Prince of Persia review done right.

eViL bOrIs I · Post by **eViL bOrIs I** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 3:15 pm

*Sigh* Prince of Persia.... The game that got me started on the road of gaming and taught me how to spell the word "Prince" when I was 3 years old because it was (obviously) in the good old days of DOS when people actually had to type stuff.
Never has a game enraptured me in the same way PoP did, and still does. Never since has a game combined flawless platforming, epic sword-fighting, and mind bending puzzling. Those were the good old days when games actually forced the player to try, not succeed, try, not succeed, and then try all over from the beggining again. The game could be beaten in under an hour, but I highly doubt that anyone has ever beaten the game without spending at least 10 hours on it.

Prince of Persia is the game that revolutionized the PC gaming world, a world that had until then been running on mostly tried and true formulas and RPGs. It was the first game ever to have motion capture, and the sheer realism of the Prince's movements still have not been equaled by any game to date. Just for trivia's sake, Jordan Mechner used his brother for all the motion capture. The fact that the game is still easily playable and equally easy on the eyes is a tribute to it's greatness. I can't think of another game that has stood the test of time this well.
There have been quite a few impersonators, from a Zorro game to the games own 3D sequel, Arabian Nights, but none have captured the feel and fun of the original.
It is also pretty safe to say that, without Prince of Persia, games like Tomb Raider and Devil May Cry may never have come to be.

Simply put, Prince of Persia is a landmark and was a turning point in gaming, and without it, who knows where games'd be today?

Thunderdog · Post by **Thunderdog** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 3:29 pm

I started to write a review for this in Notepad over a month ago, but I cant even figure out half the controls in it.

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 3:57 pm

Sadly, eViL bOrIs, that was a lousy review compared to your Game Hippo ones.....

By the way, the Liquid War review didn't seem as well put together as your others.

eViL bOrIs I · Post by **eViL bOrIs I** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 6:57 pm

Yeah, well, GH was a "Review review" and this was "just another message board review".

Post by **Dogbreath** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:23 pm

Not true. All good reviews submitted here are added to the website.

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:27 pm

Note: "good"

So far, there has only been one good review.

This one, however, would never be added, as it's not a review of a game on this website.

John The Ax · Post by **John The Ax** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:29 pm

What? Mine are excellent!

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:32 pm

Yes, and your's was the only one added (I think it was Keen 4....)

Post by **Dogbreath** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:41 pm

*Sniff*

IMO, my review of Tyrian was pretty good. It is now lost in the depths of IBB, I'm afraid.

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:42 pm

*gasp* I had a good review of Tyrian too!

Post by **Dogbreath** » Sat Feb 22, 2003 7:45 pm

Neither have been added, I'm afraid.

eViL bOrIs I · Post by **eViL bOrIs I** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:04 pm

Cool. I'll try to review some more, then. Are there any specific games that you want me to review?

Post by **Dogbreath** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:54 pm

Any game on the website is okay. Don't strain yourself, though, Emmzee appears to have been too busy as of late to add any...

Da_Goat · Post by **Da_Goat** » Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:40 pm

Yeah, don't take it as seriously as Game Hippo, but write some that are better'n this. Emmzee is a college student, anyway, and he doesn't have the time that Boson does.

kittie · Post by **kittie** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:29 am

Like like like

Great game so prince of persia 2

gooden · Post by **gooden** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:22 am

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Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:01 am

WTF?yo somebody translate this

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 12:35 am

looks like he is talking that we are gay?

Joris · Post by **Joris** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:27 am

Could be... looks a bit like French and in French, "gay" means "happy". It's not French though...