XBox 360 SYSTEM

Marking the next-gen console entrance of Ubisoft’s critically acclaimed array, Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands is the subsequent section in the fan-favorite Sands of Time star.   Visiting his brother’s dominion following his journey in Azad, the Prince finds the stately house underneath encircle from the strong armed forces focussed upon the drop. His hermit Malik decides to make use of the very old energy of the Sand in the unfortunate play to save the dominion from sum obliteration.   To save the dominion, the Prince contingency enter upon upon an epic journey in which he will sense to bear the layer of loyal care, as well as which good energy mostly comes with the good price.

Features

• From huge-scale multi-enemy combat to dizzying feats of acrobatic prowess in gigantic environments enhanced by the Prince?s ability to control nature and time, The Forgotten Sands will push the Prince?s prodigious abilities to a not-yet-seen level.
• With all-out war at the gates of the kingdom, the Prince?s abilities will be challenged like never before through the course of epic wow moments, be it by scaling a castle tower collapsing under bombardment or combating foes hundreds of feet tall.
• Wielding powers of nature and time, the Prince will have unparalleled mastery over his environment and his enemies. The Prince will discover that harnessing the forces of nature itself will prove to be a devastating companion to his ability to rewind time.
• Powered by the Anvil Engine used for Assassin?s Creed 2, The Forgotten Sands promises to bring a Prince of Persia experience like never before seen.  Battle hordes of enemies at once, explore life-like settings, and experience a more powerful Prince.
• Set between Prince of Persia ? The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, The Forgotten Sands provides fans with a new chapter in the saga of the Prince, and an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the events from this series.

User Reviews

I thought this game was a lot of fun. Pretty standard POP game. However, I thought it was a bit short. And the story could have been more polished. -- Good game..too short

All I will say about TFS is that my wife and I both found the game incredibly fun. Some of the settings are graphically stunning with very dynamic lighting and vibrant, gorgeous colors. Other settings are a tad drab, as many other reviews are pointing out with more enthusiasm than is necessary. All of the graphics are clearly using the Assassin Creed engine. The voice of the original prince is refreshing, and the other voice actors do a good job. While it may not feature the deepest, or most moving story in recent video game history, it's still reminiscent of The Sands of Time's story, which captured gamers' hearts 7 years ago (mine included). That been said, we enjoyed the story just fine. What we really loved was the gameplay, which is by far the strongest point for the game being excellent. It is why I gave a "fun rating" of 5 stars, and 4 stars overall. The gameplay, puzzles, even combat (later on in the game as you level up and gain more powers) all are brilliant and deeply satisfying! I am very pleased with this reversion back to the Sands of Time storyline. The Forgotten Sands truly is a much, much better game than the 2008 Prince reboot, in every single way. It is a short game, and so $ 60 is much too steep to ask for it, but if you can find it for $40 or less used, then I'd say it's worth it! If you're unwilling to do even that, then rent it, you won't be disappointed. -- Great return to form

It sure is evident that they rushed this game just so they could release it when the movie came out, which wasn't good either. Just get Red Dead Redemption, a game you will not want to miss out on and the best game I have ever played! -- Waste of time. Just get Red Dead Redemption.

I'll start by saying how surprised I am to see the amount of negative reviews this game has garnered here. Sure-Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is not perfect, but for the most part it's a very solid and fun play through. If anything, the only real disappointment of the game is it's unremarkable last gen graphics.

It's pretty safe to say a game is fun when a player starts the game all over again immediately upon its completion. That was exactly the case for me with Prince of Persia: TFS. I've even considered a third play through. It's that fun and addictive.

Make no bones about it, I'm a huge Prince of Persia fan. "The Sands of Time" is still one of my all-time favorite games. That particular entry was about the closest thing to perfection I've seen in a game and the two follow up games "Warrior Within" and "The Two Thrones" were for the most part great to play as well. Then came the 2008 title "Prince of Persia" for Xbox 360 and PS3 which was beautiful to look at but unremarkable to play.

"Prince of Persia: The forgotten sands" is a welcome return to the Prince's earlier roots and I enjoyed this one exponentially more than the last entry. What I do miss from the last game however are the graphics. In comparison to the 2008 Prince of Persia, TFS is a fairly large step backwards graphically. This game looks as though it might have been perfectly at home on any of the last gen systems. Outside of the cut scenes-the graphics are pretty mediocre and surprisingly bland for a series known to graphically wow the player with each outing. And (as a side note) what's up with the ugly black glow around the Prince in certain areas? "Alan Wake" had this same graphical weirdness. I truly hope this isn't some new trend in video game graphics. It looks really ugly and out of place and does not do the game's already so-so graphics any favors.

One of The Forgotten Sands most notable characteristics is how "player friendly" the game is. It's not overly difficult or frustrating (outside of a few sections with freezing and unfreezing water at the very end of the game) and combat is very straight forward and easy to understand. Also-the game does a great job of letting you know where to go and what to do next. It is also well paced-switching back and forth frequently between combat and platforming so neither mechanic gets too dull or repetitive.

There are a few tradeoffs to this more player friendly prince however, and that comes in the form of less nuanced combat mechanics (combat has devolved somewhat into mere button mashing), easier puzzles and less challenging "trap" areas. This is most definitely a more casual Prince experience than previous games-but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes it's great to just sit back, relax and play a great game that doesn't expect the world from you.

That being said though, "The Forgotten Sands" is not at all shallow or forgettable-quite the opposite in fact. New abilities like freezing water, revealing past areas, a cross chasm jump ability involving your enemies and upgradable elemental powers add a lot of freshness to the Prince franchise. These new play mechanics go a long way to reviving the POP game play we're familiar with and add a whole new level of fun and technique. The water freezing alone makes for some absolutely brilliant and completely original areas the likes of which no Prince of Persia has seen before. Of course classic tried and true POP mechanics make their return as well including wall running, column hopping, time reversal and even a couple of mechanics introduced in the 2008 game.

Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands is perhaps not the most graphically finessed game it should be considering the gorgeous last installment, but it is definitely a return to the brilliant fun play of the last gen trilogy. I'm eagerly awaiting the next prince installment where hopefully both the game play and the graphics are truly up to par with the current console generation. Regardless though, this is still an absolute blast to play and should not be passed up under any circumstance.

PS: One last thing I wanted to comment on is the length of the game. Several people have griped that the game is too short. True, the game is only about six or seven hours in duration, but that's not a bad thing. Not everyone has 30 plus hours of free time on their hands to sink into a video game. The Forgotten Sands is a great experience for all seven of it's hours, so why does it matter how brief the game is? -- A better, albeit less finessed prince than last time

look when you go to play games im sure were all different so here is my spin on this one, great graphics, seemingly retarded story of i love my brother and i want to save him....way to rushed..some of the puzzles seemed to be repeats and then the epic button mashing attacks...then the main boss wow gay.....it took less than 3 minutes to beat....when i want to play a game i want it to be more than wow that was quick.... it took less than 8 hours to complete...maybe the next one will be better -- the Forgotten Gamefly