Mirror's Edge didn't sell as well as EA hoped, which is why five years have elapsed since the original game. I don't care. Mirror's Edge is one of the most interesting and brave games of the past ten years. There are reasons why people have been calling for a sequel all this time. There are reasons why it's the first game I install on every new PC. There are reasons why even its flaws only serve to make its fans more protective of it.

Like so many games, Mirror's Edge is set in a dystopian city, but one that on its surface appears creepily, almost perfectly clean, instead of one that's crumbling into dirt. That's refreshing, and it makes for a world that I want to return to again and again. Let me.

Secondly, Mirror's Edge is about agility and movement and feeling connected with the environment, and its first-person perspective is integral to that. It has its problems, so add a third-person option. Do not make third-person the only option.

Finally, Faith's fumbling with weapons was refreshing. Tossing away a shotgun instead of reloading it felt cool. Yes, the combat needs changing, but the fix isn't to turn her into Dead-Eye Duck.

The truth is, for everything I want to be different in Mirror's Edge 2 - assuming it even exists - I would be happy if they changed nothing, and simply gave me new, quiet rooftops to run across in the sun.

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