Little sister is watching: Ars reviews Mirror's Edge

<em>Mirror's Edge</em> promised to bring something new and exciting to gaming. Ars reviews a game that should be taught in classes about design, but that no one should buy.

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Just re-read this review (it was linked from the Unreal Engine 4 story). This is actually one of my most favorite console games, I'm surprised it received such harsh criticism. As for all those puzzles that "slow things down", it seems that Ben made his call before the many youtube videos of speed runs went up. The time trial mode in this game is prominent, and people get things done, fast, in crazy ways. The controls are simple, but how you use them (and where) can be deep and elegant.

Anyway, seems like all the old comments are gone, so I'm going to test-post with this one. Bump!