Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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  • Summary: The Prince has to embark upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind's greatest fears. Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts canThe Prince has to embark upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind's greatest fears. Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts can the Prince rise to a new level of warriorship - and emerge from this ultimate trial with his life. In order to accomplish his mission, the Prince benefits from a brand new free-form fighting system that allows gamers to channel his anger as they wage battle without boundaries. Each game fan will find his or her own unique fighting style as they manipulate their environment and control the Ravages of Time. You can dig into an arsenal of weapons that, when used in combination, create advanced arm attacks that verge on fatal artistry! Prince of Persia: Warrior Within promises that game fans will fight harder, and play longer, emerging from the experience as deadly-capable skilled masters of their own unique combat art form. [Ubisoft]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Four Fat Chicks
    100
    Warrior Within is not a perfect game. In many ways, it stands as a badly written testament to exactly what is wrong with video games: sexism, teenage hormones, amateurish writing, clumsy franchise handling. But it's entertaining. It's incredibly entertaining.
  2. games(TM)
    90
    You get the impression that "The Sands of Time" was just a warm-up for the main event, a game that’s familiar at first but soon reveals a level of imagination beyond that of the original, and displays as little room for error as one of the Prince’s most daring acrobatic leaps. [Christmas 2004, p.100]
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  3. 1UP
    90
    A consequence of this darker approach is that that game loses part of what made The Sands of Time unique. Instead of a charming and almost silly character like we saw previously, the Prince here is more one-dimensional.
  4. Game Over Online
    83
    While the game does address previous game issues and is a worthy successor to the previous title in its own way, it does make you wonder what the game could’ve been if it’d straddled the line between light and dark.
  5. Total Video Games
    80
    Bizarrely it’s not any aspect of the game that lets the experience down but that over style – we simply don’t like the mature nature of the game compared to the delights of its predecessor. The end result comes across as desperately trying to be edgy and blatantly falls short of the mark.
  6. Inside Gamer Online
    78
    Too bad that all of the “enhancements” made to the prince's fascinating virtual world are actually liabilities. We are glad Ubisoft toyed with the bits that needed improvement, but we wonder why they “fixed” the things that were never broken.
  7. PC Gamer
    64
    The Prince's royale style-makers may have done their job, but the programmers needed to take another run at it. [March 2005, p.64]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 93
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 93
  3. Negative: 12 out of 93
  1. Ribaiasan
    Apr 22, 2021
    10
    This masterpiece is the "Best Adventure Game" I ever played, and "Best Ubisoft Game".
  2. harmit900
    Sep 14, 2020
    10
    this game is best in the series i liked the badass prince i liked the castle enviorment i liked the weapon system i like the story a man isthis game is best in the series i liked the badass prince i liked the castle enviorment i liked the weapon system i like the story a man is trying very hard to change its fate and not giving up pc version looks awesome compared to console version which i played in 2005… Expand
  4. SahilKChandio
    Sep 26, 2018
    10
    This game is one of my most favorite games of all time!! This game was a big part of my childhood and I enjoyed this game a lot. WarriorThis game is one of my most favorite games of all time!! This game was a big part of my childhood and I enjoyed this game a lot. Warrior within had an awesome story and provided an epic adventure and was awesome in every way possible!!!… Expand
  5. migmib
    Sep 15, 2020
    9
    Aún recuerdo lo divertido que fue jugarlo y lo sorprendido que estaba con los gráficos, para la época eran muy avanzados. Destaco también laAún recuerdo lo divertido que fue jugarlo y lo sorprendido que estaba con los gráficos, para la época eran muy avanzados. Destaco también la jugabilidad mecánica.… Expand
  6. alexiruiz
    Mar 14, 2022
    8
    Best Prince of Persia of all. There's violence, blood and heavy metal. Good story and excelent ambience
  7. glitchtoreality
    Nov 12, 2012
    6
    Prince of Persia is one of my favourite game series of all time, and I was really excited to play the second instalment of the series,Prince of Persia is one of my favourite game series of all time, and I was really excited to play the second instalment of the series, "Warrior Within." I have many mixed feelings about this game, and there are just some things that really bother that I couldn't get over. For one thing, the prince in this game has a completely different personality, the atmosphere of this game is more darker then the last, and the lighthearted prince seems to have been completely lost in the dark when this title came out. Maybe Ubisoft was going for a more "cool" character thing, but that didn't really work out, people loved the charming personality from the prince in the first game. The story as well is much weaker here then it is in the first game, I can barely even remember what the story was. While playing the game, I felt really isolated, I miss having those little interactions with Farah, and the light humour. The gameplay as well is very glitchy. And I mean very glitchy, you may find yourself cursing at the screen because of it, you WILL die countless times from it. But the good thing is, it doesn't take away from the fun, there are still some challenging puzzles that will get you thinking. You still feel bad ass jumping and leaping from death defying heights. And the music in the game is awesome!! Some hard rock music that really fits the mood of the game. All in all, this game was a fun experience, but because of the glitches this gets a 6/10 from me. My least favourite game out of the current 5 games in the series. But that doesn't make it a bad game, in fact, I still recommend this game to any adventure game fan, and especially to fans of the PoP series.… Expand
  8. warriorwithinsucksass
    Aug 23, 2009
    0
    This game is the definition of ratshit. Its like the creators decided to take everything that was good about the first game, piss on it to This game is the definition of ratshit. Its like the creators decided to take everything that was good about the first game, piss on it to blow out its circuits, and make another superfluously gory game which has barely any puzzle solving and has a story that makes every single episode of scary movies plot look like the god father, if i could go below 0 i would. Also if i could chop off my foot to prevent this game from bieng created, well, i wouldn't do that, that's retarted, but its still a horrible game.… Expand

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#30 Best PC Game of 2004
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#13 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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