Is Prince Of Persia REALLY That Good?! 

I didn’t play them that much, but Prince of Persia is one of those legendary series that deserves to get talked about. I’m very happy that it’s coming back

Warrior Within was insane... brought in weapon durability, the Sand Wraith, Traveling between the island's past and present, the Dahaka chases, most people did not even finish the game properly cause you needed the secondary water sword to kill the Dahaka.

The PERFECT mix of puzzle and action , with an outstanding artstyle and level design... Back when games were made with passion.

Hope Lost Crown helps thrust Prince of Persia back into the spotlight. Sands of Time a landmark game and will always be a special one to revisit.

Sands of Time remake sounds good but Warrior Within remake is next level thing! Just imagine the Dahaka chases in modern gaming visuals!

One of my favorite franchises of all time and Ubisoft really fumbled it so hard for almost 2 decades

I remember always seeing this franchise in gaming magazines and game culture in general in 2000s. Never played but always looked cool

People forget Prince of Persia was a series before Sands of Time and the new game is going back to the roots but making it 1000x better

I am the architect of my own destruction. Is my favorite POP quote and the more I have grown up the more I have realized that every decision I have ever made good or bad has led me to where I am, as a consequence I am more responsible and take responsibility of my decision and not blame others for it. I am the architect of my own (fate).

There is a specific reason this Game has so much focus on platforming and why there is a 2D Game coming out now 😉 Prince of Persia originally released in 1989 on Apple II and later in DOS PC. I actually played it back in the 90‘s. That’s the single reason a 2D Game makes so much sense and I love it!

I don't care what anyone says, Warrior Within is not only my favorite Prince of Persia game but Ubisoft game overall. Yeah the story is dark and brooding, zero Arabian nights vibes, and it's peak early 2000's edge, but the gameplay still holds up perfectly and the soundtrack by Stuart Chatwood (who went on to compose music for Darkest Dungeon!) is glorious, all bangers. People often argue which Assassin's Creed game has Ubisoft's best combat or parkour, but to be honest, that franchise has never come close to how fun and fluid Warrior Within feels to play. Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for my yearly replay of this masterpiece.

The sands of time does have a jump button though. Its context sensitive. Gotta use the X button near a ledge to jump

The Sands of Time will forever remain one of my favorite games. The sequels were ok, but lacked he magic of Sands of Time. I also loved the 2008 reboot

I completed the HD Trilogy on my PS3 last year, and I swear, I enjoyed them more than Assassin's Creed games. PoP is definitely in my Top 10 game franchises of all time. I'm 100% gonna play The Lost Crown, I like the metroidvania style.

Rival Sword/Two Thrones is my personal favourite. Great boss battles and great level designs.

I still replay Sands Of Time at least once every few years. The writing and tone are just fantastic, and while combat got deeper in the sequels, I actually prefer the first game's clever use of the Dagger of Time to "finish" opponents, as it added a tactical timing element that Warrior Within and Two Thrones unfortunately did away with. The game as a whole still holds up perfectly as a standalone story, too. Lost Crown looks a lot like the Strider reboot in 2014, which is woefully underrated among Metroidvanias and 2.5D games in general. I'm excited to see how it turns out, though I'll try the demo before I decide on buying the full game.

I coincidentally picked up the sands of time for the original xbox yesterday. came in perfect condition, manual included! remarkable how well it holds up.

Loved Prince of Persia games. I’ve not played Sands of Time much but I’ve played Warrior Within a lot and also Two Thrones and loved them both

I remember the first time firing up sands of time, i was so blown away as a kid, and i couldnt wait til classes were over so i could come home and play it nonstop.

Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy is one of my favorite series of video games (my favorite game in the series is TT, even though I started with SoT), but what made me want to play this series when it came out, was the original Prince of Persia (1989), that I feel deserved a mention in this video. Despite the original being only a 2D Platformer with a dueling mechanic for combat, not a metroidvania, when I saw the reveal of The Lost Crown I took it imediatelly as a nod to the original, and loved the decision to make this game a metroidvania. I feel it was a great decision, and even not messing with the story that we already know was great too, because they would get shred to pieces and accused of destroying the Prince we know. But the backlash I see against Lost Crown, because it is a 2.5D game (some people calling it a mobile game, as if all games have to be 3D and boast ridiculous graphics) and not following the story of the Prince we know, saddens me. The only way people will turn to this game's side is if only it's a masterpiece, being only good will not suffice.

Same here. I played Two Thrones, then I played Warrior Within and finally played sands of time. Sands of time became my favorite.

You def deserve my sub, great vids man 💪

The main thing I liked about the first game was his precog before he was do his parkour stunts so it’s like a quick glimpse of what you need to do and where you need to go!

Sand of time was of the first games I remember being advertised that I knew I had to get. Loved the game so much and now after this video I need to go back and play it

I bought both Prince Of Persia Sands Of Time and Beyond Good and Evil for the PS2 at the time they were released without knowing anything about either releases. Was blown away by both games and it made me a huge Ubisoft fan at the time.

The takedowns in The Two Thrones are a nice mechanic and i usually appreciate stealth as an option, though i think they’d be more fun if the quick time element was removed

Yes. PoP Sands of Time Trilogy is one of the best trilogies in gaming. It's also better than the entire Assassin's Creed franchise

It's crazy to read the comments and realize that there's a generation that doesn't even realize that the Sands of Time trilogy is also a reboot of the series from the 80s. It also is weird to hear someone recommend the PS3 version, as someone who owns it myself, it's usually considered one of the lesser ports for all three games. Anyway, I got high hopes for The Lost Crown. The series has been in retirement for a while, but hearing that the Rayman team is working on it (if you haven't played Rayman Origins or Legends it shouldn't be slept on) and my newfound appreciation for the Metroidvania/search-action genre has me incredibly hyped to see them come back, even finally getting to old ideas (playing as the Prince's bodyguard rather than the Prince himself was an early concept that eventually led to Assassin's Creed)

My first game in this series was also Two Thrones and I loved that game. I look forward to the sands of time remake release so I can start from the beginning this time!

The lost crown is absolutely amazing and now it’s gotten wanted to buy this trilogy and try it out cause the lost crown was my first prince of Persia game

I'm glad you mentioned Warrior Within is alot of peoples favoirite because if all your research was Metacritic you would assume everyone hated it because they found it too "edgy" Aka ign & Gamespot.The it's too "edgy" critisism for media alot of people like is extremely thrustrating for them including me.

I'm glad u doing different vids this time if u could throw in some tekken retrospectives when u can bro❤

retro rebound dropping bangers consistently

Warrior within was the first game I ever completed ❤ my gaming arc started with one of the best games ❤

1.warrior within 2.two thrones 3.sands of time 4.pop epilogue 5.forgotten sands

@Retro Rebound how is the sound quality in the PS3 collection? I have seen reviews saying it was off in some way?

These games were such a huge part of my childhood. I remember staying up late watching my brother play the first one shortly after we got a PS2.

The forgotten sands has, ironically, been forgotten. It was a really good prince of Persia game. The original trilogy is unrivalled though

Pop trilogy is my all-time favorite. Took me to another dimension whenever I used to play that game.

Of all the three POP games I've played in my past childhood. My most favorite will always be Sands Of Time, and I really can't wait to play the upcoming new POP game. Even though we won't play as the Prince, but it's close as we get for a new POP game.

Great Video.

I'm just hoping above all else that Ubisoft don't mess up SoT remake

Speaking of trilogies, my first crash bandicoot was warped. Still my favorite to this day.

Man i'd love a Prince of Persia 3D platformer again, i miss these!

Warrior within is my favorite of the lot. Quotable lines. Godsmack. The most action oriented. The Dahaka was sick af

Great video! I’m actually really looking forward to lost crown as I crave a Metroid dread experience to start off my year with stress 👍🏻😂 Hope to see you do a retrospective on final fantasy VII before rebirth comes out!

My brother was addicted to these games. Especially Warrior Within. He also really liked the Reboot that stepped away from this main character. I havnt started the video so I don't know if Matty mentions it yet.

I remember really liking the sands of time! The commercials for this game is really cool too I still have the copy with me since 2012 (I wonder if it still works?)

I played and finished every Prince of Persia available on PS3,Warrior Within,Sands of Time and the 2008 PoP game are my favorites.

I really liked this video because I am a big fan of the original prince of Persia trilogy and I was also introduced to the jack and dexter trilogy with jack and dexter 3 who is still my favorite

4:22 guy walking into box pretty next level 😅

People have been saying the platforming in the Sands of Time trilogy is janky and too hard. I don't get it? I thought it's pretty easy and well done.

I remember I had a “Demo” collection on my parents Xbox and a Warrior Within was on it. It was the most violent game I had ever seen and I was very young so of course I loved it. The combat was insanely good

I like another great video by retro rebound!

Loved these games!

Two Thrones was the first game that I ever played and it instantly made me fell in love with video games. I hope they remake the original games especially warrior within.

POP2 was the best! i remember feeling the adrenaline of being a cursed prince running changing his fate, and the metal music is what build my taste in music till this day :D

Good video. My copy of HD collection is coming today. When the remake comes out, get the physical copy of sot for Xbox, it's back compat

2:30 before Ubisoft entered it's evil corpo arc 😢

Does anyone remember the sands of time remake trailer from a couple years ago? Is it still coming out or did it get canned?

Great thumbnail as usual

Warrior within is my favorite the combat and the story are perfect I own the PS3 hd trilogy I always play at least one once a year . Also the sands of time is backwards compatible on the Xbox in 4k . Always loved the prince of persia trilogy.

Nostalgic Vibes for sure... 🙆🏻‍♂️✌️

Prince of Persia HD trilogy is PS3 exclusive. Sony around 2010 began publishing HD remasters of some of their their iconic ps2 games. Prince of Persia, God of War, Rachet and Clank, Jak and Daxter and more got HD remasters with trophy support and sixaxis/dualshock 3 support.

It was the same thing with me I started with The Two Thrones as well and then warrior within and finally ended with sands of time . I played the games again last year and Platinumed the games it was fun experience as it was my first time ever getting the platinum trophy

I’m currently playing the prince of Persia sand of time on the OG XBOX and I’m loving it. I plan to get the Z PS3 collection at some point to get the trophies on it

PoP 2008 needs more love. I really enjoyed that game and its graphics and art style were amazing!

I absolutely loved the Prince of Persia trilogy back on the original Xbox. Used to be a huge fan of Ubisoft due to growing up with amazing games like Rayman 2, PoP 1-3, and the early AC games. PoP 1 and 2 are both really really good in their own different ways, while 3 was a bit weaker though still pretty good.

These are still one of my all time fav trilogies! Sands of time is goat but loved the vibe of warrior within, the soundtrack and gameplay and story were really awesome! Two thrones felt like it needed a bit more time to flesh the story and characters more but it tied the other games together well enough ^^

Prince appears on wii is what got me on to got me into gaming

Thank you so much for talking about this trilogy Matty! I'm from 2000 so i grew up with these games, especially warrior within! I remember waking up very early just so that I could continue my progress, cuz i had no memory card :') good times

14:33 I can tell you why exactly, it's because of the cancelled Kindred Blades game which was supposed to be instead of T2T. It was more focused on stealth than it is there, which you seem to like so I bet you would've loved to see Kindred Blades. There are some videos about it and some datamines on the internet of it, I recommend you check that out if you're interested.

Jak 3 was also my favourite, started with the 2nd one but could not finish, my brother fell on the ps2 and scratched the disc. Jak 3 came along and it was amazing.

I absolutely love the PoP Sands of time trilogy! One of my favorite series and The Prince is personally one of my game heroes along with Solid Snake, Cloud and Doomguy

i have beat them all in the sand of time trilogy and to me its a legendary franchise cant wait for the sands of time remake and the new as well.

It was one of my favorite series. I liked all the games including the reboot. The entire series should be available in the essentials collection.

It started for me on my Amiga 500 about a decade & ago half before Sands of Time.. I never did play the two follow ups PoP 2 & the Arabian Nights one.. But they did exist.. It’s said this is what inspired Tomb Raider in a lot of ways.. This new one seems more like a spinoff however albeit an interesting one.. Kind of like an appetizer to the Sands remake..

Great video! Could you review the splinter cell games please?

oh my god.. I finally found someone else who likes to collect Collections..... I have 20 different PS3 collections.. Big ones I would like to pick up are Killzone Trilogy, Splinter Cell Trilogy and Jak and Daxter Trilogy. Other than that I have most of the rest of them i think. Anyway, Subscribed!

I was literally watching the movie last night and had an itch to go back to this games

You should do a retrospective on the games from Remedy Entertainment, from Max Payne to Alan Wake 2.

Big fan of your channels, please review elex 1 and 2

Kinda surprised getting chased by the dahaka (or whatever it’s called) wasn’t burned into others’ brains when younger.

You’re making me want to give this series a try in 2024 🙂

I dusted off my PS3 last year and I played through the entire PoP series. The original trilogy still holds up really well but my favorite was PoP 2008

Warrior within was the best of the 3. The dual wield combos were amazing. And the best thing about it was the dismemberment and gore. I loved seeing the heads pop or splitting enemies in half. T2t kept the system but dimmed the gore. You would cut someone and instead of splitting in 2 he’d just arch to the side and fall 😅

14:30 I played them all in order as a kid and the third was my favorite, a nice blend of the positive aspects of both of the earlier games

I never played one of these ever I always remember seeing it when I was a kid . I'm gonna have to buy the first one

Always confused that people got mad about Lost Crown, since the OG games were 80s-90s 2d parkour puzzle platformers set in an entirely different timeline from the later Sands of Time games.

I loved sands of time and then I remember when the trailer dropped for warrior within and it played I stand alone by Godsmack. So fucking bad ass. I never did finish two thrones. I remember I got stuck at a boss and never got around to beating it. Greet childhood memories tho.

Man i really hope one day you cover Tomb Raider

I too started on KH2 and Valkyrie Profiles 2

Sand's of time's very special to me truly the peak of adventure genre in my eyes

I loved warrior within as a kid still my favorite don’t know why it gets all the red headed step child hate

Hey man, where's the rest of the Sly retrospectives? The community needs that stuff! All 17 of us. 😆

i LOVE “warrior within”

Prince of Persia is definitely a timeless gem. It has been the most beloved game for million of gamers around the globe, so it was for me. That's why Prince of Persia is one of the major inspiration for the game we're developing. We're working on a "90s Anime inspired 2D Hack'n'Slash game which has Parkour like Platforming". And all the animations are going to be hand-drawn. Imagine action of Devil May Cry and platforming of Prince of Persia.

I need to play this series

Warrior within was my favorite. Mostly because of the blood. One of my favorite trilogys

Funny, most people who like Two Thrones also had it been their first Prince of Persia game. A funny trend, kinda explains a lot.