Discussion UnwinnableByMistake / PrinceOfPersia

Late into the game, there is a puzzle section that is immediately preceded by combat. The puzzle requires you to make a few jumps that deal a small amount of fall damage. Unfortunately, there is no way to heal after the combat, so if your health is low, you cannot continue.

Not sure if this is true. Although it is not mentioned in the game, there is a way to avoid small damage from such jumps - you can roll right after landing. It's something like holding directional keys or press some key, I don't remember. If I think of the place that the passage's author think, roll does the trick there.

Cut this and put it here for now. Either the entry or the justification is wrong, but it's inobvious which.

Prince of Persia (2008)

Prince of Persia was made to be the exact opposite of its predecessors: rather than go through the game in a linear fashion, you determine your own path and can revisit any area as often as you want. Within that design, there lies a potentially unforeseen flaw.

• The game allows you to select your powers in any order you choose, so long as you have enough Light Seeds to afford them. However, it's possible to pick them in a way that gives you a very limited amount of plate access, which will prevent you from both progressing and getting enough Light Seeds to buy your next power. This makes the game 100% Unwinnable at this point, and you have to either start over or go back to a previous save point before you bought your power.
  • I'm not sure this is correct. You can pass through areas for which you don't possess the light powers necessary to cleanse them and reach areas beyond them.