Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands - Xbox 360

I've been a fan of the series since I picked up the Sands of Time on a whim in a bargain bin. I have every game since. There are some very detailed reviews about this game already so I'll keep this short.If you like the series, you will like this game. I didn't come across any glitches in any of the prince of persia games like another reviewer noted. I hope you won't run into any either because I absolutely hate glitches. I just reviewed another game full of glitches.Anyway, great game. It was nice to see the prince return to this format after the sands trilogy. The game has the typical moves like running on walls, climbing, acrobats, etc. so no surprises there. You do learn new abilities in the game and it makes the game much more challenging to move on. Towards the end, the sequences you must do to clear an area are just amazing. It can get frustrating but it's very rewarding. The fighting is more like Warrior within if I remember right but does have a hint of Two Thrones in the mix with certain button sequences.Buy if you like the series. If you haven't played any, try picking up any of the games in the series. If you like one, you should like them all.

Overall this game is a blast. Great for people who love puzzles and adventure like me. It requires quick thinking and a little bit of problem solving. The storyline is very creative and the graphics are surprisingly good. It's especially fun to just plunge your sword into a guy you just knocked down, which a lot of games don't do. I am a huge fan of games like The Hobit and Star Fox Adventures: Dinosuar Planet, and this game hits the spot those games hit with me as well. If you like adventure games buy it you will not regret it.

I loved Prince of Persia Trilogy on (PS2/Xbox) and while Prince of Persia (PS3/360) was not as great of a game, I still liked it. This game, the way it looked, I didn't have much expectations, but I was surprised. Here is why.PROS.AWESOME SOT LIKE GAMEPLAY: This game goes back to the roots of Prince of Persia. Sands of Time trilogy (SOT) wowed me with running on the wall, jumping from ledge to ledge and reversing time type of gameplay mechanics. In this game they go back to the roots and give you more of that gameplay.NEW MAGICAL AND ACROBATIC ABILITIES: In addition to what mentioned above you get some new moves and magical abilities. Most notable of them all is to freeze water for given amount of time. Developers have wonderfully make use of this ability give this game a novel feeling. Freezing and unfreezing water with proper timing makes it very important to move from one part of the palace to another (Very difficult to explain in words, have to see the gameplay to understand it). In addition to freezing water you also have other unique abilities such as swift jumps, crow hooks and one VERY UNIQUE one. But I don't want to spoil much here.MASSES AND VARIETY ENEMIES: In this game they have made good use of next gen console processor power in enemy battles. Unlike previous Prince of Persia games where you had 5 or 8 enemies at most, in this one you will have 15-20 enemies (if not more) at the same time. While initial enemies will look the same, as you progress in the game, variety of enemies will appear that will require you to change your strategy in defeating them.POWERS AND SWORD UPGRADES: Defeating enemies will give you orbs and these orbs can be used to upgrade your combat and magical powers. You can make your attack stronger, life bar larger, have fire walk power, ice sword power, stone armor power, wind explosion power or you can increase the time to reverse time. Each one of these can be upgraded up to 4 levels. Personally I loved the RPG element they added to this game.DECENT STORY: Not much to describe here. Voice actors are good and the game has decent story. Don't want to spoil too much.LOTS OF TRAPS: To many of you, this may belong in cons section, but I personally like challenges. In addition to acrobatic gameplay, there are tons of traps in the game that requires you to successfully guide prince through them. To me this was very challenging but the fun part of the game.CHALLENGE ROOMS: After you beat the campaigns, you can attempt challenge rooms to test your skills. While there are not that many of them, they are better than nothing.CONS.FEELING OF CHEAPNESS: I enjoyed the game, but when I played it, I just can't help but to feel that this game was either made on low budget or shortage of time. Unlike previous prince of Persia games where artwork was the strength of the game, this game didn't carry out the legacy. Sure things look great in 720p resolution, but in terms of artstyle and graphics, it look similar to PS2/Xbox games.BOSSES: There are bosses in this game but honestly they are not impressive. I love the game with strong bosses, especially those who require unique strategies to beat. Unfortunately, the bosses in this game are not much fun and can be beaten using mostly the same strategies.SANDS OF TIME TRILOGY CONNECTION: According to developers, this game takes place between first two games of SOT trilogy. So I was really hoping they have some information on DHAKA or some sort of connection to him. But to best of my knowledge, they didn't. So somewhat disappointed.CONCLUSION:Honestly, if they had put some more money into this game and had not pressured the artists to release it along with Prince of Persia the Movie, I think this would be a five star game. Nevertheless, I loved it. I think if you are Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Trilogy fan, then you should definitely give this a shot, especially now that it is selling so cheap. Chances are you will enjoy it.

ithis is like a puzzle game you need to figure out how to get from one level to another in a castle under seige fun

I am not a "extreme gamer," but I do play games on the weekendsThis game has been very fun. It has some thinking involved on how to progress through the scenes and takes some skill to master wall running and swinging around with the correct timing.It is not a hard game! But it is fun and entertaining, great for the casual gamer.We bought Star Wars Force Unleashed 2 for 3x's the price and this game beats it by far! (Not in graphics) but in challenging your skills.. (Star Wars is pretty mindless and offers no challenge..)Would recommend as a simple, overall good, fun game to play on the weekends. I am not sure if the extreme gamers would enjoy something like this.

My game had two instruction books, one in ENGLISH, the other was in French, I believe.SWEET

I should've gotten this when it was still new but now I'm here trying to finish my collection the seller is most trustworthy they said it was new and they did not disappoint with the seal of authenticity I knew I was the first one to open this and enjoy a new storyline of the prince I have never got to experience.