It’s a shame when a game so critically well reviewed as Mirror’s Edge (which, if you’ve not picked it up, is well worth the pitiful £5 asking fee in most places just now) fails to sell commercially. It was a brave, rather adventurous game that mixed free running and platforming with a first person perspective, and did it all rather well.
The sequel, which EA have said was in production under a ‘small team’, has been put ‘on hold’ by the publisher, according to VG247. The reason: whilst an internal demo was seen, most of the team behind the game at DICE have moved on.
EA’s John Riccitiello was keen on a sequel back in 2009. “We’re still working through things like how to best deal with Mirror’s Edge 2,” he said to Kotaku. “I think it’s a game that deserves to come back… Fascinatingly original art direction. Music and sound design was great. I think the gameplay mechanic was a blast, but was intermittent and the levels didn’t work.”
hazelam
kinda sad if the first confirmation of a sequel is the announcement that they’re not working on it any more.
jayjay119
Shame. Anc kind of going against the article from yesterday about DICE wanting to focus on quality franchises of which ME is deffinitely one. It may not have beem a commercial succes along the lines of Uncharted, COD, MOH or any other mindelss generic shooter these days but it’s probably once of the most original plays offered by this generation of consoles. Let’s hope this doesn’t become the next Shenmue 3.
mrfodder
Disappointed. Loved the first one even though it could get quite frusrating at times.
BG123
I don’t get why everyone’s complaining about “new ip’s” Surely if it got a sequel it wouldn’t be a new ip? :)
hazelam
it’s relatively new, and it’s not one of the many annual series that seem to be the mainstay of this industry lately.
homerjnick
How the hell did the “levels not work”?????? The first game is utter class and the levels were brillant I thought!
jacklum
Maybe first time around, when figuring out where you needed to go might lead to some awkwardness, but after a bit of practice it all flowed well. It’s a game that demanded replays as you didn’t really get the best out of it if you only ran through it once. Personally I thought it was fantastic and the complete antithesis to most of the games put out by the big publishers this generation.
mcwildcard
Dead Space sold in similar numbers during the exact same period, so why does that get a sequel, but not Mirrors Edge?
We can all see how successful DS2 has been, I strongly believe ME2 would sell in similar numbers.
stonyk
As impressive as the first game could be at times, it will go down as the most irritating game this generation for me (so far), and I only paid £5 for it. I’m not too upset with this news then.
GTRsannin
I liked the first one it was something new and it was fun jumping and running around i do hope they will get the second one out at some point
Raider197
This news saddens me. Mirror’s Edge is probably my favourite new IP of this generation so far (bar Uncharted possibly), too bad a sequel looks unlikely right now.
colmshan1990
This is by far the worst TSA has ever made me feel. :(
Mirror’s Edge IS my favourite PS3 game because it was the game that actually felt truly different to everything that came before it.
It was the game that told me the next generation could beat the PS2 in more than just graphics.
At the very least, do a downloadable sequel? Please?