

To progress through the game and its storyline, the player needs to complete a series of levels that involve performing a linear sequence of acrobatic manoeuvres.

Mirror's Edge is an action-adventure platform game where the player must control the protagonist, Faith Connors, from a first-person perspective and navigate a city. Gameplay The player jumps towards a zip line, which is highlighted in red by the game's navigation system.

A reboot that explores a new origin story for Faith, titled Mirror's Edge Catalyst, was released in 2016. A prequel to the game, also titled Mirror's Edge, was released for mobile devices in 2010. Retrospectively, the game has grown in esteem and developed a passionate fanbase due to its unique style. The game sold more than two million copies worldwide and won Adventure Game of the Year at the 2009 Interactive Achievement Awards. Critics praised its visuals and immersive first-person perspective, but some criticized its trial and error gameplay and restrictive levels. Upon release, Mirror's Edge received generally favorable reviews. The game was written by Rhianna Pratchett, and its score was composed by electronic music artist Solar Fields, while the main theme song was composed by Swedish producers Rami Yacoub and Arnthor Birgisson and performed by Swedish musician Lisa Miskovsky. The game deliberately makes use of strong primary colors, with outdoor environments predominantly featuring white and distinctively lacking in green. Although the game is powered by Unreal Engine 3, a new lighting solution, which is able to reflect colors and create a lot of soft shadows, was created to give the game a unique art style. Inspired by chase scenes featured in Casino Royale and the Bourne films, Mirror's Edge features hundreds of first-person animations to convey Faith's movement and interactions with the environment. To progress through the game, the player must control Faith from a first-person perspective and complete a series of levels that involve performing a sequence of acrobatic manoeuvres, including jumping between rooftops, running across walls, and sliding down zip lines. Set in a near-future city, the game follows the story of Faith Connors, an underground parkour courier who transmits messages while evading government surveillance. It was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2008, and for Microsoft Windows in 2009. Mirror's Edge is an action-adventure platform game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts.
