I tried Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for the first time at a friends house for the PS2 back in 2010 or 2009, i was like 6 years old when i tried it, all the moves i knew when i played it for the first time was jump and sword combat, i didn't know anything but i loved the game anyway. Then 5 years later, i tried the game again for the PS2, it was amazing still, i came like 30% into the game. Then one day, i ordered the game from eBay, i got the game on a normal Tuesday and then i got happy and put the game straight into the Gamecube. When i booted the game up and played halfway through, i was surprised and after beating the game two days later, I still find this as a personal favorite, here's why:
The story follows a Prince With his father and a bunch of men to raid a Palace in India, when the Prince is on the raid, he finds the hidden Dagger of Time when he finds it, he can rewind time so he could Dodge a falling rock, the Dagger was kept by a person called Maharajah. Then when the Prince gives the dagger to his father, instead he is told by a evil sorcerer called Vizier to release the Sands of Time, which is inside a hourglass, then when the Prince does so, he turns almost everyone into sand monsters, then Vizier tells Prince to give the dagger to Vizier, Prince leaves the Place until he stumbles across Farah, a Deadly princess and daughter of the Maharajah, she tells him to give the dagger to her, then the Prince says No!!! then they find Scarabs to kill the Prince, When Prince goes through his adventures through traps and danger, he finds the Hourglass of Time, Farah is told to break it, but then Vizier releases a Power that casts them away, then when the Prince finds Farah in a pool, Farah eventually steals the dagger and the next day the Prince Wakes up, he has no sword and no dagger, he finds the sword and searches for Farah who stole the dagger, then when he finds Farah she is getting killed by sand monsters, Prince tries to save her, but she falls to her Death and Prince gets pretty sad until Vizier comes and humiliates the Prince, the Prince then breaks the Hourglass and rewinds everything from the beginning of the game, then Prince goes to Farah and gives her the dagger and tells her the story of the Hourglass until the final showdown With Vizier starts, after he defeats Vizier, the Prince says farewell to Farah With giving her a kiss by rewinding time, he leaves and the game ends.
The gameplay is an action-adventure game With platforming, Puzzles and hack and slash combat elements. You Control the Prince who uses his acrobatic skills and agility to get through hazardous traps and kills sand monsters, in the game, the Prince must run along walls, swinging on bars, Balance on beams, swing on a rope, wall jump through walls and use his sword and dagger to defeat Sand monsters, if you do a mistake like dying, falling into a pit or getting hit by a saw that kills you, you have the Dagger of Time to rewind time so you can try again and figure out what to do, you'll start With 4 sand tanks, but as the game progresses you can get up to 10 sand tanks, Your Health is water and you can find Fountains in a Secret area to increase Your Health meter. In combat, you use Your acrobatic skills to jump over enemies and kill them, after you've killed an enemy, you'll need to collect Sand from the enemy, the enemies get harder to defeat as the game goes on. The game focuses more on Puzzles and platforming, like using a Box on a switch, light Puzzles and doing escort missions like pulling a lever then the other pull the other lever.
This game is outstanding and a masterpiece of it's own. The game's responsive Controls, platforming, Puzzles, Graphics, Level design, Music, game mechanics, time-Control, storyline and nearly every aspect about this game is what i'm giving high praise for, the only problems i have was a few audio problems in all Versions, the combat can gets frustrating and repetitive and the game's short length (6-hours or 10 hours).
Overall this game is a must-play, must own and a must-buy. All Versions especially the Gamecube and PS2 Versions are all Worth a try, but the Game Boy Advance Version was boring and less exciting then the console Versions, PC Version cost a lot of Money on Steam and Xbox Version suffers from less responsive Controls.
10/10
Perfect Controls, outstanding Visuals and design, Music that fits to the formula, amazing story, fun platforming, great enviormental Puzzles, great enemy AI, great characterization and memorable gameplay is what stands out as the best gameplay in a action-adventure game ever. Please note that the repetitive combat and audio issues can still be present in gameplay.
The story follows a Prince With his father and a bunch of men to raid a Palace in India, when the Prince is on the raid, he finds the hidden Dagger of Time when he finds it, he can rewind time so he could Dodge a falling rock, the Dagger was kept by a person called Maharajah. Then when the Prince gives the dagger to his father, instead he is told by a evil sorcerer called Vizier to release the Sands of Time, which is inside a hourglass, then when the Prince does so, he turns almost everyone into sand monsters, then Vizier tells Prince to give the dagger to Vizier, Prince leaves the Place until he stumbles across Farah, a Deadly princess and daughter of the Maharajah, she tells him to give the dagger to her, then the Prince says No!!! then they find Scarabs to kill the Prince, When Prince goes through his adventures through traps and danger, he finds the Hourglass of Time, Farah is told to break it, but then Vizier releases a Power that casts them away, then when the Prince finds Farah in a pool, Farah eventually steals the dagger and the next day the Prince Wakes up, he has no sword and no dagger, he finds the sword and searches for Farah who stole the dagger, then when he finds Farah she is getting killed by sand monsters, Prince tries to save her, but she falls to her Death and Prince gets pretty sad until Vizier comes and humiliates the Prince, the Prince then breaks the Hourglass and rewinds everything from the beginning of the game, then Prince goes to Farah and gives her the dagger and tells her the story of the Hourglass until the final showdown With Vizier starts, after he defeats Vizier, the Prince says farewell to Farah With giving her a kiss by rewinding time, he leaves and the game ends.
The gameplay is an action-adventure game With platforming, Puzzles and hack and slash combat elements. You Control the Prince who uses his acrobatic skills and agility to get through hazardous traps and kills sand monsters, in the game, the Prince must run along walls, swinging on bars, Balance on beams, swing on a rope, wall jump through walls and use his sword and dagger to defeat Sand monsters, if you do a mistake like dying, falling into a pit or getting hit by a saw that kills you, you have the Dagger of Time to rewind time so you can try again and figure out what to do, you'll start With 4 sand tanks, but as the game progresses you can get up to 10 sand tanks, Your Health is water and you can find Fountains in a Secret area to increase Your Health meter. In combat, you use Your acrobatic skills to jump over enemies and kill them, after you've killed an enemy, you'll need to collect Sand from the enemy, the enemies get harder to defeat as the game goes on. The game focuses more on Puzzles and platforming, like using a Box on a switch, light Puzzles and doing escort missions like pulling a lever then the other pull the other lever.
This game is outstanding and a masterpiece of it's own. The game's responsive Controls, platforming, Puzzles, Graphics, Level design, Music, game mechanics, time-Control, storyline and nearly every aspect about this game is what i'm giving high praise for, the only problems i have was a few audio problems in all Versions, the combat can gets frustrating and repetitive and the game's short length (6-hours or 10 hours).
Overall this game is a must-play, must own and a must-buy. All Versions especially the Gamecube and PS2 Versions are all Worth a try, but the Game Boy Advance Version was boring and less exciting then the console Versions, PC Version cost a lot of Money on Steam and Xbox Version suffers from less responsive Controls.
10/10
Perfect Controls, outstanding Visuals and design, Music that fits to the formula, amazing story, fun platforming, great enviormental Puzzles, great enemy AI, great characterization and memorable gameplay is what stands out as the best gameplay in a action-adventure game ever. Please note that the repetitive combat and audio issues can still be present in gameplay.