Before production started on Mirror’s Edge at Electronic Arts, the developers at the DICE studio created the below video. This “making of” video from back in November 2006 was made to prove what they thought they’d be able to create in the parkour (free running) game itself. This was before Faith became the main character.
As senior producer Owen O’Brien puts it: “Mirror’s Edge aims to convey the strain and physical contact with the environment.” The video shows how they wanted to instill a freedom of movement in this single player action-adventure not yet seen in the first-person genre.
Watch Mirror’s Edge proof of concept video.
Mirror’s Edge will be released on November 11th for the Xbox 360 and PS3, with a PC version following in December 2008.
For a full writeup of The Making of Mirror’s Edge check out 1UP’s article about it.