Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

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  1. turgaysenturk
    Aug 12, 2023
    6
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands falls somewhere between good and bad. While it didn't stand out, it also wasn't disappointing. I wish its sales and reviews had been better to ensure the continuation of the series.
  2. cenawinslol
    Jul 13, 2023
    8
    Throughout the years since the release I have heard a lot of bad things about the game. But given that I am a huge fan of the PoP movie from 2010 and this game is sort of a tie-in to that film I thought that I would try it out myself.

    And I really liked the game a lot, it still looks pretty good and the locations are awesome. The only thing I did not like was the fact that up until the    Throughout the years since the release I have heard a lot of bad things about the game. But given that I am a huge fan of the PoP movie from 2010 and this game is sort of a tie-in to that film I thought that I would try it out myself.

    And I really liked the game a lot, it still looks pretty good and the locations are awesome.
    The only thing I did not like was the fact that up until the final boss fight, the game was pretty easy only to become kinda hard when it came to the battle.    … Expand
  3. nietzfk
    May 20, 2023
    5
    I love this game but... Unfortunately, there is no technical support for the game. It won't open...
  4. NPDARKGAMER
    Nov 10, 2022
    7
    STORY IS OK
    GAMEPLAY IS FINE
    COMBAT ARE WROST THAN SAND OF TIME TRILOGY
    GRAPHIC IS GREAT
    BUG I FOUND ONLY 3
    Sound are fine
  5. Dco326
    Sep 18, 2022
    6
    Pa 6 je realna ocena, bilo je dosta bagova, nekad kad se ono skace je mnogo lose uradjeno ako nisam umro 50 puta na tako glup nacin koji nije do mene, onndaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa mmmmmmmmmmm story je bzv tako da realno je 6
  6. Nekrips
    Jul 22, 2022
    4
    The game, which is the successor to Sands of Time, turned out to be the weakest in the series and did not meet expectations. It can be noted that there are interesting magical abilities such as freezing water and acrobatic tricks related to this. But there is nothing more to praise the game for. Everything else in the game is mediocre or frankly weak.
    Unfortunately, the game caused the    The game, which is the successor to Sands of Time, turned out to be the weakest in the series and did not meet expectations. It can be noted that there are interesting magical abilities such as freezing water and acrobatic tricks related to this. But there is nothing more to praise the game for. Everything else in the game is mediocre or frankly weak.
    Unfortunately, the game caused the decline of the legendary Prince of Persia series    … Expand
  7. zyllus
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    This is yet another reboot of the Prince of Persia franchise and sadly it is the last one released in a decade. It did not perform well so the series was squashed for Assassin's Creed franchise. It has an average storyline. You get some new power-ups and it's a good game overall but when compared to the trilogy, it is lackluster as you do not feel close to the character at any given point.
  8. rezo_21
    Sep 19, 2021
    6
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  9. Yunusisler
    Apr 17, 2021
    4
    Bazı yerler gereksiz uğraştırıcı. Düzgün bir hikaye ya da 3 kişi dışında bir karakter yok. Aynı anda 4-5 tuşa basmak zorunda kalmak oyunun akmasını engelliyor. Kuşlar oyunun salakça gözükmesine sebep olmuş. Final dövüş de en kötüsü. Önceki PoP oyunlarında gördügümüz zekice puzzle bölümleri yok. Ikinci yarifa karsılaştığım sıkıntıları ilk yatısında görseydim bitirmeden bırakırdımBazı yerler gereksiz uğraştırıcı. Düzgün bir hikaye ya da 3 kişi dışında bir karakter yok. Aynı anda 4-5 tuşa basmak zorunda kalmak oyunun akmasını engelliyor. Kuşlar oyunun salakça gözükmesine sebep olmuş. Final dövüş de en kötüsü. Önceki PoP oyunlarında gördügümüz zekice puzzle bölümleri yok. Ikinci yarifa karsılaştığım sıkıntıları ilk yatısında görseydim bitirmeden bırakırdım
  10. dggt
    Aug 19, 2020
    3
    This game looks like it's not made by Ubisoft. Everything looks too primitive, poor combat system and parkour, same with "puzzles". And main problem for me is WHY the hell player movement is that goddamn slow? omg, I almost fell asleep while running in this game, its not supposed to be like that in an action slasher game. I dropped my walkthrough, this is too painful
  11. Invalid6466
    Mar 14, 2020
    10
    This is a very good prince of Persia game there’s puzzles bosses great combat system
  12. Nameless2131
    Feb 6, 2020
    6
    8/10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  13. ningky
    Sep 2, 2019
    8
    This game is totally awesome!!!! Graphics, Story, Cut scenes and Game play are great.
  14. Amir_Moradi
    Dec 14, 2018
    10
    I really loved this game i want they makes a new one
    Please find true information of history and culture
    This game can be the best game in the world and have Potential of that
  15. CAH9t
    Apr 18, 2018
    8
    Actually all other components except for the plot are great. It has nice action, jumping, lots of interesting puzzles and lots of climbing. The most complicated part of course is not fighting. Fights all but the last one are reasonably easy.
    Plot is so weak. Though it didn't bother me at all I should mention it. The number of Non-Player Characters is outrageously small. Ending does not    Actually all other components except for the plot are great. It has nice action, jumping, lots of interesting puzzles and lots of climbing. The most complicated part of course is not fighting. Fights all but the last one are reasonably easy.
    Plot is so weak. Though it didn't bother me at all I should mention it. The number of Non-Player Characters is outrageously small. Ending does not improve things at all. Prince had nothing at the beginning and goes with bupkes at the end. In two words - you can play the next game of POP with or without Forgotten Sands. It's completely uneventful.
    All in all it's beautiful, has atmosphere of ancient times and quite difficult as for the alpinist part. It's fun.    … Expand
  16. AstiX
    Aug 25, 2017
    9
    "Why does it always have to be sands?"

    I didn't expect to like it this much. At first when I found out it was lacking the insane combo moves and fighting style that made the previous games so great, I was sure I'd hate it. But I gave it a shot and a few hours in I started liking this new and more realistic feel this title has. The lack of combos is made up for with some very cool new    "Why does it always have to be sands?"

    I didn't expect to like it this much. At first when I found out it was lacking the insane combo moves and fighting style that made the previous games so great, I was sure I'd hate it. But I gave it a shot and a few hours in I started liking this new and more realistic feel this title has.

    The lack of combos is made up for with some very cool new powers which make combat very satisfying (albeit too easy) and even more so because you get to upgrade them as you progress.

    What I liked even more is how some powers are implemented in running, jumping and solving puzzles requiring some serious muscle coordination with your fingers which made for a weird and fun challenge.

    The story is actually not bad and has nice progression and had me actually caring for a side character, but it got a little underwhelming towards the end. Also, the Prince acts and talks like he remembers nothing of the previous events in "The Sands of Time", which is kinda weird.    … Expand
  17. p1menta
    Oct 29, 2016
    6
    não é o pior jogo do mundo, mas os defeitos com certeza se sobressaem às qualidades.
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands até tem uns puzzles divertidos, e uns poderes legais das areias do tempo (que não são mais chamadas de areias do tempo, mas eu vo chamar assim pra sempre). Os gráficos são bonitões mesmo eu só tendo jogado no final de 2017, quase 7 anos após o lançamento.
    Mas o jogo    não é o pior jogo do mundo, mas os defeitos com certeza se sobressaem às qualidades.
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands até tem uns puzzles divertidos, e uns poderes legais das areias do tempo (que não são mais chamadas de areias do tempo, mas eu vo chamar assim pra sempre). Os gráficos são bonitões mesmo eu só tendo jogado no final de 2017, quase 7 anos após o lançamento.
    Mas o jogo que antes tinha combos, diferentes armas e era absurdamente estiloso virou quase um hack'n'slash; e pior: um hack'n'slash fácil. Bobo de tão fácil. Fuzile seu botão esquerdo do mouse que ce mata tudo sem dificuldade alguma, não precisa nem usar os poderes das areias do tempo. Pra vc ter ideia da facilidade nem mesmo um botão de defesa eles colocaram, afinal literalmente não é necessário defender.

    Os puzzles são interessantes é uma confusão de comandos que até isso se torna entediante e frustrante, fora a câmera que não se decide ser automática ou deixar o player controlar e acaba atrapalhando em tudo o tempo todo. Pulos simples se tornam uma tortura por causa da camera travada e as mini-cutscenes durante algum golpe especial some pq a camera entra na parede, teto ou objetos.
    Tudo isso somado à uma história cliche e desinspirada torna o jogo pra lá de esquecivel. Serve pra passar uma tarde chuvosa se vc nao tiver nada mais pra fazer (aliás o jogo não dura muito mais que uma tarde mesmo).    … Expand
  18. DavidePs4
    May 12, 2016
    10
    best games in the world and should be congratulated for making this beautiful and exciting game and hopefully be better next versions.
    Certainly, this game series Assassin's father.Wait for the next version of this match
  19. NeoGalaxy
    Feb 7, 2016
    5
    "The Forgotten Sands" starts with a mediocre story that can be ignored after 5 minutes of playing the game, while the caracters do not seem that interesting either. The players starts by exploring and fighting the enemy outside the castle, but ends up inside it, "exploring" an infinite number of boring and non-imaginative rooms that for a strange reason... are one after another. It's like"The Forgotten Sands" starts with a mediocre story that can be ignored after 5 minutes of playing the game, while the caracters do not seem that interesting either. The players starts by exploring and fighting the enemy outside the castle, but ends up inside it, "exploring" an infinite number of boring and non-imaginative rooms that for a strange reason... are one after another. It's like the castle has no floors, or different sections, just rooms in a liniar direction. The leveling is a little bit slower, which makes getting some usefull power attacks slow, to the point that are not longer usefull. The fights with the minibosses is boring and thanks to the stupid camera, makes the fights way harder than the fights are.
    Sadly after playing it, all I can say is this game is by far one of the most boring games I have ever played, mostly because of the level design, camera and sadly lack of any diversity in the gameplay design.    … Expand
  20. Mahdiar
    Dec 17, 2015
    9
    Gameplay : 9
    Graphics : 8
    Story : 8
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 9
  21. scorp18
    Aug 2, 2015
    6
    I completed this game right after finishing the Sands of Time Trilogy. I have to admit it wasn't as good as I had expected it to be but still I enjoyed it while it lasted.
    First of all I found the graphics a bit weird. Although they are of high quality I didn't like how the Prince is made and in general they appeared a bit unnatural (as if everything was made by wax, that's how I can best    I completed this game right after finishing the Sands of Time Trilogy. I have to admit it wasn't as good as I had expected it to be but still I enjoyed it while it lasted.
    First of all I found the graphics a bit weird. Although they are of high quality I didn't like how the Prince is made and in general they appeared a bit unnatural (as if everything was made by wax, that's how I can best describe it). The soundtrack is amazing. The gameplay is too linear. I mean, ok the whole Sands of Time trilogy has linear gameplay but in The Forgotten Sands even the camera shows you where to go, while in other POPs you have to search a bit at least. The fight system is too easy (even for a simple gamer like me) and the new point/experience system doesn't belong to a POP game in my opinion. The story is totally irrelevant with any other POP game (and has nothing in common with the Sands of Time trilogy except of the "sands" in the title)
    To sum it up, it's more like a Movie-Game which is fun to play for a while (doesn't last for long anyway) but can't be compared with any other POP game. I'd recommend it if you want to play all POPs but only if you can find it in a low price. (5-6 eu for example)    … Expand
  22. whitwrose
    Feb 5, 2014
    9
    Wonderful Game. I enjoyed the story and the game play I've played the whole Series. But I didn't like the new look of the prince in this game compared to the previous parts.
  23. Kavazeus
    Feb 2, 2014
    9
    Only 1 bug for me being stuck on a vase for like 2 minutes.Despite that it is a very nice aditiong to the prince of presia series with a decent story a nice gameplay and finally the game feels so natural to play.After the sands of time trilogy the camera seems just perfect in the forgotten sands
  24. Uzumakitony
    Oct 8, 2013
    5
    Bad graphics on the prince. Good graphics on the bad guys. A typical POP game. No new stuff or advancements. The only thing I really love about this game is its ever-hard gameplay and strategic ways to escape obstacles.
  25. Basem101
    Jun 27, 2013
    8
    the game is not so bad it is good but not like the first three parts it is hardly memorable but the final chapters in the game when u get to use all your powers in the game was the only good and fun to play the combat system is really good although i didn't like that you can't block the enemy's attack and the final battle was really awesome i loved in the end it is worth playing
  26. Darkwarrior
    Apr 7, 2013
    5
    I couldn't wait to get it over with. Forgotten Sands is nowhere as enjoyable as its predecessors; the game has been stripped of combos, secrets and weapons in favor of a very much simpler combat system and level design, making it look like "Prince of Persia for Dummies" for long-time fans of the series. The storyline is rather shallow and linear, not much fun there either. On the otherI couldn't wait to get it over with. Forgotten Sands is nowhere as enjoyable as its predecessors; the game has been stripped of combos, secrets and weapons in favor of a very much simpler combat system and level design, making it look like "Prince of Persia for Dummies" for long-time fans of the series. The storyline is rather shallow and linear, not much fun there either. On the other hand, the new game mechanics, while sometimes can be fun, are very confusing to grasp. The PC version is shot full of bugs and the controls are TERRIBLE, there are problems with pole jumps from left to right so you often end up falling your death, which made the game very irritating for me. I was forced to download savegames and skip whole chunks of the game because the controls and the camera made it impossible to leap through some spots. The camera is also a pain during some boss fights preventing you to see the barrels with energy. Why don't they leave the blasted camera free already?! Everything would be so much simpler! This uninspired game made me reinstall The Sands of Time, there was a lot more fun in there. Good thing I got it for €2,50 on Steam!… Expand
  27. Nedearl
    Mar 10, 2013
    8
    Despite being accompanied by a terrible, terrible movie, the game is quite good even when compared with the four other titles of the series. The controls and camera are FINALLY as good as those of the first title, succeeding even in making the movements more fluid. The story and graphics are okay although there is no clear artistic touch to the environments. The characters and animationsDespite being accompanied by a terrible, terrible movie, the game is quite good even when compared with the four other titles of the series. The controls and camera are FINALLY as good as those of the first title, succeeding even in making the movements more fluid. The story and graphics are okay although there is no clear artistic touch to the environments. The characters and animations are great. There are some annoying things the lack of proper gamesaves management (you only get one), the terrible ubisoft launcher (even on top of the steam layout) and finally the boring repetition of unchanging environments. All in all, it is still pretty fun, very well designed with no bugs at all and the best controls there are in all the PoP series.… Expand
  28. idohaker
    Feb 24, 2013
    10
    prince of persia the forgotten sands is a great game i bought im a month after it come out.and i very liked it.its a great game with a great story.i played it over and over.and now its just something like 10 bucks so buy it.
  29. GameReviews
    Aug 28, 2012
    5
    Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is a disappointment. While it haves great graphics, interesting story and some great puzzles, It is terribly easy and it haves some bad issues and glitches. Even the game launcher is a failure, a letdown launcher, because of some terrible issues while launching. POP: TFS would be great, without those issues. 53 out of 100
  30. mikas
    Aug 2, 2012
    8
    This game is quite good. Good things - nice graphics, good engine of levels, good moving system, some nice puzzles and physycal challenges. Bad things - slow enemies, sometimes bad camera. I dont understand why so many players hate this game. There are lots of things what can you do. You have three magic spells: freezing water, special fight jump and rebuilding the walls. There is a lotsThis game is quite good. Good things - nice graphics, good engine of levels, good moving system, some nice puzzles and physycal challenges. Bad things - slow enemies, sometimes bad camera. I dont understand why so many players hate this game. There are lots of things what can you do. You have three magic spells: freezing water, special fight jump and rebuilding the walls. There is a lots of things to do in this game by this spells and i was not bored. Lots of people say this game is too short and easy. Dont believe them. Maybe is shorter than earlier princes, but some parts of this game was not easy. When i play this game, sometimes i am angry by mechanical traps and sometimes i am amazed, because this game has really nice atmosphere.… Expand
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#72 Best PC Game of 2010
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. PC PowerPlay
    70
    Inoffensive, easy and relatively fun. [Sept 2010, p.60]
  2. YouGamers
    81
    Forgettable story, linear levels, some technical snafus, boss copy-pasting, combat issues... the list of bits that don't quite cut it is long and it is all over far too quickly, yet Forgotten Sands is a fine addition to the Prince of Persia storyline that plays well and manages to capture some of the platforming magic of Sands of Time.
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  3. PC Gamer UK
    74
    Button-mashing combat and new powers aren't particularly inspiring, but the large-scale level puzzles are rock solid. [Aug 2010, p.96]
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