Mirror's Edge or Burnout Paradise?

Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise. Completed it 3 times already. Great game!

Do you have a wheel? Forget about BP without a wheel.

I didn't play Burnout yet (have it from HB, but didn't install yet), but Mirror's Edge is a great game with unique gameplay. Unlike Burnout, which seems to be a very nice racing game, but not more than that. Playtime for Mirror's Edge is just the average playtime for a linear 1st person title though, as far as I remember (been a few years since I played it) it's around 8-10 hours or so.

If you can't get enough of (good) racing games and look for a game you can play dozens of hours Burnout may be the better choice, if you want truly unique gameplay and don't mind a shorter playtime I'd go for Mirror's Edge.

EDIT: Since both games were in the Origin bundle you can probably get them very cheap on Steamtrades (anything higher than 1 key per game would be a rip-off). Maybe it would be a good idea to get them both.

I've won Mirrors Edge and I've played it but it didn't deliver, at least for me. I got what the game was trying to be, some sort of free running sim, but in the end all it managed to be was a snuf simulator.

The first person camera isn't helping when you're trying to jump from rooftop to rooftop and sometimes you find yourself dying over and over again with a mocking crack as your body hits the ground.

It is pretty unique, but kind of short and the charm of the free run mechanic gets real old real quick.

It comes down to this..
Would you prefer running around slaying enemies or racing around in a huge city. I have 'em both (Humblebundle), and if if were you I think I would go with Mirrors Edge.

Aaaaaand, thanks to Phitt, I chose to get both :P