by UBI Soft
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| Sales Rank: | 4734 (lower is better) |
| Price Used: | $5.90 |
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| Release Date: | 2006-06-15 |
| Label: | UBI Soft |
| UPC: | 008888511984 |
| Binding: | Video Game |
| Published By: | UBI Soft |
| ASIN: | B0002CHJ3W |
| Category: | Video Games |
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Features
- Fight against an entire island of most brutal, unrelenting monsters who exist only to torment mankind
- Manipulate the environments and use your enemies against each other, for a new kind of fighting
- Use the Sands Of Time from the first game in all-new ways -- create devastating new combos you create as you battle enemies
Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions
Product Description
Prince of Persia Warrior Within is a sword-slashing sequel to the hit game, Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time. This time, our Prince is hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate. The spirit seeks retirbution against the Prince, but he is wiser and deadlier than he was. To avoid his preordained death, he'll travel to the infernal core of mankind's worst fears.
Customer Reviews
Fast Paced, and Pleasantly Fun - Reviewed on 2006-05-29
1 customer found this review helpful.
The Second installment of the Prince of Persia Series, Warrior Within's combat and satisfyingly long campaign have improved on the Sands of time, but the nice prince we see from the previous game drastically turned into a darker and more arrogant prince.
Warrior Within continues the prince's story from last year's game, so, because the prince has unleashed the mystical Sands of Time, he finds himself pursued relentlessly by a menacing time monster called the Dahaka.
The biggest new addition to the game is a deeper combat mechanic. The prince is now capable of dozens of different weapon combos, and these are context sensitive depending on whether you are holding a single weapon or dual-wielding two weapons. With a single weapon in hand, you can grab enemies and throw them. You can even strangle them. Dual-wielding takes away your throw options, but it lets you perform much more powerful weapon combos. What's interesting is that the effect of your moves changes depending on what type of weapon you have in your left hand, which is the prince's less-dominant hand.
+ Fast paced combat, more fighting moves and combos
+ Longer Campaign
+ Beautifully crafted levels
+ Same intense puzzle solving, and acrobatics
- Boss fights a repeititive
- Lost sense of the prince's dignified character
- xbox version - audio glitches
Overall Prince of Persia is an excellent sequel, and is a must by for people who love action/adventure games.
It was just "OK" - Reviewed on 2006-05-15
Is pretty obvious to anyone who has played Sands of Time and this game to know that it lacks in quite a few areas. One thing I did find more in depth, however, was the story. This again, seemed to make the game worse. It made the prince, the story...everything seem dark. The game wasn't suttle about this either. It was like a totally new experience. One thing that seemed like a huge change from Sands of Time, in my opinion, was the very open feel of this game. In Sands of Time, you seemed to go from point A to point B with a clear path in between. This game, however, was very open-ended and I seemed to have to back track quite a bit. One good thing that comes from the open-ended approach was the length of the game; it was fairly long for an adventure game and seemed to start and end at exactly the right time. The thing I find most appealing about Warrior Within is the combat system. Although it is much the same as before, it is at the same time somewhat different. In this game, you can dual wield two weapons which is very fun. The combat system is much more free than before too which allows you to create your own combos and fighting techniques. Although the story and main character are much darker than before, the gameplay was still Prince of Persia in style. So, overall, the game was still much enjoyable.
Presentation
Like I said before, the story is much darker than Sands of Time and while this isn't entirely bad, it seems like a bit much.
Graphics
The graphics are very nice in this game. The environments are very open ended and look pretty realistic.
Sound
The voice acting in the game is on spot. Well done. The music, however, was really loud and kind of obnoxious.
Gameplay
Again, the gameplay didn't change too much, so it is very much still typical Prince of Persia platform/combat style.
Lasting Appeal
Much longer than the first and there are unlockables and 2 bonus modes to play.
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