Prince of Persia 3  Review
923009
Bought this as a gift. Was very suprised to find a new copy of this game.
Was a little disappointed that it didn't arrive before Christmas, but overall happy with purchase.
4177337
This is a really awsome game.  it has eliments in this game that i found to be unlike any game i have played before it.  i have loved all the prince of persia series, but this one tops them all.  in this game your character has more rang of movement then in any game and the moves you do are clean and sharp as if you yourself where swing the sword around yourself.  i mean how can this game not be a plus with running on walls, hand to hand sword fighting, a hint of gymnastic.  all in all i say this is a game you will be playing over and over again.  it is an experiance of a life time.
967816
I played the game for about 16 hours. It is written 70%. The game is very nice. I even like it more than Batman 3 (for the moment since I just got the third one). I bought it for about 10$, for me, anything under 15$ would have been fine. I usually do not mind 3DS game to worth 1$/hour of game play :)

I have played Lord of the Ring Lego and I hated it. This one is more intelligent with many characters that has real power. It worth the time to redo episode and to try different approach to collect every items. It is replayable!
435979
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Prince-of-Persia-The-Sands-of-Time/dp/B00009ZVHY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time</a>&nbsp;for PlayStation 2 was an excellent puzzle/platformer with just enough action/combat to keep things interesting. It often required a keen mind and decent reflexes to get past the platforming puzzles; though it could sometimes be a little challenging, that was part of what made gameplay satisfying.

Prince of Persia for PlayStation 3 has a promising opening featuring beautiful graphics and an intriguing, somewhat original storyline. Unfortunately, it suffers badly from the modern trend toward dumbing down games to hand-hold casual gamers. The platforming controls are more fluid than in the original, but only because so much happens automatically, relieving the player of actually having to know the right buttons to push. This style of control worked better in&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Assassin-s-Creed/dp/B000P46NMA/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Assassin's Creed</a>&nbsp;(obviously a major influence on this game), where the free running was just how you got around. In Prince of Persia, it basically neuters the core gameplay.

There's no longer any puzzle aspect to the platforming: obvious cues are placed consistently throughout every level to let you know exactly how to get around -- anywhere you need to do a wall-run has a scuff on the wall, for example (as if dozens of people were doing wall-runs at that very spot every day!?). The designers obviously thought this was still too difficult for casual gamers, however, so the game displays "tutorial" messages everywhere you go explicitly telling you exactly which button to press. This is fine for the first 60 seconds, when it's teaching you the controls by having you leap and climb after a mysterious woman, but it then continues throughout the game. The tutorial can be turned off, but the scuff marks and other indicators can't be.

The combat has also been simplified, now only featuring duels against one opponent at a time. Though there are combos and special moves available if you choose, most of the time all you have to do is alternate between mashing the attack button and holding down the block button. Even if you do get beaten down, you don't die, the fight just... continues. And it'll keep continuing until you win, no matter how badly you're doing.

Prince of Persia for the PS3 basically takes a challenging, mind-sharpening puzzle/platformer and dumbs it down so much that not only is it no longer a puzzle, but it's no longer really a GAME at all -- it's more of an "activity", like the simple mindless tasks they assign in kindergarten to keep the children busy long enough for the adults to take a coffee break.

If you're looking for a mindless casual game to veg out in front of after a long day of work (or while high), this could be a good option. But until it hits the bargain bin, I can't recommend dropping your money on it when Pogo and Popcap are free.
2618538
This is a wonderful game with beautiful graphics. If you finished Tomb Raider 2013 & Rise of the Tomb Raider you should love this action adventure RPG hybrid as well. Lara's bow is better IMO but you'll adjust.
1299686
I've been a gamer for a long long time. For decades I was a PC gamer, and I still am to an extent. My wonderful, beautiful, and thoughtful wife gave me a PSP last year for my birthday. Never having used or played any of the consoles, I was unfamiliar with the controls, but I liked the idea of the portability of the PSP. I played the two Tomb Raider games that are available, and enjoyed them enough. I also played Indiana Jones - Staff of Kings, and liked that as well. But after that I found myself starving for something to play, and raided my sons room on a clean up spree. He had Untold Legends, so I played it. I loved that game a lot, it was right up my alley, and nice and long so it took forever to play through. Upon completing that game twice, once as a knight and once as a druid, I again found myself starving for something good to play. So I started some research, and came across God of War with all of its outstanding reviews. As long as the character control was totally analog stick I was good to go.

I have just completed my first run through this great game. WOW, the only thing I can say is that all of the positive reviews were dead on. Outstanding graphics, breathtaking panoramas, perfect art work, superb music score, outstanding sound affects, and absolutely perfect character control and camera angles & control. The folks at Edios should take a lesson on the character control and camera angles & control from these developers. I'm not going to go into great detail here as there is already enough of that on the net. I'm just going to say that I've not had more enjoyment out of playing a game before, and it deserves to be said so all can see. I was taken in by all of the sensual goodies built perfectly into this game. The scenes, artwork, sounds, play action, all just fit together so perfectly. Game play was challenging, yet forgiving where it needed to be. The designers didn't decide to play games and make already difficult areas and actions that much harder with bad controls, and camera angles. If your not familiar with these type of console controls, play on Easy mode first and get used to them. I'm still rusty and found myself hitting incorrect buttons during most of the mini-games. I will improve with time. The only real challenge for me was the final boss fight. Naturally its supposed to be tough, but my inability to work the controls well played against me for a while. Eventually, I got it, obviously, and was able to beat the game. One thing that I absolutely LOVED about this game besides the outstanding character control, and camera angles was the fact that if you died during a difficult part, instead of taking you back to the last save point, it took you back to your last checkpoint during that event. So for example, if you were doing the last boss fight and got to the point like I did where your half way through and died, when you restarted, you were at the beginning of that particular part of the boss battle, you didn't have to go back and start from the beginning. An excellent way to design the game. Thank You!

Of course the game has more playability as once you beat it on any of the lower difficulty levels, you unlock God mode and that gives you three more levels again to play, plus you start unlocking challenges which are sort of mini-levels. I cannot wait to get back into the fray on the next levels and see how I do.
1478674
This has got to be one of Ubisoft's best games.  Great action, interesting story, and overall an awesome game.  Anybody that has a PS3 or Xbox 360 should definitely play this game.
1954108
I got a PS3 for christmas that came with this game.  I had always wanted to play the series, so I decided to get the rest and start at the beginning.  In the last few months I have completed all 5 games and I have to say... I absolutely loved the first two, Brotherhood was pretty good, Revelations was awful, and Assassin's Creed 3 was the worst.

UBI Soft has consistently gotten better with their cinematics and realism.  Each game looks even better than the last.

There are two big areas where they have gotten worse, though.  Storyline and gameplay have suffered, especially in AC3.  The huge, open, interactive world of AC2 is gone.  There is no flexibility.  You do exactly what the storyline dictates, or you desynchronize.  If that's not frustrating enough, you spend way too much of the game developing characters.  That's what cinematics are for!

And, the cherry on top: character controlability.  UBI Soft has always had problems with the characters not doing what you want them to, but with each new game, and each new configuration of the controls, they add more options but never fix the the same old problems.  I can't tell you how many times these games have frustrated me by making me randomly jump from the side of a tower as I scale it, climbing on top of things as I flee guards, not attacking the right person, etc, etc, etc...  Seriously, I'm a pretty even-tempered guy, but sometimes I understand how controllers get stuck in TV screens.

I could go on and on about the completely asinine ending, but I'd rather not be a spoiler.  All I'll say is that the whole Desmond Miles story, that has run throughout all the games, comes to a pitiful conclusion.

At this point AC4 has been announced, but I can't see how there could be any reason to play it.  Why would you, as a game developer, take the core elements that made your games popular and just throw them away?
1030543
Well, Here is the deal Assassins creed has always been great. I expected issues because this is the first time AC has released the PC version with the console ( usually PC is staggered ) now that it is patched, I only have had minor issues here and there but the game itself is great. A little weird meaning it is not like the others at all in my opinion
4009282
From top to bottom, I absolutely love this game.

The artwork is quite beautiful with gorgeous backgrounds, levels that seem to sprawl for miles and characters that look and move so smoothly that you can't help but appreciate their design.

The sound in this game is pretty nice with active surround sound at nearly every step. The music is really nice as well, changing accordingly to what's going on in the world of the game and it sounds like something you'd hear in a film. What may be one of the three best things about the game in general is the voice acting. The Prince character is a bit of a smartass (and there's a lot of dialogue between him and his foil, Elika to be heard) but something about the delivery of the voice actor makes you love the guy. I think anyone else would've been a bad choice as the voice actor, Nolan North, plays it perfectly.

As good as the voice acting is, it only serves to help the story and the story is definitely entertaining enough to keep you glued. It's pretty much a fantasy tale with some serious fantastical elements in it, especially when you take into consideration that the Prince is supposed to be just a normal guy. The man is an amazing bundle of energy and muscle and quite frankly, there ain't no one in the world that can jump, crawl and climb like this guy can. Controlling him is pretty simple and you get the hang of it pretty fast. In fact, it reminded me a little bit of Assassin's Creed, just that the controlling here is tighter and the game itself isn't as monotonous as Creed was, but that's a different conversation altogether. With the help of Elika, the otherworldly beauty at your side, she ensures that you get through the game without too much frustration by saving you whenever you screw up.

Huh?! Are you saying you can't die in this game?

Yes, its true and it seems to be the main problem that some have with this game, the fact that you can't die. Well, in all honesty, I'd just like to say that if it weren't for her, this game wouldn't be too much fun because you'd probably die hundreds if not thousands of times without her help. Because of the Elika factor, I feel that the game is made somewhat more casual and fun to play, simply because you don't get so stressed out from dying repeatedly. Oh, but don't worry, even with Elika at your side, the game's not a total cakewalk. You've got some sword fighting to do and bosses who can beat you easily if you're not on your toes. I don't know, I get a kick just out of seeing the two leads interact with each other and how fluid the animations are when they do things together. This coupled with the constant, playful bickering between the two make the Prince and Elika one of gaming's best team-ups ever.

So yeah, I'd recommend this game wholeheartedly. There's downloadable content coming out in a week's time as of this writing and it promises an extra 4-5 hours of gaming as well as more bonus features. Even without this upcoming add on, I would still say this game is purchase worthy and sure to please even the most jaded gamer.
3375587
Ok first of all let me say Im in my 40s and Ive been a video player since the 80s. My favorites games from last years include Far Cry 3, GTAV, SkyRim, Last of Us among others. I write this so you could have an idea of what I like and compare it with my review.

So what about Assasins Creed IV? Well, first of all let me tell you I bought my PS4 in November and my 2 first games were Call of Duty and Fifa. To be honest, I felt I threw away the $60 from Call Of Duty because is the kind of games I played and forget it the minute I finish it (I don't put much effort on multiplayer but on campaignsI have to manage my time on wife, sons and work). Last Friday I bought AC4 and I have to say I never played the 3 titles before, but what a surprise!!! The game is terrific and has the same engine and feel as Far Cry 3 but better. You will face missions on Islands and on your own ship (which are just great). The graphics cannot be better and the main storyline is what make me play these kind of games. I will try to read a little bit about AC1, 2 and 3 so I can get into the story.
If you're like me and you're thinking on buying this game, do yourself a favor and do it. Once you start it give it 1 hour of playing before you realize its full potential.

Enjoy!!
1698350
Page-turning, well done written,  a real written piece of art for Prince of Persia 1&2 truly  fans .

Well illustrated. Not just texts...
The prologue and epilogue before and after the "games storylines" are included, written from the point of view of a storyteller  in ancient Persia.

I've been looking for this book for years.

I would like to thank to Mr. Jordan Mechner for the games development,  and the  originality behind them; not just the story and the prince, but also  for the cleverness of the gaming experience, technology , riddles and game mechanics, which were so fascinating for that time; which have kept  their level of uniqueness, as a  "milestone" until the present day .
868283
The first time I played Prince of persia I bought this one. I thought the fighting
would be great but I was wrong. First of all, the combat is like you hit the enemy
he falls but dosen't die, so you have to stab him with the dagger,which they
try to make the prince all like bad and everything but it ruins his fighting
style when he's kicking butt then he has to lose his precious time to take his dagger and stab the enemy IN THE BACK!!!!!and sometimes he fighting has to stab
and another enemy kills you, its so frustrating. Everything but fighting is the best, but do yourself a favor, BUY WARRIOR WITHIN INSTEAD!!!!!!  and if you like
that buy THE TWO THRONES and buy this.
4948940
Assassins Creed Rogue may question your decision to buy a next-gen console when the current hardware can still run A-list games that look and play as good as this one does. Rogue is available only on the previous generation hardware (360, PS3) and follows the adventures of an assassin who decides to go "rogue" and hunt down his former colleagues.

Ubisoft is getting a lot of hate over their flawed release of the latest Assassins Creed game. Rogue has none of those issues (at least that I've experienced so far) and is a very solid release. Controls are well implemented and the game provides subtle and unobstrusive instructions during play to help guide the player early on.

The game mixes stealth elements along with button mashing combat. My favorite component are the naval battle sequences which are incredibly fun and graphically rich. Frame rates are solid throughout and the voice acting and cut scenes are every polished well produced.

It's nice to see new games coming out for the old hardware. If you're a fan of Assassins Creed or are new to the series as I am this is definitely one to pick up.
438871
One of my favorite Assassin Creed games and when I say almost the best game of the series I mean Assassin's Creed II was my favorite. When you play a character for a few games you get used to that character but Edward was an interesting character to get to know. Awesome graphics, the game play was amazing, and playing it on the PS4 made it even better. I very much enjoyed it but I'm not a person big on ship adventures.
4381179
Reviews are a plenty for this game so I'll keep it short and give you my take on the game.

Story: very engrossing. I was hooked from the beginning. The story seems very realistic following Drake, a supposed descendant of Sir Francis Drake, chasing down the lost treasure of El Dorado. NPCs really add to the story such as Sully (your older friend and fellow treasure hunter), and Elena, a journalist after a story (and Drake's heart).

Gameplay: Mixture of action/adventure 3rd person shooter. You shoot guns and toss grenades and interact with the environment. The game plays out like a movie and covers several locations. There are many vehicles involved including jeeps, planes, boats, etc. The gameplay is similar to Tomb Raider, but much more improved and more freedom. You take on hoards of bad guys that are after the treasure as well.

Great game, lots of fun, and good story. Lots of game play and if you like this, pick up Uncharted 2 and 3. They are all great games. Hopefully the movie is good as well.
4949309
Hey guys I am a collector of certain titles of games and this is why I wanted to collect the assassins creed Chronicles. Its not really what I'm accustomed to playing in terms of graphics and gameplay but still fun for me.