Mirror's Edge™

I love this title. It was totally overlooked and I think it's a shame. Maybe everyone doesn't like parkouring enough, maybe some don't like the heights (there's lots of jumping between skycrapers), but that's not all the game is about. There's fighting also, though running away like a bullet with no clue where to run to is most of the fun in the game. The story is good and the characters are charismatic and cool. You need to be pretty concentrated because the control combos are not that easy when you are in a rush. I liked this one way better than the last one (Catalyst was meant to be a reboot but in my opinion the original is way more interesting, challenging to play and so on)

Quick and snappy review. EA's attempt at making its own PoP. A failed one. Classic console menu, with exit button somewhere off the screen. Perfomance issues. In mission 3 my fps dropped down to 20 for no reason. And thats for a 10+ yo game. A bad port, with all of the bad m&k response. Fake freedom of choosing betwen fighting and running away. At least 3 times i had to engage security to continue. Story is meh, but i didnt expect much. Sometimes very hard to tell where you're supposed to go. Movement itself is there smooth, until a ladder. You would imagine a parkour master to be more agile in climbing ladders and not wasting 2 minutes. Looks great when its not blinding you. Cool aesthetic. Music is neat, but sometimes it just stops playing. Over all, great idea, ruined by poor execution.

its almost as good as Cyberpunk 2077. definitely a must have!

I don't care for parkour and usually hat it in video games. So for me to say its good is saying something. The visual style is great and still holds up pretty well. Probably the last time EA actually had any artistic vision. The parkour is pretty solid, though it does hiccup from time to time, such as not grabbing ledges or sending you in unintend directions. But the sense and use of momentum The story is.. okay. predictable but it does its job to keep you going. The biggest problem is the combat. While not the main focus, its not good. Melee combat is worthless as punches do hardly anythig and are easily countered. The best thing to do is use slowmo to steal a gun and shoot your way out when you have to fight. Not that shooting is particularly good either, thanks to the inablity to reload and the fact that enemies are spongy and don't react to getting shot. But its not too much of an issue just to get through the game on normal. The other big problem is its lack of content. Its only about 5 hours long and doesn't offer much replay value apart from the time trial mode. Still, worth picking up at this price and even better on sale. It's a shame that instead of adressing these issues and turning a good game into a great game with a proper sequel, they instead threw out everything that made the game unique in favor of chasing the open world fad with the extremely mediocre sequel, Catalyst.

This game was PERFECT (just like it's reboot) Gameplay 5/5 Story 5/5 Music 5/5 I honestly have no words to describe how much I love this game.