Tag: prince of persia
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Dying is easy, good design is hard
In the post from yesterday I went over a few of my complaints about the new Prince of Persia and the general trend towards less and less difficulty in games. One of the chief complaints with Prince of Persia 2008 is the conspicuous lack of dying by the prince. Rather than falling to your doom…
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No challenge, no problem
Prince of Persia is one of the seminal classics in videogame history. Designed by Jordan Mechner and released in 1989, this beautiful platformer became instantly known for its unforgiving difficulty. Death was swift and constant during the entire game and nearly everything was lethal to our prince. It was undoubtedly one of the most frustrating…