Jumps! You know when the jump isn’t there. You press the button and nothing happens, and you’re locked to the floor. How restrictive it feels, how limiting, and yet there was a time when games grounded. Then, all of a sudden, boing!, up they went and we were jumping on the heads of enemies and leaping up and off walls ever since. Nothing is more freeing than a strong jump and nothing fills the time like hopping up and down with your friends until someone thinks of something to do. Question is, which are the best jumps? Here’s Five of the Best. Have a lovely weekend!
First-person platforming is often infuriating – even Valve couldn’t make it work properly in Half-Life. With Mirror’s Edge, though, DICE decided to build its whole adventure around giving the player a sense of embodiment in a first-person world, and the platforming is a total thrill.