I just finished playing the Two Thrones. Ive played all the Sands of Time series ones in order, and at the mo im not sure which i thought was the best.

Sands of time was what got me into it. I loved the wall running and acrobatics and the acrobatic combat. It had a great story an all the elements of PoP in good measure - trap sequences, acrobatic sequences and combat. Also some cool swords. It was the starting point, and was obviously liked enough to spawn the others.

Warrior within stepped it up a notch. It had a great story that followed well from the original. It also had a more mature prince (i still like the original prince). It had a great structure ie the two towers, the caves, the sand wraith etc. It also had cool sword upgrades and nice secondary weapons. It also had all the traps, acrobatics wall running etc. added combat (brutes and such) and added features like the two weapon system and the left hand for flipping over enemies, way more acrobatic and combat options. It also took way longer to complete due to the two towers etc. and had alternate endings.
It had a twisting plot and far more emotion from the Prince and other characters, they were far deeper characters.
It did feel a bit lonely though.

The Two Thrones i thought was amazing when i first played it. The stealth attacks, the dark prince, the chariot races, the sprawling city. it had a far less onely feel than warrior within and i really liked the ups and downs of the city.
However, the more i played the less i liked the story. The prince said all this crap about how hed ben arrogant and lame, but i thought he was a good character throughout the previous games. He fought for his family, his people, his friends, his life. He went through a hell of a lot, fighting the Dahake for his life. the fact that he just took all the insults and never said anything really pissed me off. Then before i knew it, the game was over, with a really unsatisfactory ending. he just 'forgot' the dark prince, and the dark prince turned out to be this 'evil' character. i thought he was just the princes ambitious side etc. Random.

A whole lot more could have been made of this game. the story could have been a lot deeper and the plot more interesting and twisty. the structure could have been better, and the game generally longer. A whole lot more could have been made of the city. i almost felt that this game needed a free-roam aspect, but that wouldnt be in keeping with the story style of the games. And there were only two chariot sequences. two.

After writing this, i think ive come to the conclusion that The Warrior Within was definately the best game. Although im inclined to say i liked the Sands of Time more. Combine the gameplay of the Two Thrones with the Story of the Sands of Time and the strucure and length of the Warrior within, and itd be a n uber game.

thoughts? and fave game?

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