Allie<p>September 7, 2023 - Day 250 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 271</p><p>Game: Mirror's Edge Catalyst</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Release Date: Jun 7, 2016<br>Library Date: Nov 26, 2022<br>Unplayed: 285d (9m12d)<br>Playtime: 24m</p><p>Mirror's Edge Catalyst is a first person parkour & melee game.</p><p>Today I also learned, after giving in and playing it without playing Mirror's Edge first, it is not in fact, a sequel. It's a reboot.</p><p>I use a Logitech G13 Gameboard for my gaming, which has a terrible design flaw in the thumb button, which causes the activation lug for the microswitch to snap off. </p><p>I have the thumb button set to "jump".</p><p>I've had some replacements 3D-printed, but they usually don't last more than a few months.</p><p>This one didn't last the game.</p><p>The thing about this game (which looks gorgeous!) is that learning each of the moves feels a little bit frustrating to try and pull off, but once I started to "get" it, it felt good.</p><p>When I managed to start stringing them together it felt great.</p><p>But then when you get into that flow state, where you start anticipating the moves just before you need to pull them off, that feels amazing...</p><p>...until the jump button stops working.</p><p>Anyway, looks like I'm pulling my G13 apart again tomorrow to swap out yet *another* activation lug.</p><p>Mirror's Edge Catalyst is:</p><p>4: Good</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MirrorsEdgeCatalyst</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FirstPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPerson</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Parkour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parkour</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Melee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melee</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MastodonGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonGaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>