![]() ![]() ![]() As the game begins, you (now a true prince) are invited to a banquet featuring some pretty risqu¿ (okay, risqu¿ for 12th century Persia) entertainment. During the course of the meal the dancer goes crazy with the knives and rapidly wipes out the guard sent to protect you and the king. Helpless, you are dragged off to a dark dungeon and chucked into a cell without and weapons or equipment. From here, you must escape your prison, stop the plans of the evil vizier and reunite yourself with your new bride. While I found the tale to be well written, the story didn't really offer much except an explanation as to why you were back in the damn dungeon again and a reason for you to bother with getting back out.Īs with the original game, every so often cutscenes pop up to let you in on what's happening elsewhere as you continue your escape. Still, the cutscenes (although a trifle skimpy) worked well as a carrot to keep me wanting to make it just a little bit further into the game. What's really impressive about Prince of Persia 3D (or distressing, if you weren't a fan of the original) is how the Red Orb design team have managed to bring so old a game into the third dimension without changing the feel of the gameplay at all. ![]() In many ways identical to the original release, Prince of Persia 3D is a classic platform game that has you jumping over pits, grabbing onto ledges and dodging insidious traps through 15 long levels. Unlike the first game, all of the movement options available to you are a lot more precise in their function and veteran players will be happy to note that their character will jump exactly when they hit the jump key rather than hurtling over the edge of a deep pit. One new feature that was added was swimming, which I liked but found limited in its presentation. ![]()
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