Mirror’s Sick

On November 15, 2008, in Games, Opinion Pieces, by Steffen Itterheim

Is it just me or is Mirror’s Edge one of those games you can really feel sick after playing it for a while? I had to stop … i tried a few things in time trial mode, did the same 180° flip jump over and over … i felt the sickness creeping up in my head and down into my stomach … couldn’t continue. Just couldn’t…

Last time i experienced this was with Marathon Durandal (Xbox Live Arcade). If you want to get REAL sick within just a level or two, try this game. Not that you want to but it could actually be fun with friends. See who can keep it in the longest. Beats any party game!

Seriously, how could we have played those “sickifying” games back then? How could we possibly have survived something like Wolfenstein 3D with its sickness-inducing “kchrrrrr” sound effects when you were searching for secret walls while you were looking at a stream of royal blue stones passing by? Who builds castles with royal blue stones anyway?

No, no … the last thing i want from a game is to make me feel sick. I sure will pick up Mirror’s Edge again but apart from that it’s not that good as i said and hoped. It’s frustrating at times because more often than not the moves that should be cool and make you feel powerful … they often end badly for Faith. Deadly even. Then try again but from 20 seconds away from where you were, giving you enough time to fail even earlier next time because you aren’t as concentrated with the obstacles you had previously mastered. No, no, no …

To be fair … i’m playing on normal, and i’m not good at platformers or any game that relies heavily on timing and dexterity.

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