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PS4 MEC: Worth getting?
Simple question. Those who have it now, is it worth getting?
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Great unique game.
And how are their on the far out buildings etc ? @mystygr33n
On the PS4 it seems DICE prioritizes a stable frame rate over keeping everything HD(which is good). That being said, the distant buildings still look great. The only obvious downgrade is the reflections, but that's minor. The game itself is amazing, you should definitely get it. You can read my in-depth review on how much I enjoyed it here: https://forums.mirrorsedge.com/discussion/2076/my-honest-review-for-mirrors-edge-catalyst-great-job-dice#latest
It's a shame because it's just wonderful on 60fps games. Also, motion blur on neon lights at night it's just pure magic. I hope DICE would get it in again via patch someday.
Still, I'll get this game ASAP on PS4 as soon as I have some money! The beta was just too fun an too satisfying to play.
You're joking right? No motion blur on PS4?!
@JackyPrower
The textures are hit or miss. Other games render the closest things best and the rest not so well but Mirror's Edge Catalyst follows another path. For example, in one mission, you will see tall buildings at 300m. being detailed and in another mission you will see other tall buildings at 100m. away that are just shapes, without any texture on them. It looks a bit ugly in these instances but this might be all the PS4 can handle. I think DICE gave priority to the buildings that that you actually visit and are in the general area of your playground (even some of them that you don't get to visit) and not the others.
As far as I can tell, the PS4 version is the best one at the moment. While it looks less good than the PC version, it has way less issues than that one.
EDIT: Thank GOD there is no Motion Blur to the game!
I find very funny how some people (like me) love motion blur in games, when done with some skill of course, and how some others just can't stand it no matter what
Of course I hope they'll get it back in the game, via patch or something, but if they do, they'll need to make it optional so it' still possible to turn it off if you don't want it.
For example, if there was Motion Blur in MEC, it would blur everything on the sides of the screen, right? So what would my choice be if I wanted to look at something other than the place I'm running towards? In real life, I would raise my view to the point of interest and still keep running to the same direction as before. But in the game, where you look is where you are going. So, I would either have to look at something blurry or just change the direction of the in-game character to un-blur that thing but that would interfere with the gameplay...
So, this is why I don't want any Motion Blur in games, especially First Person point of view games. The sense of speed can be achieved with a shaking camera...
Even though you can literally do whatever you want, whenever you want, you can still get the feel of the original Mirror's Edge by just concentrating on the story missions and going where they tell you to go. There are a ton of collectibles, but you can ignore them while doing the story and then find them later.
There's some really impressive set pieces in the game too. And the fact you can generate your own time trials to publish online means you can use your favorite parts of the map for trials.
DICE really did a ton of work here, and it's truly impressive. I'd give it a 9.0 out of 10.
Interesting post. I think you made valid points, but it I think they make more sense in theory; during gameplay things are a little different and maybe easier.
I try to esplain myself: you say that with motion blur, the edges of the screen are blurred (obviously
*At least in the PS4 beta, Motion blur was integrated in a competent and non-invasive way. I would have made it even more aggressive, but that's me of course.
For the other point, looking at something not directly in front of you: the cool thing about ME is that you can keep momentum even if you slightly change the direction of your head, as long as you compensate with the left stick to keep the direction of the run. So you can already focus on things not in the center of your vision. I always loved this in ME, I hope it's still the same in ME:C... I think I did this several times on the beta.
Lastly, you should consider the head turning, too. If you turn quickly your head left and right (in real life), everything blurs out until you stop. This is when motion blur does his job more efficiently, when you completely change direction of your view. I can suggest you to download the DOOM demo and try with and without motion blur: of course you can prefer with the effect disabled, but everything becomes smoother with it on.