Prince of Persia

This is the best looking of all PoP games, unfortunatly the gameplay it's horrible. The beggining it's cool, but after that you have to complete some platforming areas with very few enemies(something like one or two per area), after passing and area you have to pass it again collecting lums (I stopped to playing this game after see that I was supposed to collect lums, collecting lums it's good for Rayman but not for PoP). All the fights are one vs one, forgot the great combat system of the SoT series, forgot all the traps, and one remains the ptaforming elements. This game isn't challenging, doesn't have any traps, have very few fights and it's very repetitive. Maybe you can say that this PoP have exporation, but I didn't find fun to explore because most of the zones looks very similar (dark and grey at the beggining and green after finishing it). Also, the story isn't great, but the story is not the strong point in any Prince of Persia(if you want a good story play Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VII, not action-adventure games). Ohhh, one last thing: yo cannot die. I don't think it's a great fault, I think the worst faults was removing traps, reducing the combat and adding the lums.

It's not quite on the par with the Sands of Time trilogy, but this is a great platformer, and a welcome addition to the Prince of Persia franchise! The platforming is fun, the world is pretty open, and the combat has a really good, rhythmic feel to it. As a few little bonuses, there are also unlocked costumes for the Sands of Time Prince, and Altair from Assassin's Creed. Still, for $10 this is a steal of a game, and an action based platformer well worth your time.!

Just finished this few hours ago and I have felt that something is missing. It seemed, that i did not completed the game fully. So went on youtube, and had to learn that, the end content was cut off on the PC version. Its a basic ubisoft treatment... very sad. I just wish that GOG would have finished it, but I am not getting my hopes up after all these years. Watching it as someone else plays, it like using someones used socks.

I love The Prince of Persia series. It took me a while to play this entry due to the slightly negative critics reviews, but I finally got into it. The game looks nice, and the music is soothing. Even though it's an old game, the cell-shading graphics are still good. Apart from some jagged textures, it still holds up well to the test of time. Gameplay is responsive, and traversing the various scenarios is fluid. The decision to not add lives and game over screens make the exploration interesting and frustration-free. But it renders fights useless. By the way, I don't even know why the creators added combat to this game. It is the worst I have ever seen. You can kill an enemy with one shot if you pin it against the edges of the arena. Otherwise, it's just a repetition of the same sequence of attacks. Not only you cannot die, nothing happens if you're "critically" injured. The enemy doesn't regenerate health (thank goodness, cause it would be even worst to repeat the sequence of attacks again), you don't lose orbs, nothing. I bet you could walk away and go to the bathroom during a fight. No consequences. I found combat not only frustrating, but a complete waste of time. By the way, even exploration can be boring. There are no puzzles. Each of the 4 different scenarios are divided in 4 sub-areas interconnected in a circle. In these, you jump your way to the middle, unlock some orbs, and then proceed to collect them. That's it. Not only it doesn't offer any challenge, you have to repeat it a couple of times in order to collect the orbs to open the next area. The story is weak, dialogues range from OK to slightly bad, and characters are kinda likeable, but don't offer any interesting development. I think it's on the same level of the original PoP (from 1989). TLDL: The game is an easy and relaxing distraction, but is boring and repetitive. Gameplay is responsive, but there are no challenges, no great story and no surprises. It's just meh.

Every couple of years I just get the need to replay this Prince of Persia. The gameplay is not demanding, but it is a very beautiful journey, has excellent character banter and a simple story with a bit of heartwrench to it. It's a perfect game for sitting in a warm and cozy room after having had too much food during the holidays. It's not my favorite PoP game, but I have replayed it more often than any part of the Sands of Time trilogy.