Prince of Persia

Brilliant presentation and cel-shaded graphics, fluid motion and combat, a wider perspective of a game world, and a new turn for the PoP series. But that turn is also puzzling as it left behind most of the things fans liked in the original trilogy. The plot is freeing a cursed land from corruption by defeating evil. This Prince went a new direction. It was easier, and dying was rare. It gave players a lot of slack so they didn't die every time they miscalculated a jump. In fact, it told you directly that you were about to die. Lots of fans didn't like this. They wanted more challenge. Combat was also made into a more rhythmic dance of which the prince and his female friend use combos to defeat enemies. And the enemies. There are nowhere near as many as the original trilogy. Enemies were spaced further apart and treated as narrative forwarding rather than straight up having to kill ten or more brutes with time travel powers. Still, the game is stylish and fun for casuals. Hard core types who liked the difficulty of Warrior Within will not find the same challenge here. This is a strange, and forgotten, Prince of Persia, but it does shine in its own unique way.

3h into the game: Combat is repetitive, having to gather collectibles (lightseeds) to advance is tedious, wouldn't pay more than 3€ for it, luckily got it at a sale. Feels rushed and unfinished: the immortality mechanic feels like a patch for a poorly crafted user experience, and the lightseed mechanic an artificial way to lazily stretch a short game by reusing the maps.

Fantastic game. Ultrawide support is all ready.

This is one of the most beautiful games I've ever played, and I write this review because of the people that hate this game. The name of the game is the biggest downside because this is NOT like the other Prince of Persia games. But what you get is a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful painting to play trough with fun platforming, great humor, fun puzzles and a neat but simple combat system. You can't die in this game because your partner helps you when you fall, this isn't that bad because you want to explore the world and you don't need to care about if you die or not. If you like to play a relaxing game with the most beautiful art style in years, you need to play this! Don't listen to the low review scores, the people that rate this game low played the game with the expectation that this was like the sands of time etc. So in the end, I highly recommend this game is for the people that like "art-games".

The game refuses to run at anything more than 24Hz. That may be fine for film, but it makes a game look like a slideshow. Due to this, it's unplayable.