Mirror’s Edge Catalyst won’t be a sequel or prequel to the 2008 first-person freerunning game. Instead, Senior producer Sara Jansson said in a new post on Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’s official website that it’s intended to be a fresh start for the series. Jasson said:
“Mirror’s Edge has always had a special place in the hearts of all of us at DICE,”
The first game had a lot of promise. It was unlike anything else in terms of the gameplay and style – it had a unique soul. But as much as we loved that game, we knew it could be more. So that’s what we have set out to do as we introduce Mirror’s Edge to a new generation.
The team has spent a lot of time re-evaluating every aspect of the game and making it a new experience. This is not a sequel, this is not Mirror’s Edge 2. We have landed on a vision that honors the first game – pushing the boundaries of first person movement and diving deeper into the story behind our heroine Faith – but also brings a lot of great new, interesting gameplay and features to the experience for our players”
How this game would fit in the canon of the original was a mystery since it was revealed as simply “Mirror’s Edge” back in 2013, so it’s good to finally have some clarification on that, we will finally have a peek at Mirror’s Edge Catalyst on June 15 at EA’s E3 conference.
