Saturday, November 21, 2009

Mirrors Edge, Five Minutes of Fun

Mirror's edge was one of the first games that I played when I started renting games,

The first few levels are extremely entertaining, (especially the second, the one where you find out that Pope is dead) they are very replayable,
but then about after 4,
the levels start to get harder and more complicated, less running around on rooftops and more in subways, and on boats and stuff,
I prefer the rooftops,

Most of the game you spend running from the blue's
although you rarely fight, (you can go through the entire game without firing a single shot (other then 1 sniper shot that is required) , and only killing a few people)
the fighting is not the star of the game.....
it is usually annoying and sometimes frustrating,
while running from a helicopter while dodging bullets is fun,

But, the sad thing is, after you have played through the game once or twice.. (other then the first 2/3 levels) you will (probably) not want to play any of it again (I also like 4 (or 5?.. can't remember)
there are speed runs.. but those only go so far (they are just the same levels as the campaign)

One of the best parts of the game is the graphics, while they aren't the best I've ever seen... (still really good)
its the style, just look at the coloring of some of the scenes,
like all white buildings with a random orange trash can.... its pretty cool, they defiantly got that part right...

Graphics: 8.0 Not really for the graphics them selves (although they are good), but more for the look of the game.... the coloring and buildings
Sound: 7 The running and jumping and (panting) and bullets all sound pretty good
Story: 4... The story is sort of non-existent in the game, while there are cut scenes this game is mainly about game play..
Game play: 6.0 Something new (I don't know if there has ever been a game like this before) and its really fun, but it only lasts 8 hours
Other speed runs are nice, and then you can always go back and there are many paths to take to cut seconds off your time,
Overall  5.0 the first few hours you play it are really great, (although you might have to look on youtube to see how to get past certain parts..)  but after that its boring...

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