User Reviews (1 - 11 of 35)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

I was so excited about this game I bought it without testing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: August 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

O.K. When someone gives a game only 1 star - they can sometimes have an agenda. My only agenda is to inform gamers how dissapointed I was at this game and let the gamer make-up his or her own mind. I was very excited when I brought POW home and placed the disc in my XBOX. The intro scene was well done and signalled that CODEMASTERS were capable programmers. Then I played the game. The graphics are seriously below par for an XBOX title. The poor quality of graphics made it impossible for me to forget that I was staring at my 35" SONY instead of having the impression I was back in 1942 in a German POW camp. If I thought the graphics bad - imagine how I felt when I played the game. The gameplay is absolutely awful. MOVEMENT - think Halo for the LEFT THUMBSTICK (which is cool.) However, for whatever reason, the RIGHT THUMBSTICK only allows you to look left or right - not up or down. HOWEVER...the values are reversed - to LOOK LEFT requires that you PUSH RIGHT - and vice versa. I know what your thinking because I thought the same thing - there has to be a menu that allows you to change the polarity of the RIGHT THUMBSTICK - NOPE! With Halo I was effeciently killing bad guys in no time. With POW I was taking my frustration out on the innocent XBOX controller within 10 minutes. Oh, and it only gets worse. To climb over 1 wall/fence requires you to stand facing the fence. Then, press the LEFT THUMBSTICK forward and press the A button to jump and grasp the ledge (if a wall) or grab hold of the fence. Next, press the LEFT THUMSTICK forward once more to climb to the top of the wall or as many times as needed to climb over the fence. Next, the camera angle automatically swivles 180 degrees - to the other side of the wall/fence. Now, you must press the LEFT THUMSTICK down once to grasp the ledge and again to drop to the other side. You cannot imagine how clumbsy this feels. In the early levels - when guards are not overly aggressive/smart - you can ignore this clumbsy requirement - but later you'll be quite frustrated. If you press and hold the LEFT TRIGGER you are in FIRST PERSON VIEW ONLY MODE - meaning you can look side-to-side and up-and-down using the RIGHT THUMBSTICK - think Halo's RIGHT THUMBSTICK but without the ability to move when the LEFT TRIGGER is depressed. Now, you've finally scaled a wall and you stealthily enter a building looking for currency and useful items. Well, when inside buildings your point-of-view becomes fixed (from inexplicably some of the worst vantage places - without any room-level zooming capability) - and your RIGHT THUMBSTICK becomes useless - until you enter the previously mentioned FIRST PERSON VIEW ONLY MODE by pressing the LEFT TRIGGER. Useful items/loot twinkle and all you have to do is walk next to the item for it to be placed in your inventory. However, your instincts will be urging you to perform a thorough search of the room - open a few drawers - well they must not have had drawers in WWII because all you can do is walk around a static room. So you do just that - but due diligence requires that you walk a few inches enter the FIRST PERSON VIEW ONLY MODE look around for goodies and then walk another few inches enter the FIRST PERSON VIEW ONLY MODE...etc. You quickly discover that the only loot in the room is what twinkled upon entering - this must mean that Germans don't hide things - interesting? The inventory management subsystem was poorly conceived. Anything you cannot fit in your pockets is carried for all to see in your hands. There are hiding places you can find scattered thoughout the camps and you have a personal footlocker in your barracks. It took me forever just to figure out how to examine/use inventory items. Game Saving - you must be in your barracks and next to your bed in order to save your game. The game designers felt that one of the driving forces behind a prisoner of war game had to be the daily routine that a prisoner was forced to adhere by. So they devised a lame gimmick - a timepiece - that helps you plan mischeif around static morning and evening roll calls. So you are allowed to go exploring as long as you do not get caught in a guards vision-cone while in an illegal area as long as you get back to morning/evening roll call. From the moment I began playing this game I was extremely dissapointed. After playing for a day - I knew I was going to get rid of the game quickly before word got out. The graphics are boring. The character controls are the worst in XBOX history - why do I have to press right to look left - (that infuriates me)? The idea of being a prisoner of war trying to escape is golden (and I hope someone pulls it off), but this implementation is shameful. CODEMASTERS quality assurance team should be fired.

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

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.

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.

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.

Terrible game. Don't bother buying or renting.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is what happens when you make games for both Playstation 2 and Xbox. The Xbox gamers end up getting something way below the systems cababilities. PS2 is a generation behind with their system. It really shows with games like these. I'd recomend that Xbox owners stick to games for "Xbox Only". Otherwise you're gonna feel let down.

Bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't even worth renting. It is so boring. You have to try to get past the German guards and everything you try to do gets you in trouble. Don't waste your money.

Awful, awful game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: February 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Anyone who could give this game more than 3 stars must have worked on creating it. I have no problem with strategy games. The problem with this isn't that it's a strategy game, it's the fact that the game is just plain awful. Everything that has already been said is right; Controls = awful, graphics = awful, story = awful...it goes on and on. I think I do have to say this is the worst game I've ever played. I was hoping to be executed to put myself out of this gaming misery.

Review Page: 1 2 3 4 Next 

Actions