Mirrors Edge gets third-person view

29 January 2009

Mirrors Edge was one of the gaming highlights of 2008. It is the definitive anti-FPS.

The game revolves around momentum and pace, some occasional shooting, as well as various opportunities to dispatch enemies in more creative ways. The game engine is absolutely breathtaking, with vivid colours and striking scenes and a convincing physics department. Many players have complained of experiencing motion sickness while playing Mirrors Edge.

Although the game is rendered from a first person perspective, it contains many of the game play features of traditionally third person games. Well, now players have the chance to experience the game from the third person perspective.

It becomes immediately apparent that the developers focused their efforts on animating Faith’s arms and legs, as they move in a completely a contradictory fashion to that of the body, which was previously unseen.

While the movement of the limbs is reminiscent of an agile parkour athlete, the body is more in-line with something out of a Bethesda game (yes you Fallout 3).

Take it from us; it really is a terrible waste of time.

If you must see for yourself, then follow these instructions.

– Go to Documents\EA Games\Mirror’s Edge\TdGame\Config\
– Open the file “TDInput” with notepad
– Add this line to the “bindings” list:
– Bindings=(Name=”F4¿,Command=”FreeFlightC amera”,Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=Fal se)
– Press F4 a few times. First you get the free cam (noclip) and later the third person cam.

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