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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.

    Love it or Hate it: Mirror's Edge

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    JoeyRavn

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    #51  Edited By JoeyRavn

    "Meh" for me. I played it a bit, maybe half of the game, before I got bored of it.

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    #52  Edited By Euey

    It's a beautiful & unique looking game but the controls left a lot to be desired. It needed more of an Assassin's Creed type traversal mechanism, having to time all your jumps perfectly just broke up the flow of the game. I would love to see a sequel though.     

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    #53  Edited By SumoX

    I liked it, but I wouldn't go as far as to say I loved it.
     
    It was a neat game with some really interesting ideas. Too bad there were a few rough gameplay ideas and the story went absolutely nowhere.

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    #54  Edited By Spwn

    Started playing the game three days ago on PS3 and finished it today. An incredible experience, although  the fighting can be frustrating from time to time if you can't grab the enemy's gun. Great platformer and could be called "the first person Prince of Persia" in a way. Definitely one of the most enjoyable gaming experiences I've had in a while.

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    #55  Edited By hatking

    I think that there was some very amazing ideas presented.  There were some execution problems and some lack of focus.  I played the game going for the achievement that required you to not shoot a gun.  Playing with way presented a puzzle aspect while fighting enemies who were armed to teeth.  It reminds me of Portal almost.  I never shot a person, but I found clever ways in the environment to defeat them. 
     
    Very fun game.  And I, for one, support it being in the first person.
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    #56  Edited By Grumbel

    I'd say I love this game, but it is far from perfect. The cutscenes are pretty much a complete ugly joke, looking more like previsualisation, then something that should be in a final game. The story itself is also a ham-fisted mess. The gameplay and setting on the other side is brilliant. I didn't mind the trial & error gameplay at all, since this game is basically a continuation of what games like Prince of Persia or Another World did and those always have been rich on death. One thing that bothered me however was the gun play, the game tried to deemphasis the use of guns, but then put you in far to many situation where you where forced to do combat and the gun was often the only sensible option. On top of that the game lacks hit proper detection when shooting people, if you want to make violence look bad, show me the violence. Let head shots look bloody and ugly and give me the option to shoot people in the leg. instead of having all enemies die the same, there should have been much more variety and there should have been a noticeable difference between dead people, wounded and knocked out ones, instead all we got was generic video game death.

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    JoRoNimo

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    #57  Edited By JoRoNimo

    Still waiting on announcement of part 2. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    They'll never announce part 2. :(

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    Zaapp1

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    #58  Edited By Zaapp1

    Still one of my favorite shooters of 2008.  Why do you think they're making Brink?  Because parkour-shooting is awesome.

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    ProfessorEss

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    #59  Edited By ProfessorEss

    I definitely didn't hate or love it, and it scores higher than a "meh" with me.
     
    It was okay.

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    #60  Edited By CptBedlam

    I love the game's graphic style, music etc.
     
    And as many have already pointed out since the game's release: I could've done without most of the shooting parts.

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    Geno

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    #61  Edited By Geno

    Loved it. Also the visual presentation is pretty much unparalleled. I think most people that hated it were too dumb to grasp the controls or something, I had no problems with it. Also most of the combat sequences could be skipped by running past the guys, I don't know who would feel compelled to feel they needed to deal with them with fists and guns (that does slow the game down...it's also unnecessary). 

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    #62  Edited By Valestis

    Over 66% here loved it? I'm surprised. It was "meh" for me. It had some neat things in it (like cool visual style), but I don't remember having fun playing it at all.

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    #63  Edited By zidane_24

    Love it. It was a great idea that had some poorly executed gunplay.

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    #64  Edited By danielkempster

    I really enjoyed Mirror's Edge. I played the game twice, once in late 2008 and once in early 2009, and both times I found it to be a really enjoyable experience. It does have shortcomings, most notably the gunplay and its brevity, but those things really didn't detract from the experience for me. Then again, I did pick it up for £15, so I can see why people who paid full price for it might have felt a little short-changed.

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    #65  Edited By crithon

    after 2 hours, I had to stop, load up TF2, select the scout class, play a few rounds capture the intel, and realize "No, my settings aren't messed up this game is seriously broken"

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    #66  Edited By FunkyHugo

    I couldn't get farther than the 3rd level, it was just sooo boring. Some great ideas, but mainly a poor execution and frustrating game play mechanics.

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    #67  Edited By DrPockets000

    I wish fucking love was a choice.  Because that's my feelings for this game.  Sequel!!!

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    #68  Edited By Azteck

    I'm really on the fence when it comes to this game. On one hand, I love the premise of the game and it could, and should have been. The graphics are wonderful and all that. What makes me not absolutely adore it is how they shoe-horned in a story and combat in it. Mirror's Edge would've been, in my opinion, a far better game had they removed the combat and made it less linear. That said, I love the idea and large parts of the gameplay, and still consider it a good game, albeit short.

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    #69  Edited By time allen
    @jorojoserojas said:
    " Still waiting on announcement of part 2.                              They'll never announce part 2. :( "
    it was already confirmed that a small group at dice are working on a sequel lol.
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    #70  Edited By TenStoryMother

    I love it, but with the opinion that it is flawed.  When the game's levels meshed with the game's design, the game was a new and exciting experience.  When the two designs contradicted one another, which it did far too often, the game was frustrating and sloppy.  It looks as if BRINK might incorporate some of Mirror's Edge better mechanics into it's gameplay.  Does anyone else think BRINK will better realize some of Mirror's Edge's mechanics?  
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    I love every part of it except for the shooting and the lack luster ending. I am looking forward to a sequel with less gun play.

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    #72  Edited By zyn

    I like it.  No hate or love.

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    #73  Edited By PS3RG

    I liked it and enjoyed it. Can't say that I loved it though.

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    #74  Edited By dahapr44
    @PS3RG said:
    " I liked it and enjoyed it. Can't say that I loved it though. "
    ^ this. Although, like many have already said, I think that the game could have been improved with better functioning gunplay, less linear level design, a little more forgiving platforming, and much enhanced storytelling.
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    #75  Edited By Dany

    Can I love something I never played?

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    #76  Edited By jacksukeru

    I like it's style and general design aesthetic. I also really like what it was trying to do with climbing in first person mode and making a first person game not focused on combat. I don't like having to run through a bunch of armed guards that kill you in two hits, especially if you can't ever shoot back at them (Test of Faith achievement) and have to go through the "discarding equipped gun" animation after you disarm one and before you can take on another (again, self-imposed, but still annoying). 
     
    I don't remember much about the story, it might've been alright. while I liked the first person cutscenes, there were too few of them. I didn't like the animated cutscenes, I don't think they look any good. Too often I was confused about where to go and I got stuck in a few places. There were still some exciting parts here and there and moving around felt pretty good most of the time. 
     
    All in all, a game I would love to love, but there are just too many issues with it that it's really hard for me to. I hope that the "small team" that's supposed to work on a sequel are able to test different stuff until they come up with a good direction to take the series.

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    #77  Edited By Jackel2072

    i did my part i bought it new. and im thinking about buying it again on XBL

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    #78  Edited By Hizang

    I liked the beginning of the game, which was foccused on just running fast, the end game however was to foccused on bad platforming and people constantly shooting at you.

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    #79  Edited By AuthenticM

    I fucking adore Mirror's Edge.

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    #80  Edited By BeachThunder

    Sequel...maybe? ^__^

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    #81  Edited By rmanthorp  Moderator

    LOVE

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    #82  Edited By Seppli

    I love it more than I hate it. So I love it. But really, there is some aggrivating shit in there.

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    #83  Edited By Azteck

    I love it long time, with all my heart. Wallpaper theme is of mirror's edge<3<3

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    #84  Edited By geirr

    Pure love.. One of the greatest experiences I've had with gaming this century,

    but it has major flaws which I can only hope they'll try and fix if there ever was a proper sequel.

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    #85  Edited By mnzy

    I liked it alot but thought that it had flaws that another iteration could fix.

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    I love it. Not so much the gameplay, but the design. This game just looks stunning an the PC. Here are some screenshots I made during my last run.      
        

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