curti muito de crianca
This game is a classic for a reason, truly deserving of its success and legacy. Although it can feel very alien coming from a more twitchy platformer like Mario, the slow and deliberate style of Prince of Persia works very well once you're calibrated to it. The controls are consistent and reliable, which is crucial. The rotoscoped animation is timelessly beautiful, the puzzles and exploration are satisfying without being unreasonably difficult. Great stuff.
Prince of Persia looks incredible and has a very unique feel, but the level design is very "gotcha" and requires a lot of trial-and-error. Although the prince moves sluggishly, I did find the movement to be satisfying in its own way. Similarly the sword fights were very exciting once I got the hang of them. But I can't bear the thought of exploring dungeons with nearly invisible traps that require either foreknowledge or a tedious examination of every pixel of the environment.
O jogo continua sendo um primor de beleza artística. Eu considero um plataforma estratégico: cada tela requer uma abordagem bem pensada pra atravessar. E ainda acho o combate elegante.
Played through this on my cousin’s Mac desktop. I was young enough that when you get chopped in half, that scared me. Sword fighting felt great, and the fluidity of the rotoscoped style.
Cuando era pequeño este juego me transmitía un aire de peligro, misterio y aventura increíble. Es un auténtico golpe de nostalgia.
Ottime idee a suo tempo, che hanno dato avvio a un sottogenere a sé (cinematic platformer) e ispirato platformer 3D come Tomb Raider.
Particolare riferimento a:
"shadow man" che, seppur con azioni scriptate, fa da temporanea semplice nemesi del giocatore e cerca di ostacolarne in modi inattesi l'avanzamento;
animazioni notevolmente fluide, realizzate attraverso il rotoscoping (cosa che restituisce anche un inusuale senso di realismo);
il level design, in relazione ai movimenti eseguibili dal personaggio e al danno da caduta (realizzando dunque un vero e proprio puzzle platformer);
emergenza di uno stile di gioco più cauto rispetto ad altri platformer contemporanei e precedenti, nel rispetto della necessità di sopravvivere;
un sistema di combattimento corpo a corpo, per quanto semplice (basato solo su parate e stoccate).
Vista la natura del gioco e la sua collocazione storica, ci tengo particolarmente a tenere in considerazione i grossi limiti tecnici imposti da Apple II (su cui è stato inizialmente realizzato e lanciato).
La versione SNES è quella più corposa e complessa, godendo anche di fondali ottimamente realizzati e un comparto grafico più moderno. Tuttavia, differisce fin troppo dalla versione originale: livelli molto più lunghi, aree totalmente nuove, veri e propri boss (anche originali nel design) oltre Jafaar. Vale quindi la pena provare la versione Amiga o Apple II prima di avvicinarsi alla versione per SNES.
Particolare riferimento a:
"shadow man" che, seppur con azioni scriptate, fa da temporanea semplice nemesi del giocatore e cerca di ostacolarne in modi inattesi l'avanzamento;
animazioni notevolmente fluide, realizzate attraverso il rotoscoping (cosa che restituisce anche un inusuale senso di realismo);
il level design, in relazione ai movimenti eseguibili dal personaggio e al danno da caduta (realizzando dunque un vero e proprio puzzle platformer);
emergenza di uno stile di gioco più cauto rispetto ad altri platformer contemporanei e precedenti, nel rispetto della necessità di sopravvivere;
un sistema di combattimento corpo a corpo, per quanto semplice (basato solo su parate e stoccate).
Vista la natura del gioco e la sua collocazione storica, ci tengo particolarmente a tenere in considerazione i grossi limiti tecnici imposti da Apple II (su cui è stato inizialmente realizzato e lanciato).
La versione SNES è quella più corposa e complessa, godendo anche di fondali ottimamente realizzati e un comparto grafico più moderno. Tuttavia, differisce fin troppo dalla versione originale: livelli molto più lunghi, aree totalmente nuove, veri e propri boss (anche originali nel design) oltre Jafaar. Vale quindi la pena provare la versione Amiga o Apple II prima di avvicinarsi alla versione per SNES.
I don't think I ever got past the 3rd screen, and not for lack of trying
classic
As the start of the cinematic platformer, this was pretty neat to experience. . Controls remarkably well, not too hard when you get used to the unique feel (mostly), and it's pretty short to boot.
Um jogo absurdamente minucioso que espera do jogador nada menos do que isso. Cada salto, ataque ou passo feito tem que ser consciente e deliberado, se não a morte é certa. Apenas uma performance digna de um príncipe guerreiro é o suficiente para vencer o jogo.
played the whole game in one of those shitty psp clones, cool
Only play it with SDLPoP port with time limit disabled and quick saves. Deliberatly hostile to the player, which might been a neat design in 1989, but, unfortunately for the game, humanity already figured out how to make good sidescrollers by then. Intentionally made the most sluggish and unresponsive character in a history of videogames, which makes Simon Belmont look like a modern prince of persia in comparison. Besides novelty of controlling a character with debilitating physical disability game has nothing to offer: no music, all levels feel like randomly generated, laughable combat which tricks you into thinking that differently color coded enemies have different behaviour (which is a lie).
Beat it in under 20min :)
Game is fun as hell. Wish the shift button on my keyboard actually worked though
Eis que você é um jogo de plataforma sincero, desafiador e gostosinho.
It's ok, don't play it.
Que jogaço. Não dá pra acreditar que esse jogo é de 89, muito a frente do seu tempo. Um dos melhores na minha opinião.
saw this game as a kid on a browser games site and i thought this was a fever dream cus of how ominous the game looked but now finally getting to play it i personally think it's surprisingly cool and kinda thought out (still infuriating as any super old game) i appreciated it
Muito complexo para uma criança, eu havia desistido por causa dos controles.
This iconic game has sword fights that put many modern games to shame.
El primer juego del príncipe que camina por las paredes y que lucha con movimientos acrobáticos fue desarrollado para DOS, y nos pone en el papel de un joven aventurero que debe sortear numerosas trampas, peligros y enemigos para salvar a la princesa de Persia y acabar con la tiranía del malvado Jaffar. Con un gameplay bastante básico que se centra en la exploración, la cautela y un poco de acción, Prince of Persia era uno de esos títulos que retaban al videojugador, ofreciendo una experiencia reconfortante que deja huella. Uno de los buenos juegos de antaño, y origen de una de las sagas más famosas de videojuegos hoy día.
No saber caminar el videojuego
The og Apple II version of this is so gorgeous it's insane. And so beautiful to play something that feels handmade and from one unique artist. To me the difficulty and jankiness compounds that feeling. Stubborn as a diamond.
I was playing this when I was like 5 o 7 years old, quite often, my sister and I were commiting suicide all the time in the game just on purpose because of how funny it was. Quite an addictive game but very difficult indeed, at least for some people. I never finished and later on was happy to play again in this world with the PS2 games.
What a wonderful game. Truly an example of the phrase "less is more" with this one. Everything from the gameplay to the story and the sound design is done with the fewest possible pieces that result in a tightly wound 60 minute experience.
The platforming, puzzles and traps are introduced and then remixed throughout the game. The combat similarly only features a few enemies but each fight feels like a life or death ordeal rather than dispatching the 200th brainless guard, and every few levels it throws an extra twist at you, chief among them obviously being the creation of your doppelganger.
Visually the game is also limited to a few colors, but manages to create an imposing maze-like feel to the dungeons and the palace proper. Combined with the rotoscoped animations, it has a very distinctive look that also keeps the focus on the platforming and puzzle solving of each screen.
On the whole it's a very deftly put together experience that feels like one long action sequence that would go on to inspire a lot of other cinematic games.
The platforming, puzzles and traps are introduced and then remixed throughout the game. The combat similarly only features a few enemies but each fight feels like a life or death ordeal rather than dispatching the 200th brainless guard, and every few levels it throws an extra twist at you, chief among them obviously being the creation of your doppelganger.
Visually the game is also limited to a few colors, but manages to create an imposing maze-like feel to the dungeons and the palace proper. Combined with the rotoscoped animations, it has a very distinctive look that also keeps the focus on the platforming and puzzle solving of each screen.
On the whole it's a very deftly put together experience that feels like one long action sequence that would go on to inspire a lot of other cinematic games.
Time + geometry conspiring to put hair on your chest.
one of the first games I ever played, playing and learning this game with my older brother was a blast, tho I never finished it until very recently... and man I think it's aged really gracefully, still a very nice game to pick up and play honestly
I respect the fuck out of this game, but was never able to get into it