Review of Prince of Persia (Xbox 360)

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As a big fan of the last-gen Sands of Time trilogy (well, the first one and the third one - remind me to write "Ten Things I Hate About Prince of Persia: Warrior Within"), I was excited about a next-gen PoP game. The trailer, showing jaw-dropping visuals of the new Prince and a female partner teaming-up to save the world and set to Sia's "Breathe Me", did nothing to diminish that. Thank God, a game that advertises itself with a fitting, unique, almost Spike-Jonze-music-video sense of wonder instead of butt-rock and obnoxious catch phrases!

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