Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the birth of the FPHS genre, or First Person Hardly Shooting platform. This may come as a bit of a shock to a lot of people when you have a style of game that almost cries out for a loaded rifle or an air strike of some sort, but instead has you running and leaping across rooftops like a gazelle across the plains of Africa.

It’s a bold step for DICE and EA to bring something out which likes to bend the rules and change people’s perception of what a game should and should not have these days. Little Big Planet has already proven that original input into an already fruitful area of the games industry can open things up tremendously. All we need do now is wait and see if this free running spectacle can catch the hearts and minds of the gaming community.

The story in Mirror’s Edge places you in the role of Faith, a messenger of hope in a world where free speech and independent thought are prohibited in the name of a crime-free world. In a horrid turn of events you meet up with your sister, who happens to be a cop, in the office of a slain mayoral candidate and have to clear not only her name, but your own as well. Talk about wrong place and wrong time!

The whole look and feel of the game comes across as post-modern. Everything is clean and hard edged, with limited colors put to very good use. Because of the way this is done, it gives an impression of vivid imagery, with lots of brightness and vibrancy throughout. Some people may find it takes a little while to get used to, but for subject matter present in the here and now as a trendy (not to mention dangerous) hobby, it manages to bring across its message very well.