Mirror's Edge

Finally, Gamefly starts sending me the games I want to play. First up, Mirror's Edge. A story of a group of people called 'Runners', who live in the city and deliver packages. They try to stay off the radar, away from the watchful eye of the government and police. Another 'Big Brother is watching' type storyline. The main characters sister is framed for a murder and you are forced to find clues to prove her innocence.

An odd game considering your main objective is not to fight. A very 'Assassin's Creed'esque type game. Running up walls and buildings, scaling ladders, and wall running. Doing anything you can to escape the police. Me, being a huge fan of Assassin's Creed, I thought I would like this game alot. Well, once again, comparisons are not always a good thing. This game is only partially fun and leaves little to be desired. I have only played it for about two hours and am already contemplating sending it back. But the completionist and achievement whore side of me won't let me do it. The combat side of it is not the greatest either. You rarely have to fight enemies but when you do, you have to take them on one at a time or your toast. And the whole combat system is just soso, nothing special at all.

Apart from the story mode, there is a time trial mode, where you run through parts of the story maps and try to beat a qualifying time. This gives a little break from just running away from people, but it's the same spots as in the game and you are only really competing against yourself, so in time, this loses it's appeal as well. All in all, just not worth playing. If your friend had it and you wanted to play it for a bit, I would give it a shot. But I wouldn't waste any more time or effort on it. And as usual, by the time I'm done, I should have about 500 points. I'll take it.