Let's Play Mirror's Edge | Chapter 3: Jacknife | Storm Drains | Chase | Information | Investigation
3Welcome to Mirror's Edge, a 3D platformer that focuses on momentum, flow, and parkour where you play as Faith Connors. The world has changed in the future and cities are now protected and run by private corporations instead of Governments. In such cities, there exist runners who live on the edge between the illusion created by the companies and the harsh reality of life and transport sensitive material across rooftops while avoiding law enforcement. One such runner, Faith, has a sister, Kate, who is a cop. One day, she gets framed for the murder of a mayoral candidate. Now, Faith must get to the bottom of the matter and dig out all the dirt that she can find so that her sister does not get wrongfully convicted of a crime that she did not commit. The game also features elements of combat, but running is more encouraged as combat is quite difficult.
Having returned to Merc's Lair with the evidence that she had lifted from the crime scene, Faith brainstorms possibilities with Merc and Cel. They went through various possibilities but finally settled on one way to find out the truth for certain. There goes a man called Jacknife who used to be a runner and has now turned informant.
Jacknife most likely hangs around the old training grounds for the Runners which are now completely overrun by police patrols both on the ground and in the sky. Faith, however, seeks to use the sewers to find a safe passage to him.
Things don't go according to plan when a police helicopter equipped with a sniper spots Faith and gives chase, immediately shooting right at her. This elicits a strong response from the already established police presence in the region as Faith runs from the frying pan and into the fire.
Running down the canal, Faith finally manages to enter the city's storm drains and loses the helicopter that cannot safely enter it. However, the police had read her moves and attempt to trap her by sending in a Sniper team to prevent her escape and a SWAT team to flush her out.
She evades both these obstacles and comes out back to the street level from the other well leading out of the drains. The cops had planned for this eventuality as well, as they had left a team of SWAT operators in the area to gun Faith down should she try to escape. With her back against the cage, our protagonist has no choice but to gun the policemen down. With the added threat out of the way, she finds a way out of the situation and scrambles to meet Jacknife.
Jacknife, however, has other ideas as he immediately runs away. Now, Faith must chase him down and force the answers out of him. Jacknife makes the first part of the problem quite simple by using an unstable pipe to swing further, causing it collapse and knocking himself out in the process by falling down. All that remains now is to find another way to the downed man that wouldn't break Faith's bones.
Having finally been cornered, Jacknife divulges that Faith should begin her investigation into the matter with Travis Burfield, also known as Ropeburn, Robert Pope's personal bodyguard and former wrestler.
With the new piece of information acquired, Faith now heads to meet Police Lieutenant Miller and introduce herself as an ally.
Here is how Faith chased down Jacknife:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Cinematic
01:50 Finding Jacknife
03:06 Evading a police helicopter
06:42 Navigating the City's Storm Drains
17:28 Finding Jacknife
02:26 Chasing Jacknife
25:09 Jacknife's information
Stay tuned to find out what happens next in Mirror's Edge!