Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PS2)

Tomb Raider, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up and other games like these all have acrobatics in them. Who do you think invented games like these? Prince of Persia. Starting as a 2D arcade classic, this isn’t the first time the game has gone 3D, but it’s the first successful time it has. In 2003, Ubisoft released Sands of Time, one of the best action adventure games on the PS2. It looks fantastic, sounds great, plays perfectly, and has a well told story as well as controls responsively. I just wish they’d released a next-gen version-unless you count Assassin’s Creed, which though isn’t a sequel is a lot like the PoP games. -(The Story)- You’ll take the role of the ...  Read the complete review

It took the appearance of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time for me to realise how little the traditional, exploration-based action/adventure genre had been represented of late. Indeed, to find the last true classic that fits this description, PlayStation owners would have to rewind as far back as 1997 and Tomb Raider 2 to find a truly top-class adventure in this mould. Prince Of Persia (POP: SOT), released in 2003, is something of a 3D homage to the classic eighties platformer of the same name. But beyond settings, swords and spike-pits, this 21st century iteration is very much a new adventure – and one that is unlikely to leave fans (old or new) ...  Read the complete review

I recently picked up a copy of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, and I've really been enjoying playing it. It has a good mix of brain teasing puzzles and challenging combat which means the game rarely (if ever) becomes repetitive. The plot of the game can more or less be summed up as: Prince make big mess, Prince try to fix big mess. Fortunately (or unfortunately, for him) it's not quite as simple as that, and there are lots of rooms to puzzle and fight you way through before that can happen. Personally I enjoy the puzzles the most. They are engaging and challenging, almost to the point of frustration at times. Some of them are extremely brain ...  Read the complete review

I received this game free as part of a bundle package when I bought my PS2, oh so many years ago. It was in fact the reason I went for that particular bundle. I played the original PC game in my childhood, and this version is a great update! Gone are the sidescrolling 2D exploration and the fetching white pyjamas - now the Prince's surroundings are rendered in luscious 3D with graphics that don't seem to have dated much at out. The plot has been elevated beyond the meagre rescue-the-princess standards of the original, too; now the Prince's quest is to use his Dagger of Time to undo the horrible mess he has caused by foolishly listening to the evil Vizier ...  Read the complete review

Prince of Persia the Sands of Time is an action game for the Playstation 2 devloped by Ubisoft. The games story follows the Prince as he is tricked by the evil Vizier to release the Sands of Time which wreaks havoc among the Kingdom turning everyone into mosters, apart from the Prince and Princess Farah who have magical objects which protected them. The Prince must journey to collect the Sands of Time and lock them back into the hourglass of time to restore the Kingdom to its original state. The story is really well told and the relationship between the Prince and Farah is a really touching sideplot. Gameplay in this game consists of platforming ...  Read the complete review