History YMMV / PrinceOfPersia

* AnticlimaxBoss: The Vizier in Sands of Time.

* DeathOfTheHypotenuse:''The Two Thrones'' [[spoiler:features Kaileena being killed by the Vizier and becoming the Sands of Time in order to set off the plot 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.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''The Two Thrones'' makes an amusing, fairly original and largely effective attempt to turn back from the approach taken by the gratingly DarkerAndEdgier ''Warrior Within'' without the need for a RetCon.
* BrokenBase: ''Warrior Within'', just ''Warrior Within''. You'll find either fans of the first game who hate it with passion or others who think this is the best in the series.

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

* PortingDisaster: ''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'' on the SNES. as one comment on a youtube put it:

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftware, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like ''{{Superman 64}}'' and ''{{Carmageddon}} [[PortingDisaster 64]]''.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: No matter what you do, The Two Thrones only has one ending, there is no bad ending where the dark prince wins.

* TheScrappy: Farah in sands of time. She had low A.I, shot in the back of the prince more than once. Many hated her until T2T where she's been RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap by staying away from battles.

** Special attention should be given to the ''Forgotten Sands'' soundtrack as well, as it is mostly composed of variations from a single basic theme. It kicks ass nonetheless.

** Special attention should be given to the ''Forgotten Sands'' soundtrack as well, as it is composed of nothing but variations from a single basic theme. It kicks ass nonetheless.

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftware, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like {{Superman 64}} and {{Carmageddon}} [[PortingDisaster 64]].

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftware, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like {{Superman 64}} and {{Carmageddon}} 64.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: No matter what you do, The Two Thrones only has one ending, there is no bad ending where the dark prince wins.

* 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=tQ3Oz5UgV8s&feature=related you can only understand what the Dahaka is saying]] ''when he rewinds time''.

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftware, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like {{Superman 64}} and {{Carmageddon}} 64, neither of which is very highly regarded.

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftwre, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like {{Superman 64}} and {{Carmageddon}} 64, neither of which is very highly regarded.

* RatedMForMoney: Hooooo boy, ''Warrior Within'' wasn't even trying to hide this.

* TheyJustDidntCare: They added blood in ''Warrior Within'' to enemies that are made of ''sand''.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: No matter what you do, [[spoiler:The Two Thrones only has one ending, there is no bad ending where the dark prince wins.]]

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftwre, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like {{Superman 64}} and {{Carmageddon}} 64, neither of which is very higgly regarded.

** Fun fact: The game was made by TitusSoftwre, who would later go on to make [[SarcasmMode classics]] like {{Superman 64}} and Carmageddon 64, neither of which is very higgly regarded.

* PolishedPort: Ironically enough, given the awfulness of its sequel, the SNES version of the original game. Needless to say, this port was by a completely different developer.

* PortingDisaster: ''Prince of Persia II: The Shadow and the Flame'' on the SNES. as one comment on a youtube put it:

* PortingDistillation: Ironically enough, given the awfulness of its sequel, the SNES version of the original game. Needless to say, this port was by a completely different developer.

* PortingDisaster: Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame on the SNES. as one comment on a youtube put it:
-->This isn't a game with bugs, this is a giant bug with bits of game.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: All of the games (As well as the movie) have truly remarkable music.

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

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Probably the largest complaint against 2008. You can't ever get killed, because Elika automatically uses her magic to save you, resetting just the current puzzle or combat. You never had to reload the game unless you chose to stop playing. The ''Sands'' trilogy had been similar in principle, because rewinding time also allowed you to cheat death; however, it was trickier in practice. You could only rewind a few seconds at at time, so you could wind up too deep in trouble to back out again. Plus the power had limited uses and needed recharging. Screw up too much and you got sent back to the last save point.
** The mechanic of Elika saving you from "death" was an intended mechanic to strip away time from reloading saves and having to travel all the way back to the spot you failed, as well as creating an illusion of an unbroken story (so you don't go through earlier cut-scenes, etc. unless you loaded up a save). It as much a DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist as the previous trilogy, only that you no longer have to sit through loading, cut scenes, and wading through the same traps over and over.

** 2008 remake: ''Why'' is the game expecting me to [[spoiler:kill the Trees of Life and let Ahriman loose again?]] ''WHY?''

* GeniusBonus: ''The Forgotten Sands'' contains several references to King Solomon that seem enormously out of place if you only know him from TheBible. However, in both Jewish and Islamic mythologies, Solomon was a powerful sorcerer. In ''The Sands of Time'', the Prince twice mentions [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostam Rostam]], a famous hero in Persian mythology.

!!Examples from the Prince of Persia games

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

!!Examples from the Prince of Persia movie
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Not only does 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. He's willing to wipe the only kind action he's ever done from history. That's a whole new level of wrong.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Seso.
* 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.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: A superpower is maneuvered into launching an invasion of a sovereign Middle Eastern nation to search for [[spoiler:non-existent]] weapons that they fear will be sold to their enemies. [[spoiler:Turns out the evidence was fabricated by a villain who was spoiling for war.]] There's also a sympathetic band of proto-libertarians who hide out in the wilderness to escape taxation and government control.
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* DeathOfTheHypotenuse:''The Two Thrones'' [[spoiler: features Kaileena being killed by the Vizier and becoming the Sands of Time in order to set off the plot 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.]]

* MemeticMutation: "[[Webcomic/PennyArcade I smolder with generic rage.]]"
* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler: The Prince's father is a boss]] in ''Sands of Time''. Guess what happens.
** 2008 remake: ''Why'' is the game expecting me to [[spoiler: kill the Trees of Life and let Ahriman loose again?]] ''WHY?''

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: 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.]]
** 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.]]

* CompleteMonster: Not only does 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.
** He's willing to wipe the only kind action he's ever done from history. That's a whole new level of wrong...

** 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.