Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time...GO PLAY IT NOW!
I was a doubter when i first heard about it...but i rented it and all i can say is WOW...definitely one of the best games of this generation, if not one of the best i've ever played.
the graphics are great, and ubi incorporated the cloth physics and lighting tricks from splinter-cell, along with an INCREDIBLE animation system...everything the Prince does is so fluid, its artistic. there's no hiccup connecting even the longest combos of actions. i think my only complaint is that the lip-synching is a bit off...maybe to save localiztion costs, i don't know...and the hand-models for your sidekick princess are kinda odd at some angles, making them look n64-ish..but thats just nitpicking. overall, a very cinematic and awe-inspiring...watching the prince balance on a beam with the sunset behind him was just beautiful...
camera angles on the whole are great..a few odd spots where i wish i had more camera control, but nothing too bad.
The combat is also so fluid and stunning....through experience, combat becomes not just killing sand-zombies, but an art form..trying to kill as many as possible as fast as possible, and look as cool as possible while doing it all.. the the developers give the player such agreat sense of power by allowing them to, for example, slash at a zombie, backflip and hit a zombie behind them, then block an incoming attack from the rear, jump over a zombie's head, and rebound off a wall like a projectile, sword-first. you've never experiencing combat like this until you play it.
sound too is good..a nice mix of rock and middle-eastern sounding music, that changes appropriately when the scenery does.
my only gripe: too short..i beat it in 3 days..but they were a GREAT 3 days.
go buy or rent this right now. i can't stress enough how great this was..UBI Montreal is fast becoming my favorite developer.
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