I honestly came into this title without high expectations, I've played all the assasins creed side scrollers and was underwhelmed by each entry, But this..This game is something completely different.
You can tell right off the bat when you start that love and care for the property was put into this and it's not just a simple cash grab based on name sake alone, The combat is fast and fluid with the prince acrobatic moves very much in effect just in a 2D playing field. You don't start super weak and slow and have to work your way up, You start decent with some knowledge and experience under your belt, And through this HUGE open metroidvania world you discover many Secrets, Trinkets, Add ons (power ups), and so forth. The story is a simple one, I won't do any spoilers but it's simple. It's a bit more eloquent then save the princess but not by much more, The meat of the game here lies in the gameplay department.
The graphics are nothing crazy, Early ps4 era visuals on the characters themselves along with terrible lip synching, But the beautiful and lush environments that you traverse along the way, The playing field is really REALLY big. It's not overly complicated unless you want to find all the secrets and so forth, And all the challenge that prince of Persia brings with platforming, jumps, pole swinging..it's ALL still here and it works so much better than you think in 2D. Honestly this game is a love letter to fans and deserves nothing by the highest praise especially coming from a publisher which rarely takes risks and usually plays it on the safe side with their titles. If you're on the fence about it, TRUST me this is 100% worth the asking price of $50. Deluxe edition are cosmetics and 1 power up that is cool but nothing to write home about, The standard version is just fine. If it weren't for the dated graphics and weird voice/facial animations this would be a 10, As a critic I have to knock it down a point in that department..But apart from cosmetically flawed EVERYTHING else is brimming with life and deserves nothing but the highest praise, Bravo team, Bravo. 9 out of 10 - Magnificent-
