A real Prince of Persia game for the wii
User Rating: 8 | Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands WII
When I heard that Ubisoft was making an all-new Prince of Persia game I thought it was going to be a sequel to the 2008 Prince of Persia game that was released on the 360 and PS3 or the videogame version of the Prince of Persia movie (that's coming out May 28). Instead ubisoft gave us a Prince of Persia game that takes place after sands of time but before warrior within. Think of it as a side story in the Sands of Time trilogy (although I feel like the story has nothing to do with the Sands of Time trilogy). The Wii version of Prince of Persia the forgotten sand has nothing to do with the PS3/360 version at all (in terms of characters and story) and that's actually a good thing that Ubisoft created a different game than trying to cram the PS3/360 version into the Wii version. The gameplay is pretty much like past Prince of Persia games with some noticeable differences. For starters you see a cursor on the screen that is used for magic. What you do is either point to a wall or a power plates. Other times the cursor is used to open up magic doors or solving certain puzzles. There is no rewind (or any other magic that manipulates time) in the Wii version of the forgotten stands instead you had these things called life orbs which when you die you start the last place you are standing however lose all your life orbs and you have to start the last save point (don't worry you have unlimited lives). Graphically speaking the game looks really good on the Wii. I won't say Mario galaxy good but way better than most third party games on the Wii. If there were some issues I had with the Wii version of the forgotten sand it would be:
1. The camera-I won't say it's bad or awful but I find it annoying that I have to tap the C button to reset the camera.
2. The combat-those that are going in expecting red steel 2 combat are going to be disappointed. Instead the combat plays more like twilight princess (where you'd use a simple flicks with your Wii remote to attack)
Overall the game is good it may not have the same magic as the Sands of Time trilogy did but it's nice to see Ubisoft put some effort into the Wii version.
