Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PC, 2005)

I loved this game. But um... what thing that I noticed while playing it was that all you did in this game was just climb and climb and use acrobatic moves to get from here to there and do ridiculous amount of work to juet from one room to the next only to repeat the same process. The puzzles are fun but once all done, it's the same puzzles, just in a different room.

Anywho, that's really my only complaint about the game. Well, actually, the graphics could be better (Final Fantasy X was two years before this game and that game, an RPG, has way better graphics than this game) but that's minor.

Alright, off to really cool things about the game. Stealth Kills. Some times, fighting is freakin hard. But if you sneak up to someone and press the buttons at the right time, you could kill an enemy really quick and without any health lost. And stealth requires good skill; any game that requires good skill, I love it.

But what if you don't like being so stealthy? Turn into the dark prince (at given moments in the game) and beat the crap out of everyone with amazing combo moves! ONe part of the game I had to go against like twenty of these ogre-like things. I studied the combo moves on the instruction manual and then trained my fingers. I beat those wimps under 3 minutes. Dark prince is amazing. Except for the fact that his health slowly deteriotes unless he finds sands of time, which are everywhere around the game.

The storyline is a lot clearer than the previous two games and the puzzles, I think, are a bit more challanging. But still, they are easy enough if you play this game enough.

But if you ever decide to play the game on "Hard", god damn, your health goes down so fast and the bad guys are unrealistically tougher. There's this boss battle where you have to fight a humongous axe guy and a huge sword guy and unless you don't get hit more than three times (sooooo hard), you are screwed. "Hard" is very, very unrealistic.

OH, I also forgot another thing cool about this game. You can rewind time! or do slow motion! Very helpful.

And at some points in the game, you ride a chariot and run over bad guys and ram bad guys' chariots into the walls. It's really fast-pace and exciting. It's a bit easy compared to the rest of the game, but it's still hell of a fun.

So if you like mazes (climbing and climbing like a cat) and puzzles and good hack-and-slash action, don't miss out on this game.

Keeping the combat mechanism of Warrior Within, Two Thrones introduces the hit sequencies like God of War by using techiniques like SolidSnake. In other words: if you want to kill your enemies without being noted and easelly, you have your chance, our continue to massive combat face to face with them like in WW.

The music returns to classic type (reactivates the Persian age music like Sands of Time)
The face of the prince and Kaileena (the new girlfriend of WW) in the movie sequences are diferent - I don´t like it, they are a little ugly in my oppinion - of course it don´t make difference in the game!

I still don´t understand why they choose Babylon for the homeplace! Bagdad is Persia!! By the way, Babylon was a place of evil...

Returning to review...
This game have more linear story as SoT, but still good.
A lots of environments to burn your brain.
Hours of action and acrobatics.
New moves, new weapons, and a double point of view as the Prince and the DarkPrince.

Finally, a good conclusion for the tale of the Prince of Persia.

The Prince of Persia returns to his kingdom to find it decimated by war and turned against him in Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones. You can play as the time-bending prince or his evil alter-ego as he tries to return to the throne that is rightfully his. Now there are two distinct characters, each with their own abilities and backgrounds, as you explore the urban setting of Babylon. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones adds new Sands of Time abilities and an all-new setting for the third chapter in the Prince of Persia story.

All of the game's elements mesh, from the music to the storyline, from the puzzles to the control system. I can't find anything nasty to say about this game. Ubisoft have certainly done their homework.

The two thrones is a fitting end to the sands of time trilogy. A great action/platformer game with a unique time changing effect. However, this game is not as good as the first one of the series. In the sands of time, the experience was refreshing and whimiscal. This game focuses way too much on the combat. It's as though they added splinter cell and slapped it together with prince of persia. Stealth kills in an action game?? I don't think so. Don't get me wrong it is a fun game and you won't be dissappointed. It just more of the same.

This is a well-reviewed game that lives up to its potential.
Combining the storylines from the two previous games,
this game pulls together the loose plot lines and finishes the story.
Storywise it might be helpful to have played the first game,
but it's not required to have played the second. You do get a lot
information in flashbacks.

Controls are the same as before, with more time powers becoming available
as the game progresses. Stealth kills, rewind and haste are all useful.

The environments are complicated with difficult acrobatics required-
no surprise there. In some cases it was troublesome to find the path
through an area, and many bosses required complicated plans with
pinpoint timing to defeat. I recommend the guidebook or online guide
unless you want to spend a lot of time reloading late in the game.

Beautiful scenery, good cut scene animations, likable characters.
Voiceovers can get in the way of concentration once in a while,
but the voices are good. Music doesn't detract.

An excellent game with strong story, good graphics, and challenging tasks.
Relatively minimal blood (except yours if you touch a saw blade)
and you never fight humans. Slight disturbing imagery. Suitable for
most players - teens and up surely.