Mirror’s Edge at times almost seems like a more fast-paced Portal
Having finished Fallout 3 last week, I decided to move onto Mirror’s Edge for my next single player game to focus on. I heard that the game was short, so I sort of wanted to knock it out of my backlog while it was still pretty new. In truth, yes the game’s storyline is quite short. There’s only 10 levels, and I was able to go through the Easy and Hard difficulties over this past weekend with each playthrough only taking about four hours. But if I want the 1000 points, I’m probably going to be playing it for another 15 hours or so due to the Time Trials and such. To be honest, there’s just not enough there for it to be a $60 title – $40 would have been a lot nicer considering it shares similarities to Portal and Portal was only one component of The Orange Box.
I enjoyed the game though. It’s a little bit bland to me since there’s not much gunplay or killing in this game. Maybe I’m too used to the adrenaline rush that comes from shooters, but Mirror’s Edge does have a certain appeal to it. A lot of the game seems to be you being pursued as you run, jump, and climb through areas as fast as you can. There is certainly a rush there, but it’s not a “dominating” adrenaline rush you get from shooters, but one of being prey – you’re running for your life!
