Your Top 50 Games: 2011 Discussion Thread

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Machina said:

#7 - Mirror's Edge (360/PS3/PC)


I have a huge soft spot for this game.

It has what I consider to be the best art style in all of gaming, and a simply incredible use of colour and lighting. Nothing else looks anything like this, it's so stunning and unique and bright and... bah, why do more games not look like this?

Phenominal. And it's a platformer... in first person. Insane concept, but it works. There's tonnes of depth to the gameplay; pulling off all the various platforming moves whilst maintaining speed and momentum is damn hard, but when you manage to complete a speed run under the time limit without messing up (as I've been attempting recently) you feel like a platforming God. There are loads of alternate routes, shotrtcuts, and moves which I didn't even know existed until I started going for the speed run achievements. If all you play is the campaign you're given the impression of a hugely linear game, but the maps are actually full of alternate routes and clever short cuts. Give us a sequel EA, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease :(

Reading this made me realize that I need to find a place for this game in my Top 50 next year. Also, I need to get back to the speedruns, they really are the best thing this game has to offer (that and the visuals of course)