Mirror's Edge 360

by Gameplanet Staff

12:18 pm Tuesday 15 February, 2011

Mirror's Edge 2 scrapped

Despite the generally positive reviews received by Mirror's Edge back in late 2008, Electronic Arts have "stopped" future development of the franchise according to a Press 2 Play report translated by Eurogamer Sweden.

"EA was shown a prototype, but declined with askance. The project has been stopped - involved parties at DICE are working on something else now".

EA's president Frank Gibeau has previously gone on record stating that the original Mirror's Edge had various problems; “There were issues with the learning curve, the difficulty, the narrative, and then there was no multiplayer either.”

Gameplanet rated Mirror's Edge 8.5/10, noting that the dystopian parkour-inspired title offered a "fantastic foundation for future sequels".

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True4m

15 Feb 2011 11:35 am

Such a shame. Mirrors Edge was the only game i ever got a platinum trophy for. I loved that game so much!

http://www.gametrailers.com/news/mi...-cancelled/3006

TemptedNZ

15 Feb 2011 11:41 am

That's shit.

�There were issues with the learning curve, the difficulty, the narrative, and then there was no multiplayer either.�

Oh god, not a learning curve and difficulty.
The last "issue" makes me want to spit on him.

Sting

15 Feb 2011 11:42 am

Was taking too long to show, I feared this would happen.

Real shame, loved the first one.

Xev

15 Feb 2011 12:00 pm

Nooooooooooooooooooooo

Fried Ant

15 Feb 2011 12:29 pm

.... translated as "We are a giant corporate that wants to milk the FPS MP cash cow"

Follow the heard EA

FlipSide_nz

15 Feb 2011 12:37 pm

Fried Ant wrote:

.... translated as "We are a giant corporate that wants to milk the FPS MP cash cow"

Follow the heard EA

Herd.

Also, sick of this, we hear devs bitching that innovative titles aren't well received, then EA goes and cancels one that was? Whut.

exis

15 Feb 2011 12:40 pm

FlipSide_nz wrote:

Herd.

Also, sick of this, we hear devs bitching that innovative titles aren't well received, then EA goes and cancels one that was? Whut.

It didn't sell particularly well. Critical reception was generally positive, but it was pretty widely agreed that it had some big flaws.

Given sales from the first, I think a lot of people were surprised to see it getting a sequel at all.

Therk

15 Feb 2011 12:56 pm

werewolves?

15 Feb 2011 1:35 pm

I bet its lack of sales is directly related to "having to play as a chick".

Piccoloco

15 Feb 2011 1:50 pm

That sucks. I was really looking forward to this!

FlipSide_nz

15 Feb 2011 2:00 pm

exis wrote:

Surely a sequel would have been the perfect opportunity to address some of the flaws in the original?

Hellsmack0r

15 Feb 2011 2:33 pm

wtf they dropped mirrors edge 2 over bf3? They couldve made mirrors edge 2 unbelievable.

Black Plague***

15 Feb 2011 2:43 pm

werewolves? wrote:

I bet its lack of sales is directly related to "having to play as a chick".

Hmmm yea, just look at the Tomb Raider series :rolleyes:

15 Feb 2011 3:02 pm

werewolves? wrote:

I bet its lack of sales is directly related to "having to play as a chick".

Nothing wrong with playing as a chick

Her boobs just weren't big enough

EvaUnit02

15 Feb 2011 3:04 pm

This is sad news. I liked ME1 enough that I bought a heavily discounted 2nd copy during a Steam sale, just so that I'd have a convenient back up.

Black Plague*** wrote:

Hmmm yea, just look at the Tomb Raider series :rolleyes:

The years of Tomb Raider being a colossal money maker are long gone.

Black Plague***

15 Feb 2011 3:15 pm

Oh yea for sure, I never said it was a big money maker, but no-one ever complained about being Lara Croft

Monolith

15 Feb 2011 3:53 pm

I quite enjoyed mirror's edge, bit of a bummer we won't be getting another one, I found the feel / gameplay and art style delivered in the fps view quite refreshing

Gwarden

15 Feb 2011 4:01 pm

werewolves? wrote:

I bet its lack of sales is directly related to "having to play as a chick".

Or maybe because its not a Bioware rpg or LOLMPFPS

exis

15 Feb 2011 4:31 pm

FlipSide_nz wrote:

Surely a sequel would have been the perfect opportunity to address some of the flaws in the original?

Yeah, I totally agree. Sort of like Assassin's Creed. AC1 had a lot of potential but was a bit of a disappointment, but AC2 iterated on the good stuff and was a great game. Could have happened with Mirror's Edge, but if the original didn't meet sales expectations the suits probably saw the sequel as less than a guaranteed success.

SoAndSo

15 Feb 2011 4:34 pm

im actually just playing through mirrors edge now. The game is flawed fun, but the art direction is just beautiful

True4m

15 Feb 2011 5:20 pm

Everyone says how "flawed" the game is but i'd like someone to elaborate on that. Only flaw i can really think of is the clumsy hand-to-hand combat system. Most of the problems i hear from people are more to do with their lack of skill on a control pad than the game itself. The time trials in that game were epic fun.