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Could've been sooo much better!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In prisoner of war, you play as smart-talking American Airforce Captain Lewis Stone. Your objective: escape from a German prisoner of war camp without being killed by enemy soldiers.

What attracted to me to this game was the premise: a game whose entire plot, revolved around ESCAPE, not killing, not fighting. ESCAPE. If you're like me, you might think this sounded intriguing... Or at worth the risk of checking out.

If you're interested enough to do so, be warned: Prisoner of War's graphics are about two years out of date. The voice-acting is good- to embarrassingly bad (especially the voices of the enemy soldiers), and the tutorial is non-existant, which makes navigating the game at early levels a challenge.

Pros: Cool idea, some fairly decent modeling for Stone, and other characters.

Cons: German soldiers have almost embarrasingly poor accents. Clunky interface, poor console controls, repetitive cut scenes, etc...

Overall, I would consider POW only average. Gaming fans who like 'stealth' based games like "Thief" might enjoy this one.

Prisoner of War

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I rented it last night, and it bites. The graphics are horrible, and so is the voice acting. The game isn't even that fun.

Save Your Money!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

To be fair, I didn't play the game for very long. Maybe it gets better, but it certainly can't get much worse. I can deal with graphics that aren't up to an xbox users expectations, but this is only the beginning. The controls are awfull, the game is not exciting whatsoever, and there is no way to skip past the repetitive cut-scenes that will inevitably drive one out of his mind when having to go back for a "do over". I don't feel like wasting too much time on this game, even slamming it in a review, so I will keep my criticism brief. Don't waste your time or money on this game. It is lacking the action and ingredients that any true xboxer has come to expect.

Worst game EVER!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I, like many others, was suduced by all the hype surrounding this title. I invisioned a game that offered another aspect to the time frame and was as fun and exciting to play as Medal of honor. I was sadly and greatly disappointed. First off the graphics are terrible actually "terrible" doesn't even begin to describe it. And then the dialogue.....it made my head hurt. I was reminded of old "Hogans Heroes" re-runs. The Nazis were ignorant and goofy with really bad accents and the americans were all wise cracking "cowboys". The plot was pretty lame and the flow of the game was dreadfully slow and uninteresting. I found myself spending most of my time walking arround in crouch mode and circling Nazi guards just for kicks which got tiring after a few moments as well. I'm glad i rented it instead of wasting (Money) on it. I also printed out a label and attached it to the rented case as a warning to unsuspecting renters (i know thats bad) it read "Worst Game EVER". I recommend saving your money for the Next Halo.

terrible controls = bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I like stealth games and I figured this one was going to be good, I was wrong. Despite the graphics being kind of bad, I can sometimes look past that as long as the game play and controls are good. I saw this and read the back of the case and it seemed like it would be good so I got it from my local EB Games for $15 (glad I didn't pay $50 when it officially came out). Needless to say I played this for about 45 minutes, got bored and frustrated with it and took it out. I was worried after seeing the opening sequence (how typical, cheesy and the bad graphics) but when the actual gameplay came to be was even worse. This is one of the worse games I've played in awhile, definately avoid this one at all cost, I wouldn't even take it for free

Don't Listen to the 11 year old gamer below

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Don't listen to the 11 year old game down below. I don't know who he or she is but he appears to have the same comment every game. Every game to him is five stars so don't listen to him. If you want to know if the game is good or not, you should read other comments by other reviewers.

WOW ITS REALLY BETTER THAN BARNY

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

it was so fun i fell asleep. the grafiks was way better then my super nintendo. the peeple move better then the rok in my bak yard. the accent sounds like my brother wen he "stoned". i recomend this to anyone who likes really bad games. kuz it was really, really bad

STAY VERY FAR AWAY!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

There's not enough words to discribe how bad this game is. Many of the short-comings have been pointed out by the other reviews. I liked the premise. After that, the game went down hill fast. Graphics, voices, gameplay, ect.- all very sub-standard. If all these warnings don't deter you, rent it. For around $$$ you will play it, hate it, and move on.

this game is awesome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

ok this game does have bad graphics and stuff but realy the gameplay is awesome. This has quite possibly the highest addiction level of any game on xbox i have played. for the the price it's at now you should get this game and enjoy it like I do. The other reveiwers that dis this game must be highly unintelligent.

Back on [local store]

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited to get a new game for XBOX. Awaiting Shenmue II and Medal of Honor, Prisoner of war seemed to be a safe bet as the concept was attractive. Well, the concept might be good but the execution is miserable. This game could have looked as good and be as playable on the original Playstation.

It seems unbelievable that the same [money] that could buy you an unbeliavably rich game like Halo, only take you as far as Prisoner of War.

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