Just to be clear, I couldn't possibly care less about all of that multiplayer / social / microtransaction stuff that they needed the server for. I just wanted to play the single-player campaign, which should work offline just fine.
Mirror's Edge is such an unlucky series. The first game had a spark of genius in it, but the UI didn't quite carrry the weight. Some indie team is going to revisit the concept one day and it's going to blow everyone's minds.