Prince of Persia

Take the Prince of Persia. Gaming's most famous royal has already light-footedly darted, swung and climbed his way through two mobile titles – Two Thrones and Warrior Within – but those are just two of his most recent adventures. The Prince has been around for far longer and now Gameloft is taking him back to his roots, in a game based on the classic 1989 original outing in which your goal is very simple: reach the princess within one real-time hour or she'll be executed and you might as well hang up your sandals in shame (an emotion seemingly missing in many a modern prince).

The first thing Gameloft has got right is the control, which is remarkably fluid and seamless.
It's a hardcore challenge but that's sure to add to the appeal for fans of the original adventure. Thankfully, there's been little dumbing it down for mobile – levels are tricky to find your way to the end of and many drops are a leap of faith. Okay, a mini-map element has been implemented, which helps massively by marking off areas you've visited and highlighting where objectives are positioned, but you have to find the map in the level first, and it's always well hidden.

Everything taken in account – the fluid, intuitive platforming and the clever puzzling – Prince of Persia Classic is a shining example to all mobile platform games out there. It doesn't have the same sort of modern action or thrills as Two Thrones, but its core gameplay is near flawless and is a wonderful reminder of the fact that good, solid concepts stand the test of time. Which is more than you can say of many of today's princes.

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