To anybody that played it, what was the big issue with it? I enjoyed the first one enough but never played this because it reviewed so poorly. Is it worth playing today?
The game is more open than the first one, you have an open city (it's still kind of linear to provide a good platforming gameplay, but it's open areas with multiple directions possibles) where you can free roam, leading to different missions areas.
Because of this, the game has some of the generic open world flaws that many games have, like some repetitive side content, boring ubisoft style collectible etc...
They also tried to do the usual "rpg" progression that most games tried to do at that time (and still do), with a skill tree, something Mirror's Edge definitely didn't need.
I still think it's a great game though. I liked being able to run around more freely and have fun experimenting with the gameplay, trying some of the challenges created by other players in the city etc, it feels really nice to move around this city if you enjoy the gameplay of Mirror's Edge, and it's pure enjoyment to just appreciate the scenery of this beautiful world. The missions are really good, as good as the first one to me, the atmosphere is fantastic, the gameplay is still amazing (minus point for the skill tree but that's quickly not a problem since you get the essentials very quickly), and the boring side content is just side content so if you don't like the collectible and other ubisoft style activities, you can just ignore them.
It's a good game that has some flaws because it tried to add some features just to follow some of the popular trends instead of just being its own thing, but that doesn't make it a terrible game like many people say.
I think the problems of the game will only really be a problem if you're the type of person who try to 100% the game, but if you don't and just have fun with the core content, it's fine.
