prince of persia:sands of time

[Walkiry]

As for the new Prince of Persia game, I've heard that it's pretty darned good, but not being a console owner (hurr comedy NES option am I rite?) I can't really comment on it.

Hm, I bought it this weekend for my PC so that's no excuse ;)

And talking about this game, I think I almost wet myself when playing through it. I must say that I absolutely loved the original PoP back in the day, so I might be a bit biased ;)

The things that make this game rock so much are:

-Comes with a free Thrustmaster dual analog joypad (12 buttons). No force feedback though, but so few PC games use it that it's not really an issue.
-Cost me 37€, less than KoTOR (which I'm also playing now, along with watching Babylon 5 season 3 which was released yesterday... I hate Christmas sometimes).
-It runs like a *charm* on my system with all details set to the max (Athlon XP 1600 MHz, GeForce ti4400).
-Looks gorgeous.
-The controls and movement of the character are just as good (relatively) as the original back in the day. Smooth, responsive, just perfect.
-Combat is great. This is not Oni or Blade, there are not a lot of complicated combos, but its simplicity is very very effective. Just great.
-Lovely puzzles all over the place that take you, again, back to the original.
-Did I mention how good it looks and how smooth it runs? (Insert horrible PC Halo performance flashback here). It's worth mentioning again.
-Great music, really.
-A bit too easy perhaps, that dagger is just too overpowered (mighty original feature though).
-Maybe a bit short, but if they had included a timer limit just like the original had I'm sure it'd have made up for it.

Alas, no Prince of Persia (original) or PoP 2 for the PC as extras.

But this game is just amazing. I'm about to finish it, but I know I'll be going through it again (and again!) after I do. This is no rental, this is a keeper!