I downloaded the demo today. After waiting a day due to a slowdown in my internet, it arrived on my 360. I chose it immediately, ending my crazy shenanigans in GTA4, and I began the demo. It was… Amazing. Excellent graphics, absolutely smooth gameplay. Went by quick.
For those who haven't been paying attention to this little game made by EA, Mirror's Edge is easily described as a first person platformer, but that doesn't cover the gist of it. It includes an amazingly smooth combat system, very well choreographed parkour exercises, and an amazing storyline, all helped by the picturesque graphics, which are a definite change from the sudden drop in color for games. The controls are easily to learn, and, once mastered, the game is more smooth than the best chocolates, alcohol, and other products which happen to be smooth. It takes place… Somewhere. A city, where slowly the government took hold of the citizens lives. Many didn't care, and the ones who protested were hit. Hard. They went underground, as most people who hate dictatorships do, using a system of "runners" to carry items, messages, and other paraphernalia across the city, all while under the ever-vigilant, watchful eye of the government. This is where you come in. You are Faith, a female runner, who, at some point in time before the game begins, fell. That's what I got out of the demo. So, I looked at Wikipedia to help!
"The story follows Faith and her struggle to free her sister from a corrupt government. Her parents were killed while protesting against the government and she was forced to grow up on the street. One day, when she was still a young girl, she broke into an office belonging to a man named Mercury, who caught her but was impressed with her skills. Mercury then trained Faith as a runner. Faith was taught not to rely on modern forms of communication, partially because they are monitored by the police state. As Faith attempts to rescue her sister while running messages for the criminal underworld, she gets caught up in a series of events which lead to her being pursued by the totalitarian government. Acting as Faith's guide is Mercury, who will help Faith in her attempt to outwit and overcome the many government agents that are out to eliminate her."
Yes, thank you, my dear friend Wiki.
Oh, and the camera is amazing. It makes you feel like you are, in fact, Faith. Her arms are visible, unlike so many other first person games, and she'll interact with the environment quite well; if you walk into a wall, she will put her arm against it, not run her nose into it.
Well, that's all I gotta say.
