Mirror's edge, looks promising.

Thirith on 14/1/2009 at 10:18

Quote Posted by EvaUnit02

No, the PC version is entirely inferior because it lacks analogue movement. You no have sense of weight and realism otherwise.

Question of preference, I'd imagine. I find that in first-person games analogue-stick looking around gives me much less of a "being there" feeling than the absence of analogue movement.

Shakey-Lo on 14/1/2009 at 10:21

I did actually find the thumbstick aiming to be too unsubtle when trying to shave off milliseconds in a time trial. I do think mouselook will be a major benefit for that.
I also can't ever remember walking, aside from when the tutorial tells you to.

Aja on 14/1/2009 at 10:21

Quote Posted by Thirith

Question of preference, I'd imagine. I find that in first-person games analogue-stick looking around gives me much less of a "being there" feeling than the absence of analogue movement.

Actually it was a sarcastic nod to myself.

Not that Eva's actually played the game or anything. The reviews so far demonstrate pretty clearly that most gamers don't have a great appreciation for the subtlety of Mirror's Edge's movement, part of which is having analogue control. I suppose it's a fairly even tradeoff though.

Thirith on 14/1/2009 at 10:40

Ah. I did briefly wonder that, but I've had my sarcasm metre removed because TTLG kept setting it off all the time. :p

As you say, I imagine that the analogue movement vs. mouse look thing is roughly an equal trade-off and that it's also based on 1) personal preference/experience and 2) how well they're implemented.

I played some Splinter Cell: Double Agent on the PS 2 and while I'd need to play it for longer I must say that I vastly preferred having mouse-look over having analogue movement. Of course, that didn't help with the shoddy programming of Double Agent on the PC...

DDL on 14/1/2009 at 13:36

Analog, surely?

Analogue = mimic or equivalent of something
Analog = er.."not digital"

Sorry, carry on.

Thirith on 14/1/2009 at 13:39

Possibly - I assumed it was one of those old-world vs. new-world spelling things, like dialog/dialogue.

EvaUnit02 on 14/1/2009 at 23:29

My country doesn't use that bastardised form of English from the USA. Seriously, judgment?

Trance on 14/1/2009 at 23:32

Deal with it.

Angel Dust on 14/1/2009 at 23:52

Quote Posted by Aja

Lining up jumps was only rarely an issue even with the joystick.

True enough, it wasn't a game breaker but there were certainly enough occasions where I missed a jump, fell off a narrow plank etc for me to think 'Hmm, this is going to be easier on PC'. The loss of analogue movement is a shame but I think for the whole 'running/jumping/sliding under pressure' the increased precision of the mouse will give the PC version the edge.

Aja on 15/1/2009 at 01:57

Could be. I'd like to try the PC version, and I'd even buy it if user-content were an eventual option.