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great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first played this game, I thought it was really hard. But later on, it got GREAT! I was able to do all kinds of cool moves and flips and stuffs. IT'S A FREAKIN' SWEET GAME!

They ruined there own game!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: October 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Its worth a play but the prince will never be the same

Save your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: October 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Just awful, the forced prespective and auto camera make this one virtually unplayable. I would have paid the used game store to take this one back.

A poor followup

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

at first this game was actually pretty cool, but then it turned into a kiss a**,gay game,thats the exact truth!but i got to you tell the game its self has a really cool storyline,i mean whats not to like about tring to face of agianst an ancient beast(the dahaka),and while trying to recall yourself through time to try and destroy the sands of time(title of the 2nd game,just so you know this the 3rd).the game starts out to try and let you slice through some kind wierdo,poorly designed idiots.yeah the game lets you use a sub weapon(they are all the same!)+ the game only has like 5 main weapons that really sucks,oh lets see the games are graphics are (suprisingly)pretty good,those character models?i dont know what to call them.the game actually has some really cool fatalitys,moves and evasive manuvers.so i suppose this game is ok for a while.but i hope you have 90 day warranty.

A let down

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've been a fan of this franchise since the original game came out. SANDS OF TIME was one of the most enjoyable games I've played in a long time. I've played it through several times and it never gets old.

For this game, I've finished maybe 30% of the game by my estimates and I don't know if I'll continue. The developers put all their efforts into making combat more viloent and that's about it. The game is too heavily reliant upon fighting and it really takes away from the game.

Skip this one and go right to the TWO THRONES. Hopefully that one will be better

Alright game, but can get annoying

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first prince of persia i got, i never played the first one but i heard it was really good so i decided to get this one. From my opinion this really isnt my kind of game. I thought it was pretty bad and got annoying and boring.
STORY: A few yearws after the first chapter. The prince has returned home to babylon, to find himself hunted by a supernatural creature bent on his destruction. Forced to live a life on the run, he seeks councel from the Old Man, who explains that his actions have spawned a creature known as the Dahaka. The Duhaka now wants to end his life to solve a problem. Now the prince must travel back in time and stop the sands from ever being created.
The story line is ok, but it starts you off with no clue what is going on, u just see the prince running from a shadow it seems. There aren't that many cinematechs and cut-scenes so the story seems to drift into nowhere. And this is a great problem with games because it is the story line that keeps you interested even if the game has good gameplay.
The gameplauy is another midpoint. ITs ok, from what i thought. I thought it was way to repetitive. I mean its like this: walk in a room, kill the bad guys then find a way out of the room and into the next. And its the same thing over and over again. You keep on dealing with the same enemies over and over and there is barely any new ones. And the game gets confusing and annoying, like say you are hangin from a wall. You have to think so much: ok well i can either run up the wall and get on that platform or run of the wall and grab that or swing on that to get there or slide on this or walk on this or reverse time and try a super jump....I mean it just gets rediculous that you can do all these things and when you get to the point you dont kno which one you have to use to get on the platform. And its a long period of time before you get any actions when u are trying to figure out how to get in the next room, jumpin on this, climbing on that. Its just too much and after you die you have to start from ur last save point, they dont even give you checkpoints and you will fins yourself doing the same things over and over again until u beat it the right way. The other thing i hate is the camera angles, everything is so far away and the enemies look like little bugs, you cant see any detail on any characters while you are playing.
The controls are good but get confusing. What i mean by this is that there is way to many things jumps and kicks and running techniques you can do so you will find yourself going "wait is the white button to roll or is it the Y button?" and you will hit the wrong button and end up by accident jumping off the cliff and having to start at your last checkpoint unless you wanna use your rewind time thing, but you end up running out of that a lot. Or you will also be like this "is A-A-A a tripple jump or is it A-B-Y?" there is too many combos to remember.
The graphics i thought were only good in the cut-scense. In the actual game play they suck. The characters and people even look odd, like there heads are huge and legs are really short, they look like cartoon characters. And even if the graphics were good you cant see any detail cause the camera is too far away to see.
This game is just not for me, i mean if you like the type where you need to find a way out of a room kind of game then be my guest and by this game but it just gets boring especially since all these new types of more fun games out there.

why m?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

hi i just got the original and i was wondering why it is M? is there a way i can make my mom go for it cause if there is i would be so siked. can you like turn of the gore or something?

Farah would be pissed....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am relatively new to the whole Prince of Persia line of games. I purchased the Sands of Time about two months ago for twenty bucks and thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the story and the characters were incredible. I had never seen a more smooth and enjoyable Action/Adventure game.

That said, I can't stand fighting games like Mortal Combat (only because I totally suck at them) and I was a bit skeptic when I read that this new game was going to involve a lot more fighting..... and no more Farah. After beating Warrior Within I can say that it was a blast. Never in one game have I been so completely pissed off, excited, had so much fun, and hated something so much like I did in this game.

This new PoP is an open-ended map and I found myslef hopelessly lost more than a few times. I backtracked through the same parts of the level sometimes three or four times only to find I had been going the right way in the first place. That was the thing I disliked most about this game. Most people have a better sense of direction than I do so it might not even be an issue for you, but, there it is.

Fighting is freaking amazing. I love it, love it, love it. There is a slight learning curve to it, but after you get it, you are one freaking bad-ass mofoky. The flyingbackflipoffthewallmultipleswingofdeath is my favorite move of all time. If you are good at Mortal Combat/Soul Calibur type games you will rip it up. Duel wielding is a skill straight from God. The new Arena Modes are so much fun. I can't even begin to describe the sick joy I have of beheading all those red sado-masochist chicks.

I like the new Prince. It would have been nice if there had been traces of the old prince in him, but oh well, the old prince couldn't duel wield and throw weapons. I was disappointed to see Farah go. I guess I kind of wanted to see the old story continued. The new chick is busty, but creepy. And the bad chick is almost naked, but nasty (she's also a royal pain to kill).

The sound is definitely a problem. My Xbox is getting old, so I think it is due partly to that. I have dropped entire conversations, the metal music comes on at random times, and other times not at all. I like the new music as it gives the game much more adrenaline. It just needed to be tweaked a bit more before release. It's a shame too, because I love Godsmack and the riffs they have going and it is a blast to fight with them.

This game goes quite a bit deeper than you might think, but I won't give away all of the crazy cool stuff you find out and can do in this game. You should for sure at least rent the game and give the fighting engine a chance (because it is worth paying for the game alone). Thanks for reading! Cheers!!

Unleash the warrior within

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the middle chapter of Ubisoft's new genre-defining trilogy, and is notable for being the installment that upset many fans with its hardcore approach to violence and darker theme. After the events of the first game, the Prince is now being hunted by the minions of time, and must travel to the Island of Time to change his fate.

I personally don't mind the darker approach. Some of the cursing and sexuality seem a bit tacked on, but otherwise the story is compelling (and convoluted) enough that the darker approach makes sense. It helps that the art direction is still stunning, with twisted beasts including giant ogres and a raging griffin. This time the player is allowed to manipulate time to visit environments in the past and present, and Ubisoft did a fantastic job building golden, shining arenas that also turn into crumbling, vine-covered ruins.

Gameplay is also equally refined. The jumping, running, swinging that defined the first game is back, and it's just as fun to get through environments as before. Combat has seen a slight upgrade, as the player now has more control over their swordplay, as well as the ability to deliver some truly satisfying finishing moves. It also helps that Ubisoft cut down on the number of enemies that spawn into an area at a given time, and there's more chances now of skipping combat altogether. It's still not perfect, and is still very annoying at times, but definite improvement has been made.

But the game has one drawback, and that's the amount of backtracking involved during the quest. To be fair, it's not always the backtracking of games like Resident Evil. You reach an area, accomplish a goal, then backtrack out of the area because its built into the story structure. You also go through environments in different time periods, which vary the environmental puzzles and keeps things fresher. However, in the end it still feels like there could've been a bit more variety. And if you want the life upgrades, unlockables, and secret weapons, there's even more backtracking involved. The last quarter of the game ups the difficulty significantly if players don't max out their life bar. And only with all the life upgrades can the game's best ending be achieved.

Overall I enjoyed Warrior Within and found it a worthy installment in the series. A compelling story and fun gameplay win over some repetitive backtracking. If you can accept or look past the game's violence and attempt to be edgy, this one's worth picking up.

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game really delivers in stepping up the graphics and level of difficulty from the Sands of Time. Worth playing!!!

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