Personally I'm enjoying this game more than any other at the moment despite it's flaws. The review focused way too much on what the game isn't rather than reviewing what it actually is.

I really enjoy the speed and pace of the game and the control works really well. Other recent platformers have frustrated me much more. Little Big Planet has a horrible vauge momentum to it platforming that never lets me feel completly in control, and the latest Tomb Raider still suffers from leaps of death due to an erratic camera.

The platforming in Mirrors Edge demands a good spacial awareness, but has never made me feel out of control.

So rather than making a product that works properly and picking up the cost, they're patching the hardware and passing the cost onto the consumer.