Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the sequel to Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, continuing the story where the previous game ended and expanding combat with new options. The Prince can now wield two weapons at once, steal enemies’ weapons, and throw them, while an expanded move set allows for more complex attack strings than before. Warrior Within also adopts a darker tone, including finishing moves that let the Prince dispatch enemies in different ways. Alongside the rewind, slow-down, and speed-up abilities from The Sands of Time, the Prince gains a new sand power: a circular wave of sand that damages and knocks down surrounding enemies.

Set seven years after the events of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the Prince is relentlessly hunted by a terrifying creature known as the Dahaka. Seeking answers, he consults an old wise man who reveals a grim rule of the Timeline: whoever releases the Sands of Time must die. Because the Prince escaped that fate, the Dahaka—guardian of the Timeline—pursues him to ensure he meets the death he was meant to. The wise man also speaks of the Island of Time, where the Empress of Time first created the Sands. Believing he can end the threat by preventing the Sands from ever being made, the Prince sails for the island. During the voyage, an enemy force led by a mysterious woman in black attacks, and the Prince’s ship is capsized. He washes ashore on the Island of Time, unconscious. After awakening, the Prince pursues the woman through the Empress’s fortress and into a portal that sends them into the past. He rescues a woman named Kaileena from being killed by the woman in black, Shahdee. Kaileena cannot grant him an audience with the Empress—who is preparing to create the Sands—so she instead tells him how to unlock the throne room door. Fighting through the fortress, the Prince uses sand portals to move between past and present, narrowly escaping repeated encounters with the Dahaka. He learns the Dahaka cannot pass through water. To open the way to the throne room, he activates the mechanisms in the two tower locks: the Garden Tower and the Mechanical Tower. When he finally returns, he discovers the truth: Kaileena is the Empress of Time herself. Having foreseen in the Timeline that the Prince will kill her, she tries to defy her fate—just as he is trying to defy his. The two battle, and the Prince wins, killing Kaileena before returning to the present. What follows is the most dramatic twist in the Prince’s life, testing his belief in the warning, “You cant change your Fate! No Man Can..” Even so, the Prince refuses to give up.