As the classifications specifies, all flash, no substance
As an owner of all of the new gen consoles along with a PC, I downloaded the demo on the PS3, and I must admit that the demo gave me high hopes for the game. The graphics were top notch along with the fluidity of the game if you have the true runner touch. So after playing the demo a couple of times, I decided to get the game for the PC (I'm more of a PC gamer than a console gamer.) I played through the first chapter which was familiar due to the demo with ease and continued my journey through Faith's story. However as I continued to play, all those images of gaming grandeur began to fade, and instead, a feeling of déjà vu set in. All the following levels seemed to have the exact same game play contained within them. I mean granted there are only so many ways you can climb a building or jump through a window but it seemed like the game designers just didn't put enough variation into it.
And even though some may think that this game is bringing something new to the gaming table, in reality it is not. One of the main components of the Prince of Persia games was essentially free running, having to climb tall buildings or wall run across huge open gaps of a city. And if people believe that PoP wasn't really a free runner game I'd like to bring up Assassins Creed which was very much a free running game with an assassination component added to it (even though the game play in that wasn't all that elaborate either.)
So all in all I don't feel that this game is worth the $50 dollars that it charges you to play. It can keep you entertained with time trials but as far as the main storyline goes, it took me at max 5-6 hours to beat. And with news of Mirror's Edge becoming a trilogy, I wonder if it is possible for them to redeem themselves and make a game that does give us something new and exciting