So I started playing Prince of Persia on the 360 this weekend, and I must say I am incredibly impressed. The game gets rid of the stress and time sink of dying, reloading, frustrations and complications related to it all. You cannot fall to you death in this highly acrobatic based game…. you just get “saved” back to the last area you were standing by Elika. You cannot die in combat, you simply loose a Quick Time Event (you dont even have a health bar!) and when you loose that QTE, Elika simply saves you with a quick magic attack, and the Boss re-heals himself up a good chunk.
Also there are virtually no other beings to fight, just the same 4 bosses, repeatedly in their respective realms. All in all I love it. You can focus on the story they want to tell, the impressive visuals they want to show you (and they are indeed impressive) and the puzzle and acrobatic challenges they want to make you jump though… and thats that. It totally redefines platformers, and I LOVE it!
Meh!, i was in the middle of a mission and the game froze and i lost all my progress. Never played it again.