Description
The story in this Prince of Persia game starts out as the Prince and his father, the King of Persia, are besieging the Maharajah's castle to plunder the treasures hidden inside. In order to impress his father, the Prince sneaks inside to recover the magical Dagger of Time. He quickly learns that this dagger has the ability to control time. The malevolent Vizier has other plans for the dagger, however, and tricks the Prince into unlocking a mysterious secret of the Dagger that causes the King and many of his subjects to be turned into sand zombies. Now, the Prince must figure out what has happened and try to set things right again.
The Sands of Time is a action adventure game that updates many of the gameplay concepts from the original two games and brings them into a fully 3-dimensional world. The Prince will engage in sword fighting, wall climbing, spike dodging, puzzle solving, and more in his quest. The Prince also carries the Dagger of Time, which allows him to unleash several magical powers. The most important of these powers is the ability to reverse time. This ability allows the player to reverse their actions when they lead the Prince to his death.
Alternate Titles
- "波斯王子：时之砂" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "Принц Персии: Пески Времени" -- Russian Spelling
- "Princ Persii: Peski Vremeni" -- Russian Title
- "Prince of Persia: Písky času" -- Czech Title
- "Prince of Persia: Piaski Czasu" -- Polish Title
- "Prince of Persia - Les Sables du Temps" -- French Title
- "Prince of Persia: Le Sabbie del Tempo" -- Italian Title
- "Prince of Persia: Las Arenas del Tiempo" -- Spanish Title
- "Prince of Persia: Jikan no Suna" -- Japanese Title
- "Prince of Persia 4" -- Informal Title
- "Bosi Wangzi: Shi zhi Sha" -- Chinese Title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Game Shark |
Nov 13, 2003 |
A |
100 |
| Yahoo! Games |
Nov 25, 2003 |
 |
100 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Nov 13, 2003 |
19 out of 20 |
95 |
| Futuregamez.net |
Nov 20, 2003 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| Game Freaks 365 |
Apr 14, 2004 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| Game Chronicles |
Dec 30, 2003 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Fragland.net |
Mar 02, 2004 |
92 out of 100 |
92 |
| GamersMark |
Aug 07, 2004 |
9.2 out of 10 |
92 |
| Boomtown |
Dec 22, 2003 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| HonestGamers |
Mar 02, 2005 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
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Trivia
On the opening level, just after the room in which you first see the sands of time / giant hourglass, you find a water-filled passage that has 6 murals on the walls. The contents of the murals seem to describe the legendary history of the sands of time :
1) A blue god and winged goddess cradle the earth
2) A red demon kills the blue god as he sleeps
3) The red demon stalks the earth, eating humans
4) The blue god returns from the dead and strikes down the red demon with lightning
5) The blue god collects the sand from the red demon and pours it into an hourglass
6) The blue demon grow four arms - 2 sport the hourglass - 2 carry a sword and the severed head of the red demon. Humans worship at his feet.
