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Really really awsome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is so cool. The graphics are average for a Xbox game. This game is pretty easy to beat. I havn't found a single glitch. I said this game is so fun for a few reasons: First reason, your charictor the prince can do the coolest fighting moves like like vaulting over a enemy and the stabbing it in the back, reason two, the Prince is a expert acrobat resaulting in being able to run acros walls, and other cool stunts. Reason three, It has a really awsome storyline. I really recomend this game, expecially if you like games like God of War.

Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The product is excellent and it arrive at my hands super fast, really I recommend this salesman widely

Tomb Raider for guys

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: March 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

PoP was first released in 89 for AppleII, Mac, DOS, Atari, GameBoy, Nintendo, etc, etc...Ubisoft picked up the ball in 03 and gave us this trilogy for xbox, PS2, game cube, etc. Also playable on the 360. Sands of Time is much like Tomb Raider (which is much like Indiana Jones) with added time control gimmick. 3rd person, jump from platform to platform, pillar to pillar, etc etc...A couple of these functions are also employed in Ubi's Splinter Cell (hanging on ledges)...

PROS
- wall running is cool (even though probably influenced from the Matrix).
- good to have a middle-eastern themed title in the mix.
- graphics are fine.

NEUTRAL
- story

CONS
- combat is button mashing, arcade-like, not much fun for many of us.
- primary combat attack is a button, not the right trigger (like every single other game in existence). Counter-intuitive.
- camera (view) is DEPLORABLE. Often uncontrollable and goes wherever the hell it wants to.
- bad guy is a rip-off of Aladdin's bad guy, even with a long face, beard and cobra-headed staff...only thing missing is Gilbert Gottfried's annoying parrot.
- too much like Tomb Raider. Gameplay, climbing, jumping, locations, etc. Combat in tomb raider is also fairly bad with its goofy infinite ammo auto-targeting stuff.
- time control is just a gimmick in place of a much better function (SAVE ANYWHERE).
- jumping around is often risky and hard to control (just like in Tomb Raider). Often it jumps where you don't want to, often to your death.

I don't totally get why everyone thinks this game is the bee's knees. The camera view, combat button-mashing and often-hard-to-control jumping make it more annoying than pleasant to play.

good graphics fighting system is obscene

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: February 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

the graphics in this game are great but, the endless puzzles like getting to rooftops gets old i dont usually get mad over video games but i thought about taking it out if the xbox console and tearing it

A totally awesome game but lacks in a few things

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I recently just purchased this game over amazon and had no problems even though it came from a third party. It came shipped just like you would have bought it in a store. I bought this since I saw a friend playing the newest installment of the Prince of Persia series. He recommended it and Now onto the game of what I thought.

I will try not to ruin the game for everybody but this is a great game. I, as for many others could hardly put down the controller. The story starts out as you see him running through a forest talking about time. And I will stop right there because then I would spoil the story.

One particular problem I had with the game was that I could hardly hear the characters talking. I had to turn it up so loud that during the fighting sequences, it was blasting my ear but when it came to cut scenes, it was just loud enough to hear. That I did not enjoy. Maybe I am just the only one who had a problem with this. So a minor set back

Another problem I had was the fighting sequences. When you had numerous enemies surrounding you, you puch one button to do a move, and it does the opposite of what you want it to do. Plus, I had problems with not being able to block an enemies slash. So there were times where I was hit three to four times and nothing I could have done about it, even with dagger to move back time.

The last problem I had was how easy the game seem. Some of the puzzles are challenging, but others are very simple and you will fly right through them. The hardest one is known as, "The Hall of Learning." I had to resort to a walkthrough to figure it out and I hardly do that! The final boss in the game, I found it very easy to beat and I expected more.

Overall I would still highly recommmend this game to anybody. It is fun, hard to put down, and it gets you involved in the story. Be prepared for some minor setbacks so that is my reason for the three stars.

One of the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the best Xbox game ever!! Once you get rolling with the action..it's hard to put the controller down. I just received The Warrior Within from my fiancée over the weekend and I'm soooo looking forward to starting the new journey.

Yea...it's THAT good!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

LOVESIT!!! This is one of those adventure games that you just can't stop playing. The graphics are amazing, the sound is great, and the gameplay is incredible. It's amazing how fluid the prince moves in this game and how he controls. You can do amazing looking acrobatics, run across walls, and slow down ladders with ease and without complication. One thing I absolutely love about this game are the puzzles. They always make sense and although some are quite hard, they add a great depth to the game. They are all pretty similar in how they are completed, usually having to go from point A to point B. This is something I found great. I'm not too fond of games that have a great deal of backtracking involved; to me this ruins the excitement of the game. The combat system in the game is also a major plus. The prince can hold one of several swords, in which he can easily slash threw enemies with. Even though these are all great things, probably my favorite aspect of the game is the ability to go back in time. Let's say you accidently fall to your death in the middle of a pretty lengthy part of the game. What are you going to do?, restart and try all over again? No! You can easily just go back in time and try again from seconds before the death, that is if you have any Sand power left. All in all, this game is a great action/adventure title perfect for any gamer in the mood for a very fulfilling story and game.

Presentation
The story is great. The menus are some of the best I've seen and easy to track through.

Graphics
The graphics are amazing. The enviroments are stunning. This is just a great work of art.

Sound
The dialouge and voice acting is great. The music and sound effects fit the game well.

Gameplay
The gameplay is really what keeps me loving this game. The puzzles are very fun even though some can be quite a challenge.

Lasting Appeal
A pretty lengthy action adventure title that, once completed, can easily be repeated with just as much fun as the first time through!

The Persian Formally Known as Prince

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is available for the XBOX, Playstation 2,
Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance and PC. This review is in reference to the XBOX version.

Prince of Persia the video game was released in its very first incarnation 17 years ago for the 8bit Apple II series personal computer. Players were wowed with its fresh style of game play that used acrobatics and swashbuckling to solve action based puzzles and aid you on your way though the stages. You didn't have projectile weapons to blast enemies from a distance, just your agility, wit and trusty sword for intense close quarters combat. Other games in the same vein came soon after to create a series, however, not until The Sands of Time did the Prince of Persia truly begin to rule.

You play as the young Prince. The story begins as your naivet? and your attraction to the alluring dark magic dagger force you foolishly claim it as your own. As a result, you unwittingly unleash the sands of time along with a deadly evil. You must now right the wrong you have created by seeking and destroying all of the evil creatures you released and recollecting the sands of time from their fallen corpses.

You will acquire new strengths and abilities as you collect the sands. These abilities will allow you to control time itself. You will be able to slow time to gain an advantage over your enemies and even reverse time to make second attempts when you fail to conquer an obstacle (or face your death). In addition to these temporal abilities the prince possesses cat-like acrobatic skills, such running on walls and incredible fighting skills all combined to make a truly powerful being.

The game is beautiful, amazingly beautiful. I had never seen a game that looked so soft and inviting while at the same time evil and menacing. The environments are lush, expansive and richly detailed. The game play is very fluid with a comprehensive combat system that just feels right and is loads of fun to use. This is one of the rare games that you simply cannot stop playing until you reach the end. Utterly superb!

Prince of Persia, but King of Time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time - Circa 2003

GOOD:
- Unique control over time (time rewind is very helpful and cool)
- Lots of exceptional and unique acrobatics and puzzles
- Great remake of the classic Prince of Persia franchise

BAD:
- Combat is not truly fleshed out, feels lacking and repetitive
- Many consider game overall short
- No real boss battles to speak of

IF IT FITS YOUR TASTE:
- Lots of acrobat jumping, climbing, wall-running, as well as puzzle solving
- Not a God of War/Devil may Cry type of game at all

GAME ITS MOST ASSOCATED TOO:
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Hidden in the game is a unlockable version of the original Prince of Persia (original Prince of Persia 2, unlockable on Xbox version only)

Unparalleled!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

One of the best games I've ever played! Enjoyable, challenging, thrilling, and visually awesome!

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