Game #8 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

This game marks the beginning of a new Prince of Persia trilogy. Along with the new prince and plot comes a totally different atmosphere and what seems to be a unique gameplay $tyle As the prince takes flight into the air the traps climb up to the walls. Getting around is no longer just running and jumping as you now need to resort to more acrobatic movements such as wall running, wall jumping and even climbing on poles. Even the combat system present a surprsing change - the control scheme, which is that of a typical first person game.

In the older PoP games combat used to be about timing, now it's about speed and skill. To defeat your enemies you'll need to use an array of different skills and techniques like dodging, vaulitng, wall jumping etc. Some enemies will be immune to certain moves so, although you're free to choose your own fighting $tyle you'll constantly need to update it. This game also introduces dual weapon fighting. You're now given a magical dagger which you'll need to properly finish off your enemies, made of sand. This dagger also gives you the ability to control time...till a certain extent. You can use it to freeze and rewind time, even if it means rewinding your own death. Your health is no longer in it's earlier "bottled" form, and you won't find potions mysteriously lying around the premises. Instead you now drink water to regain health and you can't increase you max health.

Lastly, the plot retains the same magical and mystical touch making you want to play the whole trilogy just for the sake of the plot.

All in all, this game is a must play for fans of the original series as well as fans of action/adventure games.

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The review sucks, I know. I wrote it twice before and then settled on this one....is my head full of sand or what?:?

I was actually debating between Warrior Within and SoT for this spot, but then settled on SoT cause I thought that the game which actually presented this change from the original series deserved this spot.