The much-anticipated first person non-shooter
Mirror's Edge is being released today for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Reviews for the game, while not without complaints, are generally positive. 1Up praises the controls, saying, "It gets things very right very early, distilling its first-person platformer ambitions into
a very manageable control scheme. ... Once you're familiar with Faith's abilities and their limitations — imparted through a much-needed tutorial — it's easy to see potential routes through the world." Ars Technica is more critical, noting that the main story's gameplay only clocks in at about six hours, and that
the artistic style doesn't vary much between levels. Nick Channon, a producer for
Mirror's Edge, sat down with Gamasutra and discussed
the reasoning for some of their design choices. The PC version of
Mirror's Edge and some additional downloadable content will be
available in January.