[edit] strangely I get people occasionally coming to this site after searching yahoo for how to crack PoP’s starforce stuff. You have come to the wrong place for that sort of shenanegans, you want to go here. Babelfish may come in handy. It’s a mini image, don’t ask me how to use it. Gamecopyworld might have it by now too. [/edit]
I rented out Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones to see what it was like.
I guess I really didn’t give it much of a chance, but I’m very dissappointed.
Firstly it uses Starforce, which always pisses me off. More and more invasive copy protection. What’s wrong with a cdkey?
I understand the need for games to be able to run offline and protect their money. But there’s got to be a better way. One with less hardware incompatibilities. The sony rootkit on their music cd’s seems very similar to me, albiet worse.
Fully online games like guildwars don’t have this problem because you are buying an account not the cd.
Anyway once I got into the game, I was irritated to find that it’s designed pretty much around consoles. It’s a cheap port. They recommend you use an analog controller on your pc. I was using the keyboard, but all the in game tips tell you to use the “right analog stick to look” bla de bla.
Basically it was shoddy controls. Sands of time ran much smoother, and I felt looked better. I couldn’t help but feel it looked very blocky. I thought the Jade engine was better then that. *shrugs*
I’m sure it’s a great game once you get into it. But seeming as I only rented it, I didn’t want to have to work at it.
If I had a ps2 I’d consider it. ah well.