Two Thrones worst in the original Prince of Persia trilogy?

[Annoyone]

Now I'm one of the guys that think that Warrior Within was the best in the series. Amazing gameplay (-improvements), nice story, interesting setting, levels that feel large and varied, believable character arcs, decent characters (despite over sexualized female characters), badass boss fights, rewarding alternative ending and FLAMINGO WEAPON!
Meanwhile, when recently replaying 'The Two Thrones' (not on steam, mind), I was disappointed and almost shocked by how bad it was:

1. the game aesthetics are really dull and repetitive, mostly restricted to urban, sandy environments
   
2. the levels are really small and unimaginative
   
3. please google images of Farah in the first and third game and tell me how two years of technological advancement could have made her that much uglier (low resolution of clothes, clipping hair, no individual fingers)
   The new gameplay additions are also rather weak and annoying at time:
   
4. the plates you stick the dagger in brea any sense of flow, while the launching plates hurling the prince across entire rooms feel artificial
   
5. the Dark Prince's sand addiction leads to unnecessary time related stress and deaths
   
6. boss fights are both easy and unimaginative (except those twin bulls, maybe)
   
7. it is hard to pull of combos as most enemies usually block you halfway through no matter what
   
8. as for the story, it feels detached and far-fetched, with no satisfying closure
   
9. the prince's dialogue with his darker side is pathetic, unfunny and annoying.
   I could probably go on, but you're probably already bored by my rant.
   
10. Just one more: less easter eggs!

Overall it feels like a rushed out alpha version of the intended game that could have profited from many more development months of enhancing, improving and removing.
What are your thoughts on this?

[Lawsongames]

引用自 KO：

WW was a buggy edgy mess imo.

Two Thrones was even buggier and tried to be WW and sands of time mixed together to try and please everyone cause people like you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that it was "too edgy" so we never got kindred blades lol.

[Melvin]

Nah

[Noxbi 🌈]

Warrior Within has the best fighting system I have ever experienced in games... at the same time Two Thrones has the worst fighting experience. What moron decided that using the same system from WW and giving player a lousy spreader (yeah, yeah "a dagger") as a primary weapon is a good idea?

[BallZack]

引用自 Noris Nordberg：

Warrior Within has the best fighting system I have ever experienced in games... at the same time Two Thrones has the worst fighting experience. What moron decided that using the same system from WW and giving player a lousy spreader (yeah, yeah "a dagger") as a primary weapon is a good idea?

Because the Dagger of Time is the main weapon in Prince of Persia. He didn't have it in WW. He had the Amulet he got in The Forgotten Sands.

[Noxbi 🌈]

引用自 BerSerKer：

Because the Dagger of Time is the main weapon in Prince of Persia. He didn't have it in WW. He had the Amulet he got in The Forgotten Sands.

Yeah, so how does is justify that awful design choice?

[BallZack]

引用自 Noris Nordberg：

引用自 BerSerKer：

Because the Dagger of Time is the main weapon in Prince of Persia. He didn't have it in WW. He had the Amulet he got in The Forgotten Sands.

Yeah, so how does is justify that awful design choice?

Might be a poor design choice in your eyes. It's relative to the Lore.

[Noxbi 🌈]

So Prince was able to use a very same dagger as additional weapon in his left hand in the first game but then he decides that he's rather pretend that a little lousy blade is as good as a proper sword? yeah, lore has nothing to do with bad design.

[BallZack]

引用自 Noris Nordberg：

So Prince was able to use a very same dagger as additional weapon in his left hand in the first game but then he decides that he's rather pretend that a little lousy blade is as good as a proper sword? yeah, lore has nothing to do with bad design.

The dagger was the main weapon in SoT, you could not kill the Sand Monsters without it.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Add another thing to the list: combat is trash.
I don't know how they managed to do it, but the enemies feel like punching bags. Too much health, not enough responce for your hits. I also HATE how they always block your second attack, it makes combat longer and you need to spam more keys.
Let's not forget that when you play as dark prince, the combat switches to "mash E as fast as possible".
Really, I have no clue how they managed to do it, but combat is annoying as hell now.

Plus, I agree with all your points above. Dull and repetetive. When I played it years ago, Two Thrones was the only one I didn't finish. Now I returned to it and I remember why.

Warrior Within is. The legend. And stays like that.

[Hanged_Ash2]

I would like to sy that Two Thrones are better.But I can't.I can't run it,'cause Win 7,and in WW I couldn't beat Kaileena for first try and I was dizzy.I didn't know where to go....I wish I could finish these games.... :( *cries in corner*

[Rivethead]

引用自 Ash2Cze：

I would like to sy that Two Thrones are better.But I can't.I can't run it,'cause Win 7,and in WW I couldn't beat Kaileena for first try and I was dizzy.I didn't know where to go....I wish I could finish these games.... :( *cries in corner*

Not sure what you mean. I'm playing TT right now....on a Win 7 machine. It runs just fine. So I don't think the OS is the issue.

I played Sands of Time and am about three quarters through TT. Haven't played WW. SoT gets my vote as the best. There was a good flow to that game. And I thought it was balanced well. I can't say the same about TT. I've been trying to beat the twin brothers for three hours now. Can't do it. And I HATE that. Not that I can't beat them....that's not what I hate. I hate it when games change the gameplay mechanics for "boss" fights. All game combos work on the baddies. I could slow down time and unleash fury. But now, suddenly, combos don't work on these two brothers? I can only hit one as a distraction and have to wait until another gets his axe stuck before I can try to stike? That makes no damn sense at all from a gameplay mechanic perspective. I don't have a problem with bosses being "harder" but don't change the gameplay mechanics. It just kills the flow.....

Ok, so maybe I'm biased because I'm stuck on TT, but I still say SoT was a much better game.

[BallZack]

引用自 Rivethead：

引用自 Ash2Cze：

I would like to sy that Two Thrones are better.But I can't.I can't run it,'cause Win 7,and in WW I couldn't beat Kaileena for first try and I was dizzy.I didn't know where to go....I wish I could finish these games.... :( *cries in corner*

Not sure what you mean. I'm playing TT right now....on a Win 7 machine. It runs just fine. So I don't think the OS is the issue.

I played Sands of Time and am about three quarters through TT. Haven't played WW. SoT gets my vote as the best. There was a good flow to that game. And I thought it was balanced well. I can't say the same about TT. I've been trying to beat the twin brothers for three hours now. Can't do it. And I HATE that. Not that I can't beat them....that's not what I hate. I hate it when games change the gameplay mechanics for "boss" fights. All game combos work on the baddies. I could slow down time and unleash fury. But now, suddenly, combos don't work on these two brothers? I can only hit one as a distraction and have to wait until another gets his axe stuck before I can try to stike? That makes no damn sense at all from a gameplay mechanic perspective. I don't have a problem with bosses being "harder" but don't change the gameplay mechanics. It just kills the flow.....

Ok, so maybe I'm biased because I'm stuck on TT, but I still say SoT was a much better game.

Nah, the TT Bosses were pure ♥♥♥♥ compared to the WW ones. WW is fun but SoT is my favourite, maybe because of Nostalgia, maybe not.

[Hanged_Ash2]

引用自 Rivethead：

引用自 Ash2Cze：

I would like to sy that Two Thrones are better.But I can't.I can't run it,'cause Win 7,and in WW I couldn't beat Kaileena for first try and I was dizzy.I didn't know where to go....I wish I could finish these games.... :( *cries in corner*

Not sure what you mean. I'm playing TT right now....on a Win 7 machine. It runs just fine. So I don't think the OS is the issue.

I played Sands of Time and am about three quarters through TT. Haven't played WW. SoT gets my vote as the best. There was a good flow to that game. And I thought it was balanced well. I can't say the same about TT. I've been trying to beat the twin brothers for three hours now. Can't do it. And I HATE that. Not that I can't beat them....that's not what I hate. I hate it when games change the gameplay mechanics for "boss" fights. All game combos work on the baddies. I could slow down time and unleash fury. But now, suddenly, combos don't work on these two brothers? I can only hit one as a distraction and have to wait until another gets his axe stuck before I can try to stike? That makes no damn sense at all from a gameplay mechanic perspective. I don't have a problem with bosses being "harder" but don't change the gameplay mechanics. It just kills the flow.....

Ok, so maybe I'm biased because I'm stuck on TT, but I still say SoT was a much better game.

Do you have original or downloaded?
Edit:Btw,I can't fix that problem with that sh*tty program,that blocks from using it on Win 7

[Rivethead]

I'm playing TT as downloaded from Steam.

[Mr. Whiskers]

Neither of them are much good compared to Sands.