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-Ubisoft/Gameloft (2004) -Played on a Motorola Slvr
Summary
My Thoughts Ubisoft did a remarkable job bringing back the Prince of Persia series with The Sands of Time. The game had a version for cell phones, but I never got the chance to play it. I wondered though, could Gameloft successfully make the Prince as awesome on the phone as he is on the consoles? Surprisingly, yes they can. Maybe I shouldn’t be that surprised, because nearly all of the Persia games have been excellent. Warrior Within on the phone is not a complete translation of the real Warrior Within game. Of course, the game is not in 3D; it’s a side-scrolling adventure like the Prince’s of yesteryear. The game has wonderful graphics, some decent sound, and very good control. The animation, while not on par with the usual quality from the other games, is very well done for a cell phone game. While the game is missing some of the plot points and features of the console, such as the Daikana and the angst ridden rock music, the story is mainly about the Prince fighting off the temptations of the Time Empress.
The Prince’s foes, on the other hand, are a bit limited in both moves and challenge. The Prince will fight the same couple sword and axe sand guys throughout the whole game. There are also some big birds that will die feathery deaths, but most battles will be with the sand guys. Sometimes you’ll need to fight two at a time, which is an easy task thanks to the Prince’s fancy moves. When you complete story mode (and you will in a decent, but still too short a time) you’ll unlock arena mode. Arena mode is fifteen levels of intense combat. There are no puzzles here, just a seemingly endless slaughter of the same two sand warriors and birds.
Some of these levels take place in the Prince’s present, while others are in the past. I never figured out why the Prince was going back and forth through time because the game didn’t actually explain it that well. It was too busy focusing on the sexy evil ladies in the game. Between the stages there are stills that progress the story of the Prince resisting girl after girl on his way to set things right. Each of the girls is drawn with especially revealing clothing. I find it funny how the Empress is covered in shadows except her ample breasts and legs. She also says things like, “My blood is hot with desire, Prince,” and “Let me show you what real pleasure is.” It's also odd how you never actually get to fight the Empress. Well, if the Prince finds that he’s fed up with saving the world all the time it sounds like he has something real nice to fall back on.
-Shawn
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Prince of
Persia: Warrior Within (Mobile)
The
prince fights titillating temptations from an evil hottie and her harems.
The Prince
keeps a lot of his old moves. He can swing his swords to cut up the bad guys,
sneak around, roll under traps, wall run, swing on deadly pendulums, and
platform jump like a pro. As the Prince fights on he unlocks new attacks and
combos that he can use against his foes. He even obtains a few finishing moves
to kill his enemies in brutal and satisfying ways. 
The
limited enemies aren’t the only things that the Prince has to fight. This is a
Prince of Persia game, remember. Back in story mode he must contend with
the many traps strategically placed in the Persian castles. Most of the puzzles
are of the “press switch, open door” variety the Prince of Persia games
are known for. Also, to help the player navigate the first few stages, helpful
arrows appear on-screen so the Prince can figure out the jagged pathways through
the stages. 
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