New addiction!
posted by sabbasti (BREMERTON, WA) Aug 16, 2006
Member since Jul 2006
As a rule, I start a game series with the first game. That way, I can get involved in the storyline. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time blew me away.
The animations were smooth, the gameplay was straightforward and dynamic, and they chose excellent voice actors.
This is very much a puzzle game, so it won't be for everybody. There is a lot of block-pulling, switch-flipping, and wall-breaking. But it is always worth the next step in the story.
It is also a very linear game. You have one goal, one objective, and no real options to do anything but achieve whatever goal you have next.
It's also very hack-and-slash in terms of combat. The combat system is what really wins me over with this game - you fight the sand beasts, and you don't jest block, stab, block, slash, block... well, you get the idea. In this game, you have a wide variety of dodges, feints, attacks, and an archer on your team to boot. How can you lose? ... Oh right. She can hit you, too. Fun!
The music is fantastic. Even the ending credits have a stirring tune that sucks you in. The battle music is appropriately thrilling without being overbearing.
The cinematics are well-executed and smooth, with little or no choppiness, and a sense of reality.
So, if you like puzzles, if you like hack-and-slash, if you like getting hints for what you should be doing next without running to your computer for IGN's next walkthrough, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is proving to be an opening to a very promising trilogy.
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