Mirror’s Edge Catalyst is MUCH better, but the original is still extremely fun. I still haven’t seen a game series nail first-person platforming like this.
Upon replaying it I tried out the time trials and realized I missed out on a whole half of the game. The time trials test your speed and skill through chunks of the game’s campaign and force you to take routes through the levels you might not have thought about before.
It does have its drawbacks like how it forces you to use guns sometimes, the B button swings your view to the desired location which can make you fall off, and its move set is somewhat lacking, which is why I say Catalyst is better. I don’t think its ambitions were fully conceptualized, but it’s still a great time.