Mirror's Edge is a parkour-inspired game which concentrates on movement, and aims to expand and reinvent the sense of movement in first-person games; in the words of senior producer Owen O'Brien, "to place you in the world and convey the strain and physical contact with the environment." Although the player character can hold weapons, O'Brien stresses, "Principally, this is an action adventure. We're not positioning this as a shooter - the focus isn't on the gun, it's on the person." Gameplay in Mirror's Edge will focus on finding the best route through the games environments while combat takes a secondary role.