Hinomura Krycek
Bayofilo
Re: PS3/X360 | Nuevo Prince Of Persia.
Q no se os suba el hype a las nubes... el juego es mas bien "casual" y mediocre:
Q no se os suba el hype a las nubes... el juego es mas bien "casual" y mediocre:
Prince of Persia Review: Don’t get lost in nostalgia
It seems fairly common these days for a highly hyped title to deliver a big review score from a number of publications. And the new Prince of Persia seems no exception as it is currently averaging a metacritic score of 90. Based on such scores, anyone would think that this game is near enough flawless and excessively entertaining but it certainly is none of those. Read on for a refreshing review which seeks to bring back some order to these negligent review practices of scoring games too high despite a variety of issues.
Don’t believe it, Prince of Persia is not outstanding, it’s not even very good
Two publications were privileged enough to be able to post reviews of Prince of Persia before any other. These were IGN online and GamePro magazine. IGN set the high scoring trend, by awarding Prince of Persia a 9.3 despite none of their individual scores reaching above a 9. They admitted the game has its flaws and it certainly is not the best game released this year but it was still ranked as outstanding. More puzzling is the fact that the game itself will take anyone around 12 hours to complete, yet IGN feel they will carry this game with them “for the next decade”. Why? How many times can you play a scripted platform game which is easily completed in less than half a day? More admirably, GameSpot awarded the game an 80, but this still far too high, especially when one considers the game is “really, really easy”, since when did a non-challenging game in this generation deserve such a high score? It seems Wired is the only publication that agrees with us, Prince of Persia is not an outstanding game, it’s rather average, repetitive and lacks any real challenge.
Review of the main elements of the game
Graphics: Arguably, the graphics are the best element of Prince of Persia. There are some stunning environments to look at and the game makes full use of cel-shading techniques, although the use of this technique may not be to everyone’s tastes. Combat scenes also look fantastically dynamic, although they are let down by their simplicity and at times it feels you are just watching a pre-produced movie. Odd animation hiccup and frame rate problem but nothing serious at all. 8
Gameplay: The most disappointing aspect of Prince of Persia. All the gloss and pretty presentation can’t make up for the fact the game play is terrible and frustratingly easy. Virtually no control over the Prince’s actions, you just have to push the button and essentially the game queues up your presses to perform the actions as and when it pleases to fit in with its cinematic style proceedings, there is no way to cancel. Control issues lead to the feeling that you are not really playing as the Prince, rather he is selectively listening to you based on what the CPU tells him.
After playing the first level, you may expect things to get a little tougher or progressively more difficult but there is no chance of this. As each level goes by, you are presented with a new one which just a re-collection with acts you’ve already performed but with one of two tiny differences. Unlike other Prince of Persia games, there is no thinking or puzzle solving to do here.
A testament to just how foolishly easy game this is that you can’t die! Each of the bosses that you fight in combat are incredibly easy to defeat due to this fact and that the difficultly of them barely increases. And after you pick up around half a thousand worth of light seeds, there is no need to do any more scavenging in order to reach the end of the game, but collecting the seeds themselves is hardly fun and is just laborious at best. 4
Longevity: The game itself takes around 12 hours to complete perhaps even less for most. It’s kind of like a pretty toy with one or two functions, after one play you will just get bored of it and leave it to one side. One of the only main incentives to re-play the game is to collect all the light seeds and gain some unlock able skins. But whether going through the same old scripted levels is worth it again to just some skins is certainly debatable. 5
Audio and other considerations: The in-game music is certainly embracing and some of the voices are produced in a sound manner. Although, the Prince himself is pretty much irritating, it is hard to truly get a feel and believe his character as some of the lines he comes out with are just WTF moments and do not seem genuine. 7
Bottom Line
Prince of Persia is great to look at, particular attention has been paid to level designs which do provide some initial ‘wow’ movements; However, this is about as good as it gets, there is no challenge within the game, every level is basically the same and you are just playing your part in a repetitive movie which just requires you to push buttons on command. It certainly is a forgettable experience, for us there is absolutely no longevity in the game and the only reason we played it in its entirety was for the purpose of this review. The graphics may be suitable for this generation, but the gameplay which any gamer will tell you is far more important fails on so many levels. Thus, at best, this game is worth a rent at BEST just for the nostalgic attachment that any Prince of Persia may have to the series.
The Good: Fantastic graphics, some very intricately designed levels, enjoyable music, great presentation
The Bad: Combat and levels are very repetitive, there is no challenge, severe lack of longevity, lack of control and connection with the Prince, good looks is no substitute for gameplay, did we already mention the game is ridiculously easy?
Overall score: 5.5 (55/100)