Mirror’s Edge – Second Impression

Well into chapter 7 now, but not quite done with the game. I have to agree with the assessment of others on the forums, blogs and enthusiast press and say that there are parts of the game that are just flat out ball bustlingly hard.

I’ve not yet tried the gun play, as I’m working towards the achievement for finishing a play through without firing a gun, but the game is definitely at its best when Faith is running through the environment at speed, and still pretty good when you slow down to figure out the next step in the path. Where things fall apart is combat.

Every time the game forces you to fight your way out of a situation I find that I’m restarting 10, 15, 20 times before I get the timing of my disarms down perfectly.

Still, the good parts are out weighing the frustrating so far. You have to go in knowing that the game gets positively HARD.