10 Overlooked Video Games We All Know Are True Classics
6. Mirror's Edge
Set in a “utopian” city of the future, you play Faith, a courier who transmits messages through the city by free-running across the rooftops.
The only problem, the blissful city is run by a totalitarian military regime and you’re working for the resistance. You must use your wits and your momentum to get from one area of the city to another. There may be armed guards and helicopters in your way, but that won’t stop you.
Mirror's Edge did what no game had done before it, it actually got parkour right. The momentum you gain and the impact you feel from jumps is very immersive you in the environment and this feeling is only heightened by the stylistic, minimalist city around you.
Upon its release, Mirror's Edge was praised for the way it looked, and the often-thrilling nature of its gameplay, but unfortunately, it suffered from a few flaws. It was said that the world wasn't as open as it should have been, and that the story was too short.
I believe that misses the point, though.
DICE set out to make you feel like an accomplished free-running messenger in a dystopian society, and they MORE than achieved it.