First person parkour? Who would've guessed???

User Rating: 8 | Mirror's Edge PC
Wow! What a game! I saw it at Gamestop for $20 and I thought "looks pretty cool." I bought it because it was only $20. I think I got more than my money's worth.

Graphics: this game has pretty awesome graphics. It makes the pc version run a little bit slow, but not enough to detract from gameplay. Because of the awesome look of the city, the occasional bit of lag is something you can overlook.

Gameplay: A thousand points just for making a first person parkour game! Once you get the hang of it, the sense of speed and agility you can get from jumping from building to building is amazing! For people who are griping about the combat being too shallow: it's about the running, not the shooting. Shooting is really only a minor part of the game compared to all the running, jumping and acrobatics. I actually thought the combat was pulled off quite well.

Soundtrack: This is one of my only complaints. There's not much music at all, let alone good music. It can sometimes be nice, but there's not much music at all. However, the voice acting is really good, so you can overlook the bad music (or lack thereof).

Story: It's gripping, to say the least. There's a few surprises, the setting and background information are original, and much of the script is humorous.

Other notes (good): a lot of attention is paid to detail. If you knock an officer off a building, you can actually see him falling all the way to the ground if you look down. When Faith gets up to top speed, the screen tilts back and forth as it does when you are really running. There's some other things that I can't remember right now but would if I played the game over again.

Other notes (bad): The elevators are REALLY slow. And the news broadcasts in the elevators just repeat themselves.

Overall, I'd say this is a $30 game, not a $20 game. It also comes with a free music CD, and that's good.

Graphics: 4/5
Gameplay: 5/5
Soundtrack: 4/5
Story: 5/5
Elevators: 1.5/5

Overall: 4/5 (or 8/10, for those of you math haters)