There are many games out there that are often considered love or hate games, so I have decided to try a out a poll with Mirror's Edge to see what the community thinks of the game. 
 
I love the game and cant stop playing it but I can see why other people would hate it. 
 
What are your views?

I'd say somewhere just below loving it.  I enjoy it's ideas and style but the constant trial and error does get on my nerves sometimes.  But I still fully enjoy the game itself!

Not hate, but more like... dislike.

I really liked the idea of first person free running or parkour but the game was so damn frustrating and... blech.  It was super fun whenever I'd do and land a jump without thinking; that always made me feel like a bad ass.  Though this didn't happen very often. 
 
I really don't have an opinion of this game except, Meh.

It might be because I do some parkour in real life, but I didn't have to deal with much trial and error. It was always pretty clear to me where I was supposed to go. I do wish that there was a little more room for improvisation though.

I loved it, it's an acquired taste and takes patience to master it's learning curve to get the most out of it. It's a trial-and-error game, you need to learn instead of the game just spoon-feeding you to master it from the get go. It becomes satisfying once you've understand how everything works and you can play the game well, it reminds me of the first Splinter Cell in that regard. Which is another game I really enjoyed.

Good idea. Flawed execution. 
 
Specifically the guns. Those fucking GUNS.

" Good idea. Flawed execution.  Specifically the guns. Those fucking GUNS. "

It's one of my favorite games of all time, so it's safe to say that I love it.

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" Good idea. Flawed execution.  Specifically the guns. Those fucking GUNS. "

The reason the gunplay wasn't enjoyable, is mainly due to the fact that the game wanted to give the player the sense that Faith is a runner and is not much of a shooter, showing that she has only basic understandings of how to use a firearm. It's really done to imersse the player, rather than a means of enjoyment. It works very much like Silent Hill 1-4. "

I didn't hate it. I played the demo and the gameplay didn't really suit me. I've seen a lot of people rail against the game, but I didn't think it was horrible. It took some risks. I think they only moderately paid off. Certainly, though, it deserves to be grouped with other FPS-style games like Portal that try to innovate within what (let's be honest) has become a rather tired genre. It didn't succeed like Portal, but the mechanics were certainly intriguing, if not as refined as I'd like.
 
Sad thing is that I'd love to see a sequel, if for no other reason than to see if they can improve on it. I'd probably give it another shot.

I loved it and I didn't often have trouble with it.  Getting shot was rarely a problem for me except for one level where you were forced to beat up all of the guards in a closed environment, but I really enjoyed the game overall.  Too bad it was so short.

I hated the cartoon cutscenes and being forced to use firearms as the parkour was welcomed in the first-person genre, although I'd rather of been in a city that has more than 10 textures. :/ Not exactly losing sleep over a sequel.

Woah I expect hate to be winning, I despise this game its so horrible

One of my favourite games of all time. Period.

Love it, the pc version is like a fps game where you can do parkour at the same time using the mouse and keyboard. Also the graphics, for the pc version, looks fantastic.

I rented the game but didn't finish it. From what I've played, my opinion is somewhere above "Meh" and below "Love it".  Once I have some cash I'll probably download it, and I'm definitely interested in playing a sequel. 

I love it. I hope the sequel will stay first person though. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is good enough third person parkour but what made Mirrors Edge fresh and cool was the first person camera perspective. I wouldn't be interested in a sequel that was third person.

Other than one specific room that took me about twenty infuriating minutes to get through, loved it.

I really enjoyed the game.  There hasn't been an announcement of a sequel(rumors but nothing official it seems) which is very disappointing. 

"First-person platformer" and " first-person puzzler" as categories didn't really exist before those two games. "

With the exception to one section of the game where I honestly did not know where to go while people were chasing me, I thought it was an awesome game.  Once you know where everything is and how to use the environment, it can be a very fun game.  It's so gratifying doing all of the movements consistently in a level.  The only thing I really don't like about the game is that you can essentially bunny hop, ruining the time trials mode if you want to hit that top spot.

I enjoyed it, but I especially enjoyed the Time Trials. My times aren't all that high on the leaderboards but I had a lot of fun watching ghosts and trying out different paths to beat my friends' times. Added a fair amount of replay value onto a fairly short campaign.

I really really like. I recognize every single flaw and mistake that the game has, but still it felt fresh and unique, wich made me thoroughly enjoy it. I hope that a sequel end up being made, because it has a high chance of being extremely good.

i never played it, which might be quite undignified of me, or so 
 
also, quest complete :>

I hated it at first and wondered why the hell I spent hardearned bucks on it, but kept at it and then one day it just snapped into place and I've loved it ever since. I think it was after I managed to disarm 6 guys in a row and then make an utterly cool retreat from the area that did it. A true "whoa!" moment.

I went ahead and voted "loved it", but the truth is that I was kind of disappointed. 
 
Going into Mirror's Edge, I was under the impression that the game was about momentum and moving forward. No matter what was going on, no matter what crazy shenanigans you and Faith were up to, you had to keep gaining momentum and keep moving forward.  
 
The problem with this understanding of Mirror's Edge is that there are many points in the final game where you need to stop and look around, the first-person view often limiting your understanding of the environment around you.  If they could've tightened that up and not dropped the player into arenas of death in lieu of creative boss fights, I feel the game would've been much stronger for it. 
 
That said, I still enjoyed it. Wasn't worth $60, but it was pretty good.

I love it.  I was horrifically awful at time trials but I just found all of the parkour gameplay great.

I love it.  I really got into this game, though I definitely see and understand some of the criticism.  Though, I really don't like the speed runs, because I'm not so hot on those.

I love it because it is a fresh take on an oldschool style of gaming.

Love the game working my way through the time trials atm

It was easily my favourite game of 2008 so..... love it!

Great game, the fact that there was an achievment/trophy for finishing it without killing anyone with a weapon was neat.  Game really shines on the PC though, the smoother framerate and quicker more precise controls made for a much more enjoyable experience.

Loved it, played through it twice, first normal and then hard. Never used a firearm.

I loved Mirror's Edge. It was always the game that a lot of people had issues with that I understood, but didn't quite agree with.

I really loved the game. Played it quite a bit.