This game is great and everyone should at least try it, but it is definitely not worth full price.
MIRROR'S EDGE (EA Games, Dice)
Positive:
It's unique! It's fresh! It's something new AND it's from EA... What else can you ask for? The whole parkour thing is great and not as developed in games, but this game takes place in first person view so it's that much more interesting. It was great to see that EA is not afraid to experiment and they did a pretty good job with this game. It was fun to run around rooftops and jump from building to building. The Faith moves and feels like a real human being. You see her legs, arms, you hear her breathing. It's just something different and cool.
Graphics, unique and different too. They are so 'clean' and sharp. The colors are bright - yeallows, reds, blues. It was to see how different the city looks in some places. Some places are almost all green, whereas others are blue. Also, it is really cool when some things in the game are completely red. This is called 'runner's vision' and it basically helps you or gives you the best route. The graphics are really pretty in this game and I think it works very well in this kind of game.
Music is also awesome and goes well with the game. It's mostly techno or remix and it is great to run around the rooftop and hear some upbeat music. I also love the original ME song 'Still Alive' by Lisa Miskovsky. It's a great song, but it's name always reminds me of a different game/song...
Negative:
The game is short...very short and the story is not the best. There is not much replayablity, because it's almost all the same in single player. It has 'time trials' but I did not find them that much interesting.
Also, even though the graphics look nice, but the streets and everything that happens 'below' looks terrible. The cars are all squarish and don't drive around 'naturally.'
The gun gameplay is not that great either. The hardest part is to steal a gun. You need to time everything so perfectly and if you fail, well then there is 90% chance you die. It gets frustrating when there are lots of enemies. It's hard to steal a gun from one and is also hard to run away from them, especially when you are not sure where you are supposed to go in a first place.