“Most people think time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction. But I have seen the face of time and I can tell you they are wrong. Time is an ocean in a storm. You may wonder who I am or why I say this. Sit tight and I will tell you a tale like none you have ever heard.”
This is a popular dialog in Prince of Persia. Prince of Persia Sands of Time is the first Prince of Persia game created by UBISOFT. This is a nice game. I got the game while buying my PC’s first graphics card Sapphire ATi Radeon 9xxx. The game came to me in 2 CDs. It took time for me to install that game. I played the game slowly and took feelings from this game. And thus it took almost 3 months to finish the game slowly, exploring all the
feature I can get from that game. Later on I played the game almost 5 times and always feel the same way almost. UBISOFT told while releasing this game that this game will be the game of the year. And it became true as far I know it. According to that genaration this game look awesome. A nice work of perticles shown as sands and smoke in this game. The physics is also well in this game. Nice story, gameplay, environment,,. everything made this game the true game of the year.
Graphics:
Graphics is awesome in this game. You can easily play this game now-a-days too without getting bored with blocky looking textures or anything else. Enabling VSync gives a nice shiny graphics as well. Mysterious dagger, sword, hour glass everything is modelled smoothly. The characters are modelled smoothly and animations are also nice. Motion blur while rotating camera with speed gives a nice effect. Breaking objects also gives nice effect which is made smoothly and nicely. There are a nice work of light and shadow in this game.
Envoronment:
This game is based on persia. Where we went in the time of price and kings etc. The environments are designed accordingly and perfectly. There are a nice work of smoke, sands, bugs etc in the environment. Light in the smoke creates a nice effect in the game. All the latest technology in that time made the game environment stunning.
Gameplay:
Gameplay added another motion in this game. I didn’t played any games before which can jump like prince or run like prince. The sword fighting is very good. This game isn’t opended ended like the next one but that doesn’t needed here. With surprising sword action the price can perform sevaral athletic movements. Jumping while fighting is very interesting to me. Jumping is needed everywhere in this game. This game features puzzles as well. Puzzles are not difficult for the pros but nice puzzle indeed. Platforming is very essential in this game. You have to jump, grab even wall run or sometime climbing trees. Situation will get more interesting when it comes to climbing by jumping. There are no bug I faced in game movement or combos. This game totally gives a nice gaming experience indeed.
Story:
Story is far beyond imagination. King Sharaman of Persia and his son, known only as the Prince, pass through India en route to Azad and conquer a city with the aid of the local Maharajah’s traitorous Vizier. During the battle the Prince seeks to win honour and glory in his first battle and heads straight to the Maharajah’s treasure vaults, where he discovers the mythical Sands of Time safely contained within their Hourglass and the Dagger of Time, which he quickly learns can turn back time a short amount. When the Prince presents the dagger to his father, the traitorous Vizier demands it as payment, but is refused by King Sharaman. The Persians then continue on their journey to Azad with the wealth taken from the Maharajah as well as the Maharajah’s beautiful daughter, Princess Farah, as a prisoner. In Azad, the Vizier, now in the service of King Sharaman, tricks the Prince into using the Dagger to release the Sands of Time from the Hourglass. A horrific sandstorm engulfs the kingdom and the Sands of Time turn all the occupants of the palace into monsters. Only the Prince, Farah, and the Vizier remain unchanged due to their possessions; a dagger, a medallion, and a staff, respectively. Amid the catastrophe, the Vizier demands the dagger from the Prince, who refuses and manages to escape.
The Prince soon teams up with Farah in an attempt to return the Sands of Time to the Hourglass, which the Vizier moves to the top of the Tower of Dawn. As they progress through the palace the pair are constantly endangered by Sand Monsters and the deadly network of traps set in motion in the hopes of killing the monster and the Prince becomes steadily more worn until his princely robes are mere shreds and his body covered in bloody wounds.
While initially the Prince does not trust Farah because of the Persians’ mistreatment of her, the two begin to grow closer as time goes on. After a terrific battle in the assent of the Tower of Dawn, they reach to Hourglass and are about to complete their mission when the Prince hesitates, suddenly suspicious of what Farah’s motives really are. Before Farah can convince the Prince otherwise, the Vizier confronts the pair and uses his magical powers to trap Farah and the Prince in a tomb. As they wait to die in the tomb Farah tells the claustrophobic Prince a story she had never told anyone before, about a time when she was little, when her mother told her about a secret magic word which would help her escape anything that scared her: “Kakolukia”. As soon as Farah says the word, as if by magic, the pair find and escape tunnel which leads them to the palaces’ baths. As they bathe, the Prince and Farah finally give in to their passions and find comfort in each other amid their perilous situation. When the Prince awakens afterward, he discovers that Farah and the Dagger of Time are gone, leaving him with only Farah’s medallion to protect him from the Sands of Time. The Prince pursues and catches up to Farah once more atop the Tower of Dawn, which he must climb from the outside. When the Prince finally reaches the top he finds Farah being overwhelmed by the sand monsters and, despite his efforts to save her, she falls to her death in the Hourglass room below. Enraged by his lover’s death, the Prince uses the Dagger to massacre the last of the sand monsters in the tower and descends to weap over Farah’s body. As the Prince mourns, the Vizier emerges from the shadows and offers the Prince a partnership in his evil plan. The Prince angrily refuses and before the Vizier can stop him he drives the Dagger of Time into the Hourglass and reverses time to the night before the invasion of the Maharajah’s kingdom. The Prince awakens, still with the Dagger of Time, and secretly finds his way to Farah’s bedroom, where tells her the whole story, which she does not remember because to her it has not happened yet. However, the Vizier discovers the Prince, and fearing his planned treachery already revealed, attempts to kill both Farah and the Prince. In the ensuing battle the Prince kills the Vizier. He then returns the Dagger of Time to Farah, who asks why the Prince invented such an unbelievable story to prove the Vizier’s treachery. The Prince falsely admits it to be just a story but when asked about his name by Farah he replies, “Just call me, Kakolukia,” before departing, leaving Farah amazed.
My way:
Prince of Persia is one my favorite game franchises. And in the Prince of Persia series I like The Two Thrones most. But it all started from the Sands of Time. Music of this game is amazing. Credits music is my favorite it’s a song called ‘Time Only Knows’. But not the song alone is my favorite, when ending the game I faced all the problem in game and at last some hope. During game it feels like so many untold things I kept. And then the credits song starts. That’s amazing. Every feelings, fear and whatever the prince felt I felt that too. This is a nice game. I love this game.




February 5th, 2011
Mazhar Ahmed
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