PoP: TT = pwned.

[supercheesegirl]

I just beat Prince of Persia: Two Thrones. Overall it was a pretty awesome game. That final boss battle? OMG what a pain in the ass! I had to play it over and over again for over an hour before I nailed it. It reminded me of the final Grunty battles at the end of Banjo Kazooie/Tooie. (I don't know if I ever actually finished Banjo Tooie, come to think of it.) It wasn't as bad as the ridiculously long final battle at the end of Kingdom Hearts, but still a major pain. But I liked how the Prince had to deal with the consequences of his actions, and choose to leave behind the bad aspects of himself so he could move on and rebuild his life. And I liked how, at the very end, he started the story over to tell Farah how he knew her. Very cool, especially since the first game is one of my favorites.

Lest ye think I did nothing all day but play video games: I also did a load of laundry and scrubbed the bathtub. That makes twice in one month! And I drove out to Harleysville to go to Carolyn's Becoming-a-Nun party. It was nice to see Lauren and Rose and John, and Carolyn of course, and all the siblings. And I took the car to the car wash, and when I got home I took out the Windex and did all the windows, and stuck my new sexy reading mudflap girl on the window. Woot!

Comments

[painkiller.livejournal.com]

So, is the Prince all creepy with the comments toward Farah in this one like he was in Sands of Time?

"You're a slender one..."

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

No, no, it was "You're a skinny little thing..." Hee! I had forgotten about that.

In this one, the Prince is dealing with some split personality issues caused by extended exposure to the sands of time. So you get a lot of the Evil Prince calling the Good Prince a wuss and stuff. Kind of entertaining.

[painkiller.livejournal.com]

Interesting! Suddenly, I'm intrigued and want to know more. Not that I'll have any chance to play it - I don't have any system than will play it.

I wish I'd followed the Prince of Persia series more closely. Sands of Time was one of the most satisfying games I've ever played through. And the real fun was in the details, like when you'd switch into first-person mode and look at Farah. She'd say, "wut?" and you'd be all "nuffin."

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Yes! One of the disappointing things about this game is that they got a different chick to voice Farah. So Farah's insults were in a different voice. Not as good, but I got used to it.

I never played PoP: Warrior Within. Chelsea said it wasn't as good, and it glitched out on her so she couldn't even finish it. It was odd, because I was totally missing a chunk of storyline by moving right on to Two Thrones, but really, how much storyline was I missing? Prince must use sands to move time around and defeat sand monsters. Yeah.

There was a really hilarious moment in Two Thrones that you would have appreciated that I can't remember what it is now. Not sure if that's the bottle of wine talking or if I'll know what I was talking about tomorrow, but whatev.

Tell me about your pissed-off-looking kitten icon.

[painkiller.livejournal.com]

I tried to play Sand of Time again with my GameTap account, but trying to play it with the keyboard was too difficult. I couldn't even get past the fight with the Prince's father; there's no way I could have done that one outdoor spot with all the vultures where you have to balance on top of some broken walls. You probably don't know exactly what I'm talking about, but that's OK. It was one of the toughest spots for me in that game.

Please let me know what this hilarious moment in Two Thrones is if you ever think of it. (Maybe there's a video of it on Youtube?)

Homeless cat! Homeless cat was a submission to the 'cat pictures' board/community I read. Homeless cat was an instant hit because 1) it looked like it had been through a lot in life and 2) it looked like it took everything like threw at it and asked for more. We made up a lot of stories about how bad-ass homeless cat was and how he killed a man with his bare hands just to watch him die and all that. And, as you can see, I made an icon out of him.

I <3 homeless cat.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

That battle with your father was bad-ass, it took me a bunch of tries on the game cube. that's some hard shit. I don't blame you for not getting past it on the keyboard.

I will try to think of it, but it was more like one of those quick one-off "OMG this is so funny but no one else will think so" moments. Except you, you'd think it was funny.

Poor homeless cat! He looks pretty badass.

[painkiller.livejournal.com]

Homeless cat: He's so brave!