like chess, but different

User Rating: 7.4 | Battles of Prince of Persia DS
this was the first game i bought for my nintendo ds. it was on sale and mario kart was sold out. also i liked the sands of time games for the gamecube and i have a interest in ancient civilizations so i was happy with this purchase.
the game is not too difficult to learn and the first missions are not very difficult. you move these military units around the battlefield and engage your opponents units which results in a nice battle animation. you have cavalry, infantry, artillery units. also each army has it's general. there are 3 types of armies; indian, persian and demons, with each of them having 3 different generals, including the prince of persia offcourse. the demons are a little out of place in this game and personally i would have rather seen a macedonian/ egyptian army. during the single-player campaign you get to see a map of the region, but you can't make strategic decisions on where you fight your battles or even which army you control. this way you have to play a lot of missions with the demons weather you want to or not. the campaign mode is driven by a story that is really uninteresting and is told through very cheesy dialogues, so the whole campaign goes flat. the campaign does have some difficult missions towards the end and when you're finished with it you can still play single battle against the computer or against another player. i haven't played against a human opponent yet, but i can imagine it'd difficult to find one since a battle can easily take a half hour.
to conclude: it's an ok budget game for people that like games like chess or stratego but it could have been a whole lot better. maybe they'll make a sequel?