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Good sequel to SOT, but storyline confusing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Prince of Persia franchise was reborn with the release of Sands of Time, which is a fantastic game...more like a movie experience than a game, with its emotional bend and colorful environments.

Warrior within, on the other hand was designed by a different team at UbiSoft...and it shows. What HAS improved is the overall look and attitude of the prince, and the game in general, going towards a more serious and darker tone. The free-form fighting system is easy and fun to use, and after completing the game weeks back I still launch it sometimes and reload an old game and play around with it, mostly finding something new to do in the process...the gameplay has been much improved and is the highlight of the whole game! The fight scenes are brilliantly executed and the battles with the huge "BRUTES" are amazing to watch and perform...the prince has to climb up on them from behind and hit them on the head...

What is disappointing though is the storyline. As an avid fan of Sands of Time, the storyline in Warrior Within is confusing and seems as if the game development team was in a hurry to finish the game. The concept is great, with Dahaka after the Prince for messing with the time-line, and his quest to find the Empress to stop the sands from being made, but the execution of the story-telling lacks depth, emotions and finesse,which was the highlight of Sands of Time. There is no "companion" like Farah (in Sands of Time) and the prince keeps talking to himself many a times...

The game has 2 endings, the first is a simple and boring one (it does not give the feeling I got when I finished the Sands of Time)...the second, on the other hand..is definitely the icing on the cake for this game, and is a prelude to the THIRD installment of the game (called Prince of Persia: Kindred Blades)...it leaves you wanting more and I can't wait for the third franchise to come...which won't be out till december!!!

Overall, the game is great...some will find the levels a bit tough and frustrating but the game is not THAT hard overall. A strategy guide is definitely of help though.

The only reason it does not get 5 stars is due to the haphazard storyline and backtracking requirements....many times in the game you can get lost while backtracking to a "central hall" area...and that is really frustrating...the Dahaka chase sequences, which are timed portions of the game...get a little tough but once used to it its not a problem...

Overall, I highly recommend this game along with the Sands of Time...

Very good sequel

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the Sands of Time, so I had to buy the sequel, Warrior Within, and it has not disappoint me at all. You get similar gameplay (which was very good) plus some good additions in movements and weapons. I have not finished it yet, but I can see that the storyline is logical, though you need some time to follow the thread of past and present. We see now a darker prince and a darker story behind him--he's trying to change his doomed fate, something that everybody around him believes to be impossible. As for the game, you need at least 500MB of RAM if you want to run with all options on (graphics and sound), but it's worth it. The landscapes are amazing and the prince's movements are sometimes astonishing. I think it's a bit difficult to master all the fighting movements knowing beforehand what the prince is going to do, but you don't need to know all the combinations of buttons to make good moves. The map system is not very useful, since it only says where you are and where you have to go, but not how to get there; so I sometimes have doubts which way to follow (combining past and present to avoid dead-ends). I wouldn't be surprised to see the Prince of Persia in the movies in the future: the stories are interesting, the characters can be easily developed and we have appealing love affairs. By the way, I'm not sure if you can change it in the options, but the way I'm playing it, you can see quite some blood when you cut your enemies' heads off.

Fun, fun, fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have had more fun playing this game than any other. I am about half way through, and I already feel like I got my money's worth. I like the fighting combos and the acrobatic moves.

The camera sometimes can be a little quirky, but the game has been so satisfying that I can EASILY overlook that. I can honestly say that is the only flaw with this game.

Looks aren't everything

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: September 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Love Doom 3? Unreal Tournament 2004? First person shooters in general? Then stay away from this game. I've played 3rd person games before (Thief 3, Jedi Outcast, Alice, Enclave), but there is something seriously wrong with the controls for this game. I play with a keyboard and mouse, not a gamepad, and when I map "W" (or cursor up) to move forward it has always done so CONSISTENTLY. This is the only game I've ever played where the basic forward/back/left/right controls are relative. (Never mind the gross deficiencies of camera control.)

Make no mistake, this game looks great, but that is small comfort with the lame save game options and controls that send you plummeting into an abyss when you meant to scale the wall directly in front of you. (Never mind the physics that allow you to run along a vertical wall but kill you instantly after a modest fall from a ledge.)

I'll settle for BloodRayne's antiquated graphics engine before enduring another ten minutes of this frustration. So sad. So very, very sad. Complete waste of money.

Prince of Persia 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: July 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you played the first game,you probubly want the sequal. In the first game the unnamed prince seemed a little bratty, but in Prince of Persia 2 he has a whole new attitude. He's now alot more serious than before. The graphics in this game are very detailed. His new fighting moves are as amazing as the rest of the game. The story is my favorite part of the game. Since the prince has been rewinding time and coming back to life so many times in the first game, his main enemy is a representation of destiny itself. Because he has cheated death so many times before, he must go through the disastrous underworld. I cant wait to own this game and I hope this review makes you want it too.

One of the Better Ones

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the sequel to The Sands of Time, was it worth the wait? It certainly was.

Playing the Prince, you begin your journey of discovery to prove that the prophecy is wrong. Along the way you must battle through a cursed underworld, a breeding ground for the most brutal and unrelenting monsters to torment Persia.

You need to develop your own unique fighting style to do what must be done to win the battles ahead.

The prince returns

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The prince once again makes his return in the fifth installment of the Prince Of Persia. This time the game features a much more complex storyline, leaving it quite thought provoking. The prince must journey & defeat fate to defy his preordained death. The game features alot more darker aspects in it than in the past POP games. The graphics are so mindblowing & crisp. The motion animation is absolutely unbelievable. This has been a game that I have been yearning for for quite some time now & i must say that it delivers on every level of excellance. Again the developers did not leave any detail left untouched, they submit so much attention to every detail, making the game more life like & appealing. The prince can do some gravity defying combat moves such as; run along the wall, jump up the ledges, sliding down banners & many more moves. Warrior Within includes a dual-wielding feature, which will allow the prince to execute special attack sequences. This game does feature an mature rating. If you loved Sands Of Time, then i highly recommend that you check out Warrior Within. PSM gave Warrior Within a 10 out of 10. I give it 2 thumbs up.

The best game Ive played in years

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is so much fun. You will be hooked from the start untill the end. The free form fighting system it so much better than SANDS OF TIME. Infact this game has the best fighting system I have ever seen. There is a lot of unlockable material as you play on. Such as the alternate ending which i have yet to unlock.

MAGNÍFICO

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Este juego es el mejor juego del mundo, es perfecto. Tiene el mejor sistema de combate cuerpo a cuerpo existente, gráfico asombroso, movimientos estilo Matrix, numerosos combos, a diferencia del 1 permite manejar 2 armas al mismo tiempo, la historia es increíble, el tema musical "I Stand Alone" de "Godsmack" me pareció una estupenda idea que lo emplearan ya que es fantástico. MUCHOS OTROS VIDEOJUEGOS YA QUISIERAN IGUALARSE A ESTE.

Well . . .

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't know. I only got through half of it, because a glitch caused the game to freeze at a certain part. What I saw was alright, but it was so dark that you could hardly tell whether you were walking into a hole in the ground or if it was just the floor. I liked the heavy metal music at first, but it got annoying quickly. Sands Of Time wasn't as advanced when it comes to combat, but it had such beautiful graphics that I spent half the time looking at the scenery. In Warrior Within, it was so depressing and bleak. I know that it was what they were going for, but I still didn't like it.
Dang it. I just realized. I'm using the Kid's Review thing. Um, you didn't see this review. Obviously a twelve or under kid wouldn't be playing an M game. Right.

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