More adventure than action, POW is a game that requires you to sneak around a trio of prison camps across five 'chapters', with the ultimate aim of breaking But compare we must, and while POW is very much out on its own in terms of gameplay, for pure action or strategy there are far more accomplished games on offer. Originality is something we Brits do well - you only have to hold up Shogun and Black & White as two recent examples - and though Prisoner Of War falls some way short of perfection, its flaws almost add something intangible to the game's characteristic charm.Īs hinted upon in the game’s title, Prisoner Of War is so far removed in both setting and execution from the many World War Il-themed games that have been assaulting our screens, that it seems unfair to make comparisons.
Prisoner Of War is another game that.Ībove all else, is very British - a game that, like so many before it, offers an experience unlike anything else on the shelves. Maybe it’s just my rather peculiar brand of misled patriotism, but among the many games that have cluttered my hard drive over the years, it has always been particularly easy for me to spot the games that have etched into every bit of code the words 'Made In Britain’.
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