Faith's iconic red shoes run across the shiny rooftops of Glass. She's ducking under pipes, jumping over fences and dodging KrugSec guards while maintaining full speed. The red smokey line in front of her suggests that we continue through the red door, but we know a shortcut.

The staples of Mirror's Edge remain refreshing and unique in the first-person genre in 2016, but Catalyst's attempts to keep up with the open-world Joneses don't always jive with its design strengths of movement and momentum.

Fun parkour; User-made races

Unlikable characters & story; Muddy textures; Uneven combat

Faith restored.

Movement is remarkable; Social Play is challenging and fun; The city of Glass is beautifully vibrant

Story and characters are dull; Combat is ropey at times

But once the story is done, Mirror's Edge Catalyst still has all the stuff left to do that makes it unique. This is a review-unique scenario - I have to play the critical path, and most people will never finish the game.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst is an interesting game with some strong ideas but not enough variety.

Well-executed free running mechanics; Beautifully stylised city

Gives up everything it has too soon; Terrible combat

DICE's reboot of a flawed modern classic fixes old problems while introducing new ones all of its own.

It's taken so long for Mirror's Edge: Catalyst to arrive that your reaction to it as a fan of the original, much-loved (by those relative few who played it), much-flawed, free running gem, is likely to be split between happiness (to see it back, bigger and bolder than before), and trepidation over...

Great game!!!!!!!! It is awesome, pure awesomeness!!!!MIIIIIRRRRROOOOORRRR'S EEEDDDDGGGGEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!

The original Mirrors Edge was ahead of its time, providing a first person free running experience before its best features were adapted (albeit often in reduced form) across almost all modern FPS games.

The original Mirror's Edge was my first taste of parkour in video games, it paved the way for titles like Dying Light and Titanfall . Mirror's Edge Catalyst being the natural successor only gave me high hopes for what was promised to be the same mesh of acrobatic stunting and combat fluidity on a...

Clunky combat; Pointless upgrades; Forgettable story