Mirror's Edge (PS3)

Mirror's Edge is set in a shiny white future, where world peace is imminent and crime is almost eradicated. Sadly, not all is as it seems; the only way to reach this point was to dumb down the masses with advertising and fraud. The corrupt government has got it's way by surveillance of everything and erradicating all who stand in it's way...but some still remain. You play the part of Faith Connors, a 'Runner'. Essentially, you are a messenger, tasked with running around the city using your skills of parkour (an artistic and philosophical form of free-running) to evade the law and gain access to otherwise unaccessible places. You will jump from rooftop to ...  Read the complete review

This is a first person freerunning game really. You play as faith who is stuck bang in the middle of a conspiricy and end up on the run after you find your sister is taken in. SImple basis of the game. Now the gameplay compromises you freerunning around everything you can see and find, around rooftops, through buildings, in underground tunnels, avioding enemy fire and getting into the odd bit of combat along the way. You get a nice tutorial of how the game works and generally you get told what direction to go in through the use of certain objects you need to use highlighted in red. Generally you run up things, around things and all over the place in order to ...  Read the complete review

Frustrating at first; but a fine, free-flowing experience when mastered. Mirror's Edge offers a unique experience in that it is a first-person platforming game that is only rarely a shooter. The game is also visually unique, with bright white coloured buildings as far as the eye can see giving it an almost surreal, futuristic (but repetitive) feel. You take on the most ridiculous leaps, climbs, slides and falls clambering inside of, and on top of buildings through challenging but similar-looking stages. While complicated, controls are solid with knowing exactly what to do at a particular point on a level the main learning curve, at times ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I would like to suggest if you are thinking about it, to not buy this game. Instead rent it for a week and if you become an addict, fine buy it. My reason for saying this is the novelty of the experience soon wares off, and you can complete the story on one of the easier settings in virtually no time at all. The game focuses on moving around an isolated city scene by using parkour. There is a nice integration of six axis, and the controls are relatively easy to memorise. The cut scenes are styled like an anime, which is a nice touch I must say. My main complaint about the game is the lack of freedom. Parkour is supposed to be about free and ...  Read the complete review

Mirrors edge is a unique title but with a lot of short comings. You are a runner named Faith who becomes involved in a conspiracy any end up on the run. The story just isn't very good. I ended up skipping the cartoon style cut scenes and jumping straight into the action, which I rarely do. The basic premise is that you use your free running or parkour skills to get around the city and its buildings. There is a learning curve to this and the controls could have been better in my opinion. A help option, of sorts, guides you through the levels by marking objects in red that you need to interact with. Despite this I found it quite easy to get lost. Figuring out ...  Read the complete review