A breath-taking immersive experience
Firstly the story may not seem like much when your read it from a script, but the way it is told to you is captivating. As you play you will feel genuine feelings and concern for the characters. That's because they have very well written, funny dialogues.
As you progress you will see many different environments. They are well designed and sometimes, like when you reach the top of a tower or landscape, where you have a great view of the surrounding, it's hard just to not stand there and be mesmerized.
The main gameplay behind this game is the solving the puzzles in the place you are in, to advance. The ability to play with time using your dagger, allows for some complicated and clever puzzles, and you will have to do some brainstorming to solve them.
The difficulty in this game is medium with regards to the puzzles, but easy if you are considering the enemies. The slow moving creatures die easily to the agile prince. However it is fun to string combos, use your time abilities, and swing the occasional new swords the game gives you.
For an average gamer it should take about 14 hours to finish the game on the first try. However, although you may know all the puzzles once you complete the game, re-playability level is still high, just because you should appreciate the sheer beauty of the prince's world a 2nd time.