Try it, it's well worth the money and the time.
However due to unforeseen events I ended up getting it.
At first it looked very odd.... The fact that pc version had limitation on how you can change your controls just added to the weird feeling. Prologue mission after you just finally start, again seemed like nothing special what so ever. But as soon as you are left to free-roam.... thats where you just get carried away.
First thing that I noticed it does resemble PoP series but the game flow is a little bit faster there is no slow climbing. All fights are fast paced and don't require you to remember long combos. Game world is to say the least "AMAZING"... all the maps are well done they are not redundant reskins. Npc's act fairly... Ai in this game is nothing great but it gets the job done. Story is well put.... made clear from the start but at the same time it leaves a lot of questions which keeps you interested.
Besides the storyline missions you are offered variety of other things to do. Ranging from collecting things to saving peasants and just visiting places. You are able to do w/e you want and not required to take any missions. I spend good 5 hours after cave prologue before I finally got to grandmaster for the very first mission.
The game is very well optimized for pc hight end or a few years old system.
Sound and Music were great and I never got tired of it. In game cinematic could have used a bit work but its irrelevant.
The only bad things I can say its horrible tutorial/tips.... The tips would disappear once you hit a button... And combat tips are given mid fight so lets just say they appear and disappear. So yes you should read the manual just so you don't have to guess.
All in all this is a very well made game well worth playing. If your a Prince of Persia fan its a must have.