• ID = PS0672
• STYLE = Third-Person 3D Action
• DEV. = Ubisoft Montreal
• PUB. = UBI Soft Entertainment
• R-DATE = Nov-30-2004
• ESRB = M / For Mature
• PLAYERS = 1-2 Players
• LIST PRICE = $49.99
  

Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia 2 , the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time .

Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind's greatest fears.

Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts can the Prince rise to a new level of warriorship - and emerge from this ultimate trial with his life.

Key Features

• The Game of the Year returns: Prince of Persia 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the universally acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , the undisputed Console Game of the Year for 2003.
• A warrior reborn: The Prince has matured immeasurably since his courageous fight in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time . He returns here with deadlier skills, a darker heart, and a craving for battle.
• Free-form fighting system: An intricate new combat system lets you wage battles with no boundaries. Manipulate the environment and the enemies themselves to develop your own unique fighting style. Plus, an all-new projectile attack system allows for a variety of ranged combat tactics.
• A violent underworld revealed: Explore and conquer a cursed island underworld, breeding ground for the most brutal, unrelenting monsters to torment mankind.
• Control the ravages of time: Ravage enemies with the devastating new combative powers of the Sands of Time, opening up astounding variations in fighting game play.
• Fight harder, play longer: Hours upon hours of action await in your fight for survival, including various bonus incentives for those who finish the game.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was critically acclaimed but commercially underperformed; this sequel has a chance to right that wrong early on with a noticeably darker and more violent adventure. The Prince is being hunted by an "immortal incarnation of Fate", who's peeved with him for mucking about with the space-time continuum in the last game and aims to make sure he won't be doing it again.

Although the Prince has a number of new acrobatic moves (including the rather Errol Flynn-esque ability to shimmy down tapestries) and time attacks (such as a new fast forward move that allows him to buzz through a cluster of enemies as nothing more than a blur of light) the most important new feature in the game is a completely new combat system.

Using the analogue controllers to full effect, it's now possible to incorporate your weapons, enemies and environment into a seemingly endless stream of combos as you leap behind and around bad guys, steal their weapons and turn a normal wall run into a lunging slash attack. If this game was only as good as the last one it'd still be amazing but the genuine improvements already seen should see the Prince take his rightful place as king of the action platformers. -- David Jenkins