Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia is Ubisofts second reboot of the Prince of Persia Franchise and innovates in more ways than its predecessors, with superb design and a unique graphics style Prince of Persia is an experience for everyone.

The Story of Prince of Persia has nothing to do with the previous games short of a few references and involves the new Prince who is a lonely traveller in a desert searching for his donkey, he discovers a girl named Elika Who initially resents him but grows to like him, Elika is the princess of the Ahura Kingdom and the Pair are soon attacked by the palace guards, this kickstarts an Adventure that tasks The Prince and Elika with stopping the Dark God Ahriman from being unleashed upon the world.

The Gameplay is very reminiscent of previous games with the core elements remaining the same although the game is signifigantly more automated than before, the game uses a somewhat unoriginal power plate system, these power plates allow Elika to travel in different ways such as fly or walk on vertical surfaces.
Speaking of Elika she plays a bigger role than other Companions of the Prince have with her being right by his side the whole adventure, her AI is competent and you will find her easily able to match the Princes acrobatic skills.

One of the big innovations of the new Prince of Persia is its new Cell Shaded graphics style, this sets it apart from other games without looking completely out of place, the Game also has very intresting design choices that can be seen whilst the game is played to counter negatives of the previous games and the final strength of the game is the way its dialogue brings Elika and the Princes world to life but also keep Elika and the Prince seeming like actual people.

Prince of Persia is a well designed game that avoids some of the flaws in its genre by making itself stand out with a great graphics style, unfortunately this creates some problems for itself but overall Prince of Persia is an experience for anyone to check out.