Prince of Persia

i remember playing a point-and-click long ago, you never died. after you finished the game you realized you were playing a "movie". so it was good, until the end when you found out there was no way to fail. this is a platformer... you get the notion of immortality of the character after the first fall. if you are good enough to get to the first fight... wait... why? why do i have to fight monsters if i just cant die?! anyway... it was good fun. just not challenging. the which was ok too after a long day working :P

The game is a break from the PoP formula. Gone is the ability to die, fights are now quicktime events and the story is boring compared to PoP 3D, Sand of Time, and the 2 edgy PoPs When I played it back in the day, I remember being confused how Prince of Persia, a staple of my childhood, has been broken down to this?

First things first: Unlike the "Sands Of Time" trilogy this is not an action game. It is more a platforming game. Combat is relatively rare and has a puzzle structure. The platforming is similar to how it was in Sands Of Time. Overall quite fun, but imo not quite enough to stand on its own. Also there is a minor issue where your character stops for a second in safe places to allow your NPC companion to catch up. Nothing major, but it breaks the flow. Weird choice is that you basically cannot die. You always get saved at the last second by your companion. Kind of removes the tension for me. Story is overall quite weak. Evil god is about to escape. Stop it from doing that by going to several places and purify them. The characters stay pretty shallow. A few quips, a few meaningless lore-of-the-area dialogues, all very shallow. Game runs without issues on GoG. (Had a few problems with the steam version) Overall I would rate the game 3.5/5 stars. Another half star for it running well on GoG

nice art style but .... No!

constant camera issues while sluggin along the ground and around enemies due to its limited arena battle esque combat system