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Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is a action, adventure and parkour game
developed and published by Ubisoft.
Released on August 27th 2009 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: English, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 3,530 reviews of which 2,952 were positive and 578 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
Minimum:
- Supported OS: Windows® 2000/XP (only)
- Processor: 1 GHz Pentium® III, AMD Athlon™, or equivalent
- Memory: 256 MB (512 MB recommended)
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 3 or higher, ATI Radeon 7500 or higher, Intel 915G (NVIDIA GeForce 4 or ATI Radeon 9500, or higher recommended)*
- Sound: DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card
- DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
- Hard Disk Space: 1.5 GB available space for minimum installation, 2.2 GB available space for full installation
- Supported peripherals: Windows-compatible mouse (required), Dual analog gamepad
- *Note: For an up-to-date list of supported chipsets, video cards, and operating systems, please visit the FAQ for this game at: .
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Of the Sands of Time trilogy, Warrior Within is easily the most controversial of the bunch. Forgoing the whimsical Nights of Arabia theme of the much beloved Sands of Time, Warrior Within employs a much darker tone, replacing melodic instrumentals with blood pumping metal music, and an emperor’s majestic castle with that of some dreadful thing from a metal album cover. Gone, too, is the storybook hero known only as the Prince, who is now a curse spewing, murder loving psychopath, easy to anger and eager to slice open stomachs. Understandably, not all took a liking to the new Prince of Persia, and many either wrote it off or gave up after dying in the first 10 minutes, all while cursing the monsters at Ubisoft who would dare slight their beloved franchise so vehemently. I am ashamed to admit that while I did not join in the publisher bashing those many years prior, I did assume the many fans’ angers as legitimate. After having neglected the franchise for many years since the original, I have finally played through the trilogy’s entirety. Lo and behold, my judgment is thus: Warrior Within is the best of the Prince of Persia trilogy, and one of the most challenging and equally frustrating and rewarding titles I have ever had the pleasure of besting. Where its predecessor, The Sands of Time, relied on linear level progression, a typically gradually increasing difficulty, and relatively basic (and easy) combat, Warrior Within features a (sort of) open world, varied weapons of combat, and enemies that will break your face if you’re not perfect. It also features a higher emphasis on combat than its predecessor, and some of the most frustrating puzzle and enemy design than any other game I’ve played in years. But understand what I mean by that. Warrior Within, for the entire duration, never held my hand. The moment I felt I had a handle on how to deal with an enemy type, a brand new exploding, near unavoidable dog animal thing would be introduced. Obviously, it wasn’t always an exploding dog thing, but you get the point. WW is never easy or gradual in its difficulty. It’s not typically fair, either, but it also never felt impossible, and that’s what made it fantastic. For comparison, while playing Demon’s Souls, I always felt in control of what I was doing, and typically only died if I was quick to run into a room before checking for barriers to hide behind, traps or tricky enemies in the shadows. WW will put you in a room and deal death unto you until you learn to deal with it, and the experience became infinitely rewarding upon besting said situations. Puzzles don’t quite follow the same degree of difficulty that the combat does, but the challenge comes in unintended traversal. By puzzles, I refer to the Prince of Persia’s method of travel; running along walls, sliding down ropes and hanging banners, and avoiding the many, many spikes and saw blades inexplicably sticking out of walls. The open world aspect of Warrior Within allows you to re-visit any portion of the island that you’ve previously visited, and you don’t necessarily have to follow the same paths. However, the design of these pathways are sometimes altered by the game’s events, and even when they aren’t, traversal in any way different from the standard is a challenge in and of itself, as the developers clearly did not design these paths to be easily followed backwards (or forwards, for that matter), as you will have to do. Worse yet, enemy spawns remain, especially those bastard dogs I mentioned previously, the ones that can take half of your health. If this sounds frustrating to you, it should. But by the point you should even be considering doing anything like this, you will have already become invested in beating down this seemingly personal hell that the developers have created just for you. I won’t divulge any of my secrets for passing through Warrior Within, and quite frankly, I would recommend any and all to refrain from guides as much as possible throughout (except for the collectibles, you’ll need a guide for those). Warrior Within is a truly brutal and often unfair achievement in sadistic game design. It’s also one of my most satisfying completions in the entirety of my gaming career. Nearly every instance of combat in this title will chew on your face and kick you in your ass until you really learn to play it. The learning curve can be steep and unfair, and you will want to quit. Don’t. There are no tricks to Warrior Within, and only your skill, and hopefully a share of dumb luck, will see you succeed. What faults it has, of which there are plenty, only add to the experience..
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A master-class in how a free-form game must be made. I am already a fan of the Prince of Persia games, however, Warrior Within will always stay close to my heart due to its vast environment, gritty theme, compelling story and an intimidating villain in the form of the Dahaka. Has its fair share of bugs, but consistently saving using new save files (and not overwriting them) will ensure smoother gameplay.
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This game was truly ahead of its time and one of a kind. Visuals are somewhat dated but for its time they were top notch. What this game has that no other has managed to pull of since was combining the PoP level of creative platforming/puzzle solving with an open world approach. Even this games successor (and predecessor) while great were far more linear. There simply hasn't been a game like this before or since. Just get it. This game deserves a remaster. Overall 8/10 Graphics - 5/10 - Dated by today's standards. + Visuals are clear and you can tell what things are and see the environmental navigation cues Sound - 8/10 + Ambient music is a good blend of metal with middle eastern influence + Dahaka chase schenes with Godsmack are good if you like Godsmack - Sometimes the music bugs out. Gameplay - 9/10 + Clean platforming combined with open world + Amazing combat system - Every so often the controls have you do something stupid you didn't intend, but you have time rewind.
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Once upon a time.... Ubisoft was known for some bangers and this is one of those games. The story, fight mechanics, parkour.... everything expect for the graphics (compared to today's standard) is just awesome. That said, the camera can be wonky af so good luck with that. I will recommend this game as this will give you an idea of the golden era of games that was once present. 1000000% Recommended.
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The Prince is edgier, the world more brutal, and the whole game has this intense vibe that hits different. The metal soundtrack amps up the action, making every moment more thrilling. But man, facing the Dahaka was pure nightmare fuel. Every time it showed up, my heart raced—I could feel the panic. Warrior Within really cranked up the intensity, and that’s what makes it unforgettable.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ received 2,952 positive votes out of a total of 3,530 achieving a rating of 8.08.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ was developed and published by Ubisoft.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is not playable on MacOS.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is not playable on Linux.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is a single-player game.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ does not currently offer any DLC.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ does not support Steam Remote Play.
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Ubisoft
Publisher
Ubisoft
Release
27 Aug 2009
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