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prince of persia has broken the game limit!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: December 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First of all i never like prince of persia the first one but my friend got the first one and i played and i liked so when i heard that theres a new version of prince of persia i buy it.I have played for weeks and is fun the music is sooooo cool the music make you play more and more the game keeps you playing is longgg thas what i like most and dificult but thas what keeps you aweak good graphic super great story line blood is good the fhigt great you need to be inteligent to now what you need to do .The games have action theres new power the girl are hot i think that all the game i have played (i buy all the games new games the firts day they get to sell)i think this is the most longer games and the best im usually finish the games in 3 week or less including GTA san andreas and the other version so imaging this games is HOTTTTTTTTTT you liket trust me is HOTTT

'God of War' is the true heir to 'Sands of Time'

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hi there, Prince of Persia here - yes the True One from 'Sands of Time', and NOT the nefarious pretender in 'Warrior Within'. I hear people comparing me to Kratos, so I took a look at 'God of War', which by the way is a great game (but certainly NOT better than 'Sands of Time'). Here are my impressions.

- As you know, I'm from Persia, the great empire that in its 7000 year history invented the cuneiform, wine, composite bow, bronze smelting, and iron weapons. Our empire stretched from Europe and North Africa to Central/South Asia, while Sparta (where Kratos is from) was a small city state founded in 900 B.C. and whose decline began only 500 years later after their ignominious defeat to the Thebans. Spartans are, of course, well known for their iron discipline and prowess in battle, and I have a great respect for them.

- On a personal level, Kratos is built to be a warrior, where I was really trained to be an emperor. I'm about 6'1" / 170 pounds, where Kratos looks to be about 6'7" / 240 pounds. Kratos is built for raw power, and wields two MASSIVE swords with which he can pulverize stone walls. I'm built for agility and speed, and endowed with superior intelligence to turn any situation to my advantage. Kratos will have had much difficulty with many of the platforming puzzles I had to overcome in 'Sands of Time', while I may have needed more power to subdue some of Ares's more gigantic minions.

- To be fair, Kratos was not always given proper intelligence by the makers of 'God of War', e.g. unable to rotate the so-called 'camera' to precisely locate his objective, e.g. in order to be able to see the ladder in the Pandora's room, he had to swim around and around the central pool. No wonder Kratos vented his accumulated frustrations in such brutal manner when the enemies finally came.

- Again to be fair, I was not given the kind of magical combat spells that Gods endowed upon Kratos, which I feel are unfair advantages, but then again Kratos did not have a means of controlling TIME like I did.

- I, on the other hand, had to exercise my already-superior brains far more, since UbiSoft had crafted the puzzles so thoughtfully and intelligently. The platforming challenges in 'God of War' are not nearly as creative or well-thought-out. This is ok though, since as an emperor-in-training, I had to learn to rely more on my intelligence and instinct and less on brute strength to solve the increasingly complex problem of ruling an empire. That said, I wish I had Kratos' powers to make confetti out of Alexander the Great (What's so 'Great' about him? Read about 'Cyrus the Great' and 'Darius the Great', who achived FAR more than Alexander ever did.), who marked the beginning of the end for the great Persian empire.

- As for the commonality, Kratos and I were both able to save his progress in the same "Mysterious Glow" as I did, were given a 'flying camera' preview of the platforming layouts, cinematic close-ups of special attack moves, moody music and spectacular scenery, not to mention the nubile maidens who help us relax. Both of us fought mostly alone against countless supernatural evil entities and for NO monetary compensation - both of us are noble warriors and NOT some hack-and-slash mercenaries obsessed with collecting treasures.

Overall, Kratos is an extraordinary warrior but his crude brutality (especially against innocent civilians) may make it difficult for people to identify with him as a leader. He cannot be compared to a future emperor like myself who had to cultivate sophistication in so many diverse areas in order to prepare myself for the day when I take the throne. Kratos will make a fine general under my command, but only if he resolves his manic obsession with personal vendetta against the gods.

That's all. I hope to see you guys again if and when UbiSoft comes around to actually creating a sequel to 'Sands of Time' that does any justice to my extraordinary gifts and nobility.

yawn.. this game blows.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

if you're expecting a game like prince of persia: sands of time that's a puzzle-solving sort of game, look elsewhere! this game starts you right in the middle of combat. that wouldn't be a problem.. if the combat was fun. unfortunately, it's not. the controls don't feel good and it's not intuitive. 2 minutes into the game, you're fighting a boss. absolutely ridiculous. it seems they tried to put graphics over gameplay for this game. if you want a fighting game, just play something like devil may cry or ninja gaiden, not this.

Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I don't like POPWW as much as POPSOT. It's ok. I think they changed the entire game by focusing too much on the battle system (including a lot of blood).You still have the cool moves like running along the wall but this game reminds me of a shooter game. All fight and nothing else. The first one had a sense of humor, a good story, puzzles, a perfect amount of fighting and a fun side kick. Now you have this ugly obnoxious barely clothed woman that you have to fight through the game and it's really boring. Why do game developers always have to make drastic changes? POP Sands of Time was a great game. If it ain't broke don't fix it. I'm just sorry that I bought it. I should have rented it first.

Hard, insanely hard

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: September 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If I wanted to spend my time repetitiviely learning complex acrobatic wall-jump-grab climb- manouvers I would just take gymnastics and learn the real stuff. This game is difficult with extremely complex controls. It looks great though if you like repetition and can advance the plot.

DO NOT Buy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I loved the sands of time so naturaly I bought the sequel. This game stinks they made the prince into an idiot. All this game is is mindless killing with an ocasional puzzle in which is always a repeat from the last game. In this game the prince swears constantly and can kill and will every thing in his path. Last game the prince was a gymnist and a puzzel solver. In this game he's a demented warrior freak who wants to change his destiny. This game seems to explain why our society is so violent. It's just mindless killing and swearing (just what we do). Only people that think killing is fun or are just idiots will like this game unless u are one of the above do not buy this game it is a waste of money!!!!

I can't jump up the wall!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Yes, in a nutshell, that is my problem with the game. I heard good things about it from reviewers, and did they ever dupe me. I can make it inside the castle to the point where the guy made up of dark flying crows is, then totally beat him up and take absolutely no damage. Then I can't jump up the wall, because you have to double jump more than once, and the camera whirls around on me and I just can't get the timing right.

So I got about twenty minutes into the game, and couldn't proceed. I heard from the online FAQs I read that the game has a bunch of glitches too, but I never made it far enough to hit those.

I can't double jump, the map is useless, I'm not impressed with the potty mouth Prince, and I don't like the camera or heavy metal music. The fighting part is easy. This is the only Prince of Persia game I have ever played, and I can only wonder if they somehow teach the timing better in earlier games in the series. This one was a big waste of time for me.

Never Played the first Prince of Persia

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have to say that this is one of the most challenging games that I have ever played. I never played a game where you had to do a certain kind of jump just to get to the other side. I think that is why I got so frustrated with the game because when I play I would rather just do a regular jump then run up the wall. The graphic were good they had a lot of detail. I don't really have a lot to say about the game because I rented it and didn't get very far. Lol. I can say that after playing this game I don't think I'm going to try to play the first Prince of Persia game. I did see that a lot of people say that the first game was better so I might give it another chance.

Enjoyable

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For this being the 3rd Prince of Pesia produced I prefer playing this one to any of the others. And incase anyone is wondering, yes this is the third game. The first was produced many many years ago and was only for very old computer (I beleive before the Windows operating system). Being as I was very young I have yet to beat it but was extatic when I found it in PoP the Sand of Time. Also, in Sands of Time the prince was very mild mannored and in the next one he is very angry. After being chased by the Dahaka for 10 years wouldn't you become a little bitter? The music was also picked well for Warrior Within (though a little loud in places) since this game has much more of a dark tone and a little more violent I don't think the music of Sand of Time would work very well for the mood of the new one.

Now, Pop Warrior Within has it's good points and draw backs as well. Having the free-form fighting style very a very nice change from the few things you could do in the pervious game, and switching between the two games I noticed how simple Sands of Time was. In Warrior Within, there are numerous different ways to attack and kill plus they got rid of the sequence where the prince puts his sword away after every fight. Instead the enemies are thrown throughout the game adding difficulty to the puzzles in some places. Also, the 3 difficulty settings adds time to the game play and difficulty when you replay it. Granted by the time you finish the games you've probably played through all the sections enough times you probably have it memorized by that time.

Now, a few draw backs, the camera angle changes so often it causes you to die many times while fighting, and the fact that you do have to back track all the time gets very tedious. I even found a glitch where I fell down and hole and just kept falling (I think I fell for about 5 mins before I restarted). Checkpoints are also few and far away from eachother and when you die(and it's often) you have to go back to a section you probably did at least 20 mins ago.

Other than those problems I relly enjoyed playing, even if it ment starting completly over so I can get a few life upgrades I forgot. In my opinion it was well worth it.

SPECTACULAR GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This POPWW may not be like SOT but everyone says it sucks because the enviroment, the prince, and gameplay have changed very dramatically. they are just a bunch of whiners, trust me this game is awesome with hours of great gameplay. I have played this game and I know, the enemies aren't the same old boring sand creatures everywhere, you have a wide variety of enemies including humans and monstrous creatures that you have to beat strategically in order to advance. Play every level in the past and then the present which changes the experience of enemies and puzzles in each level.AND TAKE MY WORD FOR IT THIS GAME IS NOT BORING IF U LIKED THE 1ST ONE, HARDER PUZZLES, HARDER ENEMIES, LONGER LEVELS, A LOT OF DEDICATED GAMERS DREAM. AND THE GAME HAS TWO POSSIBLE ENDINGS. I WOULD LIST THEM BUT THEY ARE SPOILERS. The prince still has his amazing acrobatic skills to wall run, jump unbeleivable gaps, and much much more. the prince also aquires time control abilities as you progress through the game. IF YOU LIKED THE FIRST GAME AND ARE READY FOR THE CHANGES BUY THIS GAME, GOOD LUCK AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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