Evolution of Prince of Persia Games w/ Facts 1989-2022
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- The Prince of Persia franchise has always been the best series in Ubisoft’s catalogue. There is something truly exciting about playing in a fantastical recreation of ancient Persia that you cannot get anywhere else. The series is quite old, and is one of the earliest examples of parkour-based platforming in gaming. Here are some fun facts and trivia you didn’t know about the games!
Evolution of Prince of Persia Games 1989-2022
0:00 Prince of Persia (1989)
0:29 Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow & The Flame (1993)
0:59 Prince of Persia 3D (1999)
1:41 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003)
2:18 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004)
3:01 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (2005)
3:51 Prince of Persia Classic (2007)
4:17 Prince of Persia: The Fallen King (2008)
4:54 Prince of Persia (2008)
5:10 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010)
5:46 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake (2022)
Special thanks to World of Longplays (longplays.org) and LongplayArchieve ( / longplayarchive ) for providing the gameplay footage
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Warrior within was the darkest one. The metal ost, the blood, dismemberment, color palette, the feeling of complete loneliness (no companions or voices inside your head), the anxiety of being followed by the dahaka... My favorite game from the trilogy.
Me too! First played Prince of Persia on iPhone 3GS then fell in love with it, excellent levels and epic cinematic plot, beyond stunning!
The Two Thrones Killed it 😏
Totally agreed mate
Are you talking about Fable?
@@apologizetoyou6941 😢
Sands of Time, Warrior Within & Two Thrones are legendary!
yes
Aynen. Bu 3 oyun, oynaması en keyifli ve heyecan vericiydi..
True too
Bro I am agreed
For me pop tt,pop tfs
Regardless of the public image of Prince of Persia 2008, this game was like walking through an animated piece of Art for me; its an unfathomable experience that can only be realized by actually playing the game.
The world designing made it feel like an rectangular geometry where you always get back to the center of it.
The feeling of an isolated utopia or distopia (based on the story progressing) where your only companion is a beautiful lady, a genuinely fitting character, alot of chemistry, with the air romantic, and interactions based on teasing and immersing dialogues...
Fantastic follow-up story, art design, sound design (loved the isolated echoing effect over everything!) and music.
For me only the artstyle was amazing.
Personally I absolutely hate hub world level design simply because I want a progression and comming back to the central hub after completing one area seems like a regression rather than a progression... especially in a story driven game like this.
Not to mention the prince was a twat and sounded and mostly acted like a jersey shore douchebag.
Elika was powerfull enough to literally save the prince from falling to certain death, but needed to jump on his back when climbing....wtf was that?
Except for the gfx and art which were utterly beautiful, the rest of the game felt totally disjointed.
They had good ideas but were not able to create a cohesive package.
@@main_stream_media_is_a_joke pretty sure they ripped off Shadow of the Colossus for PoP 2008. That said PoP 2008 was still a good game.
Gameplay was a$$ but art style and OST were so beautiful.
Art and creativity has no value in video games 2008 POP failure showed that So Ubisoft switched to Assassins creed
@@main_stream_media_is_a_jokeHavent play the game in a long time, but I think she couldnt use the powers too much or she would get headacke or get dizzy.
The love and soul they put into the prince of persia triology was unmatchable by any game .. just look at the scenes .. the soundtracks and finally the story oh my god seriously even after 100 years from now on no one can make something like that again
Yes your totally those games where on another level
согласен,но разработчики этой трилогии уже давно скатились
"Unmatchable by any game" is a huge exaggeration. A lot of developers put their heart and soul in the game they are working on. God of War series by Santa monica is also a good example, Valve too, i mean when Valve was developing Half-Life nobody belived in them and it was basically a newly formed studio with no big record to speak of making a triple A level title. And they ended up blowing everyone out of the water, Half-Life was a huge commercial and critical success, it is even considered to be one of the best games of all time by many.
@@shootnslash4804 god of war series story is too complicated
@@shootnslash4804 fans exaggerate a lot in situacions like this hahaha unrelated but genuine question... is the forgotten sands a good game?
Without Prince of Persia we wouldn't be having Assassin's Creed. Just know that.
Or Abe's Oddyssey, and Tomb Raider would most likely be different
without persia in real life we wouldnt had both because the original assassin order was based and founded in Persia too (Alamut castle)
The warrior within was definitely a different approach to the series but in my opinion it was also a brave one as me and many others like the game and even tho it’s not like sands of time it definitely gave us a new feel to the prince and made us appreciate him more as a Character
And two thrones also superb
Price of Persia Two Thrones was a legendary one🔥
Prince of Persia 1989 is the best. At that time you never saw such animations.
Forgotten sands was a legendary one, its water freezing and memory mechanics were great. Never seen any game before, never seen in any game till date. Innovation 101
Ubisoft can never make games like sands of time, forgotten sands and two thrones again because they're greedy as ❤❤❤❤ now
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombatForgotten was a piece of trash, don't put it next to the Sand of Time trilogy please
The Warrior Within is my favorite of the series and is up there in my top game list. The Forgotten Sands was a hidden gem. I loved the Sands of Time Trilogy so Forgotten Sands was the closest I was getting to that on 360. I think the movie hurt the game sales because people thought it was a tie-in.
movie sucked ass
I definitely did at the time, and didn't know it wasn't a tie in until reading your comment.
Forgotten was great and underappreciated but I feel like warrior within was overrated.
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombat Damn, to be that wrong.
@@DragonOfTheMortalKombatThe opposite Imo, Forgotten Sands was trash, an attempt to remake Sands of Time but turned out as an inferior version, story was ass and felt copy paste, the game is very short and the art style uninspired.
I used to be a huge fan of the Sands of Time trilogy back in high school, but over the years only the original one has remained as exciting as the first time I played it. Something about its level and artistic design is just of an unmatchable beauty and balance. It's the only one I can call a timeless masterpiece.
Warrior within is a masterpiece
Prince of Persia 1989 is awesome. at that time you never saw such animations.
@@ivanyiattila3547 stop joking bro
@@narendrarao1900 Stop you. I was there when you were nowhere.
Highly overrated, it sold only because of popularity of sands of time ( which was innovative and good for its time).
I've been playing warrior within for quite some time now and I am yet to be entertained. Even 2008 didn't feel like that. The game doesn't have a single puzzle.
@@ivanyiattila3547 that game even won game of the year for this reason. Wish more prince of Persia games be more innovative.
My all time fav games are The Sands of Time and Warrior Within, absolute gems, thanks for this vid, I like it!
Back in late 2015 and 2016, I became obsessed with the history of the Prince of Persia games because of the different storylines and variations of gameplay that had got me interested.
Jeez this video brings some nostalgia, POP 2008 and POP Forgotten Sands were some of my favorite childhood games
The Two Thrones Has it's Height 🔥
The worrier within introduced me with the first two handed combat mechanics that i fell in love with, and the story is way above everything i had ever played before !! You know when dahaka chases you, you have got no choice other than running and the hidden life upgrades were really difficult to find at times !! All in all it made me a true fan boy then ❤
Dude you started narrating and that's so awesome I've been watching for nearly 6 years keep it up
why this dude's voice gives me nostalgia?
"POP: Sands of time" is indeed eternal classic 👍👍👍
First game to bring time rewind mechanics to historical action adventure genre. And story was nice too.
Warrior within was legendary for me
Prince of Persia 1989 is my first IBM PC game. At that time you never saw such animations. If not be this, when not be the newest.
I miss prince of Persia games. Back when Ubisoft were making awesome games. So dark yet fun to play. The story, voice acting everything was so great. Wish Ubisoft starts making prince of Persia games again with Yuri's voice and warrior within atmosphere
Prince of persia 2008 will remain in my memories forever
I had a mobile version of the game and I used to be so obsessed with it! I remember getting excited to even watch the film 'Prince of Persia' because of this game 😂
Try warrior within once
you can play it with emulator on mobile.
Same, i was playing it when i was 6 year old and it's pretty nostalgic. It was only available on apple Store, right?
@@Vivany26 yes
I have been a fan since 1985. Here's something I would love too see. Have them all remastered. Especially Prince of Persia 3D which came out in 1999.
Agreed
@@AlteredMusicChannel 👍
1985??
@@falconeshield Yes that's how far back it goes😊😉
During 2003 time , i first played this game. Still that memory remain green in my heart. That was a 2d type version. Excellent to play . Wonderful memories 😊
0:25 This bit was BRILLIANT. It came early in the game, and instead of using cutscenes put you in your precarious situation, it forced it through a gameplay puzzle. You feel like you screwed up and are about to reload for the 50th time, but nope; all part of the theatrics. Thanks so much for the vid!
Warrior Within is a classic that changed the genre of gaming. I remember borrowing 3 CDs to install the game back when it came out, and replayed multiple times!
OMG! They are re-making the Sands of Time! I can't wait!
I am an Iranian user. With this game, I have many memories of the type of architecture of buildings and music, the arrangement of equipment that was closer to ancient Iran attracted me and made me feel like I was in the past and it was enjoyable for me. But when Assassin's Creed came and the game makers abandoned the Iranian prince and went to Assassin's Creed, I didn't even play the first parts of the Assassin's Creed game, let alone the stories they made so far. I am very upset with the Ubisoft company and I tell them that they still have a first for prince of Persia
Absolutely loved Prince of Persia 2 a loooong time ago. Was very young but honestly doubt I'd have the patience for either of the first two games if I played them now!
I never knew Prince of Persia 3D existed. now i got something to play after i’m done with Lost Crown
So many memories of playing PoP 1 and 2 on Windows 95 system, the actual trilogy was also great but the older ones are nostalgic
Cool! Keep up the good work!
Thanks! It was like like deep down in to the childhood!
Superb revolution of prince of Persia 🔥
Great brother & childhood memories ❤️
"2006's Two Thrones was unbeatable. I had a blast playing it back in the day.
We're is prince of Persia
We Miss it very much 😔☹️
Sands of time and warrior within made my childhood gaming experience ❤
The 2008 version with artstyle was the best 👌👌👌
Looking at wikipedia, the timeline really confused me. This video was short but super effective. I appriciate it!
PoP 2 was the first video game I've ever played. Sands of time was the first game I've finished by myself. Warrior Within was the first game I've finished multiple times!
Prince of Persia 3d, Prince of Persia Warrior Within & Prince of Persia Two Thrones are legendary ❤️
2008 is a fantastic game, I so wish that series coud've continued, but people got mad it wasn't a slasher like the original trilogy. But the combat they had was great and intricate, like a fighting game, with combos to explore and a complex opponent to face. And don't forget the "Claw", it did wonders to the usual parkour, by adding some variety to the good old set.
Fantastic video, if the next one could be the evolution of the elder scrolls (thanks)
Prince of Persia series is one of my fav games
and Warrior Within is the best for me
the way prince fights off his enemies the parkour in the sword fight the power of sands of time it's incredible
I even made a walkthrough of it
and I'm planning to make something of a recreation from one of its extra in-game video
The graphics on forgotten sands..all time fav
Good video 👍 nice work
One of the very few franchises without a bad game.
All the cool shit started with POP sands of time , running along the wall , fucking vaulting over an enemy shit was dope af
Oh wow, I played the first one for a while and always had nice memories about it, but I never know its actually that old
There's missing PRINCE OF PERSIA 4D (1994).
Unless I'm mistaken it wasn't official, was it?
Thanks for this
Prince of Persia 3D....the first game I played on PC and the one which introduced me to the Prince of Persia series, remember getting stuck in some underground water level, couldn't make it past that
Did you finish it
@@mindrover777 Nope, I was only 5 years old at the time, couldn't make it past and eventually gave up, forgot about it until I saw this video
@@ahsanvirk130 you could give it another shot
Prince of Persia 1989 is my first IBM PC game. At that time you never saw such animations. If not be this, when not be the newest.
I very vividly remember Prince of Persia 1, my older brother used to play it on our family computer in the early 90s. I tried it myself at some point but I didn't do well haha 😂
Same! I would watch my older sister play and just be filled with anxiety especially with the gates closing
I also remember when my older brother played and I was sitting aside him.I really miss those days:(
I remember with my friend is my neighbor too. between 2003 and 2004, he played Prince of persia sand of time. I Just watch him played. That's so emotional played because needed money and time and focus to obstacle, parkour, and enemy. It was so curousity. We were under junk for game ps2😂.
warrior within is what we needed .. story as well the game itself is amazing
prince of persia 2008 best character game series
That one was the worst Bro
Nope
Prince of Persia 3 D and Sands of time are some of my favorite games.
Am I the only one who loved all the 3d POP games? I mean the main series' story is just so good and so are the mechanics but so is the world of 2008 one's. I love these games and this video game me an awesome idea let's hope i am able to do it.
Playing POP was one of the best times I spent on my PS2
Prince of Persia the sands of time it’s still one of my favorite games of all time I just love it and it my fav from the triology
Very nice 🔥🔥
I played it and I love it 😊. Since 2005 even until know I would love to play it again warrior within, two throwns and other prince of Persia series
As an Iranian, this character is not an Iranian prince, but an Indian or Arab prince
Why do you think so?
@@yalbad5160 Because in most of the games of Prince of Persia, Arab and Indian architectures and clothes are used
Let me say that the first three versions of the game were the Arabian Prince!
Later, in the game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the creators made the game by looking at the great book of us Iranians, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi.
Until the reboot of the game in 2008, the game completely used Iranian legends
Compare the first version of Prince of Iran with Prince of Persia in 2008
@@tahabfd9069
There is no "Arab" vs "Persian" architecture. Everything flowed back & forth, with much of it going back to Roman architecture, and ultimately to Mesopotamian & Egyptian architecture
Anyway, the first games just used vaguely "Middle Eastern" backgrounds from Hollywood movies.
Warrior within and 2 thrones has the best fight technique of all games, you'll never see anything like that we can make combination of attacks ourselves, we can strangle and opponent, throw him, slit his throat and so on feels, so fluid, its feels so organic, no game has ever given that level of freedom to the gamer, POP unmatched ❤
I didn't play sand of time and two prince properly but warriors within, i play for hours. I love that games and hope for a remake
That remake was great last month.
Thanks Ubisoft
The Lost Crown is great
They race swapped the Persian character to a Black guy. Racist crap.
Thank you soo much my childhood game i had forget it but i saw this video and wait is this the game i have look for i played the classic one back then thank you for let me know this game 😀😁😃
Pop trilogy brings a lot of good memories ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have only payed the very first one, because is one of the few games my father has ever played on his life, so I got to know it through him, and I gotta say is an AMAZING game, it was so ahead of its time the animations are so smooth and the game ain't easy I really like it
I already knew all this stuff, still I watched this, coz the guy deserves it and I love POP
Here in 2023 still looking forward for a great comeback of this beautiful and lots of potential towards this masterpiece the 2nd Coming 👍
i had no idea there were more games after the beloved sands of times trilogy. imma have to check our forgotten sands
The commercials for Sands of Time is what got me so interested in Prince of Persia. I loved Sands of Time, and it will be in my list of top 5 games of all time for a long time. I enjoyed Warrior Within and Two Thrones as well because they kept adding new amazing mechanics to the games, and 2008 was such a fun game as well. The art style was different but I enjoyed it a lot. I really loved that the platforming, puzzles and story was the main focus for it instead of combat. I just wished they kept the series going as 3d platformers instead of going 1000% in on Assassin’s Creed. But then again, I’m glad they didn’t because annual Prince of Persia games would ruin it like it did for Assassin’s Creed
Prince of Percia fez parte da minha infância, irei comprar em 2023 o novo. 🍀💯🎁🏆🍾🥂🎮🇧🇷🇯🇵👊🏾✌🏾😉
I was 2 when the first Prince of persia came out. I remember playing it at my friends house when I was 4. I was absolutely rubbish at it. Always died instantly 😆
The fallen king was the next Prince of persia I played. A very good game. Loved the story and loved the ending.
2004 is my first Prince of Persia
game i played ❤️
1989 for me.
Playing the first three P of P was the best time of my childhood
Along with other awesome games
It's not just prince of persia that lost himself but the most of gaming industry as well
As you can see now a days
Still really good games out there but
The lack of dedication mostly from
The publishers is affecting the games big times
I didn't mention developers
Because there's no way any developer
Would want to release an unfinished
Game after working on it for years
It's mostly publishers or investors
want their slice
So they push the studios to do at as fast as possible and release it
I really love warrior within
Looking forward to see remake
My first POP game was warriors within on PSP. I was around 10 years old and 1 day i remember went to store and my mom bought it. I loved that game so much but never completed because i did not know where to go. I came to 1 specific part where i did not know where to go or what to do and then i quit. I bought it on PC and as soon as i get better one and not loud one i will play it.
This game was really tough to play on keyboard on PC .the trick is timing and counting your steps . I never played on console or the new versions .
Omg... OG prince of Persia 👀👀
I was at school and with some friends there try to buy 2002 Prince of Persia. We dont had enough money to had one each. So, we united all efforts AND try to play on a great pc one of them have
The problem?... We can't go further than the black room at the very beggining.
After many days, we decide to return it.
Your video is really great. Can I carry your video to the Chinese website？💕
I really like fight stunts and sound-tracks of Warrior-Within. Plus the story line is amazing.
Whatever Dahaka spoke was gibberish to me. Some say he spoke in reverse.
The world environment and story line in Forgotten Sands are great.
UBISOFT
Prince of Persia forgotten sands was legendary.
Prince of Persia 1989 is my first IBM PC game. At that time you never saw such animations. If not be this, when not be the newest.
Válasz
@@ivanyiattila3547wow that, was a looong time ago🕰🕰🕰.
Good time playing 👍👍👍
POP Sands of Time remake to be released in march 2023. Meanwhile almost December 2023 😭
Nice vid. I would've included the Wii version, as it was unique to the Wii and even better than the mainline version
i never knew that the game originally started off as a parkour game, thats pretty cool, i just thought it was a nice feature they added.
sands of time sounds like the last time i played one of these games, on my psp lol, good times.
The sands of times is my all time favorite game.
im so glad that i played prince of persia, before i play asassin's creed
"Prince of persia 2 was the first to use voice acting!"
"But we aren't going to show you any..."
Sands of Time still looks pretty good for a 30 year old game!
Smooth game Play..and. Amazing play
I am not big fan of arcades, so I can't appreciate the first Prince Of Persia as it deserves. But Sands Of Time and Warrior Within - are really masterpieces of art. So different and still so great.
first game was not an arcade game.
I wish I could look past the older feel of the game, but I’m a bit spoiled by better graphics and controls that playing Sands of Time was… not as fun as I’d hoped. Hopefully the remake will come out soon so I can enjoy the game a lot more.
Hope the Sands of Time trilogy (one of my favorite things ever) gets a remake at the height of Resident Evil 4's. How cool that would be... ❤
Trilogy was actually outstanding warrior within two thrones sot were amazing to play