Mirror’s Edge is game which broke the theme of most of the first person shooters are complex movie tie-ups. This game has not only pushed the boundaries of gameplay but of graphics too. Mirror’s Edge is a game, which will take you to a world of fast-paced action with a twist. Mirror’s Edge is an action adventure video game played in first person shoot mode. The game’s new windows version was launched on January 13^th , 2009. Mirror’s Edge runs on Unreal Engine 3 with the addition of a new lighting solution, developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE). A realistic, brightly colored style are the two features on whose account DICE announced that this game is not like ordinary fist person shoot games. A young girl named Faith is the main character of the game.

The freedom of movement used in the game is not yet seen in any other game. Its aim is to mix the strain and physical contact with environment. It was only possible after trying camera movements more closely and practicing very harshly on parkour. Even the arms, legs and torso times are important, their visibility is used to convey movement and momentum. For example, faiths arms pump, and length of her footsteps increases with her way of walking and her arms and legs pain after long jumps. Maintaining momentum is done by fluid flow of actions if these actions fail Faith can falls off short. By these details, it seems that controls will be complicated but to your surprise, they are like knife in butter. You can use “up” button to jumping, climbing, grabbing, or vaulting,. “Down” button can be used for crouching, sliding, rolling.

For easing the players in these chains of movements, a new system called as “Runner Vision” is used. Its purpose is providing an escape route while running. It highlights the useful progression for use like ramps, pipes and enterable doors, although it does not show the best ways every time. You can opt to turn off the hints system. Puzzles will also be created throughout the game as how to combine highlighted sets of pieces to reach the target. A bullet time equivalent system called as “Reaction time.” Weapons are not of importance in the game as the game focuses on Faiths adventures journey to justice. On every level of the game, there is a hidden package to increase the longevity of the game. Time attack in which small portions have to be completed in a given set of time is also included.

Mirrors Edge is based in an unnamed city where totalitarian regime is being set up. It monitors the citizens through invasive surveillance, tracking all forms of electronic communication. The reason given is to reduce crime but in reality, it destroys any challenge to the power and to imply dictatorship. Main character of the game the game Faith is “Runner” who is trained to stay out of sight and delivering messages between the members of the revolutionary group. She along with another Runner Celeste is trained by Mercury who also provides them radio support. Life of faith changes when she receives a call from her sister Kate who has been charged as killer of Pope. Now Faiths mission is to set her sister and the city free from this claw.

Despite being successful in their previous game Battlefield franchise, DICE was aiming for something new, interactive, fresh and interactive. Since Mirror’s Edge’s development began before the development of DICE’s own Frostbite Engine, so it runs on Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. Official Xbox Magazine gave Mirror’s Edge 9.5/10 and likewise most of the sites and Magazine has praised the game as “Brilliant sense of motion and gameplay.”

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