

To execute commands, you've got a virtual analog stick on the left side, which allows you to move forward, back, crouch, and jump, and then you've got a few virtual controls on the right side for heavy and light attacks that you can string together with to form devastating combos. Controls are intuitive, which is saying something for a mobile fighter, and the range of common commands like grabs, low, mid, and high punches and kicks, and special moves are all accounted for here. This classically styled fighting game has some darn good graphics, and characters' moves have a nice amount of impact backing them up.

Kane is clearly Jack-2 from Tekken, Kui is obviously Sakura from Street Fighter, etc), but that's honestly part of the game's charm. You could easily go so far as to say that a number of characters in the game are blatant rip-offs from other franchises (Sgt. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Free InstallFinal Fighter gives off some strong old-school fighting game vibes and as someone who was raised on Tekken, that's a serious plus. The dark tone, a vastly increased level of blood and violence as well as sexualized female NPCs earned the game an M ESRB rating. In addition to the rewind, slow-down, and speed-up powers from The Sands of Time, the Prince also has a new sand power: a circular "wave" of sand that knocks down all surrounding enemies as well as damaging them. Warrior Within has a darker tone than its predecessor adding in the ability for the Prince to dispatch his enemies with various finishing moves.

The Prince's repertoire of combat moves has been expanded into varying strings that allow players to attack enemies with more complexity than was possible in the previous game. The Prince now has the ability to wield two weapons at a time as well as the ability to steal his enemies' weapons and throw them. It picks up where The Sands of Time left off, adding new features, specifically, options in combat. Warrior Within was developed and published by Ubisoft, and released on Decemfor the Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Microsoft Windows. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a video game and sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
