Prince of Persia

Great humor. Nice to a little play this game in a while during work. This game is very relaxing because you can't die or lose, only move forward. The challenge is to find all the stars ;)

First of, this game is not about the nameless prince, it is about Princess Elika, so I guess a better name should have been "Princess of Persia". The story of the game is 95% told by the two caracters talking to each other along the way, so you rarely see any cut scenes interrupting the flow of the game, and I liked that very much. You still control the prince, but the Princess is always there and you will need her most of the time. You probably already know that in this game you can not die, not even if you try. To some people this may be a bad thing because it takes away the challenge, but for me this was a great idea because for the first time I played a game where doing crazy jumps is not frustraiting at all, and the game flows very fast since there are no interruptions by loading screens. The combat system may feel a litle simplified, but I liked it too because you are not smashing buttons like in most games, you really have to pay attention to what you are doing. Also this game is not combat oriented, 80% of the time you will be running and jumping all arround. The visuals are beautifull, I loved the art style, it really is like a painting coming to life, especially after each "healing". And one more thing I like a lot about this game is that it is not linear. This time the world is open and you are free to choose where to go all the time. I've played all the PoP games since the very first one, and for me this is the best. If you like complicated and difficult games you may not like this one, PoP it is truly simple and easy to play, but that does not mean you can't enjoy it. Oh, and by the way, the ending was totally unexpected, very original! Just loved it.

Despite what many say this game is actually pretty good. The graphics and music are fantastic and the gameplay can be very entertaining. But the very easy difficulty, boss fights that sometimes rely on fast button pressing and repetition keep it from being a classic like Sands of Time. But at 10 bucks its totally worth it

This will be brief. What is good about the game is the beautiful setting and platforming. But the platforming is only beautifully kinetic, not challenging. The combat is awful and out of place, with none of the free grace of that of Sands of Time, clicking over and over again in single duels against enemies that have no real differences. The story is weak, about an idiot king who literally gives up the world to the devil. And with the player character they were going for a Han Solo type; unfortunately he's nothing but a generic, edgy thug; and he blathers on constantly with the raggedy princess he's trying to hook up with. (All that said, the not-dying complaint doesn't make much sense, the game over and restart is just fluidly worked into the game, being practically identical)

Yes. It is true. You cannot die in this game. That seems to be the biggest complaint people have about this game. But ask yourself, does is really make a difference? So there is no extra loading screen, so you don't have to go back to the last checkpoint, so what? Everything else in this game is amazing. The game play is fun and addicting. The story is interesting and the characters are fun. The graphics and art style are gorgeous. No loading screen, no arbitrary checkpoints? No problem.