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Description
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the direct sequel to
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Seven years later, the Prince is hunted by a monster known as Dahaka. He finds out that anyone who manipulates the Sands of Time is destined to die shortly afterwards; but the Prince has escaped his fate, and that's the reason for Dahaka's rage. Now the Prince must travel to the mysterious Island of Time, where he hopes to find the Empress of Time and, through time manipulation, somehow prevent her from creating the Sands in the first place...
The game comes with a new, darker look for the Prince and his surroundings. The fights are more brutal and take a larger part in the game, as the Prince now has enhanced fighting moves including new attack moves via walls and poles.
Even though the fights make up a large part of the game, the puzzle sections are still present and more complicated than before. A new move in the puzzle sections of the game is the curtain slide, which allows you to slide down to the ground slowly. There are still plenty of options for time manipulation and the storyline also lets you travel back and forth in time, visiting the same locations in an alternate time period.
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Alternate Titles
- "波斯王子：武者之心" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
- "Принц Персии: Схватка с судьбой" -- Russian spelling
- "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within HD" -- iPad title
- "Prince of Persia: Spirito Guerriero" -- Italian title
- "Prince of Persia: L'âme du Guerrier" -- French title
- "Prince of Persia: Kenshi no Kokoro" -- Japanese title
- "Prince of Persia: El Alma del Guerrero" -- Spanish title
- "Prince of Persia: Dusza Wojownika" -- Polish title
- "Prince of Persia 5" -- Informal title
- "Prince of Persia 2" -- Working title
- "PoP: Warrior Within" -- Common abbreviation
- "Bosi Wangzi: Wuzhe zhi Xin" -- Simplified Chinese title
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User Reviews
Critic Reviews
| 64 Power / big.N / N Games |
GameCube |
Dec, 2004 |
93 out of 100 |
93 |
| GameSpot |
Windows |
Dec 02, 2004 |
8.6 out of 10 |
86 |
| GamesCollection |
GameCube |
May 16, 2009 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| Game Over Online |
GameCube |
Dec 15, 2004 |
83 out of 100 |
83 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Xbox |
Dec 02, 2004 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| Gamekult |
Xbox |
Dec 03, 2004 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
PlayStation 2 |
Dec 02, 2004 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| Game Watcher |
Windows |
Jan 11, 2005 |
7.7 out of 10 |
77 |
| Eurogamer.net (UK) |
Xbox |
Dec 01, 2004 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| PlayDevil |
Xbox |
Mar 02, 2005 |
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70 |
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Trivia
Two endings
If the players is able to collect all live upgrades, he can retrieve the final sword upgrade (Water sword) from the hourglass chamber and unlock the canonical ending (
The Two Thrones) by fighting the Dahaka. Whiteout the upgrades the sword cannot be retrieved and the player is forced to fight Kaileena the Empress of Time. This also happens if one chooses to not take up the Water sword.
Jordan Mechner
In the December 2005 issue of Wired Magazine,
Jordan Mechner(the developer of the original
Prince of Persia who was not involved of the development of this game) was not happy with the direction of
Warrior Within. He said "I'm not a fan of the artistic direction, or the violence that earned it an M rating. The story, character, dialog, voice acting, and visual style were not to my taste." However, he was quite happy when the direction taken by
The Two Thrones.
Awards
- 4Players
- 2004 – Best PC Action-Adventure Game of the Year
- GamePro (Germany)
- 2004 - Best Console Action-Adventure in 2004 (Readers' Vote)
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