Mirror's Edge™

Mirrors edge is one of the best games i have ever played, the gameplay isnt that intuitive at first glance, but when you learn it, becomes one of the most fluid videogames that you have ever played. This game is 17 years old, but it looks beautiful wherever you look. Grab it in a sale, dont doubt.

There isn't a single game that has this kind of vibe and atmosphere, one of the most unique and beautiful games ever made.

Played it more than once, actually my 2nd time purchasing it. Treat yourself and get it on sale if you like parkour and speedruns.

This is not a long game (6h) but still if you try to play more than 2h you will start to get bored because the game is always the same thing for every level. It is innovative but it is not great at all. the best things about this game are the 2D animated cutscenes with a not bad story. Also if you play it on wine/wineskin you will get many crash every checkpoints.

This is one of my favorite games of all time, despite being flawed in many ways. Let's get the bad parts out of the way first: - The story is mediocre and just ends abruptly. It's like they planned something 10x larger and more detailed, but them had to chop it down to fit the deadline - The combat feels like an afterthought. The game didn't need it and it's badly done - The interaction of your character with the game world is a bit quirky, which sometimes causes you to miss and die in confusing and frustrating ways - Despite being totally linear, it's still easy to get lost That said, this is a fun and unique parkour experience - once you get used to the quirkiness it flows beautifully and just feels amazing. There are some quite spectacular sequences of running and physics-defying jumps and stunts. The game is played in first-person perspective and that was a very good decision: it really adds to the immersion. The entire game is spent in a city (concrete everywhere) but there is a lot of variety in the areas that you visit - with both indoors and outdoors areas. The game is linear, but there are often a few different paths you can take to reach your goal. Visually, despite being dated, it's still quite beautiful in my opinion. They chose a visual scheme with emphasis on strong colors which create very pleasing contrasts between the "concrete" and the other elements. The general atmosphere (sounds and music and such) fits the game perfectly. The story mode is relatively short. There is a speedrun mode for story mode chapters and some time trial maps which are all about racing between checkpoints trying to beat the top times. Sadly, there are few of these, and the game fundamentally lacks replay value (aside from relieving the experience again). To summarize, this is an amazing game when it flows right and it is quite unique, but be prepared for some frustrating quirks and weak story. I strongly recommend it, but wait for a substantial discount.