Can't help but find myself more impressed with screenshots of the original Mirror's Edge more than Catalyst. I can't really describe what's off about the new one. Textures look kinda crap for one. I'm sure people will say that it's just because "beta."
Probably the most perfect screenshot we'll see of that boss sans timestop. And clearly a shield is the right way to go
After playing through both I think it's due to frostbite games usually having a blue tinge that seems to be inbuilt in the engine. It tends to make games feel cold and Sterile (which is great for some games especially futuristic scifi games) Meanwhile the Origional Mirrors Edge runs on a different engine, one with a warm yellow tone which works much better as a companion to the clean art style.