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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 358
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: shooter_action_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15612
Model: 014633156126
UPC: 014633156126
EAN: 0014633156126
ASIN: B00149PCAO
Release Date: November 11, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Heroes Emerge - A young woman without a home until she is taken in and trained by the Runners. | | • | Your incredible gifts allow you to swiftly navigate the city while eluding those who would try to stop you. | | • | Go Vertigo - Heights create vertigo, movements flow naturally, collisions are felt realistically, and muscles and tendons strain as you chase and are chased throughout the city. | | • | Slip off the Edge - Perform amazing acrobatic moves from below street level, through buildings, and up to the dizzying heights of hyper real skyscrapers as you face off against your enemies or run for your life. | | • | Unrivaled Immersion - An exciting mix of chase, intense combat, strategy and puzzles draw you into a world like never before. |
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Product Description
Imagine a world where communication channels are highly monitored and the movement of human traffic is closely watched. Mirror's Edge introduces you to Faith, a "runner" in this world. When Faith's sister gets framed for a murder she did not commit, Faith finds herself on the edge of the city, on the wrong side of the law. Mirror's Edge delivers you straight into the shoes of this modern day heroine as she traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat, fast-paced chases and challenging puzzles. With a never-before-seen sense of movement and perspective, you are drawn into Faith's world.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Truly Unique January 6, 2009
Isabella Kirkland (Sausalito, CA USA)
Mirror's Edge is, without a doubt, a masterpiece in terms of its presentation, full-body awareness, ease of play, and overall design. The fact is, the gameplay and style of Mirror's Edge is one-of-a-kind, and that kind is not for everyone. I myself would probably put my 2-3 playthroughs down as some of the most fun I've ever had gaming, but a lot of people may not be able to get into the platforming. Mirror's edge gives gamers a new way of moving and interacting with the world that can be very, very cool if you enjoy that kind of thing.
That said, the real setback is that the game comes with a (when I bought it) $60 pricetag, and though I find that it has a lot of replay value, some people may only play through the story mode once and then be done with it (a feat which takes at max 6-7 hours). The game would have greatly benefited from being longer, though not at the expense of the other aspects of the game. Like I said, the game is fantastic while it lasts, and while the pricetag may daunt you for 6-7 hours of story, it's certainly worth splitting the cost with a friend.
crazy January 5, 2009
Jessica B. Hatem
This game is intense and fresh, and will make you dizzy, but it is fun to play!
 Seen It Before.. December 31, 2008
marc (New Haven, Connecticut)
This was one of those games that was made just to Showcase the Power of the systems...but its not really a game i would Play for a long period of time...plus Assassins Creed and every Spiderman game after part 2 have already tackled the whole "Building Hopping" theme and are Better Games than Mirrors Edge. i say try the Demo and see how you like it. good graphics. decent controls..but it wont keep you interested for long. try the demo of Mirrors Edge for Free on xbox Live..then try Assassins Creed for 15 bucks at Gamestop. better experience and 45 bucks cheaper.
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Alex's Review December 29, 2008
R. K. Passikoff
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just got the game recently for a holiday gift. It is so good! I only played one of the chapters just to see what the game was like. It was great. I stayed on the training level for 15 minutes after learning the controls very quickly just to jump around and play around with the game. The game has many great features and small little extra bonuses that are new or rare to video game style. If you are considering buying this game, you no longer have to worry; buy it. All thumbs up!
 Hopefully a sequel will address this game's flaws... December 28, 2008
Halicon5 (Casper, Wyoming United States)
I was very excited about Mirror's Edge when I read about it. It looked like a new, beautiful, and innovative game. It looked really fun. I was correct about new, beautiful, and innovative, but the fun seems to be missing.
Mirror's Edge is an intense first-person run-and-jump platforming game similar to Tomb Raider and Prince of Persia but with a focus on speed. The game's premise is that the player must quickly determine the most effective route from point A to point B across the rooftops pulling some insanely cool Hollywood style stunts along the way. Graphically, the game is beautiful and I especially like the color palette. In fact, the color palette is actually very important to gameplay as it represents your "runner's sense" and subtly shows you the correct route. The idea behind the game is great. The story, what I've seen at least, seems pretty good. The problem is the gameplay falls apart and frequently results in repeated frustrating falls to your death in a trial and error fashion.
My personal theory is that this game isn't finished yet, having been rushed out the door to be ready for Christmas. The controls just don't feel tweaked and finished yet. If the platforming and running controls had been completed before shipping the game, I think I'd have loved the game. Examples of bad control:
- Doing simple things, like jumping up onto a waist-high box or ledge, frequently requires multiple tries because you often jump too far or end up banging your shins on it and falling back down. All the while, helicopters and cops are shooting at you and laughing because you can't climb onto a simple box as you run for your life.
- Grabbing stuff sometimes just doesn't happen. I don't know why, but sometimes I could grab a ledge or pipe and other times I couldn't even though it felt like I was doing the exact same thing.
- The indoor environments are not as fun as they could be because they limit your ability to do what the character does best, which is RUN. A lot of your maneuvers require that you build up a certain amount of momentum with a good long run, but being inside really kills your ability to build up speed properly which results in more trial and error situations than is really acceptable.
- Combat is broken in my opinion. When it works, combat makes you feel like you pulled off some sweet Jet Li action. Unfortunately, reliably pulling those moves off takes far more practice than it should. Don't worry though, because you'll get a lot of practice from all dying you'll do. I could cope with a broken combat system though because combat is maybe 10%-15% of the game.
Sadly, Mirror's Edge just isn't as good as the hype set it out to be. The game controls feel rushed and unfinished, and I blame the industry tendency to push things out just in time for Christmas for that. When things work, this game shines and feels awesome, but that feeling is often killed by frequent trial-and-error moments in the game. What I really hope is that a sequel is released that addresses the issues I described above.
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