Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Review

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Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
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British 241's Review of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time for PS2

4th Aug 2004

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Graphics
    4.5 stars
  • Addiction Level
    3.5 stars
  • Multi-player
    No
Good Points

-Excellent graphics
-Very challenging puzzles
-A feature allows you to rewind time, freeze time, etc.


Bad Points

-Sword fighting can become repetitive
-Puzzles can become too tough and put you off the game
-No multiplay


General Comments

"Prince of Persia" is basically a story told by the main character "The prince of Persia" about how his father's greed for a neighbouring country's land and treasures ended in peril and what the prince tries to do to reverse the action.

Right from the beginning, an excellent cinematic cut scene appears that looks more like out of a computer graphic film than a PS2 game. After the cut scene a rather clever in-game tutorial appears at the bottom of the screen. A very clever feature as it means people who cannot be bothered with the tutorial, or who have seen it before, don't have to sit through it again and can continue playing without it interrupting their fun.

It is soon after all of the tuturial instructions have gone away that the first puzzle arrives. This is quite an easy one if you read the instructions at the bottom of the screen and is meant just as a taste of the things to come.

Later on in the game an it allows you to command time. This is great because it allows you to have a second chance if you die in the game and you can just rewind time to before you get killed. A good feature as it allows you to take more risks without having to start all over again which is great for those challenging puzzles mentioned in the summary.

Soon after the start of the game you should have your first battle, and most others after this are virtually the same but just a tad more difficult. This means that at some points in the game, you're just going to hate it whenever an enemy appears as a boring, repetitive battle awaits.

The second and last flaw is that sometimes the challenges just become too difficult and I found I just got bored with them and had to take the game out of the PS2.

Other than those flaws and, to some people's opinion, the lack of multiplayer, these should be the only flaws you find in a great game.

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