Mirror's Edge™

It's a fun game, its something different. Its $5 on sale during the winter sale. Sad it took me this long to get around and consider playing it. I haven't played a DICE game since BF2. It takes a little bit of time to get used to the parkour. Have patience, its trial and error. If you have the levels memorized, try again and do it faster. Don't worry about plot or story. Most people play for the unique mechanics. Graphically, it does show its age but holds up. Even a potato can play this.

Visual enjoyment and smooth operation. The whole process is fun on the whole, except for some difficulties in individual levels. There is more than one way to pass the level, and you can buy it when you recommend a discount. The process is not long, and it is worth playing.

Mirrors edge is an experience. Indeed a very short one, but really memorable. I have returned to it multiple times and it has never failed to deliver. The controls are spot-on and you really feel the rush of the game. The graphics still look great and the art style is superb.

I loved playing this game with my cousins years ago, and it still holds up playing it now on PC. Seriously love the bright, colorful aesthetic, and the story's not too bad either. Aside from wishing I could grab certain ledges that Faith won't latch onto, the climbing has aged a lot better than Assassin's Creed 1. Performance is great on my PC as well. I have a much older AMD and it runs well on 720p at the full 60 FPS, with a couple of settings tuned down. Feeling confident enough to try it on an Intel machine! Only one thing really bugs me about this port: Playing Mirror's Edge on a keyboard. I'm used to shooters needing keys for reload/use/crouch/melee at most. This game, on the other hand, requires I'm guessing several buttons, since it's focused more on platforming and hand-to-hand combat than shooting. Shooting is such a secondary function to the combat that there's not so much as a reload button. tl;dr, this is a great port. If your fingers are feeling tongue-tied, even after some practice, try playing with a controller. This is a different kind of "shooter", so you're not missing much by not using a mouse here.

I liked and disliked the simplicty at the same time. The idea is nice, but the execution not so satisfying. I liked the parkour, but hated being shot at. And the controls are terrible. I was playnig on easy, and never before I have rage-quited. Maybe I'm not skilled enough, or maybe my keybord is getting old, but the number of times I had to repeat key combinations to get to the top of containers were too damn high. the story is just an excuse for more platforms and for enemies to appear. If you want to try it, only on bargain (they are often), the standard price tag is to high for this old game.