14 DAY TRIAL // A brand new report has appeared online with a lot of leaked details about Mirror's Edge, the upcoming reboot for DICE's parkour series, alongside an estimated launch date of 2016.
Mirror's Edge was originally released back in 2008 by DICE as an innovative first-person free-running experience that cast players in the shoes of Faith, a courier in a dystopian city, who traveled through it using the rooftops and her parkour skills.
While the game was a cult classic, it needed a lot of improvement, so DICE decided to completely reboot the whole title with a new one called simply Mirror's Edge, which was revealed to the world last year.
Now, a major report has appeared on RocketChainsaw, confirming some of the many different changes planned by DICE for the game.
First up, it seems that it will feature an open world that can be explored by players in all sorts of ways, and there might even be a persistent online experience through which other players can drop in and out of the world.
Players can choose how they interact with others and even engage in cooperative or competitive encounters, like time trials.
The new Mirror's Edge will also feature some more varied enemies, ranging from the regular Protectors, to melee combat experts like Sentinels and armored, gun-wielding Enforcers. This time around, Faith won't have any access to guns, unlike the limited mechanic that was present in the first game.
Faith will employ basic hand-to-hand combat against her foes, as she can push, punch, and kick enemies, while using the environment to her advantage, from ledges, to tables, or railings. There's a big emphasis on speed and fluidity in combat, but also employing parkour moves like wall running, flips, and other martial arts moves. During cool takedowns, the camera might jump to a slow-mo third-person view so that players can admire their own skills.
Even with these new combat elements, DICE is thinking of Mirror's Edge as a sort of racing game, allowing fans access to a speedy parkour system and a fluid environment that doesn't make them stop in order to survey their surroundings.
The combat sequences are also scattered throughout the environment in such a way that they don't break up the free running that much.
Last but not least, the report says that DICE is planning to launch the new Mirror's Edge in 2016 for the PC, Mac, PS4, and Xbox One platforms.