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Prince of Persia

Ubisoft Montreal 2008

Official website 77Review score

Genres

Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Developer

Ubisoft Montreal

Release date

December 2, 2008

Game overview

About the Game

Prince of Persia is an action-adventure and platforming video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is part of the Prince of Persia franchise. The game is set in ancient Persia, with a player-character whose name is not revealed in the game. He is accompanied by a woman named Elika, whom he met after a large sandstorm diverted him from his course and he ended up in a mysterious land. Players traverse many different environments using his acrobatic abilities to scale walls and even crawl on the ceilings. Throughout the journey, players combat various enemies as they attempt to cleanse the land of corruption.

Storyline

Prince of Persia takes place in an undefined ancient Persian city-state based heavily around the religion of Zoroastrianism. A thousand years before the events of the game take place, there was a struggle for power between the gods Ahriman and Ormazd. The outcome of the struggle was that Ormazd and his people, the Ahura, managed to imprison Ahriman and his minions, the Corrupted, in a tree. Ormazd then left the world, leaving the Ahura to make sure Ahriman remains secure. They are successful for a thousand years, at which point the Ahura started to believe that Ahriman and Ormazd were myths due to their inactivity, and most departed. Shortly before the events of the game, Ahriman is about to be freed again

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PC requirements

System Requirements

Windows

Entry specification

Minimum

OS
Windows® XP/Windows Vista® (only)
Processor
Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel® Pentium® D or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
Memory
1 GB Windows XP/2 GB Windows Vista
Graphics
256 MB DirectX® 10.0–compliant video card or DirectX 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)*
DirectX Version
DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 libraries
Hard Drive
9 GB
Sound Card
DirectX 9.0 or 10.0–compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended)
Input
Windows-compliant keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360® Controller for Windows recommended)

Recommended specifications are not published in this game's Steam listing.

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