Price of Persia: The Two Thrones

Prince of Persia: T2T is the third title of the series developed by Ubisoft. The first one was epic with a good prince. The second one had a bad-ass prince fighting for his destiny with the Dahaka (some kind of a time guardian) and the Empress of Time. The third one has a twist: the prince transforms sometimes in his dark self in his quest to reconquer Babylon and avenge Kaileena (the Emperess of Time became mortal, and was killed by the evil vizier).

The basic game mechanics are still present in this title: cool acrobatic movements, good or very good environmental puzzles, very tight controls (you have to press Jump at a precise time, or you have to put the dagger into a hole at the exact moment...), cool fights with the guardians...

New things in this title include:

• some kind of hole in wall, you can stick your dagger in and then swing to another point
• new traps with spikes that come in and out from the walls
• a more stealth approach "speed kill": you can kill in a cinematic way an enemy when you sneak behind him, or drop into his back
• the evil self prince: a more deadly/aggressive combat, new weapon (like a edged chain)

The gameplay is solid but the camera is plain stupid. The first PoP had a pretty good camera. This camera is so restricting and so itchy that will violently jump into it's preferred place and you cannot do too much about that.
The game is also pretty hard because if you have a difficult part and you cannot decide what to do in a specific room or you miss the precise moment to press a certain key you'll repeat a part of the game over and over again, and that's very frustrating, believe me.
The graphics are good, the animations have some discontinuities but is not that disturbing, the level design is very good, the textures are pretty good but a little repetitive.

A good platform game: should not be missed, so I'll give it a 9-9.5.

Gamespot Prince of Persia The Two Thrones review.