You're confined and constrained in a blue netherworld from beginning to end, so the urge to see what new environments lie ahead soon dwindles. You're no longer scrambling and skittering around dizzying pinnacles, the world laid out before you, as far as the eye can see. Straight away, this setting robs the game of one of its best features - the gorgeous panoramic views. Games need baddies, and if that means undoing everything you've worked for then so be it.ДЇleeing from the now-very-pissed-off Ahriman, the Prince and Elika take refuge in a large underground palace. Oh, Elika is in a right huff with him - and rightly so - but the story doesn't go to much effort to disguise the fact that Ahriman's release was brought about by practical necessity rather than narrative coherence. This is pretty annoying, given that you just spent the span of the entire game trying to imprison him, but the cliffhanger would be easier to swallow if this DLC gave some weight to the Prince's selfish choice.

So, the Prince has revived Elika, but released the dark god Ahriman in the process. The story picks up immediately after the rather effective conclusion to the game, so those still wall-running their way through the Prince's adventure should probably be wary of spoilers.

Scratch the surface, however, and you realise that, actually, Epilogue manages to miss the good points of its parent game and instead focuses to detrimental effect on the clumsier aspects of the original experience. It extends the gameplay by a couple of hours, its price (800 MSP on Live, eight quid on PSN) fits snugly into the 'Hmm, go on then' impulse purchase bracket, and it enables fans to do a little bit more of what they enjoyed. On the surface, this optional final chapter for Prince of Persia seems to offer most of what people expect from DLC.

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