Posted on: December 21, 2019

deimoslab

Games: 108 Reviews: 1

You have to try it at least once

Mirror's Edge came in a time when we had lots of shooters and copycat games. Something fresh, fun and attractive. The idea of first-person parkour sounds crazy but it feels amazing and you'll squirm everytime you fail to jump between buildings. After all this years is still a pretty looking game, thanks to an amazing art direction. Top this with Solar Fields music and you'll have the best adrenaline rush in a game ever. It only falls short on narrative & combat aspects. Very light story (you against some evil corp) and character development that's just out there and combat is not even encouraged since it breaks the momentum. But this is one of those brilliant sparks that you need to try sometime. It's a relative short game so it will take you around 7 to 8 hours. Now, the sequel is better at narrative, scale and tech level but has it's own quirks for being too ambitious. Being a Origin-only game doesn't help either. It's very cheap now but I would still recomend going with the original first.

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Posted on: February 14, 2021

schickimicky

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Games: 672 Reviews: 48

Pure action gaming jewel

Mirror's edge has a beautiful bright, clean and colorful graphic style. Standing on top of a skyscraper and jumping to other obstacles and buildings is unfortunately totally unrealistic, but pure gaming fun. The futuristical synthie soundtrack is brilliant comparable to the amazing graphics. Technically I had to choose a much lower resolution, because the ventilators of my pc always went load even on 1280 x 768 or so. I mean the game is from 2009 and I bought a powerful pc much later?!! The game has a lot of frustrating moments, often I had to repeat the same passages dozens of time. The boxing match with an assassin and gun fights were extremely tough and time consuming. Unfortunately you can't save when you want and a few times the savepoints were set very unfair. The controls work fine after absolving a lot of training. The way through the missions can be indicated by pressing a special key and and important obstacles were colored in red. In my point of view mirror's edge defined a new era of jump & run games in 3D and is an absolute must buy and play. One of the best games I ever played, I felt fully enthusiastic the whole playthrough.

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Posted on: February 6, 2025

Newhere25

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Games: 4 Reviews: 1

Entertaining

For an old action game I felt quite entertained.

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Posted on: September 23, 2017

Verified owner

Games: 0 Reviews: 5

First Person Platforming does work...

...and it's a hell lot of fun. I love this game and the series it started. Mostly you run around, full speed, sprinting acorss rooftops and climbing from ledge to ledge. What sounds rather monotonous, is actually a blast. Always trying to keep the momentum up, looking for the fastest way forward. Every now and then, you get to shoot some guns, but it's very bare bone. The setting and story is interesting but not that memorable. I also love the color palette chosen. The runners vision is a neat detail to guide the player. The minimal UI and first person perspective makes things very immersive.

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Posted on: November 27, 2018

tranquil-glade

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Games: Reviews: 46

Not afraid to innovate

GOOD: Jaw-droppingly gorgeous coloring | Fun parkour | Is not too long | Has focus. You are a squishy runner first and foremost, who has limited self-defense capabilities if/when necessary | Weapons have actual mass in this game | New, interesting game world ~~~ BAD: Checkpoint save system forces repetition onto you when you die in a level | Story is somewhat washed out. There's barely any background information on the game world | Runner bag collectibles force you to waste time on exploring every nook and cranny of the levels if you want 100% completion, which goes completely against the spirit of the 'flow' of the game | Console-itis with the accompanying occasional FPS drops

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