|
jennifer barnett lesman, louvre, practical, ages, persia, final, little, pranks, anna, sorcerer, make, dvd, fly, wrath, sarah, independent, gold, attractive, throttle, road, served, trek, zany, shadowgate,
|
He didn't like Knights of the Old Republic ("too much moving around"). Or Thief ("too dark"). Or System Shock 2 ("too many monkeys"). Or Morrowind ("too much foliage collection"). Or Far Cry ("eh"). He is a joyless shell of a human, bereft of brightness and glee, churning with subsurface gabriel wrath. He has my pity. However, gabriel his gloweringly lemonish surl, in addition to being endearing, does have one side benefit: when he recommends a game, it's a safe gabriel bet that you won't be disappointed. And so when he emailed me and said in no uncertain terms that I should pick up Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, I did so, and I was suitably impressed. Sands of Time is an amazing game. It is beautiful, hugely entertaining, and stuffed to the proverbial gills with thrilling play, snappy writing, and excellent voice work. Indeed, even on the PC with a mouse/keyboard combo—a control scheme for which it is not ideally suited—it managed to be one of the best PC games of 2003, selling nearly two million copies across all major platforms and very nearly toppling Knights of the Old Republic for the IGDA's Game of the Year award.
|
