Prince of Persia: Revelations review

Why is the warrior within so surly?

GamesRadar+ Verdict

Pros

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    Beautiful graphics that rival PS2 title

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    Surprisingly decent controls

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    Evil chick in a metal thong

Cons

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    Too much fighting

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    not enough puzzling

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    Strange sound bugs abound

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    Camera is tricky to manipulate

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Seriously, though. If you're going to port one of the console Prince of Persia games to a handheld, why choose Warrior Within? The red-headed stepchild of the modern Prince of Persia series was not only super-buggy, but featured an easy-to-hate hero (viva generic rage!) and fighting-centric gameplay that turned off most fans of the first game.

And Revelations - which is basically a director's cut of Warrior Within - has all of the same problems, with the added bonus of clunky camera control thanks to the limited inputs of the PSP hardware.

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GenreAction
DescriptionWarrior Within was a good, but sloppy game. Revelations is more of the same.
Platform"PSP"
US censor rating"Mature"
UK censor rating"16+"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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