History VideoGame / PrinceOfPersia2

* DeathAsGameMechanic: In order to obtain the title Flame (which will allow the Prince to kill the BigBad), the player must willfully kill the Prince in a certain room, and ''not'' do anything when the camera lingers on the Prince's corpse like it happens every time the Prince is killed elsewhere, because after a few seconds there will just be YetAnotherStupidDeath).

* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: In the first game, the Prince is a street boy who becomes a prince after marrying the suultan's daughter, it is revealed here that [[spoiler:he's the long lost Prince of Basra whose parents were killed during the massacre of their city.]]

* DeathAsGameMechanic: In order to obtain the title Flame (which will allow the Prince to kill the BigBad), the player must willfully kill the Prince in a certain room halfway ,through and ''not'' do anything when the camera lingers on the Prince's corpse like it happens every time the Prince is killed elsewhere, because after a few se therwise will just be YetAnotherStupidDeath).

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Armies of Darkness who destroyed the Prince's city of birth and all it's inhabitants including his parents. They are mentioned once in the game [[spoiler:and are hinted to be associated with the witch shown in the end, who has a snake sign on her forehead that matches the one left in the ruined city.]]

* HypnotizeTheCaptive: The game begins with the princess brainwashed into thinking the Prince a poor mad beggar, with the NotQuiteDead Jaffar masquerading as the Prince instead. Naturally, fleeing the royal guards quickly ensues. [[spoiler:When the Princess ''does'' break out of this, Jaffar "silences her" via using magic to make her fall in a ConvenientComa. She doesn't wake up until the Prince kills Jaffar.]]

* PuzzleBoss: Like the skeleton in the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1 previous game]], the skeleton encountered on the bridge in the final cave level has no life bar and can't be killed. [[spoiler:The Prince must get close enough to switch sides with him and then wait for the bridge to collapse.]]
* SequenceBreaking: It is possible to beat the final temple level without stealing the Flame. To do so, you have to rise the Shadow in any screen besides the one the Flame is in. Proceed normally until you jump into the platform with the Flame - upon doing so, you can turn around and go back to return the Shadow to the Prince's body. While all the guards will be hostile to the Prince, all level ending doors are also open, letting you go to the final level. The game assumes you did steal the Flame, so you can end the game normally.

* TimedMission: You are given a time limit of 75 minutes to finish the game. Unlike the previous game, however, this does not begin until after the first cave level. [[spoiler:That's when the Princess breaks free of Jaffar's spell and sees him for who he is, and he silences her with a sickness spell which will kill her if the Prince does not defeat him.]]

* ViolationOfCommonSense: [[spoiler:In the temple, allow yourself to be killed by a monk so your shadow can leave your body and take the sacred flame.]]

* HypnotizeThePrincess: The game begins with the princess brainwashed into thinking the Prince a poor mad beggar, with the NotQuiteDead Jaffar masquerading as the Prince instead. Naturally, fleeing the royal guards quickly ensues. [[spoiler:When the Princess ''does'' break out of this, Jaffar "silences her" via using magic to make her fall in a ConvenientComa. She doesn't wake up until the Prince kills Jaffar.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Except for at the very end at a point where you should be running instead, the guards of the first stage are all taken down in a single strike each, signifying that the Prince is an ExperiencedProtagonist after what he went through in the first game. He also has new moves and can actually crawl across the floor to evade certain traps. And to match this more potent hero, the foes are more numerous and deadly as well.

* TookALevelInBadass: Except for at the very end at a point where you should be running instead, the guards of the first stage are all taken down in a single strike each, signifying that the Prince is an ExperiencedProtagonist after what he went through in the first game. Of course, that experience doesn't prepare him for the grander journey this time around.

* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler:Compared to the previous game, Jaffar never tries to fight the Prince. He tries to make him flee and then drown with his magic, but when the Prince returns, all he does is send him to another dimension and run from him when that isn't enough deterrent.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Armies of Darkness who destroyed the Prince's city of birth and all it's inhabitants including his parents. They are mentioned once in the game [[spoiler:and are hinted to be associated with the witch shown in the end who has a snake sign on her forehead that matches the one left in the ruined city.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: The Armies of Darkness who destroyed the Prince's city of birth and all it's inhabitants including his parents. They are mentioned once in the game[[spoiler:and are hinted to be associated with the witch shown in the end who has a snake sign on her forehead that matches the one left in the ruined city.]]

* FissionMailed: When the guard in front of the flame kills the Prince, the player get the normal instructions to press a key to retry. The correct action is to ''stay dead'' until the Prince's spirit rises (seen in ProphecyTwist, below.)

* GuideDangIt: In order to become the Shadow Prince, the player must repeatedly turn around and over again.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:When he was young child, the Prince was the only one who survived his home city being destroyed by the armies of darkness.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: The guards in the temple of the Flame all stop fighting and bow to the Prince instead once he manages to take the Flame.

* NotQuiteDead: Jaffar is the BigBad again, even though he was supposedly dead after the Prince defeated him in the previous game.
** [[spoiler:This subsequently leads to [[MakeSureHesDead the Prince scattering his ashes to the winds after frying him]], at the end of the game]].
* ProphecyTwist: "He Who Would Steal The Flame Must Die!" [[spoiler:This isn't a threat, it's the instructions for how to finish that level. The Prince has to die (and have the body nearby) in order to steal the Flame.]]

* SomeDexterityRequired: The controls are less forgiving than the original. There are several places where you need to make a running jump exactly off an edge which turns out to be nearly impossible to time right; it feels like the previous game assumes the player want to jump from the edge and gives some tolerance, whereas the sequel prefers to either jump too early or miss it completely.

** [[spoiler:This subsequently leads to [[MakeSureHesDead the Prince scattering his ashes in the winds after frying him]], at the end of the game]].

''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'' is the second installment in the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' series. Originally released by Creator/BroderbundSoftware in 1993 for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer, it was ported over the next few years to the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh and in Japan to the UsefulNotes/PC98 and UsefulNotes/FMTowns. A SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version was released by Creator/TitusSoftware in 1995; a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version never got past the prototype stage.

''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'' is the second installment in the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' series. Originally released by Creator/BroderbundSoftware in 1993 for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer, it was ported over the next few years to the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh and in Japan to the PC98 and UsefulNotes/FMTowns. A SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version was released by Creator/TitusSoftware in 1995; a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version never got past the prototype stage.

''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'' is the second installment in the ''Franchise/PrinceOfPersia'' series. Originally released by Creator/BroderbundSoftware in 1993 for the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer, it was ported over the next few years to the AppleMacintosh and in Japan to the PC98 and UsefulNotes/FMTowns. A SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem version was released by Creator/TitusSoftware in 1995; a UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis version never got past the prototype stage.

* HypnotizeThePrincess: The game begins with the princess brainwashed into thinking the Prince a poor mad beggar, with the NotQuiteDead Jaffar masquerading as the Prince instead. Naturally, fleeing the royal guards quickly ensues. [[spoiler: When the Princess ''does'' break out of this, Jaffar "silences her" via using magic to make her fall in a ConvenientComa. She doesn't wake up until the Prince kills Jaffar.]]

* PuzzleBoss: Like the skeleton in the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1 previous game]], the skeleton encountered on the bridge in the final cave level has no life bar and can't be killed. [[spoiler: The Prince must get close enough to switch sides with him and then wait for the bridge to collapse.]]

* AncestralWeapon: You are informed in a CutScene that the sword you find near the end of the ruins is your father's sword.

* CliffHanger: The game ends with an image of [[spoiler:a mysterious witch watching the hero in a crystal ball]]. WordOfGod has that she was the one responsible for [[spoiler:giving Jaffar his powers, killing the Prince's family, and sacking the Prince's kingdom]].[[http://jordanmechner.com/blog/2013/04/pop-shadow-and-flame]] However, the sequel it foreshadowed never came to pass. ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia3D'' had a standalone story, and ever since then the series has stuck to new continuities.

* FaceHeelTurn: The guards in the temple of the Flame all stop fighting and bow to the Prince instead once he manages to take the Flame.
* FissionMailed: When the guard in front of the flame kills you, you get the normal instructions to press a key to retry. The correct action is to ''stay dead'' until your spirit rises (see ProphecyTwist, below.)

* GuideDangIt: In order to become the Shadow Prince, you must repeatedly turn around and over again.

* HypnotizeThePrincess: The game begins with the princess convinced you're a poor mad beggar, with the NotQuiteDead Jaffar masquerading as you instead. Naturally, fleeing the royal guards quickly ensues.

* ProphecyTwist: "He Who Would Steal The Flame Must Die!" [[spoiler:This isn't a threat, it's the instructions for how to finish that level. You have to die (and have the body nearby) in order to steal the Flame.]]
* PuzzleBoss: Like the skeleton in the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1 previous game]], the skeleton encountered on the bridge in the final cave level has no life bar and can't be killed. [[spoiler:You must get close enough to switch sides with him and then wait for the bridge to collapse.]]
* SomeDexterityRequired: The controls are less forgiving than the original. There are several places where you need to make a running jump exactly off an edge which turns out to be nearly impossible to time right; it feels like the previous game assumes you want to jump from the edge and gives some tolerance, whereas the sequel prefers you to either jump too early or miss it completely.