Hi, I’m planning to replay SOT,WW,TT. Should I play them on GameCube ,Xbox or PS2? Back in the day I played all of them on PC.But I want to try other versions. I’m looking for the best graphics and feel, Please advise Cheers.
I’d just like to point out, for the record, that that isn’t the original trilogy. Sands of Time is the fifth Prince of Persia game.
Isn’t it fourth?
Gah, you’re right. I had it that way at first, but then glanced down a list to check my count and they listed 2002’s Harem Adventures as a separate game even though it’s just the Java phone port of the original.
That’s not the original trilogy. The first Prince of Persia was 1989. But all I can tell you is that Sands of Time was awesome on the PS2. I don’t imagine it would’ve felt as satisfying without a controller if you didn’t have one on the PC back in the day. The combat mechanics seemed made for it.
I played it on PC back in the day using KB+M and was quite happy with it.
Damn, I should play 3d sands of time. I’ve just played part of the GBA ons
For the best graphics, you’ll likely want to go with the PC version and a hi-res mod such as this
https://www.nexusmods.com/princeofpersiathesandsoftime/mods/9
But if you plan on playing on console, the OG Xbox had a slightly better CPU and more RAM than the PS2 and the GCN.
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I already have a special place for ps2 in my heart. Furthermore all the prince games were developed firstly for ps2 and then ported to other platforms. I will try them on pcsx2.
Any settings guide for pcsx2 and reshade
Do you want emulate the games or play on real hardware?
Emulation
I can’t tell you which version is the best for you (and your hardware). The first thing I would lookup if the particular version for the emulator is working well (have in mind, the reports are not always up to date): Dolphin for GameCube, PCSX2 for Playstation 2 and Xemu for Xbox.
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Nice write up. It depends on you hardware too (if its strong enough). Some games might be best played on Xbox, so it makes sense to try Xemu. I personally prefer Dolphin and PS2, because they are integrated into RetroArch as cores (in Linux). At least he is looking for the best graphics, and that should be the Xbox versions. But I didn’t try the Prince of Persia games yet.
If asked to choose between dolphin or pcsx2 , what would be your choices?
This depends on the hardware you are playing on, the version of the emulator and the specific game. I don’t have any experience with Prince of Persia games, so cannot make a recommendation. I personally play on RetroArch, which means the PCSX2 core is renamed to LPSX2 and is a little bit lacking behind the standalone emulator. So I would tend to use Dolphin for Gamecube emulation instead. But if you are using standalone emulators, then it might be different story.
When researching the web, people seem to talk about the PS2 versions of the Trilogy being the best. So based on that loose info, I would probably tend to recommend that one. But check out compatibility for each game in the links I gave you.
