Talk:Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

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[edit] Too much criticism

The game had it's flaws, sure, but I feel like the criticism section has overgrown to be way too big. Third of the article is just criticism! The game was quite enjoyable and received 83 average from reviews. I don't think it deserves an article like this. Matonen 12:06, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More criticism

Someone should put something in about the deviations from the past game, such as no witty narration from the prince, and a loss of the storybook atmosphere, perhap under a "criticism" heading of some sort.

I added a Criticisms heading, but I think someone should expand it, as I really enjoyed the game's mood (except the music). :-) Jehoshaphat 11:21, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
A major criticism of this game is that is one of the most glitched games released recently. There are many glitches that distract from the game experience, and more often than not, even prevent one from finishing the game! I've seen this happen across all the platforms. Save files can become so easily corrupted that I wonder what the game testers were smoking. I'll try to find how many people get these glitches and add some to the criticism section. --Chris16447 22:28, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism - Necessity

On one side I don't feel that the "Criticism" section is needed. As Wikis are supposed to be fact based.

On the other hand, it is important to note because of what Ubisoft did with the game. It was a remarked change from the SoT game, mostly stemming from poor sales (and glorious praise).

It should be noted the "why" about the changes. Which were meant to appeal to a broader audience. These should be noted without opinions. TotalTommyTerror 19:59, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm combining the "Praise" and "Criticism" (criticism isn't always bad). And I'll edit opinions out, keeping in mind the importance of the criticism of the changes. TotalTommyTerror 20:13, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
Ok, made some changes, cleaned up some grammar, and I'm still uncomfortable with a "criticism" section. I do feel it's important to note as it did cause a big stir when Ubisoft mentioned why they were changing so much. But if someone else felt inclined to remove the whole section altogether I wouldn't fault them. TotalTommyTerror 20:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I bet some of the younger kids who own SoT would agree with the critisism part because they want WW and T2T to be rated T so they can get it, but I don't think a whole artical on critisism is necessary. Maybe a little paragraph, but not a whole article.

"The Prince, who was charming and cheerful yet unsure of himself and his abilities in The Sands of Time, has become a generic tough guy or anti-hero." The word "generic", and possibly a few others, should definitely be taken out of that quote -- it's not neutral. There are other problems here too. Sir Lemming 19:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

There is definitely way too much criticism here, especially since the game was so popular and was very well received amongst the players (as both other games it averaged out at about 9.0 on gamespot for player reviews and votes). It were mostly reviewers who didn't like the change of atmosphere, but games are made for gamers, not for a bunch of idiots who play and review games for money instead of fun.Feyre 11:30, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The critsism part

I'll ask you this, tell me your not going to yell, "You Bitch!" if someone slashed your face?

-Probably we will, and we might even use broader words & expressions, but the fact that the Prince used the word "Bitch", which is a Profanity word, changes many things about the game and it's attitude.

If someone slashed me across the face, the first thing I would do is scream, then I would probably chase them, but I didn't even know the word "bitch" was used as an insult back then. --Gundor Twintle Fluffy 13:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

The game isn't really as swear-laden as many people would have you think (he only really swears twice, and he definitely earns both of them), but the 'You Bitch!' part deserves mention purely because it's the example that heaps of reviewers/writers used to illustrate the difference between the game and its predecessor. --Gwilym 19:27, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
This definitely needs to be covered. I read a whole bunch of reviews and the one from Official Xbox Magazine is the only one that didn't complain about the Prince's attitude change and even they mentioned it. Ace of Sevens 23:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I hate that the prince yells out stuff during fights, and because he does this, I personally like his personality better in SoT just because of that.

[edit] I hate the life bar

I think that the life bar in WW is slightly harder to read than in SoT. How come the sand tanks are in the life bar instead of out of it? I eventually got used to it during the gameplay, but died several times on the first level due to my inability to understand the life bar. I can understand what's happening with it now really well, but I was so mad when I first got the game and the life bar was a circle with more circles inside that circle. --Gundor Twintle Fluffy 13:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm guessing they wanted to clean up the HUD a bit. Games now are even going to the extent of removing the HUD altogether.147.144.66.150 20:59, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh... Thanks. --Gundor Twintle Fluffy 13:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The main change

The main change between SoT and WW wasn't because the prince was several years older and tormented. No, no, no my friends, it actually took place during the production. Read closely: In SoT, Jordan Mechner, who was the original creator of prince of persia, helped the Montreal Studios team produce the Sands of Time. Well, Ubisoft did not tell him they were making a sequel, and if you look closely, you will see that the prince does move differently. For example, when the prince lands from a wall jump he does not land gracefully like in SoT, but kind of just sticks his land. This is because Jordan Mechner did not assist in the design in WW. Also, the darker tone is a result of Mechner not assisting in the process of design. And the reason it is rated M because Ubisoft wanted to create a more adult oriented game. In 1989, Mechner wanted the game to stun people, and I think he would be slightly disappointed when another development team did another game that he invented in the first place. This is mainly why I was dissapointed, but in my opinion it is still a very awesome game.

[edit] Title

It refers to what it means to be a hero right? Fight for the service of others and not for the sake of violence? They refer to that a bit in SoT and much more later in T2T.

[edit] Merge from Kaileena

Please merge relevant content, if any, from Kaileena per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kaileena. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-09 10:20Z

[edit] Critcism/bugs

IMHO this section can be useful when it states which platform is affected by a certain bug, and if there's a workaround and/or fix available. 194.109.22.149 16:00, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't say how much better the Gamecube version is to the others, since I only have that one, but I know it does one glitch/bug mentioned.Sometimes the audio doesn't sync, perhaps it was just gamespots copy that didn't(I mean, howmany did they try it out on).72.94.109.8 01:10, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inon Zur contradiction?

The Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones article states that "Stuart Chatwood, the composer from The Sands of Time and Inon Zur, the composers from Warrior Within, both returned to compose the game's score..." However, this is contradicted by the article Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, which states "The Persian-influenced music from The Sands of Time is replaced by a Hard Rock oriented soundtrack, although both composed by Stuart Chatwood." So which is correct? Who composed the soundtrack for Warrior Within: Stuart Chatwood or Inon Zur? —Lowellian (reply) —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 05:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:VG Assessment

Some suggestions to improve this article:

  • Expand Gameplay
  • Convert the list in Reception to prose.
  • Wikify the article, very few links to non-video game articles are in there now.
  • Include references in the plot section.

User:Krator (t c) 20:49, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] XBox Content

Should the exclusive XBox content be mentioned? I used to have the Xbox version, and I remember it having some extra modes (a kind of survival mode against a bunch of enemies, and a platforming mode that timed a run through some new areas), as well as some downloadable content to increase the amount of arenas for each of those modes. However, now I can't seem to find any information about those modes anywhere (not here, GameFAQs, Gamespot, etc.). I have the PS2 version now, and those modes definately aren't in it, and I would assume they are absent from the Gamecube version as well (or at least the DLC parts would have to be). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.7.213.31 (talk) 03:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bias in Reception

I noticed some biased parts in reception. I when ahead and made one neutral and deleted the other all together.

The GameCube version seems to suffer fewer of these glitches, as stated by Gamespot: "Some technical flaws in the Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of the game also mar the experience somewhat. The Xbox version is prone to audio glitches. Certain sound effects get stuck, and, at other times, scenes that should have voice in them are cut off completely. This is a shame, because the sound effects in the game, aside from some ham-handed voice acting from the prince, are excellent and impactful. Meanwhile, the PlayStation 2 version's flaws are graphical. As a result, the game has a slightly choppier frame rate than the other versions. While it's not enough to hinder gameplay or combat, it does detract a bit from an otherwise beautiful-looking game. We didn't notice any sound or frame rate issues with the GameCube version of Warrior Within, however."

I changed the "We didn't notice..." line to "There was no notice of..." so it didn't sound like everyone who ever played the game had made a point to find the flaws. I trashed the one about the sound effects in the game because as it states earlier in the article it was not received well by everyone.--Suprboy772 (talk) 16:54, 4 June 2008 (UTC)