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No results when I searched, odd.

Just got this game (PC) for my BDay, after having played a lot of the PS3 version, and have completed the first 4 chapters (I've done about 7 on the PS3, but it took a lot longer >< )

I must say it is absolutely fantastic, and I like the controls much better on the PC.

The gameplay is smooth, for the most part. There are some points where you get frustrated with Faith, but they're not that common and they're easy to fix.

Story is pretty interesting, and told in quite a cool way.

Well worth a look in, just make sure you patch the PC version or it trips DEP right near the beginning.

Oh, and for some reason it let me enable Physx. My PC doesn't have Physx. It was alright to begin with, but it seems to affect the way glass behaves, killing my framerate in a firefight. Turn it off if you don't have a Physx card/nVidia 8series+, it's just for show, no difference in gameplay.

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Physx is broken anyway. I'm on a 9800 GTX, WHICH HAS A PHYSX CARD BUILT IN. And physx effects (with glass around) make me lag so bad :|

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how much did you pay for it?

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It doesn't have a Physx card built in, it has something known as CUDA which allows it to do different things on the graphics core, such as Physx (and folding). You need some of the most recent drivers to actually have Physx, and it may need enabling in the driver control panel.

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Oh trust me, it's enabled alright. One of the first things i checked, along with the very newest drivers.

(And doing a system scan does detect a physx card so dunno).

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Hmm, odd, get a frame rate monitor up and see what happens. I run my game on max settings and was getting 30-60FPS (mostly high end of that) and it went to about 5FPS in the glass section. The hanging plastic things didn't noticeably affect my framerate, but I didn't have the FPS monitor up at that point.

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i've got a same problem with my 9800gt :no: when i turn on the physX sometimes the game just stops. And the wierd thing is that when i alt+tab and return to it , it works :|

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Yeah, only the glass breaks the game for me, anything else? perfect.

Sigh, you think glass wouldn't be a system killer eh?

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Well the glass would be the most demanding part, seeing as it starts to calculate the movement of loads of particles. I don't really mind, though, it's only for show.

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If they cant make glass behave okay on a physx card, i actually shudder to even comprehend how insanely low your FPS would go if you had to go into any form of water.

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Just an update on this game, it is absolutely awesome, though incredibly short.

I'm at the end of chapter 9. Of 10. As my XFire will tell you, I've played somewhere between 3 and 4 ours. It might not be worth the money atm, but it is an absolutely incredible game.

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well there is still time challenge and stuff right?
you can fight agaisnt people on youtube, just record and try your best :)

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There is the time trial stuff. And it would appear XFire is slow updating, it has taken me 5-6 hours to get this far, which is much better.

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i think Mirrors Edge is one of the "lot-of-custom-maps" games like css, i dont know if the community can create maps/trials for that game

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I haven't heard of any custom maps.

In other news, I was wrong, the 9th chapter is the last chapter, there are 10 chapters including the prologue.

I have finished the game, it took about 6 hours. Very short, but very good.

The last few levels become a lot more about the combat than previous levels.

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They cant, EA is anal about modding.

Problem with mirrors edge is that the checkpoints are just too few, and im not joking, even doing everything right can lead to death, it's annoying, but while most games are rewarding, this one just doesn't feel like it :/. Regardless, it's a first person platformer, and if games follow suite, it can become one hell of a genre.

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There were a few quirks with grabbing that annoyed me in some sections, otherwise it was pretty good. Rounded things couldn't be grabbed (like vent corners), which could be frustrating. Considering the newness of the "genre" (never seen a game like it before and it's quite ambitious), I was impressed with the polish.

The checkpoints were fine for me, though maybe could be a bit closer together.

I was still very impressed and would be interested in a longer sequel with a few bugs ironed out.

Oh, and for anyone thinking of getting it, the PC version is much much easier, in that it is faaar less frustrating, especially in combat or fine tuned manoeuvres. This is mostly due to control preference, though. Also, the PC version did not feel like a console port, which I liked, except her running felt a tad slow to me. Some freedom would be nice, too, as it was very linear with so many possibilities, though that could ruin it.

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i Dont lag. i freeze in random parts T-T

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