Rhianna Pratchett is not involved with Mirror’s Edge 2 despite having penned the story of its predecessor. Not being asked or consulted makes her “a little sad”, as the sequel seems to be disregarding her work.
During the Game Developers Session (GDS) conference in Prague, we had the privilege of speaking with Rhianna Pratchett, an award-winning writer and narrative designer. Pratchett, who has penned some of the most memorable female protagonists like Nariko from Heavenly Sword, Faith from Mirror’s Edge, and Lara Croft from the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, delves into the challenges and freedoms of writing for different media, AAA and indie games.
Complex? She literally made Lara Croft whine and have father issues for an entire trilogy
Groundbreaking...
Female Commander Shepard is a way better female character then Lara Croft has been.
Meanwhile it seems that female characters across entertainment media are being dumb down. What they've done to the female characters in the Avatar adaptation is insulting.
Halo veteran Marcus Lehto's studio, Ridgeline, will now be joined by DICE on the project.
From Eurogamer: "Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants Lara Croft to have fewer father issues in the forthcoming next game.
Speaking to Eurogamer at last night’s BAFTAs, Pratchett confirmed she's not working on the newly announced title, but is "very excited to see what they do with Lara next".
"We had a really fun time evolving her character, so I would like to see probably less father issues," she said. "And that's coming from me!""
But...it was her shitty writing of Lara as a character that focused on the father/family issues in the first place
Rhianna wrote Lara to be a whiny, non assertive and just completely different to what people loved about her as a character in the originals and Legends.
I think DICE's vision is better than hers. Faith is... Stoic, to say the least.
Do people not realize that this is a complete reboot? It's like this year's Tomb Raider.
I think people are reading too much into the word "reboot". If this were a reboot then things would look different i.e. Faith.
"Then there’s the fact that the Mirror’s Edge 2 reveal trailer showed Faith disarming and taking down plenty of guards, which likely means she can still pick up a gun and shoot them in the face. Many felt this feature was unnecessary in Mirror’s Edge and needlessly detracted from the game’s free running focus. Pratchett claims this is a bit out of character, as Faith isn’t a big fan of guns."
Thing is though, you could do all this in the first game, so it's nothing new and definitely doesn't appear to be taking the game in a new direction (based on the trailer alone).
Shame about Pratchett not being asked to work on it though.
It's a sequel to a prequel wrapped up in a reboot. lol. EA said it's a prequel but a reboot so I don't understand. We'll see.
Cheer up Rhianna, Konami axed David Hayter from MGS5 too. And he was a bigger ICON than you will ever be in the gaming industry. LOL