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A very good game in the making

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 21
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is shaping up to be a very good game. The prince will be able to do special Matrix-like moves and will fight with a sword and dagger. The "Sands of Time" will enable you to do special moves, such as "rewinding time." This would be useful if you were to fall off a cliff, you could literally rewind the game and prevent your would-be fatal fall. Unless the designers at Ubi Soft seriously screw up, this game will be sure to take its place next to other classics such as Metroid Prime and Super Smash Bros. Melee. This game is no. 1
on my wish list. Pre-order today!

p.s. that 5 stars on the top is my PREDICTED score of the game! As I haven't played it, I can't give it a real score!

Best I've seen since Metroid!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: November 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game truly has everything you could wish for. It is extremely entertaining and offers one of the coolest heros we've seen in a long long time.

The Prince is able to bend gravity and time to offer up a high WOW value from your friends, as well as yourself. From running up and across walls to doing acrobatic flips on a pole, this guy's got it all! Also, with the addition of the ability to slow and even rewind time, it causes you to take a lot more chances than you ever would in any other game for the fear of seeing the dreadful words "Game Over." In Prince of Persia, if you miss an amazing stunt, then just rewind time and try again. I love this feature because it allows you to be super daring!

Fighting enemies has a better Matrix feel to it than the Enter the Matrix game. Three zombie looking creatures come at you from all sides. You slice at the first one then spin kick him to knock him away while the other two are closing in quick. You now run up the closest one's chest and kick him in the face in a move that I swear I saw in the Matrix Reloaded movie. Now, your back is turned and you are a fraction of a second away from being stabbed in the back. You are then able to make the Prince do a backflip over the slicing enemy as time slows down and sees you do a backflip with a full twist all while unsheathing your knife to stab the monster in the back of the neck! Truly amazing and suspenseful fighting.

The cut scenes are very impressive with high quality graphics and speech. Our hero also tends to talk to other people and even himself as you are playing. This is the game that will WOW and delight everyone of all ages! A true must have for any action adventure gaming fan!

'must buy' title for your gamecube

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: November 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a highly polished title that has been implemented very well on the 'cube.

It looks fantastic, from the scenes to the animations and the special effects deployed. The texturing and lighting is well done and there is much atmosphere to the levels.

The gameplay is reasonably easy to learn, progressively challenging - yet also very rewarding. I am finding this to be very playable and enjoyable throughout.

The fight sequences are well implemented and fun. Moves are context sensitive rather than overloaded with combos to pull off moves, therefore it is reasonably easy to perform some very pleasing and satisfying combat sequences. Battles can still be quite frantic as you move from character to character, slaying them and sucking sand from them to power your dagger.

I enjoy the special effects associated with the combat, which are 'matrix style' motion blur, slow motion, etc. I find Prince of Persia to not only execute these effects better than many other games, but also to be a very good game for which it is well suited. There are too many games that introduce these effects for little valid reason other than 'we can do this so why not' and as a result they are often out of place, with little visual or gameplay benefit. In this example, this isn't the case and the general level of polish to Prince of Persia is raised as a result. A whole lot of passion went into developing this game and I applaud those involved.

Although the character is free roaming, the levels and storyline are laid out so that challenges are presented in a totally linear fashion. While could be considered a constraint to the title, it was probably a very good choice as it helps to pull the character through the story. The developers chose to focus a little more on the gameplay issues that mattered, rather than having the player distracted or frustrated by having them deal with seemingly random, unrelated events in the background.

Many of you will have heard that this game also has a unique time travel mechanic. Again, this is well executed, not cheesy and fits well with the storyline and game mechanics. I appreciate being able to undo my recent progress and try again in places where I have not been so successful. I feel this adds a very unique element to the game...in that it can be appealing to replay a recent scene just to do better. This is a different type of replay value, let alone a great mechanic that helps prevent frustrating circumstances with awkward challenges.

You'll find this game enjoyable and I would recommend that you buy it. You'll not be disappointed - this is such good fun and very high quality.

Brilliant!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I read about this game online and was very excited to try it out. I got it the day it was released and I have to say it is better than I was hoping. It's beautifully made and so much fun to play. The graphics are amazing! If you have been waiting for a game worth wasting your weekends on this is it. I play it till my eyes start to close then get up the next day and play it again. I have even been dreaming about it! Highly recommended!

Super Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 13
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

To tell you the truth, I wasn't looking forward to playing this game. I haven't had too many good experiences with side-scrolling games going 3D, probably because of all the Nintendo 64 ports of classic games (most of which I never enjoyed). So, sadly, I waited to play Sands of Time for a while, even after hearing great things about it.

Needless to say, I'm very dissapointed that I didn't pick this up sooner. My friend rented it last night and I was blown away. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is amazing. The graphics are picture perfect, but the game play is seemless and VERY smooth. I am surprised at how much control you have while playing. Here's a short summary of the game:

Graphics: I'd have to say that the cut scenes are a bit disapointing. The character movement seems robotic, but not without feeling. I like the in-game graphics more then the cinamatics! Your character has very fluent motions for every action, but thats not even the best part. Fabric, like a hanging banner or cobweb, actually react when you run past or through them.

Game-play: Most of the screen shots I've seen of this game are of fighting, which isn't a bad thing. The fighting system is great, with lots of cool jumping combos and veriations. What I like more though, is the running and jumping (seriously). You can run across any wall, do back flips off walls, run up a wall, hang from ledges, climb up poles, swing acrobaticly from pole to pole, and tons more. The control you have is amazing, and fun to use. I was constantly trying new things, like jumping from a high pole to far away ladders.

To sum it up, this game is very fun! I would suggest it for anyone, young or old, even though there is mild violence in it (may be a bit scary for the younger tikes). This game provides a excelent cinimatic experience, one that I wouldn't want to miss.

Different is definatly a better thing.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Every game which I have played in the past 6 months has been some sort of first person shooting or fighting. I, like most, get tired of the same old deal.

PROs:

POP4: Sands of Time is the bigest relief in first person shooters since I can remember. For those of you who like FPS and action games you will not be disapointed here because the game has it. The puzzles are what makes this game fantastic. Theres something about the way the Prince flings all over the room. You walk into a new room, and the game gives you a brief overview and some key points of the room. Now its your job, with the help of the game's AI partner (a girl), to solve the puzzles without falling, dieing, spiked, or impailed by deathly things. Dont worry so much if you do though, the game has a limited rewind feature.

CONs:

So far I have found little annoyances. The sound for instance does not seem to be coded correctly. I have an SB 5.1 LIVE using 5.1 speakers. Some things are very loud, like when an enemy falls. Other things such as dialog I cannot even hear. Putting the game on regular stereo sound helps.

Another annoying part is the cheap shots the enemys take on you. Once you knock down one, you have to stab him one more time to kill. This takes about 2 seconds of which you are completely volnerable to other attack and cannot parry.

I love this game!!

Prince of poo poo

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 18
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is way over rated!!!! camera problems, fighting control problems, and hyped up way too much!!! after reading reviews i expected the best game ever and now I feel robbed!! honestly i had more fun, actually WAY MORE FUN on the gameboy advance version!! with this title hope for the best , expect the worst...

good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: December 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is probably one of the funnest Gamecube games I've played. It features overall pretty good graphics and excellent movie seens with a nice ending. The only complaint I have is that it is way to short. It took me 3 days to do it without a strategy guide. Overall you should buy this game if you want to play it over and over again. You should not buy it if you want it to play over a long period of time(say a couple of weeks) and still have fun playing it. It is a great game to get with lots of action and adventure and a little of romance(which it probably doesn't need).

But This Game if you like FUN!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Not to sound like an idiot, but I have loved Prince of Persia since the beginning of the series. Prince of Persia 1 amazed me, Prince of Persia 2 seemed like it had to be the best game ever, and when Prince of Persia 3D cameout I couldn't wait!!

As it turned out 3D didn't really do much for the Prince franchise, but this game makes right everything that was (barely) made wrong with the prior attempt at 3d-izing Prince of Persia. If you're reading this review, you've probably already read 80 reviews that say this game is the game of the year, BUT THERE IS A REASON EVERYONE IS SAYING THAT!! This game is an amazing amount of fun, and was definitely worth the $50 I spent to buy it.

The Sands of Time feature is amazingly cool, and is probably the most exciting thing to add to gaming since bullett time in Max Payne. The Prince's swashbuckling kickass sword play is sooooo much more fun than shooting, punching, or jumping on (think Jak and Mario) your enemies!! All video games should have swords as mandatory weapons because they are such a better weapon (you all know how much cooler Pirates of the Caribbean was than the Matrix Revolutions and it's because of the swords!!).

My biggest complaint about this game is the health meter. The designers should have stuck with the typical life potion bottles that the Prince games have always had, but whatever, it's not really that big a deal.

I know this isn't the most descriptive review ever, but you've probably already read those in the gaming magazines. This review is simply to say from one gamer to another that this really is a fun and enjoyable game. Buy it. You won't be disappointed.

Beautiful

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is probably the most solid and beautiful game I have ever played. Incredibly well done! The length of the game was perfect, in my opinion. And the ending is great!! I actually found myself just looking around at times. I would forget about playing and just admire the scenery. Its that pretty!

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