Comments on: First Person Art http://microscopiq.com/2008/05/first-person/ art • games • change Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:31:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://microscopiq.com/2008/05/first-person/comment-page-1/#comment-33599 Jason Thu, 15 May 2008 23:28:19 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/?p=368#comment-33599 It does look stunning, doesn't it? Bonus for having a female protagonist that actually looks human. And the risks they've taken with the palette in a world of games featuring muddy browns and grays is stunning. The main concern I have is that it's tough to imagine satisfying control of a character so intimately involved with the environment when you can't see her limbs. But the developers spend a good amount of time discussing the challenges of doing just that in the Edge article. Here's hoping they get it right. It does look stunning, doesn’t it? Bonus for having a female protagonist that actually looks human. And the risks they’ve taken with the palette in a world of games featuring muddy browns and grays is stunning.

The main concern I have is that it’s tough to imagine satisfying control of a character so intimately involved with the environment when you can’t see her limbs. But the developers spend a good amount of time discussing the challenges of doing just that in the Edge article. Here’s hoping they get it right.

]]> By: David Simon http://microscopiq.com/2008/05/first-person/comment-page-1/#comment-33584 David Simon Wed, 14 May 2008 04:36:55 +0000 http://microscopiq.com/?p=368#comment-33584 Mirror's Edge looks amazing and promising. It's the game I've always wanted to make. Well, mine would take place in the Integral Trees universe, but still. Free-running gameplay, interesting plot, novel use of first-person, themes of subversiveness and tension, and very shiny graphics... if Mirror's Edge ends up sucking despite all its promise, there's no justice. Mirror’s Edge looks amazing and promising. It’s the game I’ve always wanted to make. Well, mine would take place in the Integral Trees universe, but still.

Free-running gameplay, interesting plot, novel use of first-person, themes of subversiveness and tension, and very shiny graphics… if Mirror’s Edge ends up sucking despite all its promise, there’s no justice.

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