Prince of Perisa (Prince of Persia (PS3))

Member Name: AndrewBrough

Product:	Prince of Persia (PS3)
Date:	28/09/09 (8 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: great graphics, gameplay and story

Disadvantages: perhaps too easy

Prince of Persia is Ubisoft's latest installment of the highly successful Franchise. This new game makes a clean break from the previous trilogy that attempts to get back to basics with a new story and a new prince and a huge differance in gameplay.

The games basic plot begins with our prince running into Elika who is seemingly on the run from something. After the Prince finally catches up with her we discover that she is in fact a princess who has just witnessed the most evil being in the world being released and it partly her fault. A rather dramatic tale it has to be said. The basic quest is to try and trap this evil being Ahriman once again.

Moving on from the plot it is important to focus on gameplay. The Prince has to move his way through massive enviroments through a combination of jumping, sliding, running along cliffs and various other transportation methods to reach his goals. This is done by only pressing a few buttons which is quite simplistic but timing is everything. It is noteworthy to mention that you simply cannot die due to your trusty princess friend Elika who saves you every time you fall by using her magical powers (She is a good companion to have you know) this can mean that the game become to easy with no real punishment for failure as you are simply put back on the last piece of solid ground to retry the jump or series of jumps you were attempting.

This game is not meant to overly challenging and it never pretends to be any other way which results in a fairly rewarding experience where you are free to try anything without a fear of having to go through a huge amount of level again.

In Conclusion Prince of Persia can be considered a very worthy successor to the brilliant to the previous games, and is a highly recommended purchase especially seeing as it can now be picked up for lest than 15 pounds.

Summary: Great game.