Mirrors Edge – Support Creativity

Mirrors Edge comes out this week and a number of reviews have started to come in. Over at metacritic the average score is at around 82% when this was posted. A number of sites such as IGN and Gamespot have given the game scores in the range of 7.0 sighting a number of problems in the game.

However before you brush this game off as a let down and pass it by for other more flashy titles I want you to remember one thing. While Mirrors Edge may have it’s share of flaws it also marks an original concept that deserves recognition.

The game industry is based on what sells, why else would EA put out a yearly Madden game without many improvments? It’s because it consistentley sells millions. With this in mind many game developers and publishers are hesitant with trying new things, an example of this would be Psychonaughts, while critically acclaimed by the media the game did poorly financially.When a risk such as Psychonaughts doesn’t pan out this only encourages a studio to avoid taking a chance with new IP’s.

So with this in consideration you may want to look at Mirrors Edge in a new light, while it may not be perfect it was has serious potential. But by passing it up you are denying any chance of an improved sequel, or the encouragment of original and innovative games in the future.

I myself can’t tell you how good Mirrors Edge is, I have only played the demo just like anyone else. But what I do know is that this style of game provides a fresh look at what can be done in this generation of games.Take a look, try it out, you make be suprised that a review is just one opinion. What matter is yours.

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