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Mirror's Edge (Xbox 360) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 189
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Platform: Xbox 360
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930064655
ASIN: B001GIOGDM
Release Date: November 14, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In a city where information is heavily monitored, agile couriers called Runners transport sensitive data away from prying eyes. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed and now you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith - and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story. Mirror’s Edge delivers you straight into the shoes of this unique heroine as she traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat and fast paced chases. With a never before seen sense of movement and perspective, you will be drawn into Faith’s world. A world that is visceral, immediate, and very dangerous. Live or die? Soar or plummet? One thing is certain, in this city, you will learn how to run.
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 Another one EDGE got wrong November 18, 2008
So nice to not have to shoot everything for once.
This game has been slightly over hyped so to bring it back to earth...
Cut scenes awful even if they are a cover for loading. When you briefly get guns the aiming is twitchy. Its not open/sandbox as it might have been portrayed. Paths are linear with only a few local options for different routes. Never really get a chance to get a long fast run. Combat and disarming are weak. Push the button objectives, loading elevators, crawling in ducts are all a bit old school. You will fall off buildings and die hundreds of times...
...actually dying is fine as plenty of well placed checkpoints and reload is quick and you get to have another crack at that impossible looking run and jump, core game play mechanics are so solid and enjoyable. Once the well designed controls become second nature and you learn the rules of the game it's exhilarating and atmospheric. Check the demo to see if you will enjoy. Very much looking forward to the next one more than any other game out. Remember this is the first game in a new IP , always going to be difficult but it has passed the test so should have more budget and be able to increase the scope for the next one. Can't wait. I really recommend if you are tired of shooting things.
 A fresh gaming experience... for once November 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have just finished playing through the story mode for Mirrors edge and so thought i would let people know how it plays.
Ill go fo the Positives first.
- This game is somthing of a fresh concept, you are unlikly to have played anything like it before. The nearest i have experenced are the prince of persia games.
- its fun to play once you have got to grips with the controls, is challening at time and makes you think about your next move on the fly.
-one of the major plus points is that it looks stunning at time, the outdoor areas especially look great.
Now for the negative points.
-Its short, very short, short like i rented it at 10 last night and finished it before midday today. and that includes a hafty dose of sleeping in the middle. i think it was about 5 hours all told. there is some replay value in the speedruns and time trials, im just not sure how long that will lasT.
-on top of this the controls can be unresponsive, and i think it was a mistake to map the majority of the controls to the shoulder buttons and triggers as it can end up feeling wrong. this leads to alot of plumeting to your doom.
-The combat isnt good. you end up repeating the same group of enmies over and over because you die so much from having to get up close and steal guns, which is a nice idea, it just ends up being a pain in the bum when there are anywhere over 2 badguys on you. however combat isnt the main point of the game so it only accounts for maybe 20% of the gameplay, but its still too much if the combat mechanics are flawed.
-the first person view is sometimes a little constricting, meaning on occation you cant see where you need to jump to next, however this is by no means as bad as in other games(tomb raider). You will spend 50% of the time staring at a wall, but that is unavoidable because of the nature of the game.
-the story is a little underwhelming, didnt really matter to me what was going on, and i didnt like the manga-esq FMVs, found it a little jarring to go from a cartoon to a realistic looking game environment. I did like the plinky plunky music though.
-my last point is that, in places this game is ridiculusly dark, mostly in vents and in ther indoor locations. and at other points its overwhelmingliy bright. i adjusted the brightness up and down somewhere around 12 times while playing through.
this is all personal opinion so your experience may be totally differant, but i would say, its a renter, not a buyer, untill its in the sales that is.
so i gave it 3 stars because its a good start to what i assume will be series (its EA, its bound to be) good ideas, good look, good concept, but the second one could be great if they work at it. mostly i gave it 3 stars (when it should really be 2 or 2 1/2 becuase of all the little problems) because its so nice to see an original game.
 Totally Unexpected! November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First thing first, how good is this game? Seriously, if you are looking at this thinking "should i get this?" Just buy it, really you will not be disappointed.
Ok so the game. Based in a perfect city in the future, you are a Runner called Faith and basically your sister is framed for murder. However you know she is innocent, so you go after finding the truth. There is more to the story but really that is the main parts summed up in two sentences.
The cool part of the game would be running around, jumping over big gaps, jumping fences, wall runs, balancing on beams, dodging under things, swinging on things and lastly running away from the bad guys. This is all done in first person, so if you like its kind of Tomb Raider gone first-person. Although I said running away from the bad guys, if you want, you can take them on, do some cool disarm, take their gun and shoot them a couple of times. What you need to remember is that this is no first-person shooter, as the focus is more on melee combat. So don't expect amazing AI. Mind you they can sometimes be hard to fend off when there is a big group of them.
This game is totally different to what is in the market, that's probably it has actually made me really like this game. Once you have finished the game the time trials are great fun but also very challenging as you always want to have a good score when you upload it onto the online leaderboard.
Not going to go on more about this, just check the trailers of this game, even download the demo but I know you will probably feel somewhat surprised, as this is a real gaming triumph.
Wait for the price to drop! Or rent it first... November 16, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
For people who don't want to read the whole thing, here's a basic summary of my opinion of this title:
Pros:
- It's a new experience.
- The first few levels and last few are pretty fun provided you can put up with dying quite a lot.
- When the combat and gameplay do work together it is fun.
- The visuals are nice!
- The music/sound is quite good.
- There are "that is SO cool!" moments that almost make up for the moments of frustration.
- The levels are usually pretty open with multiple ways to approach a problem.
- The story isn't bad!
Cons:
- Combat system is hard to handle and quite often unavoidable in the later levels.
- Too much combat considering the system is flawed.
- Dodgy level design in some parts.
- High difficulty even on Normal, although Easy does alleviate this somewhat.
- Story could be better.
- You get railroaded at times - you don't always have multiple path choices.
- You can get lost quite easily at times and the in-game guide system isn't up to much when you do.
Things to keep in mind: you can pick guns off the floor with Y, which helps immensely. If you're not an uber FPS fan then play on Easy, I got owned on Normal, and even on Easy be prepared to die a lot.
Basically my advice is don't pay the full price for this game like I did. Wait for it to drop to say 20-25 or so, it might be more worth it then. I wouldn't say this game is worth the 35 or so I paid. I know people hate hearing this, but it most likely isn't going to be as fun (or as long lasting) as you think it will be. Or, rent it first!
So to the review. I've played all of the full game having loved the demo - so much that I pre-ordered after playing the demo about 25 times. I really thought I'd just find it enjoyable, face each challenge with good-hearted calm and just love the experience.
I have written this review to warn you that this game may not always be like this, or be as long lasting as you might think. The main game literally lasts 3 hours at most, including times when you play the level through for the first time and get stuck. There are race modes that you can do if you have 1337 sk1llz and can complete each level in record time (speed runs of levels are unlocked at game completion), or just want to see how fast you can do it, which gives a little replay value. I completed it within 2 days of buying. The demo level is the most enjoyable in the game as far as I've seen as well. Level design is not as good as you might expect, in fact in some areas it's downright poor.
You can get very lost and disorientated at times, mainly when you play levels for the first time. What makes this worse is the fact that you are CONSTANTLY getting SHOT AT. You don't get much breathing room at all. I think this is supposed to give you a sense of excitement and thrill (and it might for some) but for me personally it just becomes irritating and distracting a lot of the time. Especially when you get boxed in with literally 4-6 guys with machine guns wailing on you while you scrabble around for the one route to escape that the designers decided to put in. Yes that's right, in some areas you are comprehensively railroaded into taking one action, multiple paths be damned. You can use B to get a rough pointer to where you should be and it is helpful sometimes, but when you're stuck it doesn't really pull through (it points you at your goal location, not necessarily at the next correct wall/object/whatever to use to move on).
When you DO get 5 seconds to enjoy the acrobatics without being panicked by weapons fire, it can be great. But the way some parts of the levels are designed, at least for me, make the whole experience feel laborious rather than fun a lot of the time. This mainly occurs in the middle of the game, Chapters 4-6, where you must perform a series of Bond-esque but not very fun or practical tasks that will leave you grating your teeth. The game picks up again towards the end in chapters 7-9.
The combat is often clumsy, frankly. Normally the only viable strategy I found is to run INTO the gunfire and try and press Y at the correct moment before he kills you. Then I use the gun to kill the other guys, if I'm lucky. I have to forget the acrobatic wall running and leaping off to kick the guy and take his gun like we were shown in the videos. I find it is rarely practical to try anything fancy and they seem to keep aim on you even when you're wall running as if they were expecting you to do this and it doesn't phase them. If you try anything you tend to die rather quickly.
The storyline isn't very gripping, but it's not bad. The cutscenes are done in a weird half anime style that I don't personally find very appealing, but it's tolerable. You care what happens to Faith I guess. Most of the acting is pretty good, except for one character, Jacknife, who is awful. There are a couple of twists but I found that I saw them coming. It could be worse but it could be better.
Don't get me wrong, this game is far from awful, but it's also not as good as you might expect from all the hype. Not full price good anyway. It's not an epic game. I would recommend it to you but not until the price drops.
BLOODY AMAZINGG!!! November 15, 2008
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
ive been waiting absolutely ages for this game to come out...remember reading about it in magazing years ago!!! played the demo and that was so enjoyable...getting the game in a week for my birthday and cant wait...gonna be such an amazing game.
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