As the sands of time stir...
Well I'm back again with another backlog review, this time for the Prince. The Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, releases bout the same time as that one movie with dreamy Jake Gyllenhaal...oh! yeah! Prince of Persia! Shucks, who knew? Well thankfully, knowing the history of movie games this isn't one of them, it has nothing to do with the story. Yay!
Anyways back to the game. Look at him ^ so damn sexy. Oh! sorry where was I? Oh, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. This was my first foray into the Prince's world and this has been around for while, 1989 in fact, I never had the chance to play any of them or I guess that I never felt the need too. The Prince of Persia formula, one part acrobatics, one part swordplay, one part puzzler and then you stir it as together. This game was cool when I first spun it up...
The graphics are something to behold and was immediately impressed by the slick sand, water and fire effects in the game, I said "wow" a few times. The game is very beautiful, as beautiful as the inside of a castle can be, that must be like freaakin' huge, like frickin' ginormous.
Game play...let's skip that for now.
Story, yes the story was as great as any story of a brother going to see his brother on the whim of his father, whilst his brother is in the middle of a huge battle. There is it, that's the story. No, really that is the setup, okay, so what's the story. Your brother, getting his arse-kicked by the invading armies goes to the crypts of the castle and awakens an ancient evil army, evil army runs amok, you must stop, yadda, yadda, yadda. Basically you spend the game chasing your brother and the developers tried to make a story out of it. There's more to it but that's all you really need to know.
"Story? Who needs a fucking story when we have the game play like this!?!?!"
Game play, okay, remember the formula, swordpuzzacro usually in that order. Bust into a room, beat down the baddies, "how the fuck do I get out?", and then use your wall acrobatics to get out. This was cool at first. The Prince can wall run like spider-man without the sticky fingers, this was awesome and is linked to it's own button which is a little difficult to get used to. You'd think it would be jump button right? Nope. Cuz, you wall run, then jump, then grab, then jump, then wall run, then jump, then sidle, wall run, sidle, jump, okay that's enough. The sword play is great at first, you slashing though enemies, using your aerial slash to kill. This was cool you jump upon your enemies shoulders then hop off and do a killing animation. Your abilities upgrade as you progress thought he game, gaining the ability to solidify water, not freeze, solidify. Reverse time, a Prince staple. Jump teleport, you warp to your nearest enemy usually at the end of long jumps. You also gain stone armor, fire walker, ice blast and whirlwind, used these for the achievements and that's bout it. The puzzles are usually not difficult but can be the most nerve racking tasks if your Patience is thin. Sidenote: RageInu beat this and I don't see how he had the patience for this game...gahhd who's gonna get that guy! Ha haha. The acrobatics is the core of this game and the game doesn't shy away from the fact the Prince moves like a spider monkey. You will be jumping all over the place then screaming like spider monkey when you miss your jump, my buttons on my controller are well broke in now. This is by far the thing that pissed me off the most, you have to be quick draw McGraw on the buttons cuz the actions are fast. Solidify water, wall run, jump, solidify water, wall run. Then late in the game they add another button press to add to the frustration.
Let's rate this Bitch!
The Rating System
1 Inu - This Inu is bad. It eats baby birds out of trees, craps in you shoes, and scares any potential female friends away with its ferocious demeanor.
2 Inu's - This Inu has been taken to obedience training, but failed. The dog tried hard, but just never got any of the tricks right.
3 Inu's - An average lovable Inu, sure its not gonna win any awards, but it is a faithful companion
4 Inu's - This Inu is special, he knows all of his tricks, everyone loves him, and he sits by your side every time you come back from the bar... alone.
5 Inu's - This is Inu is legendary. He is a dog among puppies. One day there will be movies made about how awesome he is.
1 Inu - This Inu is bad. It eats baby birds out of trees, craps in you shoes, and scares any potential female friends away with its ferocious demeanor.
2 Inu's - This Inu has been taken to obedience training, but failed. The dog tried hard, but just never got any of the tricks right.
3 Inu's - An average lovable Inu, sure its not gonna win any awards, but it is a faithful companion
4 Inu's - This Inu is special, he knows all of his tricks, everyone loves him, and he sits by your side every time you come back from the bar... alone.
5 Inu's - This is Inu is legendary. He is a dog among puppies. One day there will be movies made about how awesome he is.
Well, dynamic game play that had it's moments at first, it was neato! Then starts to sour, spoiler you fight the boss like 4 or 5 times, WTF stupid. You sit there thinking, awesome, I'm almost done. Then the fucker decides to up and fly away when you have his health to the nubbins. This game is a giant castle of cat and mouse. The sword play was fun at first, the acrobatics, fun at first, the puzzles, fun at first. It wears the patience and motivation thin towards the finale of this game. The story, hmmmm, lacks one, unless you want to call it brotherly love, I guess. I really enjoyed this game at first, so 3.25 INUs. Overall, it was fun and challenging gameplay, good graphics, bad story and a nerve racking ride in the sands of Persia.
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