History YMMV / PrinceOfPersia

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor The Vizier]] from the ''Sands of Time'' series is the TreacherousAdvisor of the Maharajah of India and the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime first]] and [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones third]] games. [[VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia In flashbacks]], he abducts the wife of daeva prince Saurva to compel the latter to steal the Box of One Thousand Restraints from the Persians, knowingly causing the war between Persians and daevas, and murdering the hostage even after his demands have been met, then seals Saurva and his entire army inside the box. Infatuated with Saurva’s sister Sindra, he subsequently attempts to make her his wife then curses her with madness upon refusal. Suffering an incurable illness, he [[ImmortalitySeeker seeks immortality and godhood]], and is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder willing to betray everyone]] to achieve his plans. He first betrays the Maharajah by killing the gatekeeper, allowing the Persian army to take the city. The Vizier later tricks the Prince into causing the Sands of Time to spread across a Persian city and turn the population into sand monsters. When the Prince rewinds time to warn Princess Farah, the Vizier plots to kill them both and tell the Maharajah that his daughter has been killed by the son of his enemy. When the Prince accidentally undoes the Vizier's death, the latter, leading an army, murders the Maharajah, takes over the kingdom, and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty captures Farah]] before he mercilessly sacks Babylon and has King Sharaman killed. When the Prince returns home with the Empress of Time Kaileena, the latter is abducted and killed, causing the Sands of Time to reappear again and turn the Vizier's entire army into monsters. Using the Dagger of Time to make himself immortal as the renamed [[AGodAmI God of Time]], [[OneWingedAngel Zurvan]], he allows his generals to commit atrocities on the civilians such as taking them to the arena or locking a bunch of people in a burning building while he personally kills the remains of the resistance. In the final act of the game, he abducts Farah in order to forcibly transform her into his immortal queen.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor The Vizier]] from the ''Sands of Time'' series is the TreacherousAdvisor of the Maharajah of India and the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime first]] and [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones third]] games. Suffering an incurable illness, he [[ImmortalitySeeker seeks immortality and godhood]], and is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder willing to betray everyone]] to achieve his plans. He first betrays the Maharajah by killing the gatekeeper, allowing the Persian army to take the city. The Vizier later tricks the Prince into causing the Sands of Time to spread across a Persian city and turn the population into sand monsters. When the Prince rewinds time to warn Princess Farah, the Vizier plots to kill them both and tell the Maharajah that his daughter has been killed by the son of his enemy. He [[VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia later]] abducts the wife of daeva prince Saurva to compel the latter to steal the Box of One Thousand Restraints from the Persians, knowingly causing the war between Persians and daevas, and murdering the hostage even after his demands have been met, then seals Saurva and his entire army inside the box. Infatuated with Saurva’s sister Sindra, he subsequently attempts to make her his wife then curses her with madness upon refusal. When the Prince accidentally undoes the Vizier's death, the latter, leading an army, murders the Maharajah, takes over the kingdom, and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty captures Farah]] before he mercilessly sacks Babylon and has King Sharaman killed. When the Prince returns home with the Empress of Time Kaileena, the latter is abducted and killed, causing the Sands of Time to reappear again and turn the Vizier's entire army into monsters. Using the Dagger of Time to make himself immortal as the renamed [[AGodAmI God of Time]], [[OneWingedAngel Zurvan]], he allows his generals to commit atrocities on the civilians such as taking them to the arena or locking a bunch of people in a burning building while he personally kills the remains of the resistance. In the final act of the game, he abducts Farah in order to forcibly transform her into his immortal queen.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor The Vizier]] from the ''Sands of Time'' series is the TreacherousAdvisor of the Maharajah of India and the [[BigBad main antagonist]] of the [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime first]] and [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones third]] games, along with appearing in ''VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia''. Suffering an incurable illness, he [[ImmortalitySeeker seeks immortality and godhood]], and is [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder willing to betray everyone]] to achieve his plans. He first betrays the Maharajah by killing the gatekeeper, allowing the Persian army to take the city. The Vizier later tricks the Prince into causing the Sands of Time to spread across a Persian city and turn the population into sand monsters. When the Prince rewinds time to warn Princess Farah, the Vizier plots to kill them both and tell the Maharajah that his daughter has been killed by the son of his enemy. He later abducts the wife of daeva prince Saurva to compel the latter to steal the Box of One Thousand Restraints from the Persians, knowingly causing the war between Persians and daevas, and murdering the hostage even after his demands have been met, then seals Saurva and his entire army inside the box. Infatuated with Saurva’s sister Sindra, he subsequently attempts to make her his wife then curses her with madness upon refusal. When the Prince accidentally undoes the Vizier's death, the latter, leading an army, murders the Maharajah, takes over the kingdom, and [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty captures Farah]] before he mercilessly sacks Babylon and has King Sharaman killed. When the Prince returns home with the Empress of Time Kaileena, the latter is abducted and killed, causing the Sands of Time to reappear again and turn the Vizier's entire army into monsters. Using the Dagger of Time to make himself immortal as the renamed [[AGodAmI God of Time]], [[OneWingedAngel Zurvan]], he allows his generals to commit atrocities on the civilians such as taking them to the arena or locking a bunch of people in a burning building while he personally kills the remains of the resistance. In the final act of the game, he abducts Farah in order to forcibly transform her into his immortal queen.

* GeniusBonus: ''The Forgotten Sands'' contains several references to King Solomon that seem enormously out of place if you only know him from Literature/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.

** Strangely, ''The Two Thrones]]'' was also rated M, even though it was more on the level of ''Sands of Time''. Rumor was that it was based on content that was changed by release, which seems confirmed since the Wii and PSP versions are both T.

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

** 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 put to very good use.

** While ''Warrior Within'' will [[NeverLiveItDown never live down]] having Music/{{Godsmack}} in it, the normal music is more rock-heavy than the previous game but much of it still has that same feel as before.

** While ''Warrior Within'' will [[NeverLiveItDown never live down]] having Music/{{Godsmack}} in it, the normal music is more rock-heavy than the previous game much of it still has that same feel as before.

* ContestedSequel[=/=]SophomoreSlump: ''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.

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

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Warrior Within'', when Shaddee is about to stab him in the back, the Prince rants that: "Where I come from we face our opponents. And if our enemy is unarmed we offer them a sword!" However the next game has the quick time events that allow you to kill your enemies from behind, making the Prince a huge hypocrite.

* 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'' by having the Prince reconcile his attitude

* 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'' by [[{{retcon}} retconning]] the prince's behaviour in that game as a curse.

* 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}}.

* GameBreaker: In ''Sands'', the wall-bounce can knock down-thus basically killing-just about any enemy. Any enemy it can't take care of is vulnerable to the vaulting attack. {{Nerf}}ed in the sequels.

** In ''The Sands of Time'', after the Prince runs away from the Vizier with the Dagger of Time in his hands, the former says of him: "The man who had tricked me now had his prize but for some unknown purpose coveted the dagger as well, would stop at nothing to possess it. Well, I would give him what he sought. I would plunge it into his foul and treacherous heart!" In ''The Two Thrones'' [[spoiler:the Vizier uses the Dagger to transform himself into Zurvan, and towards the end of the game, in fulfillment of his ExactWords, the Prince leaped off from a high place to deliver the FinishingMove to the weakened Zurvan and, after the camera's pause and OrbitalShot worthy of ''Film/TheMatrix'', plunges the dagger into his foul and treacherous heart. In an ironic nod, after he pulls the Dagger from Zurvan's body, the FamousLastWords of the latter are: "This is not what the Dagger promised!"]]

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

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: All of the games (as well as the movie) have truly remarkable music.
** 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 put to very good use.
** Special attention should be given to the [=PC=]/[=Xbox360=]/Playstation 3 ''Forgotten Sands'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ4QmmwENtA soundtrack]] as well. Wow...

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Warrior Within'', when Shaddee is about to stab him in the back, the Prince rants that: "Where I come from we face our opponents. And if our ennemy is unarmed we offer them a sword!". However the next game has the quick Time events that allows you to kill your ennemies from behind, making the Prince a huge hypocrite.

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

* ItWasHisSled: Trailers of ''The two Thrones'' make not attempt to hide the fact that Kaileena [[spoiler: is the empress of time]] and that [[spoiler: she dies early in the game.]]

* ContestedSequel: ''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.

** Special attention should be given to the [=PC=]/[=Xbox360=]/Playstation 3 ''Forgotten Sands'' soundtrack as well, as it is mostly composed of variations from a single basic theme. It kicks ass nonetheless.

* BrokenBase: ''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.