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Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Mobile) -Ubisoft/Gameloft (2005) -Played on a Samsung A930
Summary The prince deals with his evil split personality as he tries to free his kingdom and resist more hot chicks. My Thoughts
Warrior Within focused on a small part of the overall story of the console versions. Two Thrones seems to be a little more in line with the bigger part of the story. Basically, he returns home only to find it under the rule of an evil vizier. The prince must reclaim his throne while confronting his own dark side. The prince is nearly the same as he was in Warrior Within with all the same moves as before. The main difference is that he will turn into the dark prince at certain points in the game. Instead of dual scimitars, the dark prince wields a chain whip with a longer reach which slices up enemies in a slightly different way. He can also use it to reach higher platforms.
Aside from battling his own inner self, the prince and dark prince will fight a greater variety of enemies this time around. There are the usual sand demon guys, but there are also minotaurs wielding big axes and giant serpents. The serpents are especially fun to battle. At times the prince needs to climb on top of them and ride them to the next part of the level. (Insert the prince riding a snake joke here.) The main problem about this game is just the same as Warrior Within; you never actually fight the main bad guy. The prince didn’t fight the Time Empress in Warrior Within and he does not fight the vizier here. Well, so much for feeling like you’ve actually saved the day.
The music and sound effects are decent enough, but you’ll probably tire of them after a short time. The visuals are what really shine and are better than the previous game. The characters and enemies are detailed with good animation. The palace and dungeon backgrounds are excellently done and are more detailed then the previous adventure. Again there are barely dressed women that the prince encounters and I believe these girls are wearing less than the girls from Warrior Within. It seems that Ubisoft and Gameloft really enjoy their Persian women.
-Shawn
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Gameloft
brings the third Prince of Persia adventure, The Two Thrones, to
the mobile platform to complete the epic trilogy. Warrior Within was an
excellent example of a good mobile platformer and The Two Thrones is even
better as it features more variety and action then before.
As the previous
game, the controls are smooth and very easy to use. All you really need to use
is the directional pad and the center key as all of the prince’s moves are
context sensitive. He will automatically grab chains when jumping towards them
and run along walls when the time is right. Although, the controls may be a
little too easy to use as the game feels like it’s playing itself sometimes.
It’s not really a bad thing considering that controls should be simplified on a
mobile phone; it just seems to reduce the game’s difficulty.
The game also
brings in chariot races into the nine stages of the game. In the chariot races
the prince must whip his horse and avoid pits and destruction. Enemy chariots
will try to run him into these obstacles or just smash into him. These sequences
were unexpected and a nice break from the platforming and sword play. Upon
completing the game you unlock survival mode.
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