Prince of Persia is a successful reboot to the series. If you enjoyed the previous Prince of Persia game, you may very well enjoy this. Casual fans should have an easy time getting into the game because of the no death penalty. Overall, Prince of Persia is a great game that at least deserves a rental.

Game Details			Loading Reality Scoring
Format	Xbox 360 (all 360 reviews)		Score Meaning: Above average and even teetering on "good." Ambitious ideas along with redeeming qualities outweigh the handfuls of negative, making it worth a look.
Publisher	Ubisoft
Developer	Ubisoft Montreal
Category	Action/Adventure		Presentation
ESRB	T		Gameplay
Online Players	0		Graphics
Offline Players	1		Sound
Price	59.99		Value Factor
Release Date	December 2, 2008		Final Score

Prince of Persia

What happened to Prince of Persia?! It was one of the best series of last generation. Now it looks like a stupid cartoon?! Well, let me give you that answer, my crazy fanboy. Ubisoft thought that, because it was a new generation in the industry for the consoles, Prince of Persia needed a reboot. And the reboot is overall a great addition to the franchise.

First off, let me just state the art design is godly by all standards. The graphics for Prince of Persia will easily hit many people's top 10s list for this year. Many fans of the series will wave their fists in anger because of the cell shaded game and will deny it solely because of that reason. Well, like how the Legend of Zelda fans were like that with Wind Waker, they will truly miss a great game.

The overall story of Prince of Persia is decent enough. The story has you restore the land to prevent a dark God from breaking free of his entrapment. The stronger part of the story is the character development between the Prince and Elika. During my play through, I truly noticed the connection the Prince was starting to form with Elika.

In Prince of Persia, it is impossible to die… ever. People have been comparing it to how the Prince used the sand back in Sand of Times. How wrong those comparisons are. With Sand of Time, you only had a limited amount of energy and tries before you got the game over screen. In this new Prince of Persia game, I can let a retarded person play the game and they would make steady progress since it is truly impossible to die in this game, which does allow experimentation, but the sense of achievement is taken away.

The boss fights may outweigh the enemies you see in this game. All of the fights are one on one. From the get-go, the Prince does not learn any new moves but instead he has all of them at the very beginning in the game (with the exception of Elika’s assistance in battle). The combo system is nice, but it gets old and repetitive halfway through the game, and the combat have you use needless quick time events. If it meant for a cinematic value to kill a boss I could understand it but when I do a QTE to escape from an enemy’s attack, it gets old very quickly. I would have been happy if they kept the battle from Assassin Creed, instead of these dull one-on-one fights, where you can’t die. The animations at the very least are of very high quality.

The other major part of the core gameplay is platforming. The platforming is very hand hold-y, and will not let go for majority of the game. But the platforming is a very fun part of the game, and the animation during it is phenomenal. I did not play as carefully as I normally would in platforming section since there was no true consequence of failing anything. I wish the game would have loosened its grip for the platforming section, so I could feel more control on the Prince.

Prince of Persia is a game meant for the casual crowd to play. I do not understand why Ubisoft would not give the hardcore audience anything at all. Hell, giving us a hard mode that doesn’t let Elika save me from every single mistake I make would have been a treat for that audience. But for hardcore fans looking for a challenge, I tell you now to keep far away from this game.

3.5 / 5

Written by :

Necrovex

 

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Kari

Prince of Persia Review Dec 23 2008 22:53:28 I actually cannot wait to play this game. Having an easy game to play is also a little bit of a nice breather once in a while too

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U2NUMB

Prince of Persia Review Dec 26 2008 20:16:46 I am considering buying this game... but it seems more like a rental. I am looking forward to it for sure!

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Necrovex

Re:Prince of Persia Review Dec 26 2008 20:18:19 U2NUMB wrote: I am considering buying this game... but it seems more like a rental. I am looking forward to it for sure! Rent it first. This game is very much a rental, not enough bang for you bucks if you buy it.

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