Let's Play: Mirror's Edge

Mirai Gen · 02-05-2009, 12:25 AM

Welcome to Let's Play Mirror's Edge! Let's get started, shall we?

Regulus Tera · 02-05-2009, 01:52 AM

OH OH, NAME HER IRONING BOARD-Ah, it's not that kind of Let's Play.

Gonna be a short one. Isn't the game like six hours long? Not that I'm complaining. It would be nice to see "Let's Play"s finish more often.

Meister · 02-05-2009, 03:12 AM

Um, Mirror's Edge?

Actually, this would lend itself very well to a video LP. Just maybe not so much to screenshots...

DFM · 02-05-2009, 04:21 AM

I'm guessing this one of those "surprise!" things where he's got some ace up his sleeve and is going to totally hit us with something unique and original after the tutorial lulls us into a false sense of security.

Nikose Tyris · 02-05-2009, 06:35 AM

You should make this a video LP like Meister said.

And yes you can host it where you think you can host it, and I'll even set up the stupid video player that Fenris has on his part if you want.

The Kneumatic Pnight · 02-05-2009, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Nikose Tyris

And yes you can host it where you think you can host it, and I'll even set up the stupid video player that Fenris has on his part if you want.

My first instinct is that there are a bunch of free video hosting sites around so I don't know why he'd need anything else, except that, as I recall, Mirror's Edge is a game up towards the high quality in visual effects. I don't know what video player thing Fenris has, but there's a DivX Web Player out there that (and I'm not super well versed so I might be wrong) isn't really hard to set up and would be really good for a higher quality Mirror's Edge video. There used to be a free host, Studio(Some number I forget) that had it but went belly-up after a couple months.

However, the problem with video capture is that it costs money for anything good. The setup I developed has CamStudio, and while that is totally awesome and free (frawesome?) for my 16-bit game, it's really low frame rate and would choke and die on Mirror's Edge.

Camtasia has a 30-day free trial and I'm sure that's enough time to videocap Mirror's Edge, so you may want to look into that, but I think its frame rate is also on the lower side.

I hear good things about Fraps if you like the idea of paying $37 for a usable version, though.

Other than that, I don't know.

Meister · 02-05-2009, 10:57 AM

Actually I heard a fair number of video hosters don't like Let's Play videos and one or two will delete them outright. I'm not really following all the news there, though. It's also possible they just do that because the vast majority of LP's are on somethingawful, and when half the somethingawful forum watches a video, I imagine bandwidth use will go right through the roof.

archive.org hosts a few Let's Play videos, though. Maybe that's another option.

Or, y'know, Mirai does a screenshot LP.

The Kneumatic Pnight · 02-05-2009, 11:09 AM

That's Vimeo: they want to delete anything that isn't art video enough. However, their moderation is as haphazard and if you pray hard enough to the patron deity of art school rejects (and also, your video looks fancy enough) there's a chance it'll get through. I wouldn't suggest it, but in all honesty, Mirror's Edge has no character sprite and has fancy visual effects. It could probably sit there forever and none of them notice.

Also, the let's play archive guy has made it official that he will only provide for Something Awful Let's Plays.

Still, everyone uses Viddler and I use Viddler and Viddler would work.

Surprisingly, GameVee was specifically for this type of thing. It's dead now for some reason, I stopped paying attention.

Edit: Still, the DivX Web Player is probably the best online video player thing for Mirror's Edge considering what I know about its look, and there's no site that uses it around anymore, but Nikose might and that would just be all kinds of good.

Damaged · 02-05-2009, 11:17 AM

Hmm, I've been mentally debating whether to play Mirror's Edge. A "Let's Play" is only tempting me even more, so far. I just hope this game keeps an interesting storyline.

PyrosNine · 02-05-2009, 11:57 AM

There's wegame it's kinda like fraps....

And it's free. And it comes with it's own video displaying site.

Anyway, this better be good because I halted my LP because my mother had a stroke (I think) and I can't even think of something funny right now. That, and the prologue was looking at 6 posts before the actual game began and the funny fun lp stuff began.

Though I am now considering just putting it all on a webpage, then starting the let's play on the forums to continue on...yes...yesss!!

Mirai Gen, I love you and want to have your babies.

By the way, what are you playing this on? Xbox? Ps3? PC? Very many different options for recording. I even bought this Easy cap recorder that can record from standard audio video cables and it does a good job, low filesizes, especially awesome for video game recording which I've solely used it for.

If you're doing it on computer, you have a better gaming rig than I can ever have. In that case, you might simply want to get a laptop with recording ability, get the proper cables, and play it natively on pc while recording the video on the laptop.

Though if you're dead set on pictures, you're doing good so far, but take note that you should probably take only really, really good pics. Like, one of those massive jumps, or kicking the gun out of a guard's hands, or making sure that you're not showing us a pic like what you did before, especially if it's the game's bread and butter.

02-05-2009, 12:25 AM	#1
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	Let's Play: Mirror's Edge Welcome to Let's Play Mirror's Edge! Let's get started, shall we? __________________ Last edited by Mirai Gen; 02-05-2009 at 02:50 PM.

02-05-2009, 01:52 AM	#2
Regulus Tera lol i dont even know Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,271	OH OH, NAME HER IRONING BOARD-Ah, it's not that kind of Let's Play. Gonna be a short one. Isn't the game like six hours long? Not that I'm complaining. It would be nice to see "Let's Play"s finish more often. Last edited by Regulus Tera; 02-05-2009 at 03:46 AM.

02-05-2009, 04:21 AM	#4
DFM Om Nom Nom Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,850	I'm guessing this one of those "surprise!" things where he's got some ace up his sleeve and is going to totally hit us with something unique and original after the tutorial lulls us into a false sense of security. __________________ [14:26] ManoftheRus: YOU GODDAMN SNEAKY DEE

02-05-2009, 11:09 AM	#8
The Kneumatic Pnight Everfree Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Mythical Frontier Posts: 906	That's Vimeo: they want to delete anything that isn't art video enough. However, their moderation is as haphazard and if you pray hard enough to the patron deity of art school rejects (and also, your video looks fancy enough) there's a chance it'll get through. I wouldn't suggest it, but in all honesty, Mirror's Edge has no character sprite and has fancy visual effects. It could probably sit there forever and none of them notice. Also, the let's play archive guy has made it official that he will only provide for Something Awful Let's Plays. Still, everyone uses Viddler and I use Viddler and Viddler would work. Surprisingly, GameVee was specifically for this type of thing. It's dead now for some reason, I stopped paying attention. Edit: Still, the DivX Web Player is probably the best online video player thing for Mirror's Edge considering what I know about its look, and there's no site that uses it around anymore, but Nikose might and that would just be all kinds of good. __________________ FAILURE IS LEARNING TO ACCEPT THOSE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE Last edited by The Kneumatic Pnight; 02-05-2009 at 11:11 AM.

02-05-2009, 11:57 AM	#10
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	There's wegame it's kinda like fraps.... And it's free. And it comes with it's own video displaying site. Anyway, this better be good because I halted my LP because my mother had a stroke (I think) and I can't even think of something funny right now. That, and the prologue was looking at 6 posts before the actual game began and the funny fun lp stuff began. Though I am now considering just putting it all on a webpage, then starting the let's play on the forums to continue on...yes...yesss!! Mirai Gen, I love you and want to have your babies. By the way, what are you playing this on? Xbox? Ps3? PC? Very many different options for recording. I even bought this Easy cap recorder that can record from standard audio video cables and it does a good job, low filesizes, especially awesome for video game recording which I've solely used it for. If you're doing it on computer, you have a better gaming rig than I can ever have. In that case, you might simply want to get a laptop with recording ability, get the proper cables, and play it natively on pc while recording the video on the laptop. Though if you're dead set on pictures, you're doing good so far, but take note that you should probably take only really, really good pics. Like, one of those massive jumps, or kicking the gun out of a guard's hands, or making sure that you're not showing us a pic like what you did before, especially if it's the game's bread and butter. __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!

02-05-2009, 03:12 AM	#3
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Um, Mirror's Edge? Actually, this would lend itself very well to a video LP. Just maybe not so much to screenshots...

02-05-2009, 10:57 AM	#7
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Actually I heard a fair number of video hosters don't like Let's Play videos and one or two will delete them outright. I'm not really following all the news there, though. It's also possible they just do that because the vast majority of LP's are on somethingawful, and when half the somethingawful forum watches a video, I imagine bandwidth use will go right through the roof. archive.org hosts a few Let's Play videos, though. Maybe that's another option. Or, y'know, Mirai does a screenshot LP.

02-05-2009, 11:17 AM	#9
Damaged Born Fallen Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Isolated Posts: 59	Hmm, I've been mentally debating whether to play Mirror's Edge. A "Let's Play" is only tempting me even more, so far. I just hope this game keeps an interesting storyline.