Take the original (2D) Prince of Persia, add a bit of survival horror and remove the horror by replacing zombies with police with guns and helicopters and make it 3D and awesome and you get Mirror's Edge.
Bad stuff:
- A tad bit short, but some replay-ability in choosing different routes through some stages.
The white buildings in conjunction with a lot of bright light together with a rather overdone bloom effect makes graphics indistinct in some places.
You die a lot in a variety of ways, mostly falling to your death.
2D graphics in cut scenes aren't terribly inspiring.
- Completely new concept of play style. Running away from enemies gives a different type of exhilaration than your average first person shooter. Running into a throng of enemies is a lot more interesting in this game, since you can't just pull up your biggest gun and move them down; in most cases you have yo run away or in some cases, lead them astray, disarm one or two and find away around the others playing in your superior agility and speed.
Interesting back story which is sort of relevant to us in a Big Brother is watching you sort of sense.
Even though you die a lot, there are no annoying load times between deaths.
Course time competition where you can post your time online extends gameplay and is also a very good training ground to improve your skill and bragging rights.
Proves you can make awesome and fun games without making them super violent and gory.
Buy
Just to make them do a sequel with longer gameplay and more in depth cinematic story.
