PoP: WW is a great game, however there are a lot of issues that stop it from achieving it's true potential.
User Rating: 8.4 | Prince of Persia: Warrior Within PC
Prince of Pesia: Warrior Within is the sequel to the groundbreaking Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and while it improves on most of its predesessour's problems, it creates quite a few of his own that hurt the game in the long run. Warrior Within, takes a more darker and mature aproach to the game, you play a prince that is cursed and has to face his fate -his death- he was suposed to die in the last game......but as you can see he didn't so there is this big scary thing called the Dahaka hunting him. One of the main differences betwen WW and SoT is the fact that WW focuses a lot on the combat, as it let's you use the game's "free form fighting system" to create you own combos and dispose of enemies as you please. This is one of the high points of the game, however it comes with its costs. The mais one being that platforming in the game is a lot more rare then you would wan't it to be, and when you are at the platforming parts of the game you can't shake the feeling that it was over to quickly, it really hurts not to have as much platforming as you did you SoT, not to say the gameplay sucks, Not at all. Warrior within is focused more on combat and thats wha't im going to talk about now. The prince has a variety of moves at his disposal, he can use one or two blades at any one time, granted there was an unlucky someone you stole one from. The combo system is huge, there are A LOT of combos, and so it gives some lasting value to dispaching your foes. However its not all peachy, there are some times when you just wish those freakin sand things left you alone, the combat often times is right on but on a few ocasions you wish there was some more puzzle and plaforming involved. Graphicly the game is superb, all the modells and cut scenes look great. Its all bathed in these dark colors that really give the game atmosphere. The animations are also top notch. No complaints here though i did experience some fps drops on ocasion. Here we hit a road block. Sound: Lets go to the high points then ill rant about all the crap. High points - the dahaka creeps me out when he screams. Now that thats over with, on to the crap. First off, I am sick of listening to the following phrases "I AM THE PRINCE OF PERSIA....AND THE KING OF BLADES" "IF ITS A FIGHT YOU WANT" "EASYER THEN I EXPECTED" Its very painfull. Its not that they sound like crap, well they do but its just he repeats them so much. The voice acting in the cut scenes is pretty good...but man the game feel so out of sync and overly repetitive some times. Music wise....well if you like listening to the same metal song over and over again...well rejoice...the rest ends too quickly thus they dont have a direct nor positive effect on the game. Value: An alternate ending, and unlockables like art and life increasing things. Plus you can find those secrete weapons.. In the end this is a love it or hate it game...i like it but there are some rough points with the audio and sometimes the gameplay gets a bit tedious for a lack of platforming... Rent it if you are unsure. But if you are wondering, yes its worth your money for as long as you make it last. 
