This great story comes to an end.
I liked the story a lot. It had substance and had key points. The game starts out as you playing as the prince on your return home from the island of time with Kaileena. When you arrive in Babylon, you find your kingdom under siege from an army. For the most part the story is about the prince's inner struggle with himself and the sands that have corrupted him, that have created an alter ego. This alter ego is the Dark Prince, who is selfish and cruel. If you are a fan of the previous games in the series you will recognize a returning character, Farah. Farah helped the prince out of his ordeals in Sands of Time. And just as in Sands of Time you will find yourself working with Farah to reach your goal. Your entire objective is that you must find and kill the person laying waste to your city. The only problem I had with the story is that villain in it, did not have more time develope more personality. The gameplay helps outwiegh that though.
The gameplay allows for a little more freedom than in the previous titles. The combat is essentially the same as that of Warrior Within, with spinning finishers and weapon throwing action. The traps and the paths through them have been added on with new traps and new ways to travel on the walls. Time powers kind of feel like a down grade from the last one though, because they got rid of "the ravages of time" power. They have now added areas where enemy units gaurd a sand portal, in which you use the speed kill system. The new speed kill system is fun as well though and can be done by sneaking up on enemies which allows you to kill enemies without alerting the other gaurds. When you do so, the prince will perform action and you must time your attack button at the appropriate time. The general look of this game may not impress people but the other things that include graphics surpass some other high caliber games.
When you play a Prince of Persia game, one of the first things you'll notice is how cool and crazy the animations done in it are. Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones takes those animation and adds new ones into the mix, and they still look fluent. Another cool part of the graphics are how natural looking and beautifully crafted the landmarks are for platforming. The music conveys things as well as the other two games in the series.
The music in this game is fantastic. It really gets the point across for how the situation feels. This game has some tunes you'll be humming for weeks on end. When the prince is sad the music lets you know. The music is back to the Sands of Time type music. You could play this game a lot.
This has a ton of replay value. The platforming is just so fun that it is worth playing through again. There is also supposed to be two or three endings, which raise that. It just has the ability to pull you in. If you ever just feel like playing a game for a few minutes or a few hours this is that kind of game.
So this game comes down to a lot of fun things. It has a great story. The gameplay is the best out of the three and allows for choice. The graphics are have a strong showing through animations and environments. the music was awesome. And the replay value is worthy of its purchase. Is it better than the other two? Not exactly, but it is definitely a fitting end to the series and should not go un-played.