History VideoGame / MirrorsEdgeCatalyst

''Mirror's Edge: Catalyst'' is an action/platforming title developed by Creator/ElectronicArts, and a ContinuityReboot of the original ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge''. It was released in June 2016 for PC (through Origin), UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* InterfaceSpoiler: The in-game 3D map of Omnistat Tunnels includes the entirety of [[spoiler: the highly classified Kingdom Facility.]] Even before finding out what's it supposed to be, it can easily be predicted that a major mission/storyline event will occur in the area.

** The name "Pirandello" is seen throughout the game and is mentioned to be the name of one of the families in The Conglomerate. Pirandello-Kruger was the private security film from the first game and the main {{Mooks}} worked for them.
** A logo for a company called Callaghan can be seen throughout Glass, a reference to the unseen Mayor Callaghan from the first game.

* InterfaceSpoiler: The in-game 3D map of Omnistat Tunnels also shows the entirety of [[spoiler: the highly classified Kingdom Facility.]] Even before finding out what's it supposed to be, it can be easily predicted that a major mission/storyline event will occur at that area.

** Guns were a part of the first game's gameplay, but not here - Faith will not use guns taken from enemies. One of the loading screen tips says that Krugertech security have biometric locks on their guns, so they're useless to anyone else. Flashbacks in the game show that [[spoiler: during the November Riots, a young Faith shot and killed a non-hostile cop; the resulting trauma presumably soured her on guns. Like in the original game, [[MoralMyopia she's still fine with tossing cops off 100-story buildings, though.]]]]

** Guns were a part of the first game's gameplay, but not here - Faith will not use guns taken from enemies. One of the loading screen tips says that Krugertech security have biometric locks on their guns, so they're useless to anyone else. Flashbacks in the game show that [[spoiler: during the November Riots, a young Faith shot and killed a non-hostile cop; the resulting trauma presumably soured her on guns. Like in the original game, she's still fine with tossing cops off 100-story buildings, though.]]

* CombatParkour: It's only natural this trope would pop up. Attacks of this type are called "Traversal Attacks" and [[ForMassiveDamage tend to do a lot of damage]]. Some examples involve Faith running on a wall, turning and jumping on her opponent, sliding into and then kicking her opponent, spring-vaulting off the environment and jumping on her opponent, ending a wall-run with a kick to her opponent's face and [[RunningGag jumping onto your opponent from higher ground.]] Slightly AwesomeButImpractical, since it can be hard to position your opponents just right in the thick of battle, making this slightly more practical for a DynamicEntry on an unsuspecting opponent or using it to take out an opponent without stopping but by no means a bad option. Punching and kicking just tends to get the job done faster in most situations.

* InsufferableGenius: Plastic has a mild case of this. It mostly comes through in the form of coming off as being a bit too confident in her abilities and intellect. Most, if not all the time, this confidence is well-founded since she is usually right.

* TheSmartGuy: Well, The Smart Gal. Plastic uses her affinity for Technology to pretty much hack anything and help the heroes. However, she has some DitzyGenius tendencies, such as not getting the point of art, wondering why Beatrix would want to plant a bug by her cheating husband's bed and being somewhat LiteralMinded since she corrected Noah that Kruger was not a King when he made a quip about Kruger's Kingdom. She also has some [[AmbiguousDisorder odd mannerisms]] such as asking Noah what he was doing when he was making small talk over the com system, and asking him to stop when he admits he was just making conversation. She also stops Faith when she tries to explain the circumstances around the [=OmniStat=] drive she stole, telling her the things she's (Plastic, not Faith) saying to herself in amazement aren't questions. Both of these could be explained by [[HatesSmallTalk simply hating small talk]] and [[NoSocialSkills having no social skills]], however.

* NoticeThis: The game never points it out for you, but whenever you're in the immediate vicinity of one the hidden (and usually out-of-sight) "secret bag" collectibles, you'll hear a faint *pi-chu-pi-chu* noise.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Noah's subplot.]] Faith's home is violently invaded, the majority of her friends are murdered and all evidence suggest he was among the casualties. But wait! [[HopeSpot He might actually be alive!]] So Faith undergoes an extremely dangerous mission into the very heart of the enemy's base for information about his possible whereabouts, jeopardizes her standing with every major faction in town for an attempt to rescue him (both of which are murderous), undergoes a long trek to a secret subterranean military lab, blowing a massive corporate conspiracy wide open in the process, [[spoiler:...only for him to get tortured to death right in front of you not two seconds after you reach him.]] Understandably, she suffers a rather massive crisis of... ''faith'', right after this.

The game is notable for taking the freerunning platforming of the original game and adding in a gorgeous new engine, fresh and reworked gameplay mechanics, and an immersive open world to interact with. While many people enjoy the game, reviews have been mixed. Notably, WebOriginal/NerdCubed, a massive fan of the original, disliked many of the additions, especially the changes to the previously ambiguously evil regime. Some reviewers also preferred the original, more simplistic, art style.

** TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Rebecca Thane and Black November believes the best way to overthrow the Corporations is through terrorism. Noah strongly disagrees with her methods, stating that in her own way she is as dangerous as Kruger. Faith does eventually ally with Black November after [[spoiler: Noah gets taken out by Kruger,]] but the alliance is uneasy at best [[spoiler: and she and Icarus eventually leave the group for good.]]

* MovesetClone: Downplayed. Save for one or two attacks, the Sentinels' moveset is the exact same as [[spoiler: Celeste's when Faith fights her in the original, right down to the charge attack and effect it has on Faith (Knocking her down and forcing her to roll back up to recover.)]]

The game is notable for taking the freerunning platforming of the original game and adding in a gorgeous new engine, fresh and reworked gameplay mechanics, and an immersive open world to interact with. While many people enjoy the game, reviews have been mixed. Notably, WebOriginal/NerdCubed disliked many of the additions, especially the changes to the previously ambiguously evil regime. Some reviewers also preferred the original, more simplistic, art style.

The game is notable for taking the freerunning platforming of the original game and adding in a gorgeous new engine, fresh and reworked gameplay mechanics, and an immersive open world to interact with.

* BrokenFaceplate: Every enemy gets some form of this when Faith deals enough damage to them.

* AfterTheEnd: Cascadia, the country Glass is part of, is filled with stretches of landscape called "The Greylands": barren lands formed after some unknown disaster long ago.

* CrapsackWorld: Outside the cities are the Greylands - endless, barren wastelands, where the ozone layer is so thin that the sun can easily give you melanoma and any life other than humans is badly mutated. And if you thought of escaping to other nations to escape the Conglomerate? Your only choices are [=OmniStat=], a totalitarian socialist empire noted to be far worse than Cascadia; or Sabaeus, a mysterious theocracy, and those who enter that country never come out...

** CrapsackWorld: Outside the cities are the Greylands - endless, barren wastelands, where the ozone layer is so thin that the sun can easily give you melanoma and any life other than humans is badly mutated. Have fun.