I was quite excited about this when first seeing footage on You Tube, and thought it looked revolutionary…then having played the demo, I just needed to own this game!  Ok, it has had some mixed reviews, and apparently its not that long…but in my opinion, especially when it comes to the ‘experience’ this game offers…its quite unlike anything else currently available.  Maybe this is why it has divided audiences so much – you either love it or hate it..the video game equivalent of Bovril. 

Its a first-person perspective free-running game, with occasional FPS shooter elemtents…and you play as Faith, a ‘runner’ who becomes the witness to a murder, and soon everyone is out to get her.  Honestly though, the story is irrelevant, as the joy here is exploring and navigating the environment in the most exciting (and shockingly addictive) way I think I have ever seen.  Unlike similar games like Prince of Persia and more recently Assassin’s Creed, there is little reason to fight bad guys unless cornered, and the WHOLE POINT of this game is jumping, climbing and getting from point A to point B in the fastest time possible.  This is where the real gold of this game lies, in the wealth of time trial courses that if you are anything like me, will have you going for that one more go like a drug addict and the next like of coke.

Rent it, borrow it or buy it – but you must PLAY IT.