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Prisioner Of War.......Superb!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Prisioner Of War is about a pilot, Captain "Lewis Stone" , who's aircraft is shot down by the Germans while on a bombing mission. He is taken to a temporary camp, where he is to stay for a certain duration. As you progress in the game, you are shifted to different camps, and the camps keep getting larger and more secured, reducing the possibilities of escape. The only flaw in the game is that there are no weapons, so its all a matter of stealth and strategy. Move out of your Bunker at night, cross the Danger Zone after being warned, youre shot at and eventually end up in hospital. In total, there are 5 missions, each with around 4 levels or sub-missions. Heck, it sounds easy, but, each mission is complicated enough to keep you engrossed in it for days. You have to abide by the time rules. In the game, each minute accounts for 1 Hour. There are 3 roll calls which you have to attend, irrespective of anything. If you fail to attend either the Morning, Afternoon or Evening roll call a search party will be notified to search for you. Its nearly impossible to escape them. During your stay in the camps, you will interact with several POW's who can either aid you in trying to escape, or can tell on you. So trust both your instincts and your friends!

There is a common word amongst all the POW's known as "Currency". It does not mean money, rather other goods such as cigarettes, keys etc.

The following pointers should help you decide wether this game is for you:

Graphics(9/10)-

Graphics are stunning. Lyp-Scynching is extremely realistic. From my experience, the game never gets slow or blocky at any point during the game.
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Sound(8/10)-

The sound is also amazing. At night you can hear the guards whispering about their days work, the sound of your feet embedding themselves into the mud below, the birds chirping in the midst of the morning etc.

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Gameplay(6/10)-

The gameplay is extremely slow. You have to follow the rules and regulations of the camps. Break them and youre in for it. No guns, no blood and no shooting!
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Overall, its a slow game requiring a lot and I mean a lot of patience, something gamers these days certainly lack. That includes me too!!

If you are wondering how I know this all, simple. I have this game on my PAL version which came out quite a while back!!

It Was Cancelled on the PS2!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I got the X-Box version of the game several days ago but I fund it funny that most video game sites report that the PS2 POW was cancelled. So why does amazon.com still selling it? I wouldn't pre-order it on PS2 at all. I would wait until you we SURE that it was actually coming out.

The X Box game is fairly cool. Fair graphics and pretty good sound and easy to grasp gameplay. The main problem is that you will find yourself waiting for a certain time of day to come such as morning excersise. I woulg give this game a 7 or an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10.

I thought that the reviewer who said it was superb was lying about playing the game but he wasn't. He includes a lot more information then I have time to include so if you have any reservations I recommend looking at the review thats under mine.

X-BOX owners should get this because we have no games but Halo and Morrowind.

PS2 owners should wait until they know its coming out because we already have several great games.

POW

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: May 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wow. Sweet game, who wouldn't want to bust outta a Nazi camp. But is it just me or do both POW and Angel of Darkness copy off the Metal Gear Solid stuff. Yes u can take a peek from behind a wall, just don't get caught. If you do anything suspicous the guards will nab you. You can tell when your doing somthing weird when your heart beats rapidly (courtesy of the Dualshock 2). Well its gonna be good

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