Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is honestly one of the best games I have every played in my entire life.
First, the combat system is the best combat system in any sword fighting game ever. Ubisoft really nailed it perfectly. It just feels so smooth and bad-ass.
Secondly, I really love how it transitions between the hole acrobatic run up a wall, avoid spikes, and get through a door between hard-core combat with bad-ass movies and all. It just keeps the game fresh through out the entire time your playing it.
I highly recomend this game to anybody. The puzzles might make you wanna squeeze the controller sometimes, but thats what makes it fun, when you finish a hard puzzle without help from the internet, you feel really smart (but then you realize doing that has gotten you nowhere in life).
The other two in the trilogy really can't stand up to this one.
BUY THIS GAME!