Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Genre : Action Adventure
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The Prince's powers are pushed to the maximum limit as he returns for an all-new adventure. The Forgotten Sands sends the Prince to battle an army that's ready to annihilate his brother's kingdom. Pull off ridiculous stunts and fight epic battles as you try and save the kingdom. Run up walls, swing through environments as they fall apart around you, and reach places you probably have no business reaching. With the ability to manipulate nature - like freezing water and crafting climbing rings and pillars out of sand - the acrobatics are bigger and better than ever, even by the Prince's lofty standards.
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8
Prince of Persia
The newest installment of Prince of Persia is a fun and exciting game, if you want to have a fully interactive free running experience. This game does a great job at putting you in "control" of the prince. I feel like a lot of games that are claim to be a parkour game just have you hold down the A button and push the direction you want to go, the game does the rest for you. Here you actually have to plan out the course a little, be ready to react to sudden changes in environment, and then make sure you hit the proper button. <br /><br />The combat system in this game is basic, a simple strike combo, a power move, and a knockback technique. That's pretty much it. As you advance through the game you get access to a few special moves like; a tornado that comes off of you strikes, or a trail of fire that follows you. These moves still don't add much depth to the combat system. But, this is a Prince of Persia game. These games have always centered around free running and traps, not combat.<br /><br />The puzzles are simple, and make you think only a little bit. But, they're used to set up interesting situations to make getting across the map more interesting and unique.<br /><br />The story in this game is simple and lacks the usual depth of a Persia game. That is the games biggest weakness in the game, there is no strong driving plot with unexpected turns in it.<br /><br />The Good: <br /> Full control of the Prince during free running<br /> The traps are great, and more dangerous than some bosses<br /> Amazing graphics<br /> Simple puzzles that add to the challenge of moving the Prince around<br /><br />The Bad:<br /> Weak plot line<br /> Simple combat system<br /> Controls change on camera angle, which can lead to miss jumps until you learn where you need to push.<br /><br />8 of 10 for me.
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 8/3/10
7
mehh
My thoughts on this game. well first i have to say i started off going into the game wanting to like it. i have played the prince of Persia games and loved them all excluding the last one that was released. i have to say they did a better job when it comes to graphics the graphics for this game are finally HD quality but compared to some other new releases its pretty much average. the artwork in this game is still phenomenal. the thing that bugs me the most about it is the way they changed the princes character. the thing i always liked was the way they portrayed the prince. he was a badass character with a little edge to him, but in this game they give him much more random lines during game play and they try to make him funny, but the thing i always liked was the quiet mysteriousness of the prince. the combat also seems to be slower in this game, the way he wields the sword is like he has a hundred pound weight on his arm which is a little annoying when there is 50 enemies on screen attacking you. <br />one of the most important things about prince of Persia is parkour aspects in which you use the princes agility to quickly jump, climb and run on walls, but they also seemed to have tweaked the controls for that in a bad way. the way they place the camera angles makes it tricky, and it seems like sometimes the direction of the princes movement depends on the angle of the camera and other times it depend and the actual way the prince is facing. its a little hard to explain but if you played it you know what i mean. the same thing goes for the puzzles also when you are trying to turn a lever a certain way sometimes it will go the completely opposite direction which is frustrating when your spending a lot of time in one area just trying to get past a simple obstacle. well like i said i wanted to love this game but it seems some changes they have made was for the worst. personally i think this game is below average. especially for being a PoP game =/ just my opinion
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 5/21/10
8
Familiar but different.
If you liked the original "Sands of Time" then you will probably also like this title. The storyline is original and has nothing to do with the "Sands" trilogy (or the previous entry in the series for that matter). Addictive platforming that gets pretty brutal in a couple spots later in the game. I finished it in about three days of non-stop playing on the normal difficulty.
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 5/25/10
8
Short but sweet
If you like a good platformer, look no further. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is a great addition to the great PoP series, and goes back to the old gameplay of the Sands of Time. While the game is very enjoyable, it is very short. I beat the game in 6 or so hours, and on the normal difficulty I can't see it taking more than 8. The combat is rather bland in the game, but the puzzles and platforming make up for it-although they can get repetitive occasionally. Another fun thing about the game is that via the uPlay application you can unlock several new things like experience boost, a new game type, and even play through the game with Ezio's outfit from Assassin's Creed. Overall, the game was fun, but was a little too short.<br /><br />8/10
(member since 2007)
reviewed on 5/24/10
7
Great game but...
The game is similiar to all the other prince of persia games, mainly the ones for the ps2. I was hoping for something similair to the next gen prince of persia with the fighting style. They tried this new fighting system and it just didn't seem to flow nicely. However all and all it has all the elements that I have grown to love in the prince of persia games.
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 5/21/10
10
great game
a mixture of tomb raider and ninja gaiden its just a really fun game i could not put it down
(member since 2011)
reviewed on 7/11/11
7
Not the original PoP Sands of Time gameplay...but
...but certainly a lot closer than that cell-shaded piece of garbage that came out prior to this game!<br /><br />They left a lot of little details out from the original Sand of Time series and replaced cool time control powers with lamer element control powers (of which I hardly even used through the entire game...except for those required ones for platforming).<br /><br />I feel like the whole Sand of Time series took a downward spiral after Warrior Within...which was my favorite, and I know I'm in the minority here!<br /><br />The story lacked depth, the gameplay lacked polish. The platforming was pretty good...just the fighting felt like I was doing a chore because the developers thought the game needed fights but didn't really want to program it in. Some of the boss fights were cool...but basic enemy fights were bad.<br /><br />If you're going to continue a series...do it right. Stop Star Wars pre-queling it!
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 6/16/10
9
Amazing
Not the shoddy movie tie-in I thought it was going to be. Completely original story with the best platforming of any previous 3D PoP's. Completely worth it. Total blast to play through that got better and better as it went on.
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 5/20/10
7
An exceptional game handicaped by its glitches.
I have been a fan of the Prince of Persia series since The Sands of Time. So, i was extremely excited going into this game and for the most part i was not disappointed. The game is gorgeous and the play mechanics are quite possibly the best innovation since TSOT. The one thing that completely cripples this game is its overall glitches. <br /><br />Ubisoft completely surprises me that they let this game out the front door in the shape its in and It almost feels as if it was not play tested at all. The glitches are so frustrating that i had to put the game down in some situations. The most prevalent example of a game breaking glitch was when i was on the last event before the final boss encounter and i kept falling through the geometry of the level. I know i am not the only one who has experienced this problem and the solution was to delete your auto save and load up the game from your backup save.<br /><br />This idea seemed like a solid choice, but once i loaded up the backup save i was greeted to a checkpoint in the game 2 hours behind where i just was. At this moment i almost put the controller down and packed it up to return to Gamefly, but for some reason i kept playing and even though i was furious the play mechanics of the game kept me entertained. So, in less than two hours i managed to get back to the same part i was stuck on and no brain melting glitch to be seen.<br /><br />In no way is this a completely negative review and if you are a fan of the series you most certainly need to check this game out. The game is around 8 hours long so; it will not take very long to beat. This situation does make me realize that more and more games in recent memory are being released with these types of glitches and i am in no way stepping up on my soapbox, but for the price we pay for admittance into these game worlds we should not be bombarded with stupid cumbersome glitches like these.
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 7/13/10
5
10 min. and done...
First off I need to say I've loved all the other PoP's, especially the last one they came out with. The graphics, game-play, combat, pretty much everything about that game rocked.<br /> I was hesitant about this title though, being released soon after the last one and the PoP movie. ( I know its not based on it). Nonetheless, as soon as I saw it in my mailbox I ripped it open and jumped right in.<br /> After about 10 mins it was back in the package in the mail. I thought the game was extremely sub-par. The camera sucked, the combat was like I was playing a PS1/2 again.(I know some of your are going to say i shouldn't have given up on it so quickly, but when you know a game sucks, you just know it sucks.) The graphics were so-so(I thought the last PoP's graphics were unreal)<br /> Overall I would not recommend this game based off my short game-play experience of it.
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 6/11/10
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