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
| UOL Jogos |
Dec 26, 2003 |
 |
100 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Dec 24, 2003 |
19 out of 20 |
95 |
| Joystick |
Nov, 2003 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Gamekult |
Nov 14, 2003 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| GameSpot |
Dec 09, 2003 |
8.9 out of 10 |
89 |
| PC Action |
Dec 29, 2003 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Dec 10, 2003 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Nov, 2003 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| 2404.org PC Gaming |
Jan 09, 2004 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| ActionTrip |
Dec 03, 2003 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
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Trivia
The Internet marketing for
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was Ubisoft's most successful campaign so far. Ad agency Digital Outlook targeted 15-24-year-old males with ads featuring characters from the game and its "acrobatic action gameplay". A DHTML overlay showing the Prince slicing through the computer screen with his sword had a click-through rate of 26.1%. A streaming video ad, showing the gameplay, had a click-through rate of 23.43%. These rates were 4x higher than the host site's average.
Armitt, Claire. "Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time. (Case Study)"
New Media Age. May 6, 2004 p30.
