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Mirror's Edge

EA Digital Illusions CE

2008•Platformer•PEGI 16•About 6 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictiondetectivemafia/gangsterrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questdeep rivalryfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical platformer that is pacy, weighty and stylish. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

75 / 100

982 ratings

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About This Game

Mirror's Edge is a first-person action-adventure game focused on parkour and free-running. Set in a heavily surveilled city, players control Faith, a courier who traverses rooftops using wall-runs, jumps, and slides to deliver sensitive information. The gameplay emphasizes momentum and fluid movement over combat, with a focus on finding the fastest path through urban environments.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In a near-future city where an authoritarian government controls the media and monitors its citizens, Faith Connors works as a Runner, an underground parkour courier who physically carries sensitive messages to avoid surveillance. When a reformist political candidate is murdered and Faith's twin sister Kate, a police officer, is framed for the killing, Faith races across the city's rooftops to uncover the conspiracy behind the assassination. Her investigation leads her to a private security firm running a covert program designed to eliminate Runners, and she discovers that trusted allies are...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionDetectiveMafia/gangsterRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questDeep rivalryFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

ExplorationCyberpunkParkourFemale protagonistAction-adventureWall jumpBink videoEa app

Where to play

Details

Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 11 November 2008
Series: Mirror's Edge
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 2h rushed, 6h normally, 11h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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