Hate to say this one simply does not hold up - and not even the metal in the soundtrack. The platforming is still there but it's so muddied by everything else. A move to a combat focus to the point of it infecting drawn-out boss fights and repetitive enemy encounters. Tons of backtracking furthered by a poor map and worse signposting. Lame sense of "edginess' (i.e. swearing and blood) and a childish view of women. Surprisingly buggy. Muddy color palette - I get what they were going for with the past/present palettes and the moodiness, but it does not work as anything other than being visually confusing.

Could have been an interesting follow-up to Sands of Time. It's meant to explore the Prince's regret over losing the woman he loved due to retracting the sands at the end of the last game and his subsequent descent down violence and depression in his attempt in undoing everything. There's a great game buried under here but it's frankly not successful at all and that's a shame.