http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:33:17 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/04/12/220614.php#comment-350995 I forgot to put that in the review, thanks for catching that in time as I just put it in. 350995@blogcritics.org Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:33:17 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/04/12/220614.php#comment-350953 Matt, Great review, but a couple of points of interest: you missed one of the salient features of the game - the special ability to "wind back" the clock, reversing the time stream. This ability enables the prince to correct fatal errors (i.e. bad jumps, stupidity, errant traps etc.) - helpful when trial and error seem to be the only way past specific locations. Of note also is the fluid physics in the game. The Prince swings like a gibbon - the leaps, twists, grabs and rolls are very fluid and smooth, giving the game a nice look and feel. I particularly like his abrupt double-stop at edges and drop-offs. Lastly I liked how, after the Prince has been killed in one of the myrid ways possible died, the Prince (who is also narrating the story) abruptly says, 'No, that isn't right. It didn't happen like that", then dropping you back at your last save. It's a deft touch on the part of the designers. 350953@blogcritics.org Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:01:08 EDT