The Sheel here, coming back at you with yet another review for the Xbox. Not the 360, or the PS3, but the regular old "current-gen" [post link] system that keeps me so entertained and often prevents me from doing all the work I'm supposed to do. Like all those essays I claimed I would finish early so I wouldn't have to worry about them. Yeah, right.Honour and Arrogance at odds with one another: the Prince struggles with a schizophrenic mind for most of the game due to a curse.
Where to begin? Well, because this is the third part of a three part series, the storyline is a little bit confusing. I'll try the simple recap: you start on a boat, after rescuing the princess of time. Everything is fine and dandy, until you return to your Kingdom and everything is in ruins, because some bad-ass army has invaded and occupied the entire city of Babylon. You spend the game trying to restore the Prince's kingdom, spending your time in puzzle solving action sequences and/or laying the smack down on the occupying troops, with a few great boss battles thrown in to keep it interesting.
This commercial might give you an idea of the frustration of learning the controls. If you play this game, expect to die.. a lot. The Prince can use "sand-capsules" that allow you to slow down or reverse time, which keeps you from having to live through the game-over sequence too often, but the game is still impeccably hard. Which is something I really enjoy about it.
A highly recommended title, go and check it out along with the first two games in the series, particularly if you are a fan of the Tomb Raider or other puzzle solving/action genres. I'll leave you with the beauty of several CGI cut-scenes that never made it into the game; disappointing considering the excellent storyline that accompanies this title. Please enjoy :)
Sheel-Score: 8.5/10
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