instead of giving it time. Mirror's Edge would be in my top 10 360 games still.

  • RawNinjaKid #93 8 months ago

    First Person Platformer!!

  • Sir_STRESSHEaD #94 8 months ago

    Oh... by the way, if you have an iPhone, try the version of Mirrors Edge available on there... it's surprisingly good and works well with the touch screen. I was well chuffed with that purchase!

  • thelatestmodel #95 8 months ago

    My body is ready.

  • yoomazir #96 8 months ago

    About fucking time if you ask me.

  • ShiroBen #97 8 months ago

    Okay, back again, calmed down a little. Three things:

    1) More horizontal running, less vertical puzzle-stuff. The best moments of Mirror's Edge were when you were running away from something, straight ahead or off to the sides a bit.

    2) Keep guns, but for goodness sake ALSO keep the 'discard gun' button. I've played ME to death and barely fired a shot, stealing an enemy's gun and then just throwing it away is badass. So basically keep the guns, but DON'T MAKE THEM NECESSARY. Don't make it a shooter. Please, please, please don't make it a shooter.

    3) No open world, or at least not JUST an open world. This has become an excuse for lazy design recently and I'd hate to see ME go down that path. I want tightly designed, awesome, fun levels that encourage creative use of your skills and reward observation and experimentation, not just a bunch of rooftops.

    Also, bonus point 4) please hire a decent writer this time, the story of ME had real promise but the dialogue was painfully awful.

    Oh, and bonus bonus point 5) keep the same style of music/composer, that was perfect. Just hearing the first few seconds of the main menu music gives me a huge "ahh, great game" hit.

    Final thought: DICE, you have a game here that people love. Not just like, not just enjoy, not just 'play and forget' but love. Every time I see a copy of Mirror's Edge on sale I get the urge to buy it, do you understand this? Do you understand the potential you hold? Please don't mess this up by copying other games and more popular genres. Do this right.

  • Bombonera #98 8 months ago

    I'm not ready because I still haven't played Mirror's Edge!

  • Demiath #99 8 months ago

    Like every old venerable franchise brought back to life these days they'll completely ruin it by making it a first-person game. On second thought...

  • TexMurphy01 #100 8 months ago

    "The right way."

    Well I suppose it could have used more muddy browns. Maybe also she should have had a gun all the time too? People love shooting stuff.

  • Daeltaja #101 8 months ago

    "People are ready" for Mirrors Edge 2?

    Sure, the same people that bought the first game, but then it didn't sell anywhere near enough copies. Dice have to work out how to entice all the people that didn't buy it, to do so this time around. Won't be that easy..

    What a silly statement.

  • Lymmusic #102 8 months ago

    Nah thanks, but the hair i tore out last time i tried this game hasnt grown back yet

  • stormbringer_2011 #103 8 months ago

    as long as i don't have to use origin for it

  • Billy_Sastard #104 8 months ago

    That's one massive resounding yes from me.

  • rockavitch #105 8 months ago

    Nothing to really add to the conversation, but I have to point out to EG (again) that the spam adverts are really annoying, only logging in now just to block them (assuming it works) so I can read the rest of the comments.

  • Reihn #106 8 months ago

    Please please please make ME2! I'd actually love it if they did a prequel too ('The Mirror's Edge' anyone?). The low stakes set-up story of a bunch of anarchist runners ducking the law and acting as information couriers was much more interesting (to me) than the whole my-sister-has-been-framed-for-political-murder stuff.. but regardless, I seriously loved the game and would by another one in a heartbeat.

  • nex0r #107 8 months ago

    Still one of my fave games to date. I'd buy the next version on day 1 again.

  • jabberscript #108 8 months ago

    Yay! Count me in.

  • carlitoswagon #109 8 months ago

    One of the most enjoyable games I've played this gen.

    Loved the art design, fresh feel and City sounds while you were running outside. Can only imagine it looking even better and gameplay being more solid 2nd time around. Frostbite 2.0 here we come!!

  • metroid455 #110 8 months ago

    will they use their own Frostbite 2 engine or will they stick with the UE3 engine again?
    either way its going to be fantastic, IF it it happens;D

  • MattyD #111 8 months ago

    \o/

    Bring it one DICE, MY BODY IS READY
    Edited by MattyD at 10/10/11 @ 13:06

  • PixelPirate #112 8 months ago

    Loved Mirrors Edge.

    Defo hope they loose the story mode. At its heart the time trials were the real meat of the game was.

    one last thing.

    GET RID OF THE GODDAM HELICOPTERS.

  • Uncompetative #113 8 months ago

    There is a great opportunity to make this more open world.

  • alexis11 #114 8 months ago

    I never discovered mirrors edge until recently lol, I bought it on steam a while back, I wish I had got it when it was released but I suppose there is a plus here, I dont have to wait too long for a second lol.

    They would do an injustice if they dont do a second, it so deserves it, with some of its flaws which I dont think they are as bad a some claim its still one of the best and unique games ever made, and im not suprised it was dice involved, I actually have great admiration for their ability, and with the addition of frostbite 2....the possibilities are endless.

    bf3 or me2? me2 by miles.

  • Kaminari #115 8 months ago

    "We noticed people wanted less platforming and more shotgunning."

    Seriously Dice/EA, you better not mess around with the gameplay.