tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post5941856442638913292..comments2024-02-05T05:56:50.392-05:00Comments on Insult Swordfighting: Games of the decade: Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeMitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-53555398303064667862009-12-23T01:08:03.925-05:002009-12-23T01:08:03.925-05:00I wonder what the last game I played was that I di...I wonder what the last game I played was that I didn't blog about? After this, certainly, though not <i>too</i> much after, I think?David Carltonhttp://malvasiabianca.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-49224322573710590402009-12-21T15:21:28.667-05:002009-12-21T15:21:28.667-05:00When I finished this game a few days ago I felt li...When I finished this game a few days ago I felt like I had come to it too late. The relationship between the prince and Farah didn't make any sense to me, and I found the end unsatisfying. The platforming and combat were excellent, and the various time powers, including rewind, were great. But most people I hear talk about the game now focus on the characters and I feel a little sad that I don't "get" it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16981301966709397033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-74253369446367641112009-12-21T12:19:54.474-05:002009-12-21T12:19:54.474-05:00Sounds like I need to play this game again.Sounds like I need to play this game again.Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-68650537717395696732009-12-21T11:30:35.336-05:002009-12-21T11:30:35.336-05:00"I don't remember if Farah falls in love ..."I don't remember if Farah falls in love with the Prince after that, but I did."<br /><br />Shame on you! The very last bit of the story was one of the most enduring exchanges I've seen in a game:<br /><br />The Sands of Time (and the damage they cause) are reversed, and the Prince defeats the evil Vizier, as you say. Farah loses all recollection of who this dashing hero is supposed to be, and she asks him why he told her the story of events before the reversal, since it's all one giant fairy tale to her. Instead of answering, the Prince moves in for the obligatory Romantic Kiss, only to be repulsed. "I said I owe you thanks," spits Farah, "you presume too much."<br /><br />The Prince then proceeds to use the Dagger of Time once more to reverse the kiss, tells her that it really was all just a story, and jumps off the balcony into the night. Farah calls after him: she doesn't even know his name. "Just call me Kakolookiyam," the fairytale hero that Farah's mother sung of when she was a girl.<br /><br /><br />That is pure storytelling gold.Sal Paradisenoreply@blogger.com