Mirror's Edge Catalyst

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Jun 15, 2016
    By celebrating freedom, the game enables the player to marvel at the richness of its action. When that freedom is restricted, everything that goes with it—movement, agency, nuance—are muted to the point of being dull and dreary, a far cry from the saturated playground we’ve come to expect.
  2. Wired
    Jun 8, 2016
    While Mirror’s Edge Catalyst opens up the city rather than confining you to discrete levels, its design woes feel precisely like the original. The odds of me clearing a mission on the first try were approximately zero. Not because my reflexes weren’t up to snuff—I swear it!—but simply because the missions are so tightly timed, the positioning so precise, that there really isn’t any time to figure out what the plan’s going to be: you simply have to do. And while that may (I can only assume) genuinely recreate the sorts of fast decisions you’d have to make if you were really trying to outrun the cops on foot, it doesn’t make for a game experience that feels fair.

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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 738 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 164 out of 738
  3. Negative: 263 out of 738
  1. August_K
    Jun 7, 2016
    10
    Mirror's Edge Catalyst is exactly what I hoped for, and more. They've taken Mirror's Edge and solved its every flaw, while also adding many ofMirror's Edge Catalyst is exactly what I hoped for, and more. They've taken Mirror's Edge and solved its every flaw, while also adding many of the things that fans wished for. The open world is gorgeous and incredibly fun to run around in, the story is exciting and touching and the characters feel much more alive. It took me about 7 and a half hours to finish the story of the game, which is also a huge step up from the original's 2 and a half hour story mode. And I still can't put the game down, thanks to its plethora of side activities that are just as fun as the original game's time trials.

    If there's anything I'd complain about in this game, it would only be that the ending of the story didn't really reach much of a conclusion. I was hoping for the protagonist's actions in the story to have more of an impact, but to be honest, the ending made sense and it was actually very refreshing to get a story that doesn't have an overly happy ending.

    There's a lot more that I would love to say about this game, but I'm not very good at expressing myself in text, so I'll let the short description of what I liked and disliked and the score I gave speak for those masses of thoughts I have for this game.    … Full Review »
  2. ARMISTICErj
    Jun 7, 2016
    7
    I'm here to give my honest review, not try and raise or lower the overall score. The fact that is happening to the user reviews for this gamesI'm here to give my honest review, not try and raise or lower the overall score. The fact that is happening to the user reviews for this games tells me that children should not be aloud to use the internet.

    I was a fan of the original. This game is more of the same with a story just as weak as the original. The gameplay is very good with some quirks just like the original. The AI is very bad just like the original. So like me if you liked the original you will probably enjoy this. 7.5 for me. Stupid internet.    … Full Review »
  3. Riskyreview
    Jun 7, 2016
    2
    This game can be explained in four words lifeless, wasted potential and boring.

    When I first heard the idea of open world Mirror's Edge I    This game can be explained in four words lifeless, wasted potential and boring.

    When I first heard the idea of open world Mirror's Edge I was excited sadly this is just plain trash, you no longer can pick up weapons for some reason, the characters are terrible just awful, the story is short and awful, the combat is clunky and buggy, the world design is horrible and the parkour is ruined by even more linear levels than the first game when this is supposed to be open world.

    I am dumbfounded by how trash this game is, never buy this not even for a single dollar.

    EA- Making Things Worse    … Full Review »
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