You will eventually learn that Prince has unwittingly reversed the fates of the first two games and in doing so returned his arch-enemy, the Vizier, to the realm of the living. Even before he can gather himself, his ship is attacked and his passenger, the beautiful Kaileena, kidnapped. As he sails ever closer to his city, he discovers that it lies in ruins. The Prince is returning to Babylon and to glory as the title begins, but his hopes of peace and prosperity are soon dashed.

You take the role of the Prince as he's thrust into a somewhat convoluted storyline that's easier to follow if you've played the first two games, but by no means out of reach if you haven't.

Rival Swords follows the same story that powered The Two Thrones. Some unfortunate technical issues (not to mention inherent problems with translating a game designed for consoles to a handheld) remain, but Rival Swords is mostly a welcome addition to the PSP library and a title worth investigating. Prince of Persia: Rival Swords is not only based on an all-around better console effort, The Two Thrones, but the port to PSP arrives with genuine exclusive content and a decent multiplayer mode. Thankfully, Ubisoft has put more effort into the official sequel. Prince of Persia: Revelations was just a port of the console title Warrior Within and its only exclusives were a sluggish framerate and some annoying sound bugs. Ubisoft's Babylonian hero has graced Sony's handheld before, but his PSP debut was less than memorable.

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