Upon release, "Mirror's Edge" received generally favorable reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. The Microsoft Windows version was considered superior to its console counterparts due to its more accurate controls and extra graphical features such as PhysX effects. "Game Informer" described "Mirror's Edge" as an inspiring and "genre-defining" game, while "Computer and Video Games" called it "an extraordinary and special game", stating that it takes fatigued first-person mechanics into a new and daring direction. Other reviewers were not as positive towards the game. "Eurogamer" considered "Mirror's Edge" a very divisive game, with both gaping flaws and moments of brilliance. "Edge" felt that the game lacks depth because it forces the player to follow a predefined path, thus failing to capture anything that made parkour popular, while "GameRevolution" found the game to be very frustrating and unforgiving.