Prince of Persia®: The Sands of Time

In terms of third-person games, Prince of Persia is like a gentle massage set to the peeling tones of a 72-virgin orchestra. It's spectacular and soothing to play.

In fact, it almost seems unfair to call it a third-person action-adventure, because it's wonderfully inventive yet intuitive, logically designed and consistently rewarding without ever feeling contrived. I can't think of a single third-person game that better fits the above description. As somebody who regularly has to suffer through and remain objective about the sort of cripplingly lame, soul-destroying misconstruction that runs throughout the genre, the beauty, simplicity and logic behind Prince of Persia is enough to bring a tear one's eye.

Quite simply, right from the start, almost everything about it feels right. The tone of the Prince's voice, the way he moves around the game's palatial labyrinth, the way he reacts to common gameplay scenarios (grasping a ledge at an angle, shimmying round corners, moving a box in any direction just by holding one side and using the analogue stick rather than having to run round it every time to push, etc), the way the combat fits in with the rest of the game, the way the puzzles are introduced, considered and solved, the placement of save points and foreshadowing of key game events through occasional 'visions' (it does work, trust me), and especially the Sands of Time angle, of which more shortly.

No previous experience with the Prince of Persia series is required to enjoy Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. In fact, virtually nothing will bar you from being impressed by this extremely well-put-together action adventure game. Prince of Persia is surprisingly easy, despite the incredible acts of skill and daring that the game's main character will routinely perform during the course of the game. As a result, this original, visually stunning game can be highly recommended to just about anyone.

PoP takes place in a mystical Middle Eastern setting, all bathed in soft, warm light and looking like something straight out of a storybook. You play as a young prince who possesses exceptional athletic and acrobatic skill. Early on in the game, the prince steals the dagger of time, a treasure from a rival nation, as a token for his father the king. When his nation's traitorous vizier compels the prince to use the dagger to unlock another treasure, a huge hourglass, everything goes wrong. The sands from the hourglass blow forth, enveloping the kingdom and turning its guardsmen and citizens into, for lack of a better way to describe it, "sand zombies." The prince, the vizier, and a young woman named Farah are among the only survivors. In the prince's efforts to undo his mistake, he'll join forces with Farah, seek out the hourglass, and confront the vizier. The game's story takes a backseat during most of the game, but it is book-ended nicely and is framed as the prince's own retrospection. So, for instance, should the prince fall and die at a certain point during the game, you'll hear him say, as narrator, something like, "No, that's not how it happened." Not only is this an interesting technique, but it compels you to keep pressing on. You'll want to know exactly how his complicated ordeal will unravel.

A highly responsive, very forgiving control scheme further ensures that at no point during Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will you get particularly stuck, if at all. Though other action adventure games involving a lot of death-defying leaps and other such bravery tend to force the player to perfectly time his or her maneuvers and often force him or her to wrestle with issues concerning the controls or camera perspective, Prince of Persia is set up in such a way that it's remarkably simple to pull off all of the prince's spectacular moves. Also, despite the convincing look of the game's huge environments, the game is completely linear, and the prince's course tends to be very clear. Doors will slam shut behind him, forcing him to press onward, and each time you enter a new area, you'll see a quick fly-through showing where it is you're trying to go and what it is that stands between you and that goal. Additionally, at each of the game's frequent save points, you'll see a "vision" of what lies ahead--a quick sepia-toned montage of the trials and tribulations to come in the next area.

The gameplay in Prince of Persia largely consists of three types of actions: navigation (the most common and best type), combat, and puzzle-solving. The puzzle-solving is straightforward and typical of what you'd find in other action adventure games. You'll push some boxes onto pressure plates, figure out how to use some mysterious machines, pull some switches and levers, and that sort of thing. What makes the puzzles here, at least, seem more interesting is the presence of Farah, the prince's female counterpart, who will automatically assist with some of the puzzles and make them seem like more of a cooperative affair. Farah, who's even skinnier than the prince, can slip through cracks in the wall to reach places the prince cannot. The pair will frequently have to find ways of opening up passages for one another. This pseudo-two-player dynamic, and, in fact, the whole look of the game, is reminiscent of the artistic 2001 PlayStation 2 title, ICO.

Excellent audio rounds out this altogether impressive game. The actor who provides the prince's voice fits the role perfectly, creating a likable yet brash personality for the character that's the perfect foil to Farah's cool-headed determination. The banter exchanged between the two characters can be very amusing, and though the two really don't have time for their relationship to develop, it's still plausible that one does. The ambient sounds in Prince of Persia, from the sound of the prince's footsteps on various surfaces to the rush of wind when he's outdoors, are also completely believable. One fairly clever puzzle late in the game completely depends on your ability to hear the game's clear, realistic audio. An excellent musical score, which combines traditional Middle Eastern sounds and instrumentation with a hard rock edge and some nice chorus vocals, also fits the game extremely well. There's just one problem: For the most part, you only hear the music during battle. It's possible that the fast-paced themes would have been conducive to recklessness during the game's running and jumping sequences, but it's a bit of a shame that such a good soundtrack is only heard on relatively rare occasion during the game.

Prince of Persia offers some bonuses, in addition to the main adventure, most notably with the presence of an unlockable port of the original version of the game that started it all. The original Prince of Persia influenced games like Tomb Raider--and pretty much every other game in which you can grab on to ledges--and presents a stark contrast with the new installment in the series in just how punishing it is. On the other hand, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a game that can be recommended wholeheartedly. It looks fantastic and features responsive controls, some original play mechanics, a good story, and plenty of thrilling adventure. In the simplest terms: Do not miss out on this game.

Verdict: 10/10

I should make it clear from the start that this isn't as much a review of the game as a review of the experience playing it on Steam. If you're gonna mald over that, you can read another review; there's no shortage of 'my childhood nostalgia' posts for these games on Steam. If I were to rate the game itself, it would probably be 6 out of 10; the game is decent. The graphics are good for the time, the soundtrack is fantastic, and the lack of story focus or cinematic sequences in favour of raw gameplay is actually welcome. On the other hand, the camera was designed by a gay rattlesnake named Fabio Enchilada, and the combat is pretty repetitive and flawed. Overall, Sands of Time feels like playing the old Jordan Mechner Prince of Persia games but in 3D, and that's good.

What is bad - and the reason for the 'Not Recommended' - is the experience of playing this game on Steam, and the wider problem these games have on Steam at large. This download is essentially Ubisoft charging you money for the abandonware version of this game, thrown onto Steam with NO fixes whatsoever. To get it working you'll need to play around with patches and configuration files yourself, and you will never get proper controller support regardless (the game natively supports any controller, but very poorly).

This is part of a larger problem on Steam and I say it needs to be fixed. If you pay for a game it should be a good experience that requires no jury-rigging to enjoy. Unfortunately, because gamers are masochists and even now some nerd is probably getting ready to comment, "Bro it's only $10 bro, publishing games is hard bro, I don't respect myself enough to expect good service bro, I want Yves Guillemot to piss in my mouth bro," it has gotten to this point and companies like Ubisoft have learned to take full advantage of that. Why WOULDN'T they charge you for the same file you can find on MyAbandonware and probably have an easier time configuring? Now they can even sell you a remake of this game, because their dumb audience never thought to demand that old games be properly curated and fixed to work well on modern systems and the remake will ostensibly 'fix' those issues and 'introduce Prince of Persia to a new generation of fans' and all that PR drivel.

Gaben needs to step in personally; Steam shouldn't allow companies to publish broken, out-of-date games on Steam and leave the fans to fix them.

In the first boss battle, I was on very low health. This is when Farah hit me the arrow instead of the enemy. I died. 10/10 realism!!

A classic and good game muy buen juego

The game aged poorly. Bad camera, no support of controllers.

The game doesn't work for me. They recommend manually running it in a compatibility mode. That didn't work for me (and is already more of a hassle than I'm looking for). I imagine you can probably get a community patch or something to make it work, but if you're not looking for an IKEA project I wouldn't recommend the steam version of this game

]Final Verdict:

[b]Average: 75-84 (75-84%)[b]
Performance or gameplay meets the passing mark but remains average.
There are areas that could be improved to enhance the gaming experience.
Cautiously Recommended - ✔

Player Opinion Steam Review

Gameplay Experience (18/25)

Intuitive Controls - Easy to use.
☐ Very Difficult (+1)
☐ Difficult (+2)
☑ Moderate (+3)
☐ Easy (+4)
☐ Very Easy (+5)


Balanced Gameplay - Fair and equal.
☐ Poorly Balanced (+1)
☐ Somewhat Balanced (+2)
☐ Moderately Balanced (+3)
☑ Well Balanced (+4)
☐ Perfectly Balanced (+5)


Player Engagement - Involving and captivating.
☐ Not at all (+1)
☐ Slightly (+2)
☐ Moderately (+3)
☐ Very (+4)
☑ Extremely (+5)


Decision Relevance - Meaningful choices.
☐ Meaningless (+1)
☑ Not Meaningful (+2)
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☐ Quite Meaningful (+4)
☐ Highly Meaningful (+5)


Rewarding Progression - Satisfying advancement.
☐ Very Unsatisfying (+1)
☐ Unsatisfying (+2)
☐ Neutral (+3)
☑ Satisfying (+4)
☐ Very Satisfying (+5)


[b]Presentation & Immersion (19/25)[b]

Compelling Storyline - Engaging narrative.
☐ Not Interesting (+1)
☐ Slightly Interesting (+2)
☐ Moderately Interesting (+3)
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☐ Extremely Interesting (+5)


Immersive Atmosphere - Captivating environment.
☐ Not Immersive (+1)
☐ Slightly Immersive(+2)
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☑ Completely Immersive (+5)


Visual Aesthetics - Stunning graphics.
☐ Not Appealing (+1)
☐ Slightly Appealing (+2)
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☐ Extremely Appealing (+5)


Audio Quality - High-quality sound.
☐ Not Engaging (+1)
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☑ Very Engaging (+4)
☐ Extremely Engaging (+5)


Polished HUD - Clean and functional interface.
☐ Very Unfriendly (+1)
☐ Unfriendly (+2)
☑ Neutral (+3)
☐ Friendly (+4)
☐ Very Friendly (+5)


Design & Technical Aspects (16/25)

Game Design - Well-crafted mechanics.
☐ Poorly Designed (+1)
☑ Somewhat Designed (+2)
☐ Moderately Designed (+3)
☐ Well Designed (+4)
☐ Excellently Designed (+5)


Content Quality - Rich and diverse.
☐ Poor Content (+1)
☐ Limited Content (+2)
☑ Moderate Content (+3)
☐ Extensive Content (+4)
☐ Abundant Content (+5)


AI Behavior - Intelligent and realistic.
☐ Very Poor (+1)
☐ Poor (+2)
☑ Average (+3)
☐ Good (+4)
☐ Excellent (+5)


Settings - Flexible and customizable.
☐ Very Limited (+1)
☐ Limited (+2)
☑ Moderate (+3)
☐ Flexible (+4)
☐ Highly Flexible (+5)


Technical Issues - Minimal or no problems.
☐ Numerous (+1)
☐ Moderate (+2)
☐ Limited (+3)
☐ Minor (+4)
☑ None (+5)


Final Considerations (24/25)

Overall Satisfaction - General enjoyment level.
☐ Very Dissatisfied (+1)
☐ Dissatisfied (+2)
☐ Neutral (+3)
☐ Satisfied (+4)
☑ Very Satisfied (+5)


Microtransactions - In-game purchases.
☐ Extensive (+1)
☐ Substantial (+2)
☐ Moderate (+3)
☐ Minimal (+4)
☑ None (+5)


Replay Value - Longevity and replayability.
☐ Very Low (+1)
☐ Low (+2)
☐ Moderate (+3)
☑ High (+4)
☐ Very High (+5)


Cost-to-Play Ratio - Money spent vs hours played.
☐ Overpriced (+1)
☐ Poor Value (+2)
☐ Fair Value (+3)
☐ Good Value (+4)
☑ Excellent Value (+5)


Recommendation.
☐ No (+0)
☑ Yes (+5)

The best Prince of Persia I have played so far. The controls are a bit confusing but you get used to it. Also the puzzles in the game are difficult but fun.

Peak nostalgia

Peak

Time only knows

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was released way back in 2003. If you possessed a magical dagger and turned back the sands to those days, you would understand how novel this game was. You can see the Prince's athletic prowess and puzzle-solving exploits ingrained in modern-day Tomb Raider and Uncharted games (to name just a few examples).

While nowadays, Yuri Lowenthal is perhaps best known for playing Spider-Man, PoP was (I think) his first big videogame franchise. His voice acting gives the protagonist a relatable youthfulness and humanity as we watch his character develop from a prideful, father-pleasing young warrior to a humble, mature hero worthy of the 'Prince of Persia' moniker. The Prince's banter with his bow-wielding sidekick, Princess Farah, is endearing enough that you start caring about both characters as the heroes traverse through the desolate, apocalyptic world to undo the Sands of Time.

And what better voices to accompany you, indeed, as you traverse tricky terrain with the Prince's gravity-defying parkour abilities and fight mindless but dangerous sand creatures with the dagger's sand-powers? The game does a great job of balancing the action with the puzzle-solving, with the latter making you feel like a genius once you've solved them and progress.

And the best thing? This is all within a 6-7 hour game. While relatively recent games (i.e. the Tomb raider survivor games) relentlessly pad out their gameplay with 'hidden caches' and RPG-esque level-up systems, PoP: Sands of Time respects that humans have other things in their lives other than videogames (strange though the concept may appear). Hidden sand clouds that increase your sand tank capacity? Sure, that's there. Upgraded abilities? Yes, the Prince gets more sand powers as the story progresses - and new swords that deal more damage. But you get them at the pace of the story, not through soulless side-quests or by collecting hidden coins.

Pop holds up and gives you a concise, action-packed adventure that is both fun and engaging, both in the gameplay and story aspects. You must play this game

Great throwback to childhood - nostalgia plus playing it with a reshade lets you see the game in a whole new way ! 11/10 recommend - even managed to use a ps5 controller with steam controller support

literally a masterpeice in my oppinion wish they did mess up the remake. seriously if you havnt played the game theres no better time than now

great game with extreme nostalgia.

Great soundtrack, great characters, great parkour and platforming movement, and the combat's pretty good.

A true classic lost in the sands of time

nostalgie

a great game that hasnt aged the best but also has a few graphical glitches in some cutscenes. poles can be buggy too

I played and enjoyed this game back then, but I gotta say it aged poorly, on emight say it didn't stand the stest of (the sands of) time.

Extremely basic and boring level design and puzzles for anyone who played a platformer released in the past 15 years, there's barely any story and what is there isn't good and finally combat in not very good either: little enemy variety, very bad camera, unreliable target system and combat overall (sometimes the playable character won't do what you tell him to do). Overall, quite a bad game for today standards, if i'ts your first time trying out the franchise I don't suggest starting from here, if you really want to try it, do so when it's on sale.

The story is very good and long, but the fights in the game are poorly done and a little bit frustrating. The camera is also a bit tricky. You have to change it non-stop to know where you are jumping.You will need a lot of patience especially at the very end of the game when you jump. For me the game is ok, considering that it is 21 years old. I recommend it to anyone who likes this type of game and who is a fan of all Prince of Persia games.

So, I'm going to give my opinion based on my experience when I played it on the Playstation 2.
One of the best games, if not... The best in the Prince of Persia franchise by far!
Great gameplay even with some minor bugs but it's good, beautiful graphics, a very interesting story, the atmosphere of the game is exceptional and overall...
it's AWESOME!
and yes, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!

I can't give my opinion on the PC at the moment because of a bug in the Steam webhelper... which doesn't let me play in full screen for a long time, just like it was the case with Splinter Cell Double Agent

A solid classic, this game is solid from start to finish, and given that this is my least favorite of the PS2 trilogy, that’s really saying something.
The game is very story-focused and is easily the most simplistic in the trilogy, while being the most iconic. The platforming, wall-running, puzzle-solving, time-rewinding, and the visuals are all consistently great and the game never drags at any point.
The combat, while incredibly simple, still has a sense of fluidity to it, especially with how you can dodge, flip and run up walls before striking down enemies for example. Though the game does have a few abrupt difficulty spikes that can throw you off, such as the first boss fight and the elevator stage.
The soundtrack is a great balance between traditional Arabian and alternative rock, courtesy of Stuart Chatwood (marry me already) and the style and characterization of the Prince and Farah is very well-done, and really sells how it plays out like an Eastern fable.
Brilliant in almost every regard, despite not having the same replayability as its sequels

It's a great adventure game with good platforming and good puzzles, however its technical aspects have aged horribly, the controls (like where you aim to jump) are really janky and are aggravating, and worst of all the combat is both incredibly underwhelming and annoying.

I would suggest it as a title to experience just once. There's a lot to see, and you can feel the love put into this game even 21 years later.

recommended for the nostalgic only :D.
The combat aged very poorly, the platform is cool (except the garbage "down wall jump") and the puzzles are fine

Someone save this IP from Ubisoft...

time manipulation is always fun

Game blows, terrible port. Not even worth 2 clams. Don't forget to turn off the fog in settings if you want to see anything.

Story is good and the platforming is very fun. On the other hand, combat gets tiresome with waves after waves of enemies and the camera controls are abysmal. Personally dislike the big puzzle rooms too.

Score: 6.5/10

Overall: B (8/10) ***Mid campaign, final grade pending—will update review when game is completed***

Enjoyable? Yes
Recommendable? Yes
Replayable? TBD

++3rd person action-adventure/platformer/puzzle 😍
++platforming extremely enjoyable and probably the main reason to play this
+decent story so far (my guess it’s intended audience is young adults and teens)

+/-uninspiring combat but overall acceptable ie not a deal breaker

-audio during cut scenes is significantly lower than in game audio, music often overpowers dialogue in cutscenes and no subtitles :/
Minor gripes:
-camera angles are often crazy

Steam Deck compatibility: ✅
•Button prompts show as mouse and keyboard buttons
~8hrs at full charge with video settings maxed
60fps mandatory—scenes stutter at 30fps
•Not compatible with native resolution—I had to do some tinkering to make it wide screen
•Audio glitches if steam deck enters sleep mode while mid mission—requires game restart

***Mid campaign, will update review when game is completed***

old memories!! :D

I was a little disappointed after playing this for a little while. There appears to be no support for my game controller (PS4), and controlling this game by keyboard and mouse is extremely tedious. If you want to climb up a wall, you right click on the mouse (default control, this can be changed). And to climb up a little further to climb up onto a ledge above, you have to press the space bar (default control). The camera angles change inconveniently, and your character when pointing toward an object to climb or jump to (after pressing F key for a first person view), often does not jump that direction when the space bar is pressed. Struggle, struggle just to do basic navigation. Other than that, the graphics and sound were not too bad for the time that this game was originally released. I probably won't waste any more time on this (1 hour total), but I only paid $1.99 here on steam.

Nostalgia.

playable very good

Ah hell no! I want to finish the game for old time sake and because I really want to delve further in the serie. But the camera angle is ahhh, how can I put it, absolutely distusting and frustrating to say the least. It's a chore playing this game, but I really want to discover the rest of the franchise so... No, don't play this, skip it if you can. Or, if you want to walk the same path as me, brace yourself, you're gonna need it...

Cool game, parcours is the excellent and never gets boring. Combat is okay but repetitive and where the game's age shows. Story is not the most important part of the game, but it's quite enjoyable. Definitely worth playing.

I love this game

Completed this game again almost 20 years after playing it for the first time! The game holds up pretty well on PC. Except for fights, that are very irritating...

Art, graphics, animation, platforming, puzzling, sound, music, story = 10/10. Fighting = 3/10.

classic

Replaying this game I realize the combat has pretty bad balancing, I was even wondering how I beat this game years ago without getting frustrated.
Ok so the prince has very simple combat moves and is clearly made for 1v1 but the game always throws you 4 enemies at once and dozens more in the waiting when one dies.
It's such a frustrating slog of a fight everytime knowing how clunky the combat and moves are while fighting multiple enemies. And when you get knocked down good luck getting up as enemies will keep pummeling and stunlocking you.
Ok for cheesing these enemies use the wall dive attack. Essentially when you are in combat mode just stick your back behind the wall jump to the wall and attack the prince will do a dive stab animation which surprisingly will knockdown any enemies in one hit then you can execute them.
Also its very annoying that enemies can still attack you while doing the execution. Imagine in Sekiro you mortal blow an enemy but the others can still attack you, yeah bad design.
Also I hate the fix camera settings specially when it comes to platforming. Even though there is change angle it still not good compare to free cam.
The story is very good and the Prince have a good Character development.
I promise myself to play again all PoP games so I have to power through and hope the sequels fair better.

Nice Easy Game

good challenge

Still waiting for the remake

Decided to replay the whole trilogy again, given ain't no way Ubisoft actually pulls through with the Sands of Time remake (I even doubt they'll pull through not collapsing over their own incompetence at this point), and seeing I never actually made reviews for 'em, I decided to fix that. As usual with my reviews, I'll start with the negatives and go up from there.

First and foremost, the biggest negative point the game still holds to this day is one that cannot be fixed with patches: the game's length. Even at release, this was a short game. The game is around 5 hours long, with no alternative endings, no unlockables, no collectables, not much of a reason to play it more than once. Truth is, the whole trilogy suffered from massive time constrains and a rushed development cycle, and in that end, how short the game feels might be the biggest hurdle.

Another slight problem is how modern systems might decide they don't want to run the entire trilogy. Chances are you should go to the executable of the game and manually put it in compatibility mode with Windows 7, Vista or XP to make it work without many issues.

The game does have some bugs, can't even tell if some of those are caused by the short development cycle or the game perhaps not running as intended on modern systems, but the most common ones I've seen is going through walls and Farah getting stuck in place with a falling animation, which can soft-lock you in certain situations (fixable by triggering cutscenes or reloading a save).

It should also be mentioned, this game does have combat, but man if it's the weakest part of the game. The lack of combos, some of the special powers never actually being taught and introduced (OR EVEN HINTED AT, BEYOND REWINDING TIME), most enemies being easy to instakill with jump+left click+E, made even worse by the lack of bosses. There's a miniboss at the start, and a pitiful boss at the end, which is so easy you might just win by smashing left click nonstop.

Lastly, one thing that might bother you from time to time: there are certain areas in the game that from a world building point of view, make absolutely zero sense and kinda break the immersion. The prison section might be the absolutely worst offender of this, there's about 80 doors that lead to a 15 meters fall and no feasible way of getting prisoners in there, who the f#ck even build that castle, man?

But honestly, that should tell you how much I gotta scrap the bottom of the barrel to find negatives. Despite how short it is, Sands of Time is a solid game. When it comes to 3D platformers, this game became iconic back in the day, and I still think it holds true to this day. The platforming controls are solid, they're extremely easy to pick up on, and are reliable from start to end.

The music is damn good, the musicians were going ballistic on that department. Amazing mix between oriental music with a few tones of modern instruments, like the ever so present electric guitar. Can't say the same for the voices due to the mediocre mixing, at times they get drowned out by noise, but the voice actors did make a nice work, even if there's not that many characters that talk in there.

The variety in locations is also quite good, even though some of those locations make absolutely zero sense. The designers clearly did at least try to make some of the locations be both interesting and also PLAY good, because none of them stand out as a pain in the #ss to play through.

While the game doesn't go ballistic in puzzles, I like them. They're not overwhelming, they're not annoying, they don't overstay their welcome, and help in breaking the tension and letting the player relax. I would've liked a few more - but then again, I would've liked the game to be longer.

Lastly, while the game doesn't have many important characters, what characters there are feel interesting. The main focus lands on the Prince and Farah, and both feel compelling, only suffering by the game's length which makes their development feel rushed.

In the end, recommending this game feels redundant, it's a classic for a reason - however, ten bucks for a game that will last you between five to six hours? No. Wait for a sale, because it usually gets lowered by a 75%, and for that price you might as well grab the whole trilogy.

Sad the remake will probably never come out - and if it does, it'll probably suck nuclear #ss, but we still have the original. That one's staying here. Over 20 years later, it's still a fun game.

TL;DR Edition: A classic from the PS2 era that hasn't aged completely well, but it's still plenty of fun. Wait for a sale, take the whole trilogy. Game is fun, but very short and has zero replayability.

Nice game spoiled by the amazing number of times you die because the camera jumps around or positions itself somewhere where you can't see enemies, etc. I'm sure it's beatable but it certainly wasn't fun enough for me to stick with it.

This Aged like a fine wine

A Masterpiece of its Franchise that was ahed of its time 9/10 Would REcommend that to everyone !!!

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

7/10

- Terrible optimization, but still playable and beatable
- Fighting is really boring, and there is A LOT of it
- Story is fine for 2003
- Platforming is fun
- Easy collectibles
- Nostalgia

Needs a proper remake. Ubisoft, wake up!

got bored from jumping and climbing

I was gifted this game as a young boy many years ago on the PS2, I never got past the 2nd or 3rd level, but had such a great time. It was so different and unique. I thought this game was hard as a kid, and when I purchased it on Steam I thought, as a more experienced gamer, it would be easier. It wasn't. Be aware that this game is DIFFICULT, at least it was for me. It never got to the point that I rage quit, although I did have to take a few breaks from time to time. If you're looking for an old school real challenge, fun and unique traversal, and a feeling of accomplishment upon completion, this game is for you.

10/10

This game is straight from when Ubisoft actually made banger after banger. One of my favorite games on the gamecube, and this pc port is really good. Get the whole prince of persia collection as its $7 and i recommended definitely at least playing through the sands of time trilogy.

Combat is really satisfying and the movement is top notch. There is just something about doing parkour in a old rural environment. And the time mechanic, man its so much fun to use this from back when games went for creativity and innovation instead of baiting you for money.

I am super hyped for this remake coming out, but at the same time super worried due to initial impressions and the delays. Plus, as a modern ubisoft and siege player, no offense but Ubisoft has fallen off big time. It just seems they don't connect with their audiences much recently. However, with the resurgence of prince of persia, I have hope. But, whether or not the remake is good and you waiting for it, this game definitely worth a playthrough still to this day.