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Tedious and Repetitive
posted by MichaelO (PITTSBURGH, PA) Sep 9, 2010
Member since Sep 2010
3 out of 4 gamers (75%) found this review helpful
After giving this game a chance for several hours, I just couldn't bring myself to play it any more. Isn't the fun thing about this genre of game supposed to be navigating through the world trying to figure out how to make it to a high platform, how to solve the puzzle of how to get from point A to point B? Not the case here. Instead I found myself jumping from one platform to the next one over and over by pushing the same couple of buttons over and over until I reached the end of each area. No strategy. No challenge. No thought. Just push A, push A, turn, push A, push A... I found it less a game than a tedious serious of things I had to do to move on.
Add to this the fact that the controls are frustrating when they're not tedious. Since most everything you can do is done with the same button, you just have to press it and hope the game realizes what you're trying to do. If not, it may decide you wanted to jump into a pit instead of onto the next ledge. Rotating the camera is also quite annoying since it can't be easily rotated while you are doing other things. If an enemy gets behind you, good luck trying to rotate it without standing still for a few seconds with your guard down. The best way to battle is just to do the jump attack over and over again, which makes the battles almost as tedious as the rest of the game.
Although this game is good-looking and I could understand how some might find it entertaining, I do enough tedious things over and over again at work and would like something else in a video game.
Add to this the fact that the controls are frustrating when they're not tedious. Since most everything you can do is done with the same button, you just have to press it and hope the game realizes what you're trying to do. If not, it may decide you wanted to jump into a pit instead of onto the next ledge. Rotating the camera is also quite annoying since it can't be easily rotated while you are doing other things. If an enemy gets behind you, good luck trying to rotate it without standing still for a few seconds with your guard down. The best way to battle is just to do the jump attack over and over again, which makes the battles almost as tedious as the rest of the game.
Although this game is good-looking and I could understand how some might find it entertaining, I do enough tedious things over and over again at work and would like something else in a video game.
Hrm.
posted by lemonball (CHARLESTON, SC) Nov 14, 2010
Member since Dec 2007
I loved PoP: Sands of Time and PoP: Rival Swords to death. But this...I dunno, I just couldn't get into it. The two games I mentioned previously pulled me into the story and the game immediately. I lost interest in The Forgotten Sands after only a few levels. It didn't feel like a fresh experience, or even a rehashed but enjoyable one. It was just dull and unexciting (possibly because there weren't many enemies, nor were there many acrobatic opportunities in the portions I played). Couple that with the Wii's subpar and somewhat muddy graphics, and you've got a game that, when it comes down to it, is just okay. Nothing special.
Prince of Persia: The Giant, Deadly Jungle Gym
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) May 25, 2010
Member since Jan 2008
The Prince of Persia - he can jump, run along walls, and walk along narrow ledges. If he can do some summersaults and back flips, he can land a spot on anyone’s gymnastic squad for the Olympics.
But in this installment, he’s after a kingdom and a beautiful princess. So his companion, a genie, teleports him to her kingdom. Once there, he has to bring it back to it’s former glory. (That’s right, it’s a fixer upper.)
How does he do that? By going through very long and vast segments where he has to perform his jumps, climbs, ledge and wall walking. Problem is, that’s about all he does.
The level design here lacks imagination; I found myself going through these acrobatic segments, one after another after another. This made the game tedious and boring after a few hours of play. And for what?
The story isn’t that interesting to me - it comes to a screeching halt far too often. And the characters don’t fascinate me in the slightest bit.
The Sands of Time dagger is also too gimmicky. When you die, it flashes you back to the point just before you died. You don’t get the rewind feature that you see in the movies.
Even the fights are far too long. Just how many times do I have to hit the minion or boss in order to kill it?
The one thing this game has going for it is the graphics. It’s one of the best looking games I’ve seen on the Wii.
But this game makes me jump through too many hoops for me to care about how the story ends. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands just isn’t for me. SKIP IT.
But in this installment, he’s after a kingdom and a beautiful princess. So his companion, a genie, teleports him to her kingdom. Once there, he has to bring it back to it’s former glory. (That’s right, it’s a fixer upper.)
How does he do that? By going through very long and vast segments where he has to perform his jumps, climbs, ledge and wall walking. Problem is, that’s about all he does.
The level design here lacks imagination; I found myself going through these acrobatic segments, one after another after another. This made the game tedious and boring after a few hours of play. And for what?
The story isn’t that interesting to me - it comes to a screeching halt far too often. And the characters don’t fascinate me in the slightest bit.
The Sands of Time dagger is also too gimmicky. When you die, it flashes you back to the point just before you died. You don’t get the rewind feature that you see in the movies.
Even the fights are far too long. Just how many times do I have to hit the minion or boss in order to kill it?
The one thing this game has going for it is the graphics. It’s one of the best looking games I’ve seen on the Wii.
But this game makes me jump through too many hoops for me to care about how the story ends. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands just isn’t for me. SKIP IT.
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