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    Mirror's Edge

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released Nov 11, 2008

    In a futuristic totalitarian dystopia, a master courier (in a group of renegade "runners") investigates a conspiracy, while outrunning the deadly government military, in this parkour-inspired first-person action game.

    zyn's Mirror's Edge (PlayStation 3) review

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    • zyn has written a total of 12 reviews. The last one was for Halo: Reach

    On the Edge of Good and Bad

    WARNING:
    Spoilers, Bad Language!

    I saw the trailers and they were awesome.  I played the Xbox 360 demo and it was awesome.  I played the PlayStation 3 version and it was... good.

    • The levels are designed great.  This is the next evolution in the puzzle solving genre since Portal.
    • The combat (both hand-to-hand and weaponry) is terrible.  Faith dies in 2 hits from enemies.  The enemies block any attack you've used previously, so you have to keep changing your attacks.  Personally, they should've just removed it.
    • The story was pretty generic.  Not really a lot of twists that are too surprising and quite predictable.
    • The 2D cutscenes in between levels are terrible.  They should've kept everything in 3D.
    • Voice acting is great.
    • Music is great.
    • I don't know if it's just the DualShock 3 or the PlayStation 3 version of the game but the buttons are quite unresponsive.  I had to button mash quite a bit for Faith to do a single action (yes, my controller was fully charged and was not too far away from the PlayStation 3).
    • Graphics are great.
    • The button layout is very unique and work perfectly for this game.
    • Even with SIXAXIS support, I find myself pressing the buttons instead of tilting the controller.
    • Enemies shoot Faith without warning, which is very strange.
    • The ending is okay.
    • Disappointed that there is no online multiplayer.  It would be great to race friends online.

    Overall, the game would've been great as a puzzle game with no combat involved.  Enemies need to be toned down and more chase/timed levels added.  I haven't enjoyed an EA-related game since... C&C: Red Alert 2!
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