Games

Prince of Persia

Ubisoft Montreal

2008•Platformer•PEGI 12•About 12 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurehistoricalfastimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeanceunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an expansive, pacy platformer, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

81 / 100

349 ratings

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About This Game

Prince of Persia is an action-adventure and platforming video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is part of the Prince of Persia franchise. The game is set in ancient Persia, with a player-character whose name is not revealed in the game. He is accompanied by a woman named Elika, whom he met after a large sandstorm diverted him from his course and he ended up in a mysterious land. Players traverse many different environments using his acrobatic abilities to scale walls and even crawl on the ceilings. Throughout the journey, players combat various enemies as they attempt to cleanse the land of corruption.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Prince of Persia takes place in an undefined ancient Persian city-state based heavily around the religion of Zoroastrianism. A thousand years before the events of the game take place, there was a struggle for power between the gods Ahriman and Ormazd. The outcome of the struggle was that Ormazd and his people, the Ahura, managed to imprison Ahriman and his minions, the Corrupted, in a tree. Ormazd then left the world, leaving the Ahura to make sure Ahriman remains secure. They are successful for a thousand years, at which point the Ahura started to believe that Ahriman and Ormazd were myths...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureHistoricalAll consuming questFighting evilInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Action-adventureBink videoReal-time combatSecond person perspectivePrince

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Details

Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: Ubisoft Entertainment
Released: 2 December 2008
Series: Prince of Persia
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 7h rushed, 12h normally, 15h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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