i decided to play it after hearing about ea delisting it for whatever bullshit reason but I Cannot Play This Game.
makes me feel like i am in actual peril. which is a testament to the game and it's ability to immerse, but also precludes me from being able to have any sort of a good time with it. if i got really good at it, i'm sure i'd enjoy it. the panicked terror would give way to cool mastery of the world.
but there is something particularly visceral about this, and i don't think i can hack it. not right now. re:4 was like this, too. i tried playing it several times but i couldn't get through the first village area cause the tension was just too much for me. but through sheer force and coming at it in a good head space, i got better at the game and i learned more what to expect and it was fine and i beat the whole thing.
perhaps i will return to mirror's edge similarly and i'll love it but right now, at 1am on thursday in march, 2023, i cannot play mirror's edge.
