DICE Comments On A Mirror’s Edge Sequel
EA and DICE are getting prepared for the release of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 across multiple platforms. While the producers are working hard on their latest shooter, DICE has commented on the possibility of a Mirror’s Edge 2.
Executive producer Karl-Magnus Trodesson, spoke to NowGamer recently and revealed the future of Faith.
I can’t really comment on that because we haven’t officially announced that we’re working on it. But we were very happy and proud of Mirror’s Edge one as a studio, so we are thinking about what we are going to do in the future.
As a studio we’re pretty dedicated to the FPS genre and DICE was pretty much build on the Battlefield franchise, but that doesn’t mean that’s what we going to continue doing in the future. It’s important for us to find other projects and other games that perhaps can turn into IP’s and then later on franchises. Mirror’s Edge was a big test for us and you’re going to start seeing more of these in the near future.
Patrick Soderlund of EA Games Europe commented a while back on whether we will see a second title:
You will see another Mirror’s Edge for sure. It’s just a matter of when that time is and what we do with it. We have a small team on it and I’m excited about what we do.
It looks like Faith may be returning in a new Mirror’s Edge. Would you look forward to a sequel if it was officially announced? Let us know in the comments.
7 Responses to “DICE Comments On A Mirror’s Edge Sequel”
the “In game footage.” trailers for the first one had me very excited. then i played the demo and was very frustrated. now i have no interest in this franchise what-so-ever. bring on Bad Company 2 and Medal of Honor please. overall, i like the direction EA is heading lately. it’s unfortunate that they’re losing so much money lately but it seems to me that they have learned from many mistakes and will be a stronger company for it. it’s also fun watching Activision constantly shoot themselves in the foot. LOL!
I know there’s going to be a sequel because in a year or two after i’m finished with my freerunning and parkour training i’m going to be the main character ; )
BALLiN!!!
I feel the error was in the demo, the demo doesnt quite capture the essence of the game but you do need to figure the game out so you got to expose the player somehow. Luckily I forced myself to play onward and then it hits you just how cool and clever of a game it can be. At first II even felt cheated with the art style but then suddenly the texture and paint job and the lighting was awesome, matched by some great distinctive sounds and music. I know that i have actually enjoyed looking for runner bags more than most game’s hidden objects. They could make that a whole game in itself. Then if perfection is your thing you can race for your best time or the worlds best. I would defitely go for the sequal
The way it’s formulated, a sequel doesn’t sound likely to ever happen.
Awesome game that got a lot of undeserved flack. A lot of people bought it thinking it was going to be another shooter – and what a smack in the face for them. I really enjoyed this game, I think its a cool dynamic to use the environment as a puzzle – figuring out the best way to get through an area (fight or flight?), and figuring out how to get from one ledge to another. Definitely a refreshing and innovative entry in the flooded first person market, I look forward to a sequel, and wonder what they’d do to keep it fresh.
That game was fantastic…!
But, I agree with BigWM above, it faced the problem that people just expect every single FP game to be necessarily an FPS game. It was no shooter, it was something new and quite clever.
And it was tough. While you can stay around in cover and quietly advancing in (excellent) games like Killzone 2, Half-Life or other shooters, taking as much time as you need, in Mirror’s Edge you often had no weapon, the enemy was hunting after you, you run into areas of an unknown building, desperately in need to find your way forward and out… there’s plenty of really good, fast action in this game.
All in all: ME was excellent, but sadly somehow too difficult to be appreciated by the mass market (although it got around 80 in metacritic). It really is a shame it didn’t sell better and this doesn’t sound like a sequel coming out soon.
ME was a great game (for me – game of the year 2008 )
I liked both free-running through the city and mastering every move in time trials.
The one thing that need sequel is some crazy levels or modifications on them like 3x bigger jump and so on. Also interesting may be level creator.