History YMMV / PrinceOfPersia

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Wonder why the Dahaka scares the Prince so much in ''Warrior Within''? Because not even in his signature ability to rewind time is he safe from it. This is because [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft_JXB5d-2Y you can only understand what the Dahaka is saying]] ''when he rewinds time''.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Wonder why the Dahaka scares the Prince so much in ''Warrior Within''? Because not even in his signature ability to rewind time is he safe from it. This is because you can only understand what the Dahaka is saying ''when he rewinds time''.

* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: A canon example in ''The Two Thrones'', which features [[spoiler: Kaileena]] being killed by the Vizier and becoming the Sands of Time in order to make way for Farah. She is revived in the end, and declares that she will now seek out other worlds so that no one can ever abuse the power of the Sands again. This was actually quite well received given that most fans liked Farah better.

* DieForOurShip: A canon example in ''The Two Thrones'', which features [[spoiler: Kaileena]] being killed by the Vizier and becoming the Sands of Time in order to make way for Farah. She is revived in the end, and declares that she will now seek out other worlds so that no one can ever abuse the power of the Sands again. This was actually quite well received given that most fans liked Farah better.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Wonder why the Dahaka scares the Prince so much in ''Warrior Within''? Because not even in his signature ability to rewind time is he safe from it. This is becuase you can only understand what the Dahaka is saying ''when he rewinds time''.

** The entire soundtrack to ''Sands of Time'', done by multi-instrumentalist Stuart Chatwood with extra help from session musicians. Glad to know his experience with the whole Mideastern-rock fusion thing from his days in TheTeaParty was [[{{Understatement}} put to very good use]].

* MemeticMutation: "[[PennyArcade I smolder with generic rage.]]"

* LoveItOrHateIt: ''[=PoP=] 2008'' was either a successful experiment in gameplay, storytelling, and aesthetics that took the franchise into the current generation; or a complete waste of time because it's too easy.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: From a story perspective they dropped the ball majorly with the Dark Prince.

* {{Urban legend of Zelda}}: No matter what you do, [[spoiler: The Two Thrones only has one ending, there is no bad ending where the dark prince wins.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: The Prince gives his life to prove to his brother that the Dagger is real and would work, assuming said brother would rewind to save him. It works. Then the uncle comes in and promptly kills said brother.]]

* UnpleasableFanbase: Considering the [[VideoGameMoviesSuck history]] of games-to-film adaptations, the movie will likely be seen as a step in the right direction. It had a $200 million budget, was backed up by ''{{Disney}}'' no less and had a great cast of accomplished actors. They even incorporated countless elements of the game without it being {{Narm}}. But even with all this, fans of the game are still very much [[BrokenBase divided]]. To an outsider, fair or not, the message looks to be that ''nothing'' will ever please the majority of videogame fans.

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* UnpleasableFanbase: Considering the [[VideoGameMoviesSuck history]] of games-to-film adaptations, the movie will likely be seen as a step in the right direction. It had a $200 million budget, was backed up by ''{{Disney}}'' no less and had a great cast of accomplished actors. They even incorporated countless elements of the game without it being {{Narm}}. But even with all this, fans of the game are still very much [[BrokenBase divided]]. To an outsider, fair or not, the message looks to be that ''nothing'' will ever please the majority of videogame fans.

** Done earlier [[spoiler: in the exact same way with his other brother]], who is just starting to believe Dastan... and then gets shot several times in the chest.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: The Prince gives his life to prove to his brother that the Dagger is real and would work, assuming said brother would rewind to save him. It works. Then [[spoiler:the uncle comes in and promptly kills said brother.]]

** The 2008 game has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAgMzYLZU8Q arguably the best score]] of any of them, as heard in this EndCredits medley.

** The 2008 game had some of the most relaxing and soothing "exploration" themes when on healed grounds.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The entire soundtrack to ''Sands of Time'', done by multi-instrumentalist Stuart Chatwood with extra help from session musicians. Glad to know his experience with the whole Mideastern-rock fusion thing from his days in TheTeaParty was [[{{Understatement}} put to very good use]].
** The 2008 game had some of the most relaxing and soothing "exploration" themes when on healed grounds. This troper personally thought they made collecting light seeds more than bearable for it, combined with SceneryPorn.
** All of the games (As well as the movie) have truly remarkable music at all times. [[NeedsMoreLove It does deserve an entire section indeed.]]
* DieForOurShip: A ''canon'' example in ''The Two Thrones'', which features [[spoiler: Kaileena being killed by the Vizier and becoming the Sands of Time in order to make way for Farah. She is revived in the end, and declares that she will now seek out other worlds so that no one can ever abuse the power of the Sands again. This was actually quite well received given that most fans liked Farah better.]]

* CompleteMonster: Not only does [[spoiler: Nizam have no regrets in murdering close family and hiring an entire group of [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]], but he wants to rewind time so that an act he did as a kid (saving his brother from a lion) never happened and he would be the king from the beginning.]]
* [[spoiler: HopeSpot]]: [[spoiler: The Prince gives his life to prove to his brother that the Dagger is real and would work, assuming said brother would rewind to save him. It works. Then the uncle comes in and promptly kills said brother.]]
** Done earlier [[spoiler: in the exact same way with his other brother, who is just starting to believe Dastan... and then gets shot several times in the chest.]]

* [[spoiler: HopeSpot]]: [[spoiler: The Prince gives his life to prove to his brother that the Dagger is real and would work, assuming said brother would rewind to save him. It works. Then the uncle comes in and promptly kills said brother.]]

* [[spoiler: HopeSpot: The Prince gives his life to prove to his brother that the Dagger is real and would work, assuming said brother would rewind to save him. It works. Then the uncle comes in and promptly kills said brother.]]

* [[spoiler:HopeSpot: The Prince gives his life to prove to his brother that the Dagger is real and would work, assuming said brother would rewind to save him. It works. Then the uncle comes in and promptly kills said brother.]]

* CompleteMonster: Not only does [[spoiler: Nizam]] have no regrets in murdering close family and hiring an entire group of [[spoiler: [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]]]], but he wants to rewind time so that an act he did as a kid [[spoiler: (saving his brother from a lion)]] never happened [[spoiler: and he would be the king from the beginning.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The entire soundtrack to ''Sands of Time'', done almost entirely by multi-instrumentalist Stuart Chatwood with singers Maryem Tollar and Cindy Gomez. Glad to know his experience with the whole Mideastern-rock fusion thing from his days in TheTeaParty was [[{{Understatement}} put to very good use]].

!!Examples from the 2010 Prince of Persia Movie