Mirror's Edge

Unique: Let me preface this post by saying Mirror's Edge is one of the most important games of this console generation. Not only is this one of the freshest feeling games to come out in the past 5 years, but it holds unforeseen significance in the competitive scene. I think with the implementation of minor tweaks this can be the first good (for technicalities) none versus competitive game which can be played seriously as an e-sport. It can be compared in a similar fashion to how the 100 meter sprint is a sporting event in track and field.



Difficulty: Strictly speaking from a skill perspective, this game is extremely difficult to platinum. In fact, if you use this site http://ps3trophycard.com/ to check the top 10 trophy holders, only 1 of the top 10 have this trophy complete. This game's speed trials and time trials require a tremendous amount of focus and concentration. It took me approximately 50 hours to hit platinum. However, depending on your skill level I can see this game taking anywhere from 40-90 hours.

General Tips: There are trophies that will require for you to play through the game two times, once on a normal difficulty and once on hard difficulty. First, I suggest going through the story mode on both difficulties so you can familiarize yourself with the machanics and physics of the game. Remember to not kill anyone with a weapon in one of the run-throughs. After you have acquired all the story mode trophies, I would move on to the time trials trophies.

-Time Trials: These will take a lot of repetition and patience to accomplish. The easiest way to go about doing this is YouTubeing world record runs for the particular time trial you are working on. This particular user's channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/pzypherx) has about every time trial and world record. Every time trial stage has 1-3 key short cuts that will give you a 2 or 3 star rating so keep a look out for those key shortcuts. Some jumps, especially in world record runs, are very hard to do consistantly and are not necessary to attain a 3 star rating. Pick and choose your short cuts wisely.

-Speed Runs: The reason I recommended time trails first is that it uses sections from the story levels that you can now...probably do with your eyes closed. When you get to those sections you will have practiced them so much that it will make the target time much easier to achieve. Again, use a general search on YouTube for speed runs and pick out those huge shortcuts that will shave off seconds to complete the run.

-HeaT