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Game Review - Prince of Persia
Jan. 3rd, 2006 08:41 amTitle: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Platform: PS2
Genre: Third Person Action Adventure
Price Paid: $19.99 + one rental
Would Pay: $29.99
Complete: Yes
After finishing Shadowman 2, I needed to play a good action/adventure game. Prince of Persia 3 was on sale last week, so I picked up 2 and 3 so I could do a straight run through of the series (well, technically 4,5, and 6, not 1,2 and 3).
I rented this way back when it came out, and made it about 80% of the way through. I got stuck on one of the fights and just quit, with a day left on the rental. Up until then I was pleased with it, and picked it up when it finally dropped down to $19.99.
This game is definitely the heir to the original Prince of Persia. The feeling of agility is incredible, running up and across walls, over spike traps, rolling under a spinning blade and under the door just as it closes. There's close call after close call, with plenty of knuckle-biting moments.
The game isn't overly difficult, but due to all the apparent close calls, there's a real sense of accomplishment in getting through the traps. There's two things that drag the game down overall. The first is the combat. It gets incredibly frustrating to deal with the hordes of regenerating monsters, especially when you also have to protect Farah at the same time. I did better than the first time I played, but I think it was because I used more wall jumps this time through. The second issue is the length. This game is short, complete-able in about 10 hours, less if you're better at the combat. Tone down the combat and add a few levels to the tower, and this would have been the perfect game.
Preview: Prince of Persia 2
I'm about an hour in, and so far, I'm not pleased. More emphasis on combat, which is exactly what I didn't like about the first. Lots of possible combos, but it's also not as "safe" as the first game. I've already thrown myself off the edge of cliffs many, many times pulling off combos, and I don't recall that ever happening in the first game. As of right now, I'm not entirely sure I'll finish it.
Platform: PS2
Genre: Third Person Action Adventure
Price Paid: $19.99 + one rental
Would Pay: $29.99
Complete: Yes
After finishing Shadowman 2, I needed to play a good action/adventure game. Prince of Persia 3 was on sale last week, so I picked up 2 and 3 so I could do a straight run through of the series (well, technically 4,5, and 6, not 1,2 and 3).
I rented this way back when it came out, and made it about 80% of the way through. I got stuck on one of the fights and just quit, with a day left on the rental. Up until then I was pleased with it, and picked it up when it finally dropped down to $19.99.
This game is definitely the heir to the original Prince of Persia. The feeling of agility is incredible, running up and across walls, over spike traps, rolling under a spinning blade and under the door just as it closes. There's close call after close call, with plenty of knuckle-biting moments.
The game isn't overly difficult, but due to all the apparent close calls, there's a real sense of accomplishment in getting through the traps. There's two things that drag the game down overall. The first is the combat. It gets incredibly frustrating to deal with the hordes of regenerating monsters, especially when you also have to protect Farah at the same time. I did better than the first time I played, but I think it was because I used more wall jumps this time through. The second issue is the length. This game is short, complete-able in about 10 hours, less if you're better at the combat. Tone down the combat and add a few levels to the tower, and this would have been the perfect game.
Preview: Prince of Persia 2
I'm about an hour in, and so far, I'm not pleased. More emphasis on combat, which is exactly what I didn't like about the first. Lots of possible combos, but it's also not as "safe" as the first game. I've already thrown myself off the edge of cliffs many, many times pulling off combos, and I don't recall that ever happening in the first game. As of right now, I'm not entirely sure I'll finish it.
