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Xena: Warrior Princess for PlayStation 2
Xena: Warrior Princess for PlayStation 2 is a three-dimensional action adventure in which you try to rescue Gabrielle from Kalabrax and her allies. You guide Xena through villages, castles and dangerous places in a fantasy version of antiquity. Along the way, you defeat warriors and monsters with sword attacks, kicks and combinations. Blocking and dodging help when enemies get close. Not every task ends with a fight: sometimes you also have to let hostages escape safely to open the exit.
The chakram gives you a ranged attack. After throwing this sharp ring, you can steer it in flight, for example towards an enemy or a mechanism. Since this draws your attention away from Xena, where you choose to stand matters. You search for keys, read clues on scrolls and negotiate jumps and traps. The training arena lets you practise her movements first. With some bosses, you need to work out which action will break through their defences.
You play this adventure alone with a PlayStation controller. The directional buttons move Xena; separate buttons and combinations handle jumping, blocking and attacking. You can also rotate the camera. Once you have completed a level, you can save manually from the results screen. This requires a PlayStation memory card in slot 1 with one free block. Load your game through the main menu. This provides saving between completed levels, not a save function at any arbitrary point.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Xena: Warrior Princess for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess was released on PlayStation in 1999 by Electronic Arts and Universal Interactive Studios. Universal Studios Digital Arts developed the adventure from the television series about the warrior heroine and Gabrielle. The creators chose a new journey with Kalabrax as the antagonist. This gave the game familiar lead characters and weapons, while allowing its tasks and environments to be built around a story created specifically for this interactive version.
The design translated Xena's movements from the series into separate sword attacks, kicks, evasive moves and controller combinations. Her throwable chakram also became a steerable tool for ranged attacks and operating mechanisms. The original manual divides the journey into seven worlds with twenty-one sub-areas. Villages, a castle and underworld locations give the adventure different settings, while the mix of rescue tasks, combat and obstacles determines the structure of its levels.
The PlayStation game is separate from Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate for Nintendo 64. That game uses the same television world for a fighting game, whereas this release is a single-player adventure. Game Boy Color later received its own Xena game with a different presentation and story. The first PlayStation version shows how a television licence was turned into a three-dimensional action game at the time: the heroine remains recognisable through her weapons and movements, while you find your own way through the fights and puzzles.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
God of War II is a useful comparison on PlayStation 2 within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Xena: Warrior Princess centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from God of War II to Xena: Warrior Princess.
Conan is a useful comparison on PlayStation 2 within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Xena: Warrior Princess centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Conan to Xena: Warrior Princess.
Spartan: Total Warrior is a useful comparison on PlayStation 2 within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Xena: Warrior Princess centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Spartan: Total Warrior to Xena: Warrior Princess.
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is a useful comparison on PlayStation 2 within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Xena: Warrior Princess centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning to Xena: Warrior Princess.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a useful comparison on PlayStation 2 within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Xena: Warrior Princess centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones to Xena: Warrior Princess.
