In terms of 3D prince of persias, then I’d say The Sands of Time probably. It’s the most consistent and well-paced.
People love praising Warrior Within but I played it again recently and it doesn’t hold up. Lots of backtracking, lots of confusing camera angles and a frustrating world to get around. Dahaka is very cool though.
I don’t remember Two Thrones enough to comment on it, but I thought it was pretty good at the time.
Prince of Persia 2008 is my 2nd favorite and it still sucks that they never followed up on it. There’s a lot of room for improvement but it was a great entry.
Loved the game, but boy were the save points badly placed.
Removed by mod
Sands of time, because it was my first. The rewind mechanic was pretty damn cool
The rewind mechanic was great! I like that it made it kind of “easier”, but only as much as you wanted to use it. I also love the framing mechanic of it being a story. Like if you miss a jump and die… “wait, that’s not what happened”
Sands of Time or the second one of that generation… They kinda blend together in my memory, so I literally can’t be sure which was the one I liked more. But it’s one of those.
They were, however, the first ones I played. I never had the original or even a demo of it and didn’t know the Xbox/PS2 gen ones were part of an older series until way after I played them.
OG. It’s really well made for its day.
I remember playing this game and was smitten by how good and ahead of time this game was. Sands of time was also very enjoyable but I didn’t play the new version.
Prince of Persia 2008. I’m still upset there hasn’t been a sequel. (The DS spin-off doesn’t count)
I was hooked by the trailers (Trailer 1/Trailer 2), which had great music selections. I was also drawn to the art style and area designs and I thought the back-and-forth between Prince and Elika was well done. Even my sister, who is not a gamer by any stretch, saw me playing it and completed 3/4 of it by herself. Underrated gem.
OG Prince of Persia because of nostalgia playing on the Game Gear. It’s not good enough to go back and play today, but it was quite different from the other games I had at the time and I enjoyed it.
Sands of Time wasn’t bad, and is worth playing today.
I haven’t played one since MS-DOS. I’m curious what people recommend!
The Sands of Time is a classic, and basically a must play if you’re a fan of the original.
The sequels to that can be left alone though.
Noted.
For a game similar to the MS-DOS version The Rogue Prince of Persia is probably your best bet. I got The Lost Crown a few months ago but after hitting a wall and refusing to look up a walkthrough I’ve dropped it for a bit.
Thank you.
It would make you the least patient, but “Prince of Persia: Lost Crown” is one of the best metroidvanias I’ve ever played. It is old enough now where it is on sale occasionally.
The original 3D Prince of Persia trilogy - If I had to pick one I liked the most ( or left the strongest impression), then Warrior Within for the shear guilty pleasure of using time powers to hear what the Dahaka says to the Prince when it is chasing him and the story of the angsty, emo prince being knocked down a peg and starts the decision to take responsibility for his actions
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Specifically “killing” his old self and confronting Dahaka in a show of him finally deciding to challenge his fate instead of running away
I will admit Sands of Time had the most engaging story though and that The Two Thrones shook up the formula a bit with the a bigger focus on combat with the transformation ( which is a like a meta-narrative nod to the changes the Prince undertook over the course of the trilogy)
I also quite enjoyed Warrior Within but then again I liked Jak 2 as well. I wonder what happened in that “Shadow the Hedgehog” era to make all these good mascots go bad…
I can only guess being dark and broody or “Bad Boys are cool heroes” was the trend at the time
A time where trying to be “edgy” was hitting a desired target market - a time Ubisoft put effort in their games trying to push boundaries.
Now that I think about it was also a time where games had to try new things because the target market hadn’t exploded in volume yet as well
Prince of Persia, the reboot one is really pretty
