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IGN gave the game a 9.6/10 rating and voted it as the PlayStation 2 Game of the Year 2003 thus praising the game for its "intuitive control, stunning atmosphere and satisfyingly clever environmental puzzles," and later concluding it was one of " favorite adventure offerings of all time." GameSpot gave The Sands of Time a score of 9.0/10 "recommend wholeheartedly." Zero Punctuation repeatedly mentions the game as a personal favorite, praising the time-control mechanism, platforming, beautiful environments and "really strong characterization" of both the Prince and Farah and only marking it down for repetitive combat mechanisms. GSN Video Games, a short-lived video game show on Game Show Network, even gave the game a Perfect 10.
In general, the game was most often praised for its graphics, the acrobatic combat and platforming, the forgiving and responsive controls, the animation of the Prince, the story, and the time-manipulation abilities of the Dagger. Graphics were received mostly as a positive aspect of the game, with GameSpot saying it had a "beautiful look to it". The Cincinnati Enquirer and Nintendo Power agreed, describing the game as "graceful", "gorgeous", and had "unprecedented animation".
The game's average score on review aggregators Metacritic and GameRankings is a 92%, making it one of the best reviewed games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube. Both GamesRadar and IGN placed it in its lists of 100 best games of all time, while ComputerAndVideoGames.com placed it in its list of the 101 best PC games ever. Edge magazine also named it as one of the greatest games of all time.
Read more about this topic: Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time
Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion.... Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there is no longer art.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)