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A Timeless Classic Comes to an End

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The Prince of Persia series has left a huge mark on the gaming world. The newest in the series makes that mark permanent, keeping true to the entire series. Fans old and new alike, should be satisfied.

The prince has returned from the Island of Time to Babylon with his new love Kaileena. To those who didn't see the alternate ending to the previous title, Warrior Within, you may find yourself a little confused here. As they come into the harbor, they're ship is invaded and Kaileena is captured. You soon find that the man behind the attack is the vizier from the very first game. He then murders Kaileena and unleashes the sands of time on Babylon. As the prince, you're going to battle to save your kingdom and avenge your lover's death.

The prince has to worry about more than just the sand creatures and the viziers warriors. Because of the sands of time, he'll also have to confront his arrogant self from the past. There will be moments in the game where the prince will have a conversation with... well... himself. The darker version of himself. This stems from the fact that Warrior Within suffered heavy criticism and complaints from fans about how arrogant he was in Warrior Within. This in and of itself would be easy to poke at were it not done so well. The voice acting is A+ material, and the change is consistent throughout the entire game.

You're also given the oppurtunity to play as the Dark Prince from time to time. As the Dark Prince you'll have an interesting weapon that resembles a chain. The Dark Prince is much more aggressive in combat, and a lot of fun to play as. The downside, however, is he constantly looses health. Luckily for you, this isn't a problem at all. Every enemy you defeat drops health to restore you. You shouldn't run out of health very often. The only hard part about playing as the Dark Prince is his acrobatic moments. You'll eventually get it down, but you'll probably die several times first.

There's a new technique added in The Two Thrones. This tactic is known as "speed-killing." By sneaking up behind an unsuspecting enemy, you can grab them. This begins an animation known as the speed-kill. The game will then pause for a moment and you'll have to press a button to execute a strike. You'll execute anywhere from one to five strikes. If you don't press the button, the speed kill will fail and you'll have to fight the enemy the normal way. But hey, if you mess up, you can rewind and try it again. The animations are incredible looking, and they're a lot of fun to pull off.

You can run across walls and perform some really awesome jumps of course, something Prince of Persia is very well known for. Several puzzles throughout the game require you to run along walls and jump to switches to get through. Again, some of them are done by a bit of trial and error, but they are, for the most part, fun.

There are also chariot races, but they're not much fun, really. A simple mistake could cost you your life. Once again, trial and error will be the key in succeeding. The good news is that you've got the sands of time on your hands. If you horribly screw up at any of these trial and error moments, you can easily rewind back so long as you've still got some sand.

The game looks gorgeous. The environments are a lot of fun to explore and sulk in, and the character models look good too. It's obvious at some parts that it's the same graphics used in the previous two games with almost no changes, but the previous games were gorgeous anyhow. Some of the pixels don't quite fit in with the environment, and that's okay. You probably won't notice them.

If you're looking for what is the best of the three versions, there's no clear winner. The XBOX version has great load times, but a few lighting effects cause it some problems, and the PS2 version suffers from slow down in some areas. There's almost nothing wrong with the Gamecube version, but it depends on what you want. If you want fast load times, go with the XBOX version, it's lighting problems aren't really that noticeable.

Overall, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones marks a thrilling conclusion to a remarkable trilogy. Any holes it left in the plot are neatly filled. Any fan of the series will be satisfied.

The Good
+Still has gorgeous graphics
+Fun Gameplay
+Speed kills bring new style to the game
+Long game
+The story ties up all loose ends
+Fantastic Music
+Fantastic voice acting

The Bad
-A LOT of trial and error moments
-This is not for newcomers to the series. Newcomers to the series should start with the first game: Sands of Time, otherwise the story will just confuse the hell out of you

Prince of Persia - The Two Thrones

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you liked either of the first two Prince of Persia installments, you'll dig The Two Thrones. Elements of each of the preceding games are still incorporated and there are a handful of new gameplay features. Some of the new features are new acrobatic abilities, a second playable character (the Dark Prince) who has his own unique set of abilities, and chariot riding. The score style music of The Sands of Time and the free form fighting of Warrior Within are both back for this nicely blended finale. Definitely check this out if you liked the first two. If you've never played the first two, you'll still relish this one if you enjoy sword fighting/adventure/puzzle games. In addition to the groovy swordplay, it is a very unique story and is quite unlike most of the games out there.

With the variety of moves you can dish out, you'll be serving up more combos than McDonald's!

Remarkable Prince of Persia title

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This one of the best Prince of Persia titles I have played in a while. The game is very difficult but the action is intense and you will definely get your moneys worth. I've been playing it for 3 days now after I got it for Christmas and I have already encountered missions that I thought I would never escape from. I recommend you buy this title. It is truly a great 3rd sequel.

BEST OF THE SERIES...!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS GAME AND I HAVE NOT PUT MY CONTROLLER DOWN...THE STORYLINE IS AWESOME, THE GAME IS VERY WELL BALANCED, GRAPHICS SUPERB...THE FIRE EFFECTS ALONG WITH THE TORN DOWN BABILONIAN CITY JUST LOOKS AMAZING,,,SO NICE THAT YOU JUST STOP PLAYING AND STARE FOR A WHILE....YES ITS THAT GOOD....THE MUSIC IS 100% ADEQUATE (ARABIAN)...(NOT LIKE THE RIDICULOUS ROCK THEMES FROM PART 2)ON THIS ONE HE HAS LIKE A DOUBLE PERSONALITY, ALTER EGO TYPE ON THING , WHICH ALSO ADDS KUDOS TO THE GAME...IN OTHER WORDS THE PRINCE NOW LOOKS AS SLICK AS DANTE AND GOD OF WAR AND RYU FROM NINJA GAIDEN...(YES IT GIVES YOU THAT BAD*#% FEELING)...FROM WHAT I HEARD,,THIS GAME HAS AN AWESOME CONCLUSION....IT IS TRULY A MUST HAVE SINCE THIS WRAPS UPS THE TRYLOGY AND IT DOES IT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY...GIVING YOU THE BEST EXPERIENCE YOULL EVER GONNA HAVE WITH THE SERIES........OHH I ALMOST FORGOT " THE STEALTH KILLS" TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!!!! ITS A QUICK WAY TO DISPATCH OF YOUR ENEMIES WITH THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON ( IF DONE IN PROPER TIME) AND BOY DOES IT LOOK GOOD!!!!! YOU CAN ALSO HANG FROM YOUR DAGGER ONCE YOUR AGAINST A WALL AND FROM THERE RUN SIDEWAYS AND EVEN JUMP THE OPPOSITE WAY...(AMAZING!!) SO MANY NICE THINGS ABOUT IT THAT MY FINAL WORDS ARE ( BUY THIS ONE) IT DESERVES IT AND YOU WONT REGRET IT.....ITS SOMETHING TO HAVE OVER THE TIMES.....

Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is fantastic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: December 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia The Two Thrones is one of the best games I played bieng able to stealth and ability to play as the Dark Prince or the Prince of Persia makes this an interesting game to fight the weaker half all his ability slightly less then the good half and to use the Dragon tail on enemies .and no crontrol of when you turn into the Dark prince an interesting feature ,the chariot race where he is hunted in maves he goes thru that he is hunted thruout the game,but this is a story of how he learns to be a prince and the deafeating of mass enemies to show gratitude for his position ,overall a grEAT GAME

AWESOME game to play on the XBOX game system

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a REALLY TOTAL AWESOME game to play

I give it 5 Stars "High Recommended" REALLY TOTAL WORTH IT TO BUY & play this game on the Xbox game system

This is a MUST HAVE GAME TO BUY & play it

Two Princes one Outcome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - Circa 2005

GOOD:
- More balanced combat when compared to pervious game (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)
- New Speed kill system (although difficult some times); make stealth kills dramatic and flashy
- Use a Chariot in some levels
- Boss battles are more balanced when compared to pervious game (Prince of Persia: Warrior Within)
- Play as the Dark Prince an evil version of the prince on some levels, Note that Dark Prince has different powers, abilities and acrobatics
- Lots of unlockable art work and mini movies

BAD:
- Dark Prince Levels feel like there timed, because his health is always slowing falling
- Chariot levels could be better

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- This Prince of Persia game really is a combination of the last two games in terms of story more like that of Sands of Time and gameplay like that of Warrior Within, although there is enough new elements to make it feel unique. If you liked the pervious Prince of Persia games you will most likely like this as well

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Bonus section has pictures/movies from all three Prince of Persia games

Excellent Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

So, if it's such an excellent game, why 4 stars on "fun" rating?

Well, it's a very very fun game, but some parts can get annoying and aggravating. And it seems as if the different levels of difficulty are achieved by handing you less and less health upgrades, which is kinda cheap, if you ask me. They physically limit you, instead of strategicly doing so.

But everything else is great about it. Graphics are great, not excellent, but great. Sound is great too. Gameplay is excellent and the story is very well developed. Kinda on the easy side in normal level, though. But, I guess nothing is perfect.

Go ahead and get this one. It's worth what it costs.

The Prince Returns One Last Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Or at least, one last time in his series of Sands of Time escapades...

SO! After months of participation on www.theswordsmen.net building up massive amounts of hype, the game finally came out. So let's see...where to begin....let's start by letting you know of SPOILERS AHEAD! Kay, now that THAT'S out of the way.

This time, Kaileena is narrating the story...oh geez....I really hope they were going for that monotonous tone of hers....it's REALLY irritating and lacking of emtion...ugh I hate her voice...

So the Prince returns to his hometown, Babylon, only to find it getting owned by random bad guys. So his ship gets attacked and blown to smithereens, Kaileena gets flung to a shore a short ways away from where the prince ends up, and thus the bad guys take her unconcious body into the palace or whatever.

Blah blah, prince is chasing her, he catches up, but he's too late. She's already tied to some pole thing, and as he comes up, he gets caught by a bad guy's chain-whip (wounding his arm). Turns out the bad guy is none other than, that's right, the Vizier. Since the Prince undid his escapaed with the sands of time, the Vizier is still alive, and he's gained even more power. By stabbing Kaileena with the dagger of time, he unleashes the sands of time once again. GREAT! Here we go again. Everybody gets transformed, and the Prince gets infected. So NOW we have a dead Kaileena (that might account for her narration to be so damn emotionless), an all-powerful Vizier, and a wounded Prince.

Kay, so now the Prince has this dark side version of him. So gameplay is pretty cool. The speed kill system really adds a Splinter Cell-ish feel to the entire game. You can choose to go in stealthily or blades flying...it's up to you.

Now about the Dagger-Tail. I was skeptical at first of this thing being useful. It looked somewhat complex using it to fling from one pole to the next and whatnot, but after playing with him, it turns out it's EXTREMELY fluent, and very easy to handle. It's a really cool addition to the overall game, and it seems like a good idea.

The new traps are really cool looking, along with the revamped old ones. I like the new health-upgrade system too. You have to first find the enchanted fountain (usually down a long jump-filled hall), drink from it, then it takes you to a trap-filled area, and once you clear THAT you get your health. Platforming aspect of the game is good, along with the puzzles, and the action.

The graphics are the same as last time around, maybe a bit better. The cutscenes are really nice. Yarr, I got distracted for a second, and now I lost my train of thought, with no prospect of my finding it again...so ANYHOW!

In conclusion: it looks to be a very promising game (I've only just begun). They thankfully fixed the music issues with Warior Within, and HOPEFULLY it's longer, but if it's not, whatcha gonna do about it, eh? :-p Anyways, if you're at all interested, I suggest you go pick up a copy.

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What an excellent way to end an excellent series. This game capitalized on all the series strengths. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time's puzzles and character depth, Warrior Within's combat and setting. Excellent soundtrack, combat, puzzles, story, and characters. Rent or Buy? Buy if you don't want to miss one of the better titles of '05.

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