Prince of Persia

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 526 Ratings

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  1. turgaysenturk
    Aug 12, 2023
    7
    Prince of Persia is truly a great game. The platforming and fighting mechanics are enjoyable, and the story adds to the experience.
  2. vrtx
    Jul 10, 2023
    7
    Yeah this game is 10 yo and probably no one would care about recent reviews...I'm honestly doing this to test how things work in metacritic.

    Game is entertaining enough, the game play gets a little too repetitive after a little while but it was a good game to relax and just enjoy.

    Great story.
  3. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    7
    There's a lot to like in this game. The setting is amazing, the way levels adapt their obstacles based on which levels youve already finished is fun, the banter between the two mains is fun... but there is no challenge at all. The game refuses to allow you to lose at anything and it sucks a lot of the fun out of what could have been an excellent platforming game.
  4. FRIST_008
    May 8, 2023
    8
    мой первый принц, который показал мне ещё до ассасина, что я люблю игры про акробатику и слешеры=)
  5. Ez1459
    May 6, 2023
    10
    I don't care what anyone says, this is the best pop game imo. There's something magical about this which can't be put in words
  6. Naked_Snakee
    Apr 7, 2023
    5
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  7. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    7
    Prince of Persia series was done so dirty by ubisoft

    this was a fun game but pretty easy to beat
  8. shkipermann
    Feb 25, 2023
    8
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  9. ylnylmn
    Feb 15, 2023
    7
    It's a different game than the PoP games we know. I can say that I was bored until I finished it.

    Good sides; - Painting style graphics are sweet. The environment looks beautiful. The view is good. - The music is good. - The character that accompanies us is not bad. Bad sides; - Boring level design - Platforming is not good. - Always the same battle with same enemies. Very    It's a different game than the PoP games we know. I can say that I was bored until I finished it.

    Good sides;
    - Painting style graphics are sweet. The environment looks beautiful. The view is good.
    - The music is good.
    - The character that accompanies us is not bad.

    Bad sides;
    - Boring level design
    - Platforming is not good.
    - Always the same battle with same enemies. Very repetitive.
    - Fighting is all about QTE. The right button at the right time.
    - Cheap story

    It would have been a much worse game without the music and atmosphere. Music and graphics saved the game a bit.    … Expand
  10. nastyjes
    Jan 30, 2023
    7
    Nice .
  11. NPDARKGAMER
    Nov 10, 2022
    10
    For sand of time trilogy fans this game is just a joke but if we take this as completely new game and if we deep dive to this game you will understand how Wonderful and gorgeous this game This game is set in a variant of ancient Persia combat are fun and relaxing Parkour music of this game still give me goose bumps still this day Story is ok the art direction of this game is so muchFor sand of time trilogy fans this game is just a joke but if we take this as completely new game and if we deep dive to this game you will understand how Wonderful and gorgeous this game This game is set in a variant of ancient Persia combat are fun and relaxing Parkour music of this game still give me goose bumps still this day Story is ok the art direction of this game is so much beautiful and the Graphic of this is still so much stunnin you should definition Try the game i promise you will don't REGRET… Expand
  12. Hodoar
    Oct 11, 2022
    1
    You can't die in this game. There is not risks for doing anything. It's really hard to have fun.
  13. Nekrips
    Jul 21, 2022
    7
    An underrated spin-off of the Prince of Persia series that definitely deserves attention. First of all, it is an incredibly beautiful world, with interesting graphic style, acrobatics, boss battles, and new magical powers. Of course, the game lacks challenge, depth of the story, variety, and fullness of the world. But immersing yourself in this beautiful world is exciting and fun.
  14. zyllus
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    If you love gorgeous games, then this one is for you. This game is not like its predecessors with multiple weapons and fighting but it's an experience in itself. The chemistry between the cocky prince and Elika is fun. The combat is button mash mostly but the elaborate puzzle with amazing graphics and movement is what brings me back to this game. It is not for everyone but if you enjoyIf you love gorgeous games, then this one is for you. This game is not like its predecessors with multiple weapons and fighting but it's an experience in itself. The chemistry between the cocky prince and Elika is fun. The combat is button mash mostly but the elaborate puzzle with amazing graphics and movement is what brings me back to this game. It is not for everyone but if you enjoy jaw-dropping graphics and design and savour it with the free flow then you should surely try it. Cons - The game has a DLC which is a console exclusive :(… Expand
  15. DzyubSpirit
    Jan 1, 2022
    7
    I've played the game as a child when it came out in 2008 and recently (2022) replayed it. The game aged quite well.

    Atmosphere * Soundtrack: truly amazing. The best scores as an example: ** https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BNDnoWMyJ8M&feature=share ** https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YR4VV7ovU&feature=share ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLjL_-esEU&t=2648s * Art: **    I've played the game as a child when it came out in 2008 and recently (2022) replayed it. The game aged quite well.

    Atmosphere
    * Soundtrack: truly amazing. The best scores as an example:
    ** https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BNDnoWMyJ8M&feature=share
    ** https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=g-YR4VV7ovU&feature=share
    ** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLjL_-esEU&t=2648s
    * Art:
    ** Different locations feel unique and their style is diverse.
    ** Each location has 2 versions of art: corrupted and natural. This really makes you feel like you're making the difference in the world.
    ** The game has a load screen only few times in the story. This helps the immersion and an open-world feeling.

    Parkour
    * Has several simple elements combined differently to create an interesting path.
    * Feels really smooth and meditative. Acrobatics look nice.

    Companion
    * Elika plays a key role in the game play.
    * There are many interesting dialogues written between the main character and Elika. I was always waiting for its new pieces. It could have been a reaction to the surrounding, a backstory of a boss, a backstory of protagonists or just a chit-chat .
    * Elika is constantly shown in the game following the main characters and often the animations for their interactions are triggered making you feel like she is really there.

    Fighting:
    * Combos:
    ** Exploring and discovering different combos is entertaining.
    ** The movement transition is smooth and intuitive.
    ** Two characters combining their moves results in awesome looking acrobatics.
    * Enemies:
    ** Common enemies are all the same. Finishers are too easy to achieve and are done automatically so it's common to not be able explore/execute nice long combos.
    ** Bosses and their levels have their differences making them feel unique. Fights are taking longer giving an opportunity to shine the combos.

    Puzzles: there are 5-6 puzzles across the entire game. They are relatively easy but satisfying.

    Writing
    * The main story is cool. Main characters motivations are clear and the lore of the world is interesting.
    * The bosses lack details in their stories. The final encounters are interesting but all before don't reveal anything new about the bosses making the fights lacking the psychological character.
    * The ending is really emotional and hits the spot.

    DLC Epilogue undermines the main story and I suggest to even looking what happened there. In my opinion it should might have been a prologue to a sequel but the story of the first game is better without it.    … Expand
  16. Gekyll
    Nov 13, 2021
    3
    Абсолютно пустой мир где только принц и принцесса. в игре есть 1000 сфер собрав которые ты ничего не получаешь не секретной концовке ничего ты лишь зря потратил время.
  17. rezo_21
    Sep 18, 2021
    7
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  18. Gelaos
    Jul 11, 2021
    6
    Very likeable, though too much easy. The entire game has a sort of fairy-tale aesthetic that is present in the story (which is okay enough) and in the gorgeous visuals and sceneries. The main characters Prince and Elika form a cute duo and have great (non-romantic) chemistry together.

    Movement and parkour is fluid, combat offers some nice combos but overall the mechanics are very simple    Very likeable, though too much easy. The entire game has a sort of fairy-tale aesthetic that is present in the story (which is okay enough) and in the gorgeous visuals and sceneries. The main characters Prince and Elika form a cute duo and have great (non-romantic) chemistry together.

    Movement and parkour is fluid, combat offers some nice combos but overall the mechanics are very simple and the game doesn't pose almost any challenge. Biggest drawback is the need to collect light-seeds in order to unlock other levels or one of few parkour features. I don't mind jumping around for fun, but when the game tells me to collect 300 light seeds scattered in several different (and already discovered) levels, it quickly becomes tiresome.

    Despite the all-encompassing simplicity and frustrating light-seeds grinding, I enjoyed playing PoP and I'm a bit sad, that there is no sequel. The characters and plot were the best part.    … Expand
  19. Cz3rw0ny
    Apr 5, 2021
    6
    Boring, repetitive and you cannot die. I think this is way to easy for ever children to play.
  20. nexus151196
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    Красивый, интересный с визуальной точки зрения перезапуск, в который - не очень интересно играть.
  21. Deton4tor
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    Эта игра не настолько плоха, чтобы иметь низкую оценку, попытаюсь помочь ей
  22. Edco0328
    Sep 20, 2020
    9
    Prince of Persia | September 18, 2020 | [★★★★]

    The story started on the spot which doesn't give you a breather to simmer it, but at least they redeemed the pace halfway through it. If I remember correctly, Prince wasn't that humorous which is the exact opposite on this game. Uncharted IP still wasn't that big when this was released so Nolan North just acted it out like he was Nathan    Prince of Persia | September 18, 2020 | [★★★★]

    The story started on the spot which doesn't give you a breather to simmer it, but at least they redeemed the pace halfway through it. If I remember correctly, Prince wasn't that humorous which is the exact opposite on this game. Uncharted IP still wasn't that big when this was released so Nolan North just acted it out like he was Nathan Drake here.

    A really fun and engaging parkour mechanics that easily forgive players if they fail. There a lot of features from the Trilogy (which I played on PS2) that carries to this game; most noticeable were the one on one combat that in some way - I love or hate on that series. They somehow scrap the 'Sands' which is the main focus of its predecessor and switched it with a magical theme.

    An immense beautiful world not just in a graphical way, but also the design and landscape point. In General, this is the kind of game where you just lost time while having enjoyment playing it.    … Expand
  23. dggt
    Aug 29, 2020
    5
    This game has a great visual style, good styled world, well-built locations, nice graphics, parkour system is simple but interesting to watch. That's where the pros end.

    In general, the game gives the impression that it lacks something. The gameplay is monotonous. The essence of the game is that in one large location you need to activate 20 places to revive this world, the whole process    This game has a great visual style, good styled world, well-built locations, nice graphics, parkour system is simple but interesting to watch. That's where the pros end.

    In general, the game gives the impression that it lacks something. The gameplay is monotonous. The essence of the game is that in one large location you need to activate 20 places to revive this world, the whole process of moving from one place to another is the same everywhere.

    There are 4 power that open as the game progresses and allow you to use a new way of moving, something like a strong jump or flight, but it doesn't change the gameplay too much.

    There are only 2 or 3 puzzles in all game, and this is only in the last location. The plot is nothing, it is presented in the form of 2-3 words between the characters, the cut-scenes are poor, there is no disclosure of the characters, who they are, where they come from, and they are not interesting at all.

    Very terrible combat system, apparently the developers wanted to bring something new, but it's didn't work, it all comes down to the fact that you just need to press a certain combination of buttons in time (only like 4 combinations), just the same as with parkour.

    The whole game you just need to press the right buttons in time, the player can only choose which way to go and which of the 3 combinations of buttons to press in battle.

    I don't think this attempt of reimagining the series worked.    … Expand
  24. danield80
    Jul 11, 2020
    5
    Prince of Persia is just a simple cash grab that "burgles" the glory the Sands of Time trilogy has built. It has nothing to do with the SoT trilogy except sword and wall running. Sure, its graphic style is beautiful but there isn't anything else to admire. The gameplay is repetitive, it uses qte combat, oversimplified climbing, grinding in order to proceed in the story, boring antagonistsPrince of Persia is just a simple cash grab that "burgles" the glory the Sands of Time trilogy has built. It has nothing to do with the SoT trilogy except sword and wall running. Sure, its graphic style is beautiful but there isn't anything else to admire. The gameplay is repetitive, it uses qte combat, oversimplified climbing, grinding in order to proceed in the story, boring antagonists and an ending that is later pulled off by Naughty Dog but it does not work for PoP because the characters aren't interesting enough for you to care about.… Expand
  25. Chempion1
    May 27, 2020
    10
    Prince of Persia, как его называют, 2008 года, на мой взгляд одна из немногих игр, самый большой недостаток которых это название.
    Кто играл, думаю, поймет. Игра вообще не имеет никакого отношения к принцу персии. Такое ощущение, что разработчик делал какую то свою игру, но в последний момент издатель сказал "для улучшения продаж быстро называй её принцем персии и в печать". Ну, что    Prince of Persia, как его называют, 2008 года, на мой взгляд одна из немногих игр, самый большой недостаток которых это название.
    Кто играл, думаю, поймет. Игра вообще не имеет никакого отношения к принцу персии. Такое ощущение, что разработчик делал какую то свою игру, но в последний момент издатель сказал "для улучшения продаж быстро называй её принцем персии и в печать". Ну, что делать, разработчики по быстрому написали название, заменили имя ишака на "Фара", благо звучит один раз за игру, и выпустили!
    А вообще игра могла бы стать началом какой-нибудь серии "восточных" сказок. Потому, что она так и выглядит! А выглядит она действительно шикарно, эта "рисованность" что ли, пошла игре как нельзя кстати! Мир игры, просто какая то восточная сказка, атмосфера просто очень приятная.
    Немного о самом геймплее. Здесь он своеобразный, опять таки не похож на игры серии. Практически весь путь по уровню состоит из паркура, который усложняется и изменяется всякой магией, по мере прохождения.
    Паркур в этой игре, на мой взгляд, один из лучших на сегодняшний день. Да он сильно упрощён, но при этом приятен и зрелищен. Я ни разу не промахнулся по нужной точке из за камеры или управления.
    Заканчивается каждый уровень боем с боссом, их четыре плюс один главный.
    Все боссы очень хороши, бой с ними всегда отличается один от другого, а уровней на одной ветви, если не ошибаюсь, 5 штук. Так, что боссов мы будем видеть часто.
    Мир игры открыт и его можно проходить в любом направлении. Но после первого прохождения я понял, что проходить уровни лучше в нужном порядке и тогда тот самый паркур становится ещё приятнее!
    Я до этого ни в одной игре не встречал такого нужного и удобного напарника как Элика! Была ещё Элизабет в BioShock Infinite, но там её таланты использовались намного меньше.
    Система боев завязана на тайминги. Очень похожа на Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, вообще игры очень похожи геймплейно. Просто в одной красота и простор в другой безысходность и мрак.
    Сюжет мне тоже очень понравился. Колдун, заточённый в волшебном древе, мертвая принцесса, отдавшая свою жизнь, что бы его заточить, безутешный король и его прОклятые слуги. Во всё это попадает наш нищеброд с ишаком и оказывается алчным, но добрым героем. Чёто ничего общего с принцем персии не нахожу:). Хотя если бы историю развили в продолжении, может этот нищеброд и стал бы принцем женившись на Элике, как Аладдин, а?
    Ещё большой плюс это полная локализация. Очень хорошая.
    Кстати говоря (если не считать дебильную dlc для консолей), окончание истории ясно говорит о сиквеле. Но увы.    … Expand
  26. ChesterField
    May 10, 2020
    6
    This is not the direction to go with this saga. Very simple game, not a hack and slash anymore. Terrible story and ending. Its pretty good in the visual section.
  27. Nameless2131
    Feb 6, 2020
    10
    10/10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  28. Bartolo
    Jan 12, 2020
    10
    This game is fun, has good graphics, good soundtrack, not a bad game, good ramake
  29. strangermoon
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    dreamy Pop game feels like a true final fantasy. its like fairy tale for all ages. visualy so unuiqe not felt dusty as old trilogy but it also lacking of feeling arabian nights like first ones
  30. Amir_Moradi
    Dec 14, 2018
    10
    We never want this reboot but it was a great game I hope you continue to build this series and use diffrent names not farah for a princes and donkey:/
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#28 Best PC Game of 2008
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#26 Most Discussed PC Game of 2008
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#7 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. IGN
    93
    It has its shortcomings, but I already sense that Prince of Persia will be one of the few games from this generation that I carry with me for the next decade.
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  2. PC PowerPlay
    80
    Having said this, Prince of Persia is one of those games that has obvious flaws but manages to pull together to become so much more than the sum of its parts. The charmingly cliched story, the visuals, audio, and their sparkling polish come together to make the Prince of Persia a modern epic. [January 2009, p.51]
  3. GameSpot
    80
    While its lack of challenge may lull fans, its ease of use will delight newcomers and draw in anyone who appreciates a touch of magic.
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