You cannot change your fate

After a wrist-breaking thumb-numbing finger-shattering final battle, I finally finished Prince of Persia: the Warrior Within. I'm glad I finally finished it cuz I was getting addicted to it pretty badly.

But in retrospect, I think I'm going to change what I said earlier about it being the best game I have ever played. It's definitely the best-looking game I have ever played, and I have absolutely zero complaints about the fluidity of the game. All those lucid fight moves and acrobatics were a ton of fun. The environments looked very nice too, certainly on the darker creepier side. On a side note, there were some famous people doing the voice overs as well, like Monica Belluci doing the voice of Kaileena, the empress of time. Another side note, check out the game's official blog on blogspot!

However, now that I think about it, for most of the game I did the same thing; used the same moves to get from one place to the other, fought more or less the same enemies. There were around 10 different regular enemies and 5 bosses. I think I was expecting more. I would also liked to have seen more environments. Maybe since what was made was so breath-taking that I just wanted to see more of it. The plot, although pretty good for a game, could have been a little better as well.

What bothered me the most was that looking at the credits at the end, among the hundreds of people who worked on this, I couldn't see a single Persian name. There were a few Arabic sounding names, but no Persians. And it makes we wonder, with all the talented people that we have, how could it be that not a single one of them was involved in a game that is called Prince of Persia. It would have DEFINITELY made it more authentic, and insanely more enjoyable, at least for Persians.

In any case, it was definitely one of the most enjoyable games I've played, and I'm looking forward for the next one. Heck, who knows, maybe I could join the team for that one ?