It's been out for a few days now but I only recently downloaded the Mirror's Edge demo. Wow. The first person platform/action game – out on the 14th November – is shaping up to be something a little special. I honestly didn't expect it to play this well. The game – which sees you leaping and running parkour-style in first person rather than the more typical third – is a world away from the brown machismo of Gears 2 (though contrary to what Keith thought, I did actually quite enjoy Gears 2, particularly the co-op). Hurrah for that. The demo has also ended my concerns over motion sickness and quite frankly I can't wait to play the finished game.
Throw in the recently released, and rather excellent, Dead Space and you've got two interesting new Electronic Arts IPs launching in the normally sequel-laden run-up to Christmas. Who'd have thought it? The only worry for EA is that both games get lost in the Christmas release frenzy.
So what do you think? Is Mirror's Edge going to make a visit to your console or are there – as I've said before – simply too many good games out at the moment?
