Prince of Persia: Rival Swords

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Devastate your enemies with stealthy speed kills by timing your movements.
• Use the Nunchuk to carve the deadly Daggertail through your enemies.
• Outsmart the opposition in pulse-quickening chariot races.
• Intuitive Dual-Weapon control.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000KWZ6D4
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 3, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,793 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Wii

Ancient enemies new ways to conquer them. Your homeland is besieged. Your people are enslaved. Now, you must use the WII controllers to wield an array of ancient weapons and bring peace to your shattered land. You've never played Prince of Persia quite like this.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Hack-and-Slash Fun with Puzzles Galore, April 7, 2007

By 

Lisa Shea "medieval swordfighting enthusiast" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Prince Of Persia Rival (Video Game)

Prince of Persia - Rival Swords for the Wii is a remake of Two Thrones, but for the Wii. The game has also been gentled a bit, earning a Teen rating rather than the Mature rating Two Thrones sported.

The game is classic Prince of Persia style - jumping up platforms, leaping from wall to wall, climbing up columns, sliding down long banners. Each room is a series of puzzles - what combination of jumps, slides and leaps will it take to get to the next destination?

If you've played the Two Thrones version or seen it played, you might wonder why it's ported to the Wii. Really, the difference here (besides the slightly improved graphics) is the interactivity of the Wii remote system. If you've had your Wii for a while, you really do get used to moving your hands around to slice and dice, rather than putting little buttons. It is quite satisfying to watch the Prince balance on a beam based on your movements of the remote ... to sneak up silently on a guard and SLASH to take him out with cinematic flair.

You get running dialogue as you play, again adding to the cinematic atmosphere - but it becomes really annoying when you have to replay a given level for the 10th time due to missing a ledge and hear the exact ... same ... thing ... all ... over ... again. A good way to play this game is with friends watching, so they can give advice on solving the puzzle, but it also means that you all start chanting along with the repetitive dialogue each time you go through it again.

I like the dark and moody atmosphere of the game, and the middle eastern poppy music they have in the background. I do find the graphics to be a little TOO dark in scenes, though - you can barely see what you're doing. It's hard enough to solve a puzzle you can see - but to solve a puzzle that involves murky half-shapes is a challenge that seems unnecessary. Especially when the price of failure is listening to an inane description yet again.

Still, these are minor complaints in a game that is fun to play and draws you into its world. Even if you've played the Two Thrones version, I recommend at least renting this, to see how it feels to play this. If you've not tried Two Thrones, this is well worth getting.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shallow and Short - Good Only for Renting, June 7, 2009

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B. Lim (California) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Prince Of Persia Rival (Video Game)

I have to say, I'm quite disappointed with this game. Just like my review's title says, Prince of Persia: Rival Swords is quite short (it took me only five days to beat the game!) and shallow in terms of the story. If you happen to have low standards and just want something to keep you busy, this is your game. If you're looking for something with a good story and open-ended gameplay, look elsewhere. The overall mediocre quality of the game justifies the low price.

Cons:
-Bad sound mixing in cinematics - In some cases, the characters' voices are too low to hear over the sound effects and music. In others, all of the sound is unjustifiably turned down too low, which forces you to turn the volume up. Once gameplay resumes, you end up almost blowing your ears out.
-Short - You can blaze through this game just in time to return it for a refund to whichever store you bought it from.
-Shallow story - Moves too fast for much character development or interaction to occur.
-Difficult to pull off Speed Kills - These moves allow you to quickly dispatch unwitting enemies and are necessary to win some boss battles. Because this is a game that uses the Wii's motion-sensing capabilities, there is a tendency for even small movements of the wiimote to be registered as commands to attack. Because Speed Kills can be done only by slashing or shaking the wiimote at the right time, you have to keep it as still as possible if you don't want to make the game think that you swung too early and possibly get yourself hurt or killed as a result. This downside makes battles more difficult than necessary, especially when fighting the final boss.
-Occasional graphics glitches - These are basically minor. One time, I saw an enemy turn completely invisible except for her weapons. After using a time power, she became fully visible again.
-Movements of wiimote do not always register in combat
-Wiimote is completely silent - You don't get any aural feedback from slashing your weapons or pushing objects.
-Tendency to slow down in combat, which detracts from the experience

Pros:
-Beautifully-rendered full-motion cinematics
-Ability to rewind time - Very useful when you're far from the last save point and don't want to have to start all over again if you get killed.
-Ability to perform impressive acrobatics
-Detailed levels

Personally, I'd advise not to bother buying this game. Rent it if you want to save yourself some financial pain.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, a little repetitive, ok for some kids, July 16, 2007

By 

Patterson Edward "Wsublues" (Pullman, Washingtion) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Prince Of Persia Rival (Video Game)

The game is pretty fun. The majority of the game is spent running around, jumping from ledge to ledge, sliding down walls, jumping onto ropes, climbing walls and much more. The main game play revolves around you climbing all over a palace to get to the final enemy. There is no blood in the game as every time you strike someone, Sands of Time, come out. So you need to gauge whether you think your child can take that or you want to expose them to that. Besides the "sand blood" there isn't much else to fear, no obscenities or semi-nude stuff just fun game play. This game doesn't stand up to Zelda but its still fun and has the advantage of you being able to increase the difficulty level so if you beat it on easy you can increase it to medium or hard and play again with more challenge. Like games in the same genre, you have to continually figure out what to manipulate in the environment to get you to the next level. After a while it becomes a little repetitive and easy. If you like adventure games then you'll find this one at least somewhat entertaining.

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