9. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time stands as one of the best big-budget reboots of any classic video game franchise; it not only had thrilling platforming mechanics, but the time-rewind gimmick worked far better than surely most of us expected it to, essentially helping to redefine the platform game. From the moment we recognised its brilliance, we knew a sequel was on the way, and when it arrived with Warrior Within, imagine our disappointment to see that the carefully-established style and personality of the original game had been completely stripped bare here.
Some might admire the developers daring to be different, but the gothic look, use of a metal soundtrack, and far darker tone seem to completely betray the more harmlessly adventurous feel of the original, which was simply a lot more fun to play. It just feels like such a morose, needless comedown after the high that was the original game, and though it does have some fun levels, they’re completely undermined by the stylistic misfire consuming every moment of its gameplay. Thankfully, the third game, The Two Thrones, is far, far better.
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what? no warrior within is by far the best prince of persia game, hell even forgotten sands was based on it. Two thrones is inferior, they just put a little bit of the first to make it seem similar to sands of time.
Is it possible to read this as a list on a single page? No? Then I immediately leave. I suggest you come out of 1995 and start designing pages for user experience rather than maximum ad views.
How about Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2? That game was terrible compared to it’s predecessor.
It felt lazy story wise, trying to capitalize on the runaway success of the comic storyline of Civil War and trying to translate into a video game was disappointing to say the least. Especially with the set-up that the first installment had for a sequel at the end, which promised Galactus, and instead we get a shoddy cash-in.
Another short coming was the severe downgrade in playable characters. While there were a good amount of returning characters, a few were relegated to strictly unlockable status, and the new characters were either exclusive to one side of the fight or to a system.
The only thing that MUA2 had going for it were the awesome fusion attacks.
i have to say, i actually loved perfect dark zero, i thought the multiplayer was really fun lol