Mirror's Edge Catalyst

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Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a first-person action-adventure platformer video game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2016. It is a reboot of the 2008 game that focuses on protagonist Faith Connors' origins.^[2]

Mirror's Edge Catalyst received mixed to positive reviews from critics upon release, with most reviewers praising the free-running gameplay and visuals, but criticizing the story and combat. Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a first-person action-adventure game in which the player takes control of Faith Connors as she progresses through a futuristic city named Glass. Similar to the original Mirror's Edge, players traverse the city using aspects of urban exploration and parkour movements to complete missions and evade or fight enemies. Players can also make use of environmental objects such as zip-lines and ledges, and equipment; this includes a MAG (Manifold Attachment Gear) Rope and a Disruptor^[3] to travel across buildings, disable certain systems (such as large fans or security cameras) and aid Faith during combat. When players mark an objective on their map, Faith's "runner vision" is activated and some scenery items automatically highlight in red. These act as guides to lead players towards their objective.^[4] The use of levels and linear gameplay found in the first Mirror's Edge has been replaced with an open world, free-roaming environment. This gives players more freedom in traversal, allowing for the use of multiple paths to reach one's objective.^[5] In addition to the campaign's mission, side activities such as time trials, races and environmental puzzles are featured. Additionally, items called GridLeaks can be found across the world that can be collected by players.^[6]

Combat mechanics of the game received an overhaul and a new combat system was developed as traversal is greatly emphasized in the game.^[5] Also, though only used sparingly in the previous game, Mirror's Edge Catalyst has removed the use of guns by the player altogether, focusing on Faith's running and parkour movements and quick melee-style attacks to take down or evade her enemies.^[7] Faith enters focus mode while she is running. With sufficient focus Faith can evade bullets from enemies.^[3] According to Sara Jansson, the senior producer of the game, the combat and fighting featured is an extension to the game's movement instead of a separated set.^[8] When Faith is performing a finishing move, the game switches to a third-person perspective.^[9]

Mirror's Edge Catalyst contains several multiplayer features, which DICE calls Social Play.^[10] While there are no live co-operative multiplayer or side-by-side competitive modes, the game features asynchronous multiplayer in which a player's actions in the game can affect the world for other players' games.^[11] Among these are Time Trials which, unlike in the 2008 game, are not pre-defined by DICE. Instead, these checkpoint-to-checkpoint paths are set by any player whereby others can race against them at their leisure for faster times. Players are also able to place Beat __cpLocation Emitters for other players to track down, an exploration activity similar to geocaching.

Description:

Run, leap and fight your way to freedom in the city of Glass. Get ready to hit the ground running in this fast-paced, free-running adventure with stunning visuals. Experience Faith's incredible freedom of movement as she darts up walls, zips down wires and makes death-defying leaps from rooftop to rooftop. Combine her punishing martial arts skills with a mastery of the surroundings to take out any enemies she can't outrun.

Key Features:

Explore every inch of a vast city. Run free in the city of Glass at your own pace, however you want, and unlock its many districts as you play.

High-velocity action. Whether she's smoothly slipping past enemies or delivering a serious beat down, Faith knows just how to make the most of her speed, agility
and momentum. String together a series of attacks at top speed or outmaneuver opponents by Shifting or free-running out of range.

Gadgets and Upgrades. Faith has some very handy toys at her disposal that can help her turn the Conglomerate's own equipment against them. Use the MAG Rope to latch on to (and swing from) cameras throughout the city or the Disruptor to take out enemy systems.

System Requirements:

MINIMUM:
• OS: Windows® 7 64-Bit (use the latest Service Pack)
• CPU: Intel i3-3250 / AMD FX-6350. (Note: Mirror's Edge Catalyst requires at least 4 logical cores to run.)
• RAM: 6 GB
• HARD DRIVE: At least 25 GB of free space
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 650 Ti 2GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 270x or better
• INPUT: Keyboard and mouse, dual analog controller

RECOMMENDED:
• OS: Windows® 10 64-Bit (use the latest Service Pack)
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 at 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 at 4.0 GHz
• RAM: 16 GB
• HARD DRIVE: At least 25 GB of free space
• VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 4GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 280x 3GB or better
• INPUT: Keyboard and mouse, dual analog controller

 

 

Edited September 4, 2019 by EVIL BABY™