Hey everybody so I picked up Mirrors Edge for 3 bucks and no this isn’t the console game, that game I picked up for $5. This is one of those few games that the iPhone version completely trounces the console version. The game follows Faith a runner or to most people a parkour (French slang for go fast), fighting against a society of big brother like evil.

Now the combat in the game is minimal at best since as a runner you are set to keep jumping from building to building, sliding under rails and generally pulling of some stunning acrobatic skills. The Parkour skills you unleash are really fun with the minimal amount of moves you’re given allow for a fun, simple and addicting experience.

Swiping your finger up allows you to jump while swiping down on impact allows you to roll to compensate for the height of the jump. Sliding your finger forward lets you slid and also takes out stationary enemies that try to shoot you. Jumping then sliding forward allows for a sweet jump kick attack. All these inputs are extremely easy to perform and don’t clutter the screen with anything but the run.

I cleared the game in a day but I find myself going back to time trials to get better times because of the easy pick up and play of the game. For example if a map require you two finish in under 2 minutes to get 3 stars (the max amount), you know you have exactly under 2 minutes to complete the track in the required amount of time. Stuff like this really shows the best application of the iPhone and also shows the glaring complicated mess, which was the console release.

I’d recommend this game for sure. Parkour videos for ya’ll.

Click the icon below to download the game! Sadly it is iPhone only.