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It’s no longer a new game, but mirrors edge is a good one. Why…?

Well It’s a D.I.C.E. game, and no, this is not a DICE lovefest, it’s genuinely another great game.

Synopsis:
You play as a runner, someone who delivers secure packages by any means necessary.
The Game is based around the abilty to “Free Run” and the combo’s available are amazing, and so are the trophies required to achieve them. For the trophy whores out there, you will need to spend a fair amount of time getting the platinum for this, maybe not as much as Wipeout HD, but still, they will take time and effort.

There is only a single player element to this game, and not surprisingly, it just does’nt lend itself to a multiplayer game, although online races could be very interesting. But it’s not in, so there’s no point complaining about it.
Also missing is a map creation pack, but rumour has it that ME2 will have one, and it needs one, there’s just too much promise not too have one.

Anyway, back to the game, those with a fear of heights/vertigo/epilepsy, need not apply. The player will spend most of their time on rooftops, and even though I dont suffer with heights, the immersion works and even I feel nervous. As for epilepsy, there is a LOT of bright white colour…



These are just a selection of screenshots, and not the best, but you get the picture (pun intended), there are lots of heights and very bright whites.

You play as a character called Faith,
and coming back after having a bad fall, you have to re-train. This is controled by another runner called Celeste.

It’s fairly easy to pick and start playing, although I did give up after playing the demo, but when I say this game being sold for £17, I thought what the hell, I’ll have to get it. It’s well worth it, I’m not sure if it was worth £40 at launch, it’s good, but not that good, I’d have put it at a £25 price point, but thats me.
Faith has a sister who is mixed up in something bad, and it’s Faiths task to find out who is involved and what the plot is.
The story takes you from VERY tall buildings to sewers and all the spaces inbetween, but as said earlier, mostly on rooftops.

There’s a slight problem though, cops and SWAT will want you stopped at every opportunity, also the “Bad People” will do their best to kill you, and you will die, a lot, not much at first, but once the game gets going, the going gets tough – Now try singing it that way around Billy Ocean and deaths come in two guises, falls and getting shot. Both happens a lot. But it’s the challenge that keeps you playing, it’s tough but not impossible, so it does have the continued playabity.
Some of the tricks required to finsh the game will likely have you throwing your joypad, you dont need to be fancy to finish it, but it does help, so get used to the controls.
In anycase, as you progress, you get small rewards in either the form of ingame music tracks, images, and video’s, it’s a nice little extra as there some excellent shots of early artwork, and brilliant music tracks.
As you progress, you’ll uncover the plot, loose friends, and free your sister from jail, but there are twists in the plot and it will probably surprise most players who is responsible for the whole plot.
The finishing level will keep you busy for a bit, but it’s also a great map to explore, and will likely keep you playing that last level several times as it’s great fun and a good challenge.
It’s also worth it for the closing sequence, and the promise for ME2.

The other game mode:
The other challenge, and for the trophy whores, you need to play this, it’s called simply Time Trial.
It’s a race like challenge and it’s an incredible way to learn to play the game even better, as you will learn much more in a safer environment, and you will learn how to do it quickly too.
Once you move along in the game, you unlock those maps and challenges.

One of the things you see in the intro video are Cranes, and you do get to play with them in game and in time trials too.

You will need to spend a fair bit of time completing and exploring timetrials to get that platimun, but it’s worth it, it’s a brilliant game mode, and worth the admission fee alone for just this mode.
Lastly, there’s a map pack you can download and play only in timetrials, and they look amazing, truly amazing.
Right now I dont have any screenshots, but they are coming, in the meantime, here’s the DLC video..

Brilliant game, and one of the very few I’ve ever completed.

I found this recently on youtube, it’s crazy how the hell does he do it?
Maybe I need to fire it up and find out?

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