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Aladdin with so violence

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Playing a demo of this game I was reminded of Alladin game a few years back. The best part is the graphic. They're so crisp and bold. The control take some time getting used to, but the game is great.

Prince of Persia IV : Sands of Time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you like Tomb Raider Style of games then Prince of Persia: Sands of time is one of the best games you'll ever play; it's also a game that will make you want to break the cd and throw it out of the window. Even though it uses the year old Unreal 2 engine, you're going to see visual fidelity that makes every new release look dated. This is, hands down, the best-looking game to date. An insane level of computer horsepower is needed to handle the beautifull environments and the superdetailed textures. The camera angles and the controls are bad but the gameplay is very sweet. It has everything that made the orginal Prince of Persia games look great. I loved the puzzles and challenging moves and jumps. I think the story was inspired by Daikatana, the ending is almost similar and it too is about a sword which can be used to travel through time.

Great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time definitely exceeds my expectations. Not only are the graphics and detail in this game stunning, but it also has a great adventure storyline, though I must warn you that practically throughout the whole game, this very annoying "Princess" will follow you. But don't worry, just run far a head of her, so when she starts talking you cut her off. Fighting in this game is also a lot of fun, but kind of easy, which is a good thing also. After you get the special dagger, the game starts getting better, you'll need it to stab enemies after combat to finish them off, you'll get a special abillity which lets you kill all the enimies in a room in seconds. Swinging from spikes hanging from a roof, flipping from pole to pole, to running along walls, this game keeps you entertained for as long as you play it, each time. This definitely isn't a waste of money, after you beat it, you'll still have this urge to beat it one more time.

Short game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

(This refers to the PC version of the game.)

This game is actually pretty short if you sit down and play it seriously. It's fun to watch-- he has some great moves, and he does a very slow strip tease throughout the game. No, really.

I had a lot of trouble coordinating camera movement with character movement. Direction of motion is relative to the camera, and sometimes the game takes over camera control. It can make it hard to run in a straight line (which is often necessary to avoid traps or trigger doors). And if the camera isn't at right angles with the Prince, it's easy to accidentally have him leap off into emptiness. Fortunately we have the rewind power to deal with that!

I'm looking forward to the other Prince of Persia games, but I hope they're a little longer than this one.

The prince is king!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The prince agility and ability is dazzling and often aww-inspiring. He can run along the sides of walls, run up walls, leap, fling, swing, and perform other equally acrobatic feats with amazingly realistic human grace.

All those princely moves do is serve as a means to get you from point A to point , and figuring the right combination of moves to do so is the core of the gameplay. Playing thgough the gymnastically inclined royal palace is as much an intellectual exercice as much as a physical one, bu mostly it's just a ton of fun.

The controls, however, clearly show their console roots. The WASD/mouse system is used here and I was also able to use my gamepad.

The only weak point is the at-times overbearing combat. The prince is as adept a swordman as he is an acrobat, and watching him flip over enemies the slashing them from behind is riveting, but sometimes there's just too much combat. Enemies inundate the poor prince at times, and since they can only be killed when you've sucked the sand out of them while stunned, combat sequences can be incredibly difficult to overcome.

Finally there's the time-controlling dagger. Send the game into slow motion for bullet-time sword battles, but more importantly, if you miss a jump, you can rewind to just before the prince's untimely demise and try it again.

For anyone who likes third-person action and adventure, The Sands of Time is a must-have.

Yes, it wakes up some nice memories

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this one just because I didn't know what to play and it got good reviews and grades. It deserves all the good reviews it got!

Description:

This is a game that combines 3d platform, 3d fighting and logical puzzle 3d gaming. You have probably seen all tricks that prince does in other games for PS2, PC or XBoX but this game's 2D prequels ( we played them some 15 years ago , no? ) were legends at the time they were published, so I decided to see what's old and what's new. Basically, you got everything you had in old PoP , just in 3d and some more.

Gameplay is simple to describe: you solve puzzles, jump and run and avoid traps and then there are some battles in case you got bored. Battles are something I dislike: you have to be fast, know how to defeat which enemy class and sometimes have to do moves which are difficult with keyboard and mouse. You will often be cornered by , like, 4 monsters and there is not much hope there.

GOOD: Nice translation of 2D arcade adventure into 3D world, nice graphics, nice puzzles. At each save point, you get hint for next level, in form of FMV (they call it vision) and this is good for new players. REAL LOW VIOLENCE LEVEL.

BAD: Camera is really not that good, not even mediocre. Battles take too much time and are frustrating and luck dependent. Or I should get me Devil May Cry and practice reflexes? For some people, low violence level could be listed here instead in GOOD.

GENERAL NO SPOILER ADVICE: play game between two or three save points daily , otherwise you can forget what happens. Use replay vision. Block a lot in the fight, use dagger ('E' key). Use 'Q' to see complete building you are in if you have doubts about where to go.

IMPRESSIONS AFTER BEATING THE GAME:
Game is cool and it is good if you don't read solutions to puzzles, it would be ridiculously short.

ADVICE ABOUT BATTLES:
Point is to see if enemy falls when you do off the wall torpedo attack (towards wall+jump+attack button right after ) OR when you do jump over enemy attack (toward enemy+jump+attack twice). Try to find water near place where you fight and you really can replenish stamina. And yes, fight w princess in closed circle near the end is more difficult than boss fight.

Get it, and then 'Beyond Good and Evil' , there are not too many action games for PC. PRINCE IS GAME FOR ALL AGES, there is almost no blood and you fight sand creatures.

MINOR SPOILER:
The only serious flaw would be 4 mirrors puzzle, you will know it when you see it. Point is NOT to light up all lanterns, it is to conduct ray to symbol near sword under barrier.

Frustrating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: January 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Although the graphics are great, combat is somewhat difficult using the keyboard. The most frustrating part, however, is the inability to save your game after completing particularly difficult tasks or combats. You are forced to get to certain areas before quitting or lose everything and go back to the "beginning" of that level.

entertaining

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I wish more gayms had the gameplay this one has, I loved the way the charecter moves and bounces and does all those action movie slow motion attack things... it might be a little frustrating at times but its not imposibble, the last boss was a joke tough.
The spanish vesrion is also lousy, who hired those actors? might as well paid the the audio guy to read the script as it is and it would've been better.
All in all one of my favorite games, couldn't put the control down

amazing adventure game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you like adventure type games ie. Tomb Raider style action. This is it..blows away all Tomb Raider games I've played. Simply the best. Incredible graphics, amazing sound, and great story.

best prince of persia edition uptil now

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

yup sands of time is awesome.i dunno what to say.the storyline,the gameplay is all awesome.

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