Prince of Persia

ok lets start by me saying that I'm was a huge fan of the POP trilogy...loved it on my ps2...and what alot of changes has been added on the next gen POP.<br>The graphics are amazing story is good...the only comment that i have about those two sections is:<br>Its prince of PERSIA..and here comes a prince from the desert with blue eyes and an american accent..come on !!!!!they were suppose to make him more authentic with a persian look and an cool accent ..and I'm sure every body agrees when i mention NIKO BALAC from GTA4 ..ya the looks and his accent made him very cool..<br>one huge deference that this game has from assassin's creed is the environment with assassin's was filled with people walking in the markets and the city makes u interact with other people but with POP u play the whole game with the prince and elika and maybe one or two enemies..thats it !<br>remember the old prince of persia when u fall in a crowd on enemies and u start jumping from one of them's back to stab another ..i hope u will get my point..i think it will get kinda boring running alone in the desert with a chick walking on walls and jumping on polls ..walking on walls and jumping on polls ..walking on walls and jumping on polls ..walking on walls and jumping on polls ..see i bet u got frustrated by now ..that exactly what the game does to u ..I'm sorry ubisoft u could done better..

This game should be called "Prince of Repetition" because once you first have to use your map to make your way through the game it never seems to change at all. And by that I mean, all the levels have the same basic lay-out. And there are not that many enemies to fight. Plus they are easy to kill so you might as well get out a turbo controller and just hold down the "Square" button to mash through them. Why they put a combo system in this game is beyand me.<br><br>Another thing I didn't like about this game was that fact that you can never die. So with that you never get a scence of "I better make this jump" or "Oh NO! He is about to kill me!" because your female companion will ALWAYS save you.<br><br>Graphics are a nice change but kinda get old after a while scence all the levels look just about the same.<br><br>The control is probably the best part about this game. It is so easy to wall-run, jump, fight or just about anythng the Prince does in this game. But at the same time it seems a little to easy and offers no real challenge while controling the Prince.<br><br>All-in-all this is a good weekend rental but thats it.<br><br>I gave it a 4 out 10 (weak).<br><br>Looking forward to the next Price of Persia!!!

I am appalled at the high ratings I have seen people give this game- I hesitated even to give it the 5 I did. The number of complaints I have with this game FAR OUTWEIGH any enjoyment I felt in playing it.<br><br>First, the battle system. Can we talk about a complete turn for the worst since the other games-every single battle is COMPLETELY the same. Nothing changes throughout the ENTIRE GAME. You always fight 1 person at a time and from start to finish you have the exact same set of combos that become increasingly dull and boring. Every battle is literally: wait, block, strike strike strike. Over and over and over again. Oh and btw, it is impossible to die- at first it seemed somewhat nice but after a while it was like, is this game serious? The battles in the other game were far more entertaining- you jumped around, integrated attacks from enemy to enemy, utilized the environment more effectively, manipulated time, and all sorts of other cool things. What happened here!?<br><br>My second main complaint- light seeds. Are you kidding me? Not only do you have to complete the entire "level" once, but you then have to go back and run through the entire level again collecting "light seeds"- this task becomes so tedious and mundane that cutting myself seemed like a better time. Not to mention that every single level is basically the same to begin with. Run along wall, grab ring, jump...<br>The story line is horrible. They provide frustratingly little information on both the protagonist's and elika's history- what happened to all of her people!?<br><br>Basically, you will have no fun running through 24 levels of basically the exact same obstacles, with the exact same boring unchanging battles, only to laboriously collect every idiotic light seed. The dialogue is also completely sub-par.<br><br>Also, you run frustratingly slow, and the height cap for the prince's falls are sometimes ridiculously and aggravatingly low.<br>

I have been an avid fan of the Prince of Persia Franchise for years now, and this game made me love it even more.<br>First of all, let me address the main complaint. People are annoyed with the fact that you can't technically die in this game. I personally found it to be convenient. A big thing that can make platformers annoying is having to repeat a large section over and over until you get the difficult part right. Ubisoft did a good job solving that annoyance by only making you repeat a small part. That also makes it more believable, in a sense. Just as in Bioshock, the main character doesn't actually die, and seeing how people in real life don't get multiple lives, it fits. It also allows for a stronger bond between the prince and Elika; you can see their care for each other, especially if Elika has to save you when you mess up in combat.<br><br>The platforming in this game is just top notch. Although they did make it a little to easy. I'm just saying for all that he does, you'd think you would have to press more buttons to do it. The combat is fun, but it is rather easy once you get the hang of things. And back to the dying thing: If you suck at combat in this game, you will not beat it. Making a mistake that would cause you to die in most games, gives life to your opponent.<br><br>The story in this game is good, but it's really the interaction between Prince and Elika that got me hooked in. They can do a good job of keeping the mood light. My only complaint with it is that Ubisoft has got to stop making bad endings to their games (reference to Assassin's Creed); I know they do it to show that there will be a sequel, but they could definitely do better.<br>I want to give it a ten, but I can't; but it is inches away. There was a sequence in the last boss that was unique, but a step in the wrong direction. There was also the ending, and a few quirks here and there. 9.8/10

Many people will complain that this game is very easy to beat, and you can't die...<br><br>I agree that you can't die in this game, but the game is not easy... it just feels easy..<br><br>As one reviewer pointed out before, if you suck at fighting, you won't advance.. there are times where just tapping buttons won't kill the enemy... (health bar won't drop at all) you need certain strategies to kill the boss..<br><br>When you jumped off cliff, you will get saved... but you will be put on the area the last time you're on the ground.. which could be a long way after you do those acrobatic moves.. it just eliminates annoying loading times you usually find in certain games like this.. now explain to me why that's a bad thing?<br><br>I hate loading times.. I really do.. in this game, you start the game.. and virtually won't find any loading times.. the only times you will see loading screens are when you teleport, which is not very often..<br><br>conversations are fun and make you chuckles at time.. the guessing game is hilarious, and you can elect not to trigger it if you don't want..<br><br>puzzles are exciting... there are even times I had to create some equations on a piece of paper in order to solve one of the puzzles.. I haven't had such fun with math since.. well.. forever... :p<br><br>I'm not a hardcore gamer.. and I got frustrated with games such as call of duty or mirror's edge (very frustrating as I died a lot).. so this is a perfect game for me... others might disagree.. I just dont agree that 'not dying' is boring...

OK, first off,i'm not much into writing reviews so forgive me if i miss any common gaming terms..Also forgive the poor spelling i suck at it cause i spend 8 hours of my work day doing contracts so i refuse to go back and do it at home,with that said...<br><br>This game is great,I haven't played a game like this in so long it's quite refreshing.<br><br>GRAPHICS... AWESOME,the comic book cartoon look fit very well. The detail looked very good any point of view close or far didn't matter.I admit to acouple glitches where you could see through the walls and such but, it wasn't worth crying about.<br>SOUND... AWESOME as well,the sound fit well for battles and story. On the con side(maybe it's just my audio)but rarely the music silenced some of the chatter from the story.Either way i turned the other cheek.<br>Story...GREAT. I could have had a deeper story line,but having a wife who enjoys watching me play it was perfect(i didn't have to keep her clued into anything :)<br><br>This is a game i would recommend to anyone, If your a awesome gamer or hardcore i would just rent it,but if your a casual gamer it's a must buy. I knocked off 1 point in rating just to be fair because of the glitches and sound issues but besides that HAVE A BLAST

Yes, it was a great use of cell shading, a very stylized approach on a venerable brand. Kudos. But when the game play mechanics detract from any real enjoyment, you've no other recourse but to throw down your controller, and put this stinker back into its envelope.<br><br>I was enthused and amused on the first and second "worlds", but quickly realized that I was doing the same thing over and over and over and over agaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiin. Being rescued every time I fell was novel at first and then quickly grew to extremely aggravating. You and I both know that there's more than enough space on the disc to have some variety in their "snappy" dialog. "Aak! You're heavier than you look!" ANNOYING THE FIRST TIME, but the hundreth, millionth, gazillionth time? Oh, you best believe their dialog grows annoying fast. And the bosses? LAME! Home-girl Elika is especially annoying during the fights. And whoever programmed the camera so that you can't see behind you while you're clinging to a ledge or vine needs to stop programming cameras and move on to a less annoying line of work, like stabbing me with a butter knife or becoming the new head of the RNC.

OLD PRINCE<br><br>If you played through sands, warrior within, and two thrones, then you must have fallen in love with the battle system. Picking up different weapons, throwing them at your enemies. Facing up to 6 opponents at once sometimes. Kind of mixing the old jet li game with different sword techniques. The playstation 2 prince of persia games were all about the action, and the puzzles!<br><br>NEW PRINCE<br><br>If you liked the prince before, you will not like this one. I played an hour, and it left me almost in tears. They changed the battle system... THEY CHANGED THE JUMP/CLIMB/WALLRUN BUTTON! WHAT THE SHIP? you cant do that to us! If you want a really pretty game to look at that doesn't skill or hand eye coordination to play, then you might like this game. But for the more hard core players that have experienced the old prince games, i would strongly advise you to not touch this game.<br>