

Then, the series returned once more in 1999 with Prince of Persia 3D, the third game.

RELATED: Games You Never Knew Were Sequels It jumps ahead 11 days from the first game and sees the orphan now married, but Jaffar - the villain - transforms you into a beggar before disguising himself as you. It's incredibly short, running at around one hour, but it was a hit, leading into Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame. The first game came from Jordan Mechner in 1989 and it was a 2D sidescroller about an orphan falling in love with a Princess. Its timeline can get a little confusing, though - where do the originals fit in, the spin-offs, the DS games?įirstly, the original games aren't "canon" but they're still worth playing. The difference is the emphasis on a singular location rather than the more open-ended nature of its successor. Prince of Persia is now known as the beloved Ubisoft series that blossomed into Assassin's Creed, featuring familiar parkour and combat elements.
