Prince of Persia 2, however, is more combat-heavy than its predecessor. The character explores various deadly areas by running, jumping, crawling, avoiding traps, solving puzzles and drinking magic potions. Gameplayįrom a gameplay viewpoint, it is strongly similar to the first Prince of Persia. The game ends on a cliffhanger when an old witch is shown watching the happy couple through a crystal ball.Īccording to Jordan Mechner, the engineer behind the game, the plot of the old witch and the "armies of darkness" were set to be resolved in a sequel, which never came. The Prince orders the former Vizier's ashes to be scattered. With Jaffar's spell broken, the Princess awakens. With the shadow and the flame, the Prince burns Jaffar, killing him for good. Prince learns how make Shadow Man leave his body at his will. He flies back to Persia on the magic horse and confronts Jaffar. Shadow Man obtains the Blue Flame of the temple, and returns to the Prince's body and he is resurrected, at which point the bird warriors kneel before him.
There, he finds that the Shadow Man, created by the magic mirror Jaffar created, when he dies. The Prince rides a magical horse to a Temple of Fire, inhabited by warrior monks wearing bird headdresses. She explains that the Prince is of a royal lineage and the only survivor of the massacre by "armies of darkness". The flying carpet takes the Prince to the ruins of an old city filled with screaming ghosts, snakes and traps.Īrriving at what appears to have once been a throne room, the Prince loses consciousness and the mysterious woman, revealed to be his mother, appears again. įlying carpet taking prince to ruins of old city The Princess falls ill under Jaffar's spell of gradual death. In the meantime, however, in Persia, Jaffar seizes the throne in the guise of the prince.
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When the Prince regains consciousness, he finds himself on the shore of a foreign island He comes to a cave full of reanimated human skeletons that fight him. At this time, the ship is struck by lightning, cast by Jaffar. With guards pursuing him, the Prince jumps through a window and flees the city by way of a ship.įalling asleep on the ship, the Prince dreams of a mysterious woman who asks the Prince to come to her. Nobody recognizes him and when he attempts to speak with the Princess, a man who shares his appearance (Jaffar, who is magically disguised) emerges from the shadows, ordering him to be thrown out.
The game begins as the Prince enters the royal courts of the palace.īefore he enters, however, his appearance changes into that of a beggar. He turns down all riches and instead asks for the Princess's hand in marriage as his reward, to which the Sultan of Persia reluctantly agrees.
During this period, the Prince was hailed as a hero who defeated the evil Jaffar. The Shadow and the Flame is set eleven days after the events of Prince of Persia.